The County Just Instituted Strict Campaign Reforms
The problem: There’s still no telling if they’re legal. by Doug Brown A judge’s decision about Multnomah County’s strict new limits to campaign contributions was supposed to arrive by the end of...
View ArticleAs A Wildfire Rages East of Portland One Thing Is Certain
The gorge you knew is gone. by Dirk VanderHart Every summer, Portland watches as parts of the state turn to tinder and catch fire, spurring frantic efforts to limit damage and save property. On...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of September 6-12. by Emilly Prado WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6Emergency Relief Benefit for Hurricane Harvey This community-run concert will feature the minimal techno project...
View ArticleOregon's $450 Million Plan to Widen I-5 Has Portlanders Preparing for War
But can activists kill another highway megaproject? by Dirk VanderHart You’re fucking sick of traffic.Maybe you love your car. Maybe you merely tolerate it. But chances are you’re one of the 67...
View ArticleBlack Belt Eagle Scout's Debut Has Heartbreak and Guitar Solos
Black Belt Eagle Scout’s Mother of My Children externalizes loss with electrifying post-rock. by Ciara Dolan Black Belt Eagle Scout is the musical alias of multi-instrumentalist/producer Katherine...
View ArticleRecord Review: Mr. Wrong, Babes in Boyland
Mr. Wrong’s debut LP infiltrates the boys club. by Ciara Dolan Mr. Wrong’s debut LP, Babes in Boyland, starts throwing flames within the first few seconds. A combination of both new and reworked...
View ArticleSneaker Wave
The latest in Portland hip-hop. by Jenni Moore It’s unusual for me to discover an artist via a press release whose work I genuinely enjoy. So when Mercury Music Editor Ciara Dolan forwarded me...
View ArticleStaying Mild with Tops
Tops talks positive breakups and perfect pop songs. by Suzette Smith Mellow Montreal pop band Tops is at a tentative level of success where everyone I know seems to have heard of them, but no one can...
View ArticleThings to Do Music
Noteworthy shows for the week of September 6-12. SUPER PICKAGAINST ME!, BLEACHED, THE DIRTY NII (Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russel) Since its inception in 1998 as a raucous Floridian two-piece, Against...
View ArticleCrown Heights Dumbs Down Colin Warner’s Story
Listen to the This American Life episode instead. by Megan Burbank In 1980, Colin Warner was sentenced to life in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. His friend Carl “KC” King did everything in his...
View ArticleVenture Inside the Brain of Stanley Kubrick—on 35 and 70mm
The Hollywood Theatre’s quick, essential “Kubrick on Film” series. by Andrew Wright Stanley Kubrick was a genius, of course. But once you get past that self-evident truth, there’s quite a bit to...
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Things To Do Film: Sept 8-14
This week: Beach Rats, Blow-Up, and Shaolin vs. Wu Tang. by Mercury Music Staff Beach Rats Arthouse films in which the camera caresses young male bodies are usually directed by men, like Gus Van Sant...
View ArticleIt Review: Here's That Creepy Clown You Ordered!
Welcome to Derry, Maine! Population: ONE KILLER CLOWN. by Erik Henriksen Published in 1986 and weighing in at over 1,000 pages, It might be Stephen King's best book: It's the kind of unsettling story...
View ArticleThings to Do Wednesday!
8 things to do for September 6 by Mercury Staff The I, Anonymous Show It’s back! One of Portland’s funniest (and sauciest) comedy nights, the I, Anonymous Show, returns with more of the crazy rants,...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Trump Kicks DACA to Congress, Gorge Wildfire Expands, and...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I'll love you more in the rain or shine, and making love in the rain is fine. A love so good and I call it mine. Love is blind. LET'S GO TO...
View ArticleI Don't Believe in Labels
by Anonymous My place of work was recently hit by an arsonist and honestly I'm getting tired of getting punched in the stomach over and over again by news, death, and destruction. I've been having a...
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Oh Right, TBA Starts Tomorrow
by Megan Burbank keyon gaskin and sidony o'nealPHOTO COURTESY OF TBA / PICA.ORGI've been so distracted today by my car's new coat of ash (how to even clean?), President Bobblehead's ignorant cruelty,...
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As Fire Creeps Toward Portland's Water Supply, the City Could Switch to Well...
by Dirk VanderHart Diego DiazThe Eagle Creek Fire incinerating the gorge is showing no signs of slowing its explosive growth. In the last 24 hours, the fire has joined up with another fire—the Indian...
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Last Call! Don't Miss the Heeelarious I, Anonymous Show... TONIGHT!
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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Les Caves: Head Down to Drink Up
by MJ Skegg Deep down inside Les Caves.I love subterranean bars. Not simply basement bars, but places that feel secret and illicit, hidden from the world. Les Caves, a “winery bar” buried beneath NE...
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