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Feed on Maximum Mad's Feedback
by Aris Hunter Wales Expertly placed feedback has always been a load-bearing cornerstone of quality rock ’n’ roll. Jimi Hendrix used it to accent his psychedelic freakouts, the Who abused it to...
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TBA Review: Sounds et al. Puts on the Platonic Ideal of an Experimental Music...
by Robert Ham RHOne of the best sources for experimental sound art in Portland these days is the humble but beautiful label Sounds et al. Run by British expat Andrew Fry, the imprint has released only...
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Multnomah County Prosecutors Are Drastically Cutting Grand Jury Proceedings
by Doug Brown Multnomah County District Attorney Rod UnderhillDoug BrownThe Multnomah County District Attorney's office will phase out using secretive grand juries in most felony cases, according to a...
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TBA Review: Faye Driscoll's Play Will Leave You Scratching Your Head
by Noah Dunham Briana CerezoI’ve been covering the PICA's Time-Based Art Festival for the better part of a decade. I’ve found writing about the contemporary canon to be both satisfying and deeply...
View ArticleI Know Why Now the Strange Feelings
by Anonymous It was my birthday. I don't celebrate or advertise it. I got a couple birthday wishes from a couple important people. Otherwise, this kind of personal information is lost upon the world...
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TONIGHT! It's the Funniest Show of the Year... the Undisputable Geniuses of...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Guys! Tickets are going verrrrry fast for the most hilarious night of comedy of the year, TONIGHT'S one-night-only show, the Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy (brought to you by...
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Rebel in the Rye: The JD Salinger Biopic No One Asked For
by Megan Burbank Imagine you’re at a party, and you’re introduced to a wannabe male novelist.Clutching a glass of whiskey, he will tell you of his plans to write the Great American Novel, and he will...
View ArticleYes to Californians. No to High School Forever.
by Anonymous As a Portland native, I am sick of the xenophobic bullshit people are passing off as “Keeping Portland Weird” in this town. Replace “Californian” with “Mexican,” or “Jews,” or “Blacks,”...
View ArticlePissing on the seat
by Anonymous Well, I tried just about everything. Group emails, post-its, laminated signs, and full on confrontations. Nothing worked. You still piss all over the seat(whoever you are). So now, I've...
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We Tested This Hangover Cure-All so You Don't Have To
But you may want to. by Kim Selling Author, with sample. I come from a family of drinkers who are also medical professionals. With this lineage, you might think I’d have some expertise curing...
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Valeri Sets Record, But Timbers Fall At Real Salt Lake
by Abe Asher Adam Fondren/The Deseret News via APWith his headed goal two minutes after halftime on Saturday night at the Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, Portland Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri...
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TBA Review: Tanya Tagaq's Contemporary Throat-Singing Addresses Violence...
by Kjerstin Johnson Three years ago, Tagaq sang live over a screening Nanook of the North.PICAOn Friday, PSU’s Lincoln Hall was practically packed, for good reason. Tanya Tagaq, one of Canada’s most...
View ArticleTBA Review: Morgan Bassichis Attempts to Update the Protest Song
by Noah Dunham Morgan Bassichis - Me, But Also Everybody! (Part I) - MoMA PS1 from Morgan Bassichis on Vimeo.PICA describes Protest Songs, Morgan Bassichis' TBA performance as "an evening of protest...
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Things to Do This Week: September 18-21
by Mercury Staff Jesus, how the hell did we run up on the twilight of September so damn fast? I mean... the sun went out that one time and then it came back in time for it to rain ash, and then it...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Sessions is Coming to Portland, Trump Speaks to the UN,...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! (Oops) there goes the dreams we used to say. (Oops) there goes the time we spent away. (Oops) there goes the love I had, but you cheated on me and...
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At Feast’s Smoked Event, Marrow Reigned Supreme
by Chad Walsh Last year, Mother Nature tried to take the piss out of Feast’s very popular Smoked! event by taking a literal piss on it.The annual al fresco event—which brings together chefs from...
View ArticleReligious Moron: Gay Sex Unnatural Because Kids Find It Icky
by Dan Savage The Friendly Atheist brings this idiot and his idiocy to our attention...Conservative activist E.W. Jackson recently interviewed WorldNetDaily’s David Kupelian and both men agreed that...
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There's a Protest Planned for Jeff Sessions' Portland Visit Tomorrow
by Dirk VanderHart From Facebook event pageAttorney General Jeff Sessions—who's looking to repeal protections for immigrants, crack down on legal weed, and give business owners the ability to...
View ArticleThe Case of the Butt-In Bartender
by Anonymous I came into the bar this weekend. I sat and you were friendly, asking me what I was up to and what not. I ordered a simple tall boy and said I was waiting on my lady (those words). She...
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TBA Review: Half Straddle's Power Pop and Sisterhood
by Noah Dunham Bob Fortner / Courtesy of Portland Institute for Contemporary ArtA few years back, some friends moved to New York. I asked them what they most wanted to do there. Their response? As if...
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