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Feb. 1
Print Edition for the week of
Feb. 1 - 7, 2017
Vol. 17, No. 38
Kelsey Wroten
News
Trumped Towers
One More Thing the New President’s Throwing into Chaos: Portland’s Affordable Housing Market
by Dirk VanderHart
Four Years of This Shit
Protests, Punches, and Arrests in Trump’s First Days
by Doug Brown
Hall Monitor: Cleaning the Baton
City Hall’s Chaotic. Can Portland’s Newest Leaders Change That?
by Dirk VanderHart
Music
All-Ages Action!
Sabertooth Micro Fest Edition
by Emma Burke
Things to Do Music: February 1-7
Noteworthy Shows This Week
Record Review: Moon Duo,
Occult Architecture Vol. 1
by Chris Sutton
Two Moons, Alone Together
The Portland Trio Merges Alienation with Connection
by Cameron Crowell
Ro James Is Ready for Liftoff
He's (Finally) Taking His Edgy R&B on Tour
by Jenni Moore
Lola Kirke’s New EP Contains Zero Oboe Solos
The Actor/Musician’s Debut Kicks Around the Dusty Realms of Gram Parsons Country
by Ciara Dolan
Movies & TV
The Dark Universe of
The Expanse
A Much-Needed Guide for Surviving the Future
by Erik Henriksen
Things to Do Film: February 3-9
This Week:
Say Anything
, Kurosawa's
Throne of Blood
, and the slow-motion delights of
Ghost in the Shell
by Mercury Staff
Beware the Slenderman
—and a Lot of Other Things
HBO’s Documentary Carries on a True Crime Tradition: Leaving Out the Victim
by Megan Burbank
The Young Pope
Is Ridiculous and Great
Paolo Sorrentino Examines Unchecked Power. And a Kangaroo.
by Ned Lannamann
Rings
: That Creepy Dead Girl Just KEEPS COMING BACK
A Reboot with Duplication Errors
by Andrew Wright
The Space Trash of
The Space Between Us
In Which Gary Oldman Watches Teens Make Out
by Suzette Smith
Books
It’s Happening Again, with 33 1/3’s
Twin Peaks
If You Like Angelo Badalamenti’s Iconic Score, You’ll Like a Book About It!
by Robert Ham
Sarah Manguso’s Book of Dread
300 Arguments
You’ll Either Love or Hate
by Joshua James Amberson
Theater & Performance
If You’ve Ever Worked Retail, Third Rail Has Your Number
The Flick
Captures a Shifting Film Industry from Small-Town New England
by Megan Burbank
Feature
Is Your Band Sexist, or Are Womxn Just Annoying?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Let’s Find Out!
by Kim Selling and Ciara Dolan
Last Supper
More Illumination, Please
Lantern Is Good, But Not Quite Ready to Lead the Way
by Andrea Damewood
Lush Life
Of Gruits, Otis Redding, and Subjectivity
by Brian Yaeger
I, Anonymous
Go Home
Ask a Pot Lawyer
No, You Still Can’t Smoke Weed in Public
But Things Might Change Under Senate Bill 307
by Sean Clancy
Cannabuzz
Impressive (and Insane) Vaporizing Methods from History
So You Think You Can Hot-Box? Check These Techniques Out
by Josh Jardine
Sold Out
Portland’s Pretty
It Was a Good Year for Pretty
by Marissa Sullivan
One Day at a Time
Trump’s First Week on the Job? WHAT COULD GO WRONG.
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Ask White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer
by Sean Spicer
Letters
Letters to the Editor
“‘FUCK YOU!’ Is My First Response.”
I, Anonymous Blog
Unheard Voices
by Anonymous
Daddy Didn't Love Me
by Anonymous
Dog Shit
by Anonymous
An Intriguing Idea to Stop Trump.......
by Anonymous
Dog Faces
by Anonymous
Blatant Tattoo Disrespect and Discrimination
by Anonymous
Oh, My Aching Skype!
by Anonymous
Love in the Time of Melancholia at Sandy Hut
by Anonymous
Chains! Use 'Em!
by Anonymous
In Response to Go Home
by Anonymous
Idiots
by Anonymous
Proper Protest Chant
by Anonymous
Dear One-Star Yelper
by Anonymous
When Did it Become OK
by Anonymous
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Advice Columnists Without Borders
by Dan Savage
This Week in Vaginas
A Special Memo From the New Administration to World Health Organizations (Or, You’re So Screwed)
by Courtenay Hameister