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Timbers v. FC Dallas Match Preview
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersIn the midst of an international break, and on the back of their first win in over a month, Portland Timbers are set to square up FC Dallas in a marquee...
View ArticleDear Confused People: About Comey's So-Called Leak...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Just going to leave this right here...Dear confused people: It's not a "leak" if you are a private citizen sharing unclassified recollections.— Blake Hounshell...
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Revolution Comedy is a Force for Good
by Robert Ham Curtis Cook, Andie Main, Jake Silberman, and Jon WashingtonNINA JOHNSON/NINALEEJOHNSON.COMThe strange mental gymnastics that so many of us have been going through since November 8 can...
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Lone Wolf: Genders’ Maggie Morris Celebrates Her Solo Debut as Sunbathe
by Ciara Dolan SUNBATHE Monday 6/12 The KnowCourtesy of Maggie MorrisMaggie Morris seems to have a love-hate relationship with being alone. Morris is originally from California, but has lived in...
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A Suspicious Device At Hollywood Transit Center Prompts Evacuations, Road...
by Dirk VanderHart A memorial at Hollywood Transit Center following a double murder nearby on May 26. Police have evacuated the area today because of a "suspicious device."Doug BrownUpdate, 3:20 pm:...
View ArticleNew York, New York
by Anonymous "Don't fuckin' talk to me, I'm from New York City". Direct quote, no joke. I don't need to be your best friend, but you're in a new town, and maybe the old ways could use a refresh? There...
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Dave Depper's Solo Debut Is Overcast Synth-Pop
by Ben Salmon DAVE DEPPER Less farm animals, more feelings.JACLYN CAMPANAROSometime in the early 2010s, Portland musician Dave Depper decided he wanted to record a note-for-note cover of Paul...
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How Political Anxiety Turned Me into a Late-Onset Ballerina
by Megan Burbank Sheri SmithSome people get married or start having kids when they turn 30. I started taking ballet.Every Wednesday, I throw my dance bag in the car and drive to NW Dance Project’s...
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Game Knight: A Gateway Drug to Gaming (and Drinking)
by MJ Skegg Game Knight, which opened a little while ago in the former Wine Up on Williams spot, is a mini Valhalla for serious board gamers who want to immerse themselves in Settlers of Catan for...
View ArticleAnti Sharia Protests
by Anonymous What the hell is this nonsense? Just be honest about what it is. It is an anti Muslim rally!!!! Organized by islamophobics!!!! DOnt they have anything better to do on a Saturday than...
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Timbers Roll Past Dallas For Second Straight Win
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersWith twenty minutes to go and the Portland Timbers leading FC Dallas 1-0 on Saturday night, Diego Chara did what he's doing for seven years in Portland:...
View ArticleFleet Weak
by Anonymous I can't wait till downtown returns back to normal. Every year they bring these fucikng killing machines to Portland. These floating poluting tax payer funded dinosaurs. Naive tourists and...
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Things to Do This Week: June 12-15
by Mercury Staff It's a pretty funny week on deck as the city readies itself for the dive headfirst into the deep, delicious waters of Pride. Quincy Jones is in town (not that one)! Mike Love is in...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Remembering the Victims of the Pulse Massacre, Sessions...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! So you took a chance, made other plans. But I bet you didn't think that they would come crashing down. LET'S GO TO PRESS.The O profiles Jeremy...
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Adam West Died, But Not Before He Trolled the Phone Book
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Mike Coppola / GettyIn case you missed it, Adam West—the star of the campy '60s Batman series, as well as many other roles—died at the age of 88 on Friday following a short...
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Carolyn Main Kickstarts Her Hilarious Movie Pitch Card Game
by Suzette Smith Aaron WalkerAt a communal Friendsgiving party two years ago, I played a prototype of a card game called Pitch, Please! and it was so much fun I interrogated the artist/game creator...
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Kevin Spacey Was Not a Great Tony Awards Host, and Bette Midler Would Not...
by Christopher Frizzelle At first I thought the problem with the opening number was that Neal Patrick Harris wasn't doing it—in case you've forgotten how good he is, scroll down—or that I didn't know...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: The Scent of a Woman
by Dan Savage Hey Dan. My girlfriend listens to you and sorry I hadn't heard of you until her. But I have a problem and I want to tell her but don't know how so I thought of you. Her butt smells often...
View ArticlePBS Pledge Breaks
by Anonymous I hate PBS pledge breaks. Does anyone really watch their crappy alternative programming? I hate Suze Orman and her stupid financial advise, I hate 1950’s revival bands, I am sick of Rick...
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Good Morning, News: A Botched Rape Investigation, Sessions Takes the Stand,...
by Dirk VanderHart Jennifer IlettThis is bad. The Portland Police Bureau had a suspect for a 2011 rape shortly after it occurred, along with DNA evidence that could link him to the crime. It didn't...
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