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Apr. 23
Print Edition for the week of
Apr. 23 - 29, 2009
Vol. 9, No. 47
Tim Gunther
News
Missing: Home Plate
Was Memorial Coliseum Ever a Good Ballpark Site?
by Sarah Mirk
Don't Be So Dense
Northeast Neighborhood Discusses Smart Density
by Sarah Mirk
Sit, Lie, Disappear
Sit-Lie Law Faces Sunset as Arguments Prevail
by Matt Davis
Hall Monitor
Checks and Balances
by Matt Davis
In Other News
Music
La Dolce Vita
Bob Corn's Serious Joke
by Ned Lannamann
New Body, Old Souls
Have Faith in the Old Believers
by Ezra Ace Caraeff
Immortal Kombat
Kreator Survives German Law (and the '80s)
by Mike Meyer
The Sound of Kuduro
Buraka Som Sistema's Social Statement
by Ava Hegedus
Up & Coming
Movies & TV
Psycho Genius and Me
Exploitation and Madness in
The Soloist
by Matt Davis
OMG BABY KITTIES
Earth
Might Be Cute, But That Doesn't Make it Good.
by Alison Hallett
This Isn't Spinal Tap
Anvil!
Will Rock You
by Ned Lannamann
Sex, Drugs, and Ray-Bans
The Empty Sneer of
The Informers
by Marjorie Skinner
Sizing up
Gigantic
Small Laughs, Big Problems
by Ned Lannamann
Dance, Dance, Révolution
Paris 36
: A Musical Primer to Fascism!
by Alison Hallett
I'm Staying Home:
Mercury
Video Picks
Battlestar: The Previous Generation
by Erik Henriksen
Film Shorts
This Week on Television
Food and Drink
Island Time
Taste of Jakarta Puts Indonesia on Your Plate
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Food News
Life in Cured Meats
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Visual Art
Forecast
Celebrate Portland Fashion at the
Mercury
's Spring Show
by Marjorie Skinner
Comedy
Next Stop: Bridgetown
by Andrew R Tonry
Books
The (Nigerian) Prince and the Frog
by Alison Hallett
Theater & Performance
Sweat, Lies, and Videotape
by Alison Hallett
Second Season
by Ezra Ace Caraeff
I Love Television
I Love Television™
I Have Nothing to Say to You
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
I, Anonymous
Don't Jerk the Clerk
by Anonymous
Sold Out
Adam Arnold Spring 2009
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Wow Town, USA!
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Linguistics
by Dan Savage
Letters
Letters to the Editor