Entitled Assholes All Over the City
by Anonymous This is a growing problem with more people jammed into the city. Drivers that don't know where they are going, so they just slow down in the middle of the road. But that doesn't bother me...
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by Bobby Roberts Holocene Turns 13It's the 13th birthday of Holocene, Portland's premier Euro-chic warehouse nightclub/concert venue hybrid. Tonight they'll celebrate the occasion with a free Holocene...
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The Human Condition
by Ben Salmon SAM HUMANS Eyes closed, ears open.Jason QuigleyADVERSITY IS NOFUN when you're right in the middle of it. That's just a fact of life.But once you get through tough times, there's usually...
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An Oil Train is On Fire in the Columbia River Gorge. Opponents Have Long...
by Dirk VanderHart Columbia RiverkeeperFor a long time now, activists who oppose oil trains that snake through Oregon have made a familiar argument. As Michael Lang, conservation director at Friends...
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by Bobby Roberts FRIDAY, JUNE 3Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever MadeIn 1982, three 11-year-olds in Mississippi decided to remake Raiders of the Lost Ark. And over the course of seven...
View ArticleColonel Summers/ Sumners Park
by Anonymous The Mandela Effect happens when a large group of people believe something to be true that never happened. The phenomenon gets its name from Nelson Mandela. A large number of people...
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Even More Bridgetown: Barbara Holm's It's Gonna Be Okay Was Actually Great!
by Megan Burbank Aparna Nancherla's jokes about cat-calling are everything you'd hope they would be.Barbara Holm's It's Gonna Be Okay is the only local showcase that I've seen tout its lack of...
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by Anonymous Meth, crack, storage, why?Yellow bin for glass pick upPlease stop stealing mine.(That's two now in less than six months.)[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Bridgetown Day 2: Baked with Brendon Small and Steve Agee
by Courtney Ferguson James Urbaniak sang Judas' death song from Jesus Christ Superstar. Guys, I know nothing about Jesus Christ Superstar. Last night at Bridgetown Comedy Fest's Baked show, hosts...
View ArticleThe Dirty Seven: Forest Service Moss Data Identifies Portland's Top Spots for...
by Daniel Forbes The United States Forest Service is slated to release data next week that provide a fuller picture of the heavy-metal pollution captured by moss it collected in December 2013. It’s...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Is the Greatest Betrayal of...
by Dirk VanderHart In a 1993 episode of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon program we all remember being so fond of, arch-nemesis Krang realizes, once and for all, that his underlings are too...
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Good Morning, News: Muhammad Ali Edition
by Doug Brown Welcome to a particularly somber Good Morning, News. Muhammad Ali—one of the greatest and most important Americans of all time—passed away last night. Every parent in this country should...
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Bridgetown Continues: Set List and Eddie Pepitone's Bloodbath
by Chipp Terwilliger Eddie Pepitone.C.M. GonzalezThe Bridgetown Comedy Festival is a few nights in, and until now I’ve spent all of my time in the cool and dark depths of the Doug Fir Lounge. I began...
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Can I Invest in Weed?
by Vince Sliwoski Dear Pot Lawyer,I lucked into a few thousand bucks. Can I invest in weed?YES, BUT probably not in the way you're thinking.The general rule in this country is that only wealthy people...
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Bridgetown Continues: "The Court of I, Anonymous"
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Wm. Steven HumphreyWhen we were putting together the Mercury sponsored show, The Court of I, Anonymous, frankly we didn't know how it would turn out. The idea was to take some...
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Bridgetown Day 4: Here's What I'm Checking Out
by Courtney Ferguson Guy Branum: A Gay Bash for the AgesPat MoranBetween this weekend's scorcher and all the late-night laffs, this Bridgetown might be the death of me, or at least the wilt of me. I...
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Bridgetown Day 3: New Negroes, Co-Hosted by Baron Vaughn and Nathan Brannon
by Santi Elijah Holley Carrying a bowl of baby carrots with him, LA’s Quincy Jones dropped Mitch Hedberg-like one-liners, while pausing between jokes to take a crunchy bite from a carrot.“I’m a little...
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Tonight's Bridgetown Picks: Rachel Bloom, the Liberators, and More
by Megan Burbank The Liberators will be performing tonight at Theme Park Improv. Go see 'em if you know what's good for you.The Bridgetown Comedy Festival is in full swing! Check out our full schedule...
View ArticleRecord Review: Ural Thomas & the Pain, Ural Thomas & the Pain
Their debut unleashes heartache, desire, and spiritual bliss. by Robert Ham THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH album by Ural Thomas and the Pain has been a long time coming. The R&B revivalist group, led by...
View ArticleBed's Warm, Crackling Fuzz
Their new EP, Klickitat, is slow-motion pop. by Ciara Dolan BED'S got a silly name. But not quite as silly as their original band name, Darth Vanderslice. "I wonder if we've helped sell mattresses,"...
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