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The Author of "It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers" Does Not Get...
"I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get my hands on some fucking gourds and arrange them in a horn-shaped basket on my dining room table." by Katie Herzog Get ready to decorate, motherfuckers....
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by Anonymous I've supported you because we are friends, but it's time for you to move on from this silly dream of being a "musician." It'd be one thing if you thought of music as a hobby or something...
View ArticleI Made a Snowflake Cry...
by Anonymous To the kid I locked in the 7-11 as your friends and you shoplifted from the late night clerk:I will never forget the tears you cried as you begged me to let you out, "please bro!!, I was...
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Good Morning, News: The Arts Tax Survives, I-84 Nears Opening, and 'Melo to...
by Dirk VanderHart Getty ImagesICYMI, the arts tax is legal. That's the ruling from the Oregon Supreme Court, which yesterday agreed with the decisions of two lower courts that the $35 yearly fee is...
View ArticleThings to Do Friday!
12 things to do for September 22 by Mercury Staff Cameron Esposito & Rhea Butcher Comedian couple Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher’s short-lived SeeSo show Take My Wife is one of the most...
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13 things to do for September 23 by Mercury Staff Daniel Norgren, William Tyler Swedish artist Daniel Norgren has spent the last decade building a sizable fanbase in Europe, but it wasn’t until...
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12 things to do for September 24 by Mercury Staff Television It’s mostly because of happenstance that Television got called a punk band, but while they were scene figureheads during the punk explosion...
View Article10 for $10: Your Best Bang for the Buck Shows, September 22-24
by Mercury Staff Sneaker Week PDX Block Party How it took until 2017 for the epicenter of the country’s sneaker industry to host its own weeklong paean to the kick game, we’ll never know. We’re just...
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Timbers v. Orlando City Match Preview
by Abe Asher Portland TimbersFor the first time in more than a month, the Portland Timbers will return home on Sunday to — with an assist from new goalkeeping signing Derrick Tellez— take on Orlando...
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Go Inside the Malheur Refuge Takeover with No Man's Land
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey For residents of Oregon, the 2016 Malheur Refuge takeover by so-called patriot militants was a torturous affair that played out in slow motion. Lasting 41 days, the occupation...
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This Weekend's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo PDX Collective SaleOne of the most anticipated group sales, the PDX Collective Sale, is back and bringing together 11 of Portland’s top boutiques to offer major savings to...
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If You Like Your Superheroes on Dirt Bikes—Don't Miss Marvel Universe Live!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey "Eat a dirt bike, lizard!"Courtesy Marvel Universe Live!Calling all superhero geeks who also love hilarity and dirt bikes: The wholly entertaining Marvel Universe Live! Age of...
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Dreamdecay's Yú Is One of the Most Accessible Heavy Records in Years
by Morgan Troper DREAMDECAY Heavily obscured.Courtesy of the artist The first thing you’ll notice about Seattle punks Dreamdecay is that they are very loud.This was fully put into perspective earlier...
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Don’t Walk Out of An Octoroon Or You’ll Miss Branden Jacobs-Jenkins'...
by Megan Burbank RUSSELL J YOUNGIf you’re not familiar with the content of Artists Repertory Theatre’s An Octoroon, the spare set and opening monologue may have you convinced you’re in for a staid...
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Morrissey's Kicking Off His North American Tour at the Schnitz This Halloween
by Ciara Dolan Celebrate Halloween with Morrissey Ian Gavan / Stringer / Getty ImagesThis morning Morrissey announced that he's touring North America this fall in support of his forthcoming album, Low...
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In Barrett Martin's The Singing Earth, Music is the Antidote to Isolationist...
by Robert Ham Of all the aggravations and outright horrors to befall the United States in the Trump administration’s first year, one of the worst is the president’s dangerous belief that American...
View ArticleSide Order of Dick
by Anonymous There I was at the bar enjoying drinks and dinner with my partner. When my main plate arrived, you leaned across your date to comment loudly on how much food it was; share your 'strategy'...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Another One That Got Away
Who shows up at this party but...Mr. One Who Got Away. by Dan Savage I've got a story about The One that Got Away... and then ten years later showed up again. I really need some advice.Thirty-year-old...
View ArticleHorrible Piece of Human Garbage
by Anonymous You were the girl at the Goldfrapp concert who pushed her way up behind me, stood there for a few songs loudly clapping out of time, and then tried to shove past me. I tried to block you...
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No Tigers Were Harmed in the Making of The Tiger Hunter (We Assume)
by Elinor Jones The Tiger Hunter is the fictional story of an Indian immigrant, Sami, who’s played by Community’s Danny Pudi and who does not, in fact, hunt tigers. But his dad did! We don’t really...
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