F**k Trump
by Anonymous Nice of Trump to defund Planned Parenthood because, you know, the Republicans just love life...except when that life is a casualty of war, or some poor kid going hungry, or a Mexican kid...
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Good Morning, News: Inauguration Day Fallout, More Presidential Lies, and the...
by Dirk VanderHart Saturday's Women's March on Portland was huge. Doug BrownLook: Millions of people marched in the streets on Saturday to protest Donald Trump's rise to president. Plenty of people...
View ArticleMilitarized Police State
by Anonymous You read the title, first thing you thought was "ah a post that I agree with!" Probably not. I'm not here to use big words to express an opinion no one agrees with, or vice versa,...
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Trump Pushes Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines Forward; What You Can Do...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey An activist locked to Dakota Access pipeline construction equipment in early September.Sydney BrownstoneWhile it should not come as a shock to anyone, this is some bullshit:...
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The 2017 Oscars Nominations are Here, And Are Not So White
by Charles Mudede Moonlight has the second-most nominations in this year's Oscars.The 89th Academy Awards, which will be broadcast by ABC on February 26, is not as white as the 88th edition. That is...
View ArticleFive Possible Scenarios for Cannabis Law Under Trump
The new administration is like a Choose Your Own Adventure for weed’s future. by Josh Jardine Donald Trump, Donald Tramp Living in the men’s shelter Wonder Bread bag shoes And singing “Helter...
View ArticleSold Out
How a snowy week birthed a retail movement. by Cassie Ridgway THAT FIRST DAY of snow was pretty rad, watching the tiny little puffs delicately fall through the crisp, clear air and stick to the...
View ArticleSavage Love
ITMFA! by Dan Savage I am quitethe follower on social media—Facebook and Twitter in particular. I make no trolling comments, no #MAGA hashtags; I just look with my male gaze. Like Laura Mulvey says,...
View ArticleOne Day at a Time
C’mon, Everybody! Let’s punch a Nazi in the face! by Ann Romano MONDAY, JANUARY 16Welcome back to One Day at a Time, dears, where we begin with our favorite type of gossip: a feud! The feud in...
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Send your valentine... a FREE Mercury valentine! by Mercury Staff Because we love you more than life itself, every year the Mercury happily publishes YOUR VALENTINES to your loved ones FOR FREE (!!)...
View ArticleSaxophone Quartet Battle Trance Works Toward Transcendence
Battle Trance frontman Travis Laplante says the saxophone quartet's lineup came to him in a dream. by Robert Ham TRAVIS LAPLANTE’S relationship with music goes beyond the simple joys of performing and...
View ArticleDown Gown's Rock of Ages
Down Gown's debut draws from past and present. by Ryan J. Prado GATHERED AROUND a table in the noisy Slingshot Lounge, the members of local post-rock band Down Gown appear bonded and respectful as...
View ArticleRevisiting Woody Guthrie’s Time at the Bonneville Dam
A new collection of covers by Pacific Northwest artists pays tribute to Woody Guthrie’s BPA song cycle. by Ryan J. Prado THE YEAR 2016 marked the 75th anniversary of one of the more notable months of...
View ArticleThings to Do Music
Noteworthy shows for the week of January 25-31. SUPER PICKLIZZO, DIZZY FAE (Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) Last year Minneapolis-based soul singer/rapper/flautist Lizzo dropped her major label debut,...
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Things To Do Film
This week: Carrie Fisher, Neruda, and waterboarded puppies. by Mercury Staff A Dog’s Purpose Before last week, this was just a blatant tearjerker about a dog who learns the meaning of life through...
View ArticleEmodóvar
With Julieta, Pedro Almodóvar riffs on Alice Munro. by Suzette Smith SPANISH DIRECTOR Pedro Almodóvar has given Adriana Ugarte, the central actress of his new film Julieta, his current hairstyle—puffy...
View ArticleResident Evil Actor Ryan McCluskey: The Resident Evinterview
Of zombies, doomed elevators, and spilled coffee. by Erik Henriksen THE FINEST FILM ever made in which Milla Jovovich kicks a zombie Doberman in the face, Paul W.S. Anderson’s 2002 horror blockbuster...
View ArticleThe Erdmann Cometh
Toni Erdmann will set your priorities straight. by Marc Mohan THE PHRASE“German comedy” is usually taken as an oxymoron, like “jumbo shrimp” or “functional democracy.” After all, the land of Beethoven,...
View ArticlePolice Blasted and Tear Gassed an Inauguration Day Protest
Now demonstrators are crying foul. by Doug Brown THE PROTESTER was standing motionless on SW Yamhill and Broadway last Friday when he was bombarded with “pepper ball” shots from gas mask-clad riot...
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Portland Finally Hired a Liaison to Local Tribes Late Last Year
Now the position sits empty. by Dirk VanderHart LAST SEPTEMBER, the Portland City Council stood with Standing Rock.As voices around the country called for a halt to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)...
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