To the Muttering Woman on the Streetcar...
by Anonymous Where did we fail you as a city? You were so agitated, and so angry about your past. You muttered nonsense, words that didn't string together into cogent sentences. You had a moment of...
View ArticleImpolitely Correct
by Anonymous You guys sure cave in to the pressure of internets trolls easily. They're comment on your twitter account basically accused your org of being a hate group just showing a baby in a onesie....
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The New Taylor Swift Song: WE HAVE OPINIONS
by Ned Lannamann If you have been on the internet today, you may be aware that Taylor Swift released a new song last night. "Look What You Made Me Do" is the first single from her upcoming album,...
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Movie Review: Robert Pattinson Refuses to Sparkle in Good Time
by Vince Mancini Good Time has the keen eye for anthropology you find in a lot of Sundance movies—the casting feels both unconventional and authentic, and there’s an interest in subcultures that you...
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Get Your Tickets for the September Edition of the I, Anonymous Show!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey America—and especially Portland—loves the Mercury’s weekly I, Anonymous column and blog in which anonymous people (like YOU) spill your guts and reveal your most private...
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David Machado’s Tanner Creek Tavern Sets a September 12 Opening Date
by Chad Walsh As Eater reported earlier this week, next month restaurateur David Machado will open Tanner Creek Tavern at 875 NW Everett in the Pearl District, making it his fourth operational...
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Joey Gibson, Whose Rallies Attract Extremists, Cancels San Francisco Rally...
by Dirk VanderHart Right-wing vlogger Joey Gibson tends to his MAGA-behatted flock in Portland on August 6Doug BrownFisticuffs in Portland and Seattle are one thing, but an impending showdown in San...
View ArticleIt's Not About Who You Like
by Anonymous I didn't like Hillary. I didn't like Bernie. I liked Obama. I didn't like Al Gore. ...but guess what? Exactly zero of those emotions played into how I voted. Because how I vote is not...
View ArticleI Had To Do It (And I'd Do It Again)
by Anonymous About a month ago you and a fellow vaga-dude were hanging out in the street at a busy intersection, right next to the Hawthorne Freddies recycling place. I was in a car waiting at the...
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Movie Review: The Only Living Boy in New York Will Make You Hate New York,...
by Ned Lannamann Named after a Simon and Garfunkel song, The Only Living Boy in New York isn’t shy about being a movie that leeches from other, better pieces of art. This is confirmed during Jeff...
View ArticleWhat We Can't Have
by Anonymous It always seems like what we want is right in front of us. In any Adam Sandler movie, it's always his family or friends or that tiny shred of the thing from inside. All that work, and we...
View ArticleMy Old Friends
by Anonymous I'm sure I've lost all credibility by now.At anytime before, during, or after I lost my cool and said fuck you to any person or thing that I saw. When all I saw were enemies and people...
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Timbers v. Seattle Match Preview
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersComing off of a six-point homestand and playing their best soccer since March, the revitalized Portland Timbers face the ultimate test tonight: A trip...
View ArticlePatriot Prayer Haters
by Anonymous Finally the rest of the world knows how despicable your group is. Our allies down in San Fran shut your little hate rally down. And we will not allow you to misrepresent Portland again....
View ArticleDear Vegan Couple
by Anonymous I get it, Vegan Couple. You have chosen to not consume any animal products. This choice is at once socially responsive and spiritual. There is nothing crazy about it and you deserve the...
View ArticleThings to Do Monday!
7 things to do for August 28 by Mercury Staff Anne Helen Petersen Anne Helen Petersen first captured my heart with her Scandals of Classic Hollywood series at the Hairpin, which she wrote while...
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Things to Do This Week: August 28-31
by Mercury Staff Eclectic is the theme for the week, because the smorgasbord of fun that's spread out in front of you is a wide, diverse sort of buffet: A local hip-hop showcase that always delivers...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Texas Floods, People Die, and Trump Tweets Nonsense (Of...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! With you next to me there's no darkness I can't overcome. You are my raindrops, I am the seed. LET'S GO TO PRESS.Veterans and their families gathered in...
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Win Tickets to See Spring Breakers at Top Down: Rooftop Cinema!
by Erik Henriksen Every summer, the NW Film Center's Top Down: Rooftop Cinema screenings are some of the most fun events in town, with films screening outdoors, on the roof of downtown's Hotel deLuxe...
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Timbers Hold On For First Point in Seattle Since 2013
by Abe Asher AP Photo/Ted S. WarrenIn game after game, year after year, the Portland Timbers have gone up to Seattle and found ways to come home empty handed — and Sunday night, with the two great...
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