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Money Monster Is a Satire about Television That Feels Like It Was Made by the...
by Andrew Wright As a director, Jodie Foster has specialized in bringing unconventional scripts to clear-eyed life, with films such as Home for the Holidays and The Beaver achieving a fascinatingly...
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Shop Local—Pot Shops
by Bri Brey WHETHER YOU'RE NEW to Portland or a longtime resident, you need STUFF. And while you could always order things online, or purchase said stuff at a big-box chain, you can rest assured that...
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Police Body Cameras, a Protected Bike Lane, and More Might Be Axed From...
by Dirk VanderHart Alex DeSpainThe budget season—Portland's fattest in some time, maybe ever—took on an improbable air of open warfare last night, as Commissioner Nick Fish and Mayor Charlie Hales...
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Obama Administration Will Issue Decree Telling Transgender Youth They Can Use...
by Sydney Brownstone Obama administration: Trans rights are civil rights. Alex GarlandYES:In the middle of a legal fight with North Carolina over transgender rights, the Obama administration is...
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Cate Le Bon Exalts Absurdity on Crab Day
by Ciara Dolan CATE LE BON The Mary Poppins of pop.IVANA KLIČKOVIČLIKE THE MARY POPPINS of experimental guitar pop, Cate Le Bon becomes a fantastic arbiter of the surreal on her newest record, Crab...
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Andi Zeisler on Internet Hot Takes and Other Things That Didn't Make it Into...
by Megan Burbank When I interviewed Bitch Media's Andi Zeisler about her new book We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement for this week's...
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Richmond Fontaine Calls It a Day
by Ned Lannamann RICHMOND FONTAINE Going out on a high note.VIVIAN JOHNSONMAYBE IT'S a bellwether of the changing times in this city: One of Portland's most artistically significant—and best—bands is...
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by Anonymous What gets me is these shit people who complain and shit all complain about having a shitty life, and no money, and shit all pissed off at their living situation with having no job. They...
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Here's Your 2016 May Voters Cheat Sheet. Love, the Mercury
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey If you love to read, and want to know how and why we made our choices for the 2016 May election, then check out our Mercury Endorsement Issue here! But if you've got absolutely...
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The End of Agalloch
by Ned Lannamann Veleda ThorssonAn hour ago, Agalloch fans got some sad news via the band's Facebook page. The Portland-based metal band announced they are calling it a day:Following 20 years, 5 full...
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Magick Ritual Planned Tonight in Portland to "Raise the Energy" for Bernie...
by Megan Burbank "We will be focusing our energy in manifesting our intentions."United States Congress via Wikimedia CommonsThis is a real Bernie Sanders campaign event description:Clearly you're...
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by Bobby Roberts FRIDAY, MAY 13HUMP!If you missed HUMP! 2015 (or want to relive all the porny glory), here's another chance to watch the sexiest, funniest, horniest show of the year—for one weekend...
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A Toast to The Toast: I Love You, I'll Miss You, and I Don't Blame You One...
by Sean Nelson May ye be in heaven an hour before the devil knows your monetization metrics!ifong/ShutterstockToday's first bummer came in the form of news that The Toast, a three-year-old blog run by...
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The Truth About Blowout's "Indiana"
by Ciara Dolan Blowout with Indiana the cat.Portland's Blowout recently released the loud, sweet emo-punk lead single "Indiana" from their forthcoming debut full-length, No Beer, No Dad. It feels...
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Violent Femmes' Outsider Punk
by Ryan J. Prado VIOLENT FEMMES The acoustic punk-folk juggernaut keeps moving forward.EBRU YILDIZABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, Gordon Gano announced that Violent Femmes would no longer write or record new...
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Portland Police Oversight Updates: Cops Used The Wrong Rules, Another...
by Doug Brown The Citizen Review Committee meeting on May 4Doug BrownWe've had a relatively busy week for police oversight issues in Portland. But, before we proceed, let's go over the important...
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Gubernatorial Candidate Dave Stauffer’s Excellent Water Slide Plan Is More...
by Dirk VanderHart This will travel more than 120 mphDavid StaufferWhen it emerged earlier this month that Democratic candidate for governor Dave Stauffer had a plan for a system of waterslides that...
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by Anonymous What is with pet owners who refuse to believe their pet has behavior issues? Just because your dog is cool around you doesn't me they are after they slither through a hole in your fence...
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by Anonymous To all the women over 30 at the Violent Femmes show: I caught that shitheel kid who was calling us all cougars in the stairwell still doing it a half hour after he called me one in the...
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Portland Wiccans For Bernie
by Doug Brown Wicca Priestess Leigha LaFleur passes ginger lemonade during a ceremony to "amplify energy" to Bernie Sanders, on Friday, May 13,Doug Brown"This is sacred space" says Wiccan priestess...
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