Do you know what happens in the game industry on December 30 of every year? Absolutely nothing. How am I supposed to feed my family of 7 on the meager scraps The Merc throws my way if I can’t find content to offer the most attractive readers in Portland? Wm.™ Steven Humphrey lives in a […]
2008
Posted inSports
Blazers vs Celtics – Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers meet the Boston Celtics in a preview of the 2010 NBA Finals moderately competitive basketball game. The last time these two teams met Kevin Garnett got on all-fours and barked like a puppy, Glen “Big Baby” Davis lived up to his name and cried like […]
Posted inArtsy
Freedom of Information 2008
There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about Freedom of Information 2008, a New York-based project that invites dancers across the country (ideally, one from every state) to participate in 24 hours of continuous improvisation while blindfolded and earplugged. The project, conceived by choreographer Miguel Gutierrez, is intended as a “contemplative act […]
Posted inDrunk
Goodbye (cough) to All That (cough cough)
Smoke and booze. Booze and smoke. To me, they are inextricably linked. But as we look across the country, the smoky bar is becoming a nicotine stained memory. Soon, all that will be left will be so many thousands of yards of browned wallpaper and grungy beer signs that will never be clean, no matter […]
Posted inFashion
American Apparel Goes Full Nude
See the NSFW full version after the cut. Also, this one is on the latest issue of Purple. Via Debauchette, The Reverse Cowgirl (click that link to see the ad with pubes), and Refinery 29. Offended? I can’t say I can muster any extraordinary protest. Sex and youth selling clothes is ubiquitous, AA is just […]
Posted inSports
They Like Sportz
Hoo-RAH! It’s another leaked song from The Lonely Island boys (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone), and this one arrives just in time for all you “sportz nutz” who will undoubtedly spend your entire New Year’s Day jizzing in your pants over football. (Why, that’s right… The Lonely Planet are also responsible for the […]
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Resolution Post
Here we go again. The 2008 Hot Men of Medical Research calendar has been taken down and the 2009 Vomitoriums of the Rich and Famous calendar is waiting in the wings (wow, look at Mario Batali’s gold inlaid porcelain jobby). It all feels a little bit arbitrary if you ask me. I mean, if we […]
Posted inNews
Good Morning, News!
Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected to name former Illinois attorney general Roland Burris to fill Obama’s senate seat. See, Burris was smart to wait until after Christmas, when everything is cheaper. In the Minnesota senate race, Al Franken is ahead of Republican Norm Coleman by a whopping 50 votes… for now. Maybe we don’t really […]
Posted inVideo Games
The Legend of the Trailer of Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
There’s a new movie based on the Street Fighter line of videogames headed to theaters in February with nary a Van Damme or Raul Julia in sight. Hyde Park Entertainment, the people who cajoled Capcom into handing over the rights after the last movie on the subject was widely ridiculed as worse than cancer, released […]
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2008 in Pictures.
The New York Times has collected 160 photos summing up 2008, and all of them are worth a look. Here.
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Joel Przybilla: Friend of the Sasquatch
In anticipation of tomorrow’s Blazers versus Celtics throwdown at the Rose Garden, here is a very surreal video from the pre-game introductions of Saturday’s game against Toronto. For some reason there was a large Sasquatch mascot (not this guy) on the court longing for a high-five from the Blazers as they came out of the […]
Posted inFood and Drink
This Year/Next Year: More Questions Than Answers
In this week’s Last Supper, I spend some time exploring how a few of the newer restaurants are dealing with the current economic climate and how they plan to address the new year. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the room to discuss a couple ethical issues that have been rolling around in my head for the […]