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Train Re-Records Led Zeppelin Album, Improves Plight of Humankind
by Ned Lannamann Redefining rock history... as only Train can.Once again displaying their unprecedented sense of musical ambition, rock crusaders Train are taking upon themselves the inhuman burden of...
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Timbers v. Vancouver Match Preview
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers got their biggest win since MLS Cup last Sunday at Providence Park, riding tremendous performances from Diego Valeri and Jake...
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Here's A Map of Where Recent Homelessness-Related Fires Have Occurred
by Dirk VanderHart A lot's changed since we last reported on a recent rash of fires related to homelessness in town. In late April, Portland Fire and Rescue gave the Mercury preliminary numbers that...
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Hey Lover's Sinking Ships Is Uplifting, Sweet, and Explosive
by Ciara Dolan HEY LOVER Like Pop Rocks for your ears.EVAN REEVESTERAH BETH BALTZER VARGA and Justin Varga played their debut show as Hey Lover on their wedding night. In a serendipitous twist of...
View ArticleOh, Look! Ron Funches is in the New Justin Timberlake Video!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Portland's beloved hometown hero (now living in LA) and verrrrry funny comedian Ron Funches popped up in an unexpected place today—the video for Justin Timberlake's brand new...
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Gypsy Jokers Indicted, Clubhouse Raided In Investigation of Former Member's...
by Doug Brown Indicted for kidnapping and murdering Robert Huggins: Mark Dencklau, Earl Fisher, Tiler Pribbernow, Malachi WatkinsThe six people associated with the Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club arrested...
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Maybe Take Your Mom to Hooters on Mother's Day? Yes? No?
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey "Hi, Mom."Look, I don't know you—I don't know your mom. So for all I know, your mom hates standard Mother's Day brunches at stuffy downtown restaurants. And at least one person...
View ArticlePremiere: Old Grape God's "Candlelit Vandal" Video for Banana Stand's...
by Ciara Dolan Behold the exclusive premiere of Old Grape God's "Candlelit Vandal" video for Banana Stand's Unpeeled Series. It's the second installment of Unpeeled, following last month's debut of...
View ArticleThings To Do This Weekend!
by Bobby Roberts FRIDAY, MAY 6Filmed by BikeIt's National Bike Month, and the city's first big cycling bash of the year kicks off this evening. The always-festive Filmed by Bike offers three days of...
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Portland's Auditor is Vowing To Slash Services Because of Mayor Charlie...
by Dirk VanderHart Portland Auditor Mary Hull Caballero. Not please with the mayor's budget.City of PortlandIt's gotten lots of attention, but a proposed business tax hike isn't the only thing...
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Do What You Love: Portland's New Workplace Comedy Showcase
by Megan Burbank Do What You Love is Portland's newest comedy showcase—and its earliest, with doors at 5:30 pm and a very office team-building-exercise vibe at yesterday's debut show. I don't mean...
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This Week's Letters to the Editor: Whiny NIMBYs! Rent Control! And DONALD...
by Erik Henriksen LEO ZAROSINSKIRE: "Shake Up the City" [Feature, April 27], the Mercury's May 2016 endorsement guide.Thank you for your well-presented recommendations for the May election, a very...
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Blazers vs. Warriors: Game Three Preview
by Rob Simonsen This is it, the most important game of the series. Lose, and it's time to start Photoshopping the gone fishin’ graphic. Win, and...well, it’s probably still time to get that graphic...
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Moving Weed from Schedule I Classification Isn't Good Enough
by Vince Sliwoski Ryan Alexander-TannerDEAR POT LAWYER,I heard that the feds may relax the legal status of weed. That's good, right?It's okay. Actually, I don't really like it.The federal Controlled...
View ArticleSo Much For Studying
by Anonymous Maybe I missed the sign with the fine print saying "You may not be able to concentrate on the premises." Your Hawthorne St cafe has decent coffee and a study hall layout to it. It has the...
View ArticleD.C. D-bag in NFL Jersey at Glisan Fred's
by Anonymous You just moved here, didn't you? I could tell immediately, and only partly because of your "Washington DC Football Team" jersey.What kind of clueless dope wears that racial slur shirt in...
View ArticleI Say Make Them Pay!
by Anonymous Some of you may not know this, but the bike activist lobby managed to finagle their way into the proposed gas tax. They've managed to pressure the city council into legislating that...
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The Donald Trump Show Comes To Eugene (Photos, Videos)
by Doug Brown "I just think Trump's a giant dick, and I thought of a way to personify that"Doug BrownPeople from all over the region and political spectrum flocked by the thousands to liberal Eugene...
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Cannabis Can Help Veterans with PTSD
by Josh Jardine Allison KerekI'M A BIG SUPPORTER of allowing armed forces veterans access to cannabis—seeing as how I'm a huge wussy who wouldn't have made it through three hours of basic training,...
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A New Camp For Homeless Women Is Going Up On Public Land—And Not Waiting For...
by Dirk VanderHart The plot at SE Woodstock and 93rd, where the camp will sit. PortlandMaps.comThere's a brand new organized homeless camp in the city that fits plenty of Mayor Charlie Hales'...
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