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How I Failed Oregon Beer MonthHow I Failed Oregon Beer Month
I could blame it on any number of things, including a week-long trip to the LA beer desert, but actually there’s not much to it. I was just too busy to drink one unique Oregon beer a day. Also, I...
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New RollingStone.com Editor Declares "Snark" Dead; Blogtown Closes DoorsNew...
Guys... this is a "No Snark" zone!Former articles editor of New York magazine Nick Catucci has left the rag to become Rolling Stone's first online editor ever! (Apparently the RollingStone.com site...
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Download Episode 3 of the Mercury Music Hour
Did ya miss it? The Mercury Music Hour broadcasts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at noon on 910 AM, on HD radio at 94.7 Too, and streaming online at 947.fm. Episode 3 hit the airwaves this week,...
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No Lohan.No Lohan.
I respect Esteban Cortazar. At the tender age of 26 he has already accomplished more than many of us will in a lifetime. But more than that, he gave up a dream job because he refused to work with...
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Gallagher Shows Are Our Generation's Vietnam WarGallagher Shows Are Our...
One would assume the biggest hazards faced at a Gallagher performance are getting a projectile melon seed to the eye, or perhaps hearing the aging prop comic get all creepy and right wing. But now a...
View ArticleTonight in Music: PDX Pop Now Day 1, Phosphorescent, What Hearts
PDX POP NOW!: AU, DOVEKINS, TU FAWNING, KUSIKIA, YLANG YLANG, REPORTER, & MORE (Rotture, 315 SE 3rd) POP—It's the most wonderful time of year: time for PDX Pop Now!, the all-ages, all-local,...
View ArticleSL Letter of the Afternoon: Bi Enough
I've been reading your column for years. Until recently, I never really thought I would ever need to specifically ask for your advice, since I liked to think I'd absorbed enough "Savage Love" to have...
View ArticleLook at these Fucking Hipsters.
"Haruki Murakami once said...." Does self-recognition make you want to buy a Jazz? Anyone? [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticlePortland Police Decide Not to Prosecute Gore
Remember this news? You know, that Al Gore allegedly sexually harassed a massage therapist in his hotel room, and the Portland Police Bureau was re-opening the case? Yeah, well, not gonna happen....
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Tonight, Tonight, TonightTonight, Tonight, Tonight
Doug Fir—Phosphorescent, J. Tillman, Grouplove, 9 pm, $12-14 Hawthorne Theatre—PDX Unplugged Summer Fest: Gray Matters, Greenlander, HEMA, The Routine, The Bright Midnight, North Head, Christian...
View ArticleThis Week's Mercury Film Section.
Man. Kind of an underwhelming week for film. DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS It's problematic when the best you can say about something is, "Well, it's better than Grown Ups, I guess." COUNTDOWN TO ZERO An...
View ArticleCatfish: The Movie, Not the... You Know, "Fish"
Catfish was one of the surprise breakout films of Sundance, and apparently the last 40 minutes of the flick is so shocking and awesome, people get really upset if you give any of it away. So... lips...
View ArticleContent is Canceled and Seth Aaron is Taking over the Town
Riding high after last night's episode I feel like Gretchen Jones just might take over the world, but I also really admire the way Seth Aaron handled his win last season. He didn't chuck it all and...
View ArticleTimbers Defy My Prediction So I Swear Off Predicting The Timbers V. Tampa Bay...
So. Um. Yeah. I carelessly predicted a Timbers win on Wednesday night vs. troubled St. Louis only to find out that AC St. Louis's's's's Mike Ambersley would drop a hat trick on Portland and we'd fall...
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Jersey Shore Ephemera: What is Hooking Up?Jersey Shore Ephemera: What is...
It's Friday evening and work is over. Why not spend a little more time in this wading pool filled with cool, refreshing cultural afterbirth? Fellow freelancer Andrew R Tonry emailed me today to...
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True... True...True... True...
Via Conan's Twitter [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Hi Doggy!Hi Doggy!
After almost five months off, Tommy Wiseau has rediscovered his Twitter account. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Weekend Edition: ConcertsWeekend Edition: Concerts
Alberta Rose Theatre—3 Leg Torso, 8 pm, $15-25, all ages Ash Street Saloon—The Lordy Lords, Hairspray Blues, Primitive Idols, Boo Frog, 9:30 pm, $5Backspace—Boom, White Fang, Cafeteria Dance Fever, 9...
View ArticleTonight In Music: PDX Pop Now Day Two, Three Leg Torso, Pure Country Gold
PDX POP NOW!: HOCKEY, JOGGERS, WAMPIRE, GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH & MORE (Rotture, 315 SE 3rd) See yesterday's post. 3 LEG TORSO (Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta) The music of 3 Leg Torso is...
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Pics from PDX Pop Now!Pics from PDX Pop Now!
Mercury photo intern Johanna Dooley stopped by PDX Pop Now! yesterday and shared these shots of the crowd with us. Check 'em out! [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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