The Know’s current location on NE Sandy, which opened in 2017. Google Maps Following weeks of rumored turmoil and turnover of his venue’s staff, Ryan Stowe—owner of the Know—reportedly posted photos last Friday night of two former employees’ W-2 forms to the Northeast Portland punk bar’s Facebook page, with their names, addresses, and Social Security […]
CK Dolan
Formerly a senior editor and the music editor at the Mercury, CK Dolan writes about music, movies, TV, the death industry, and pickles.
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Flower Is Funny, Depraved, and Kinda Problematic
Flower announces its outrageousness in its very first scene, which finds rebellious teen Erica (Zoey Deutch) giving a cop a blowjob at a scenic overlook of the San Fernando Valley. When he refuses to pay her in full, Erica’s best friends (Maya Eshet and Dylan Gelula) storm his cruiser, filming the compromising situation with their […]
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Live Review: Pussy Riot at the Doug Fir, Wed March 21
Pussy Riot at the Doug Fir, Wed 3/21 Katie Summer Katie Summer “This is a fake concert,” Nadezhda Tolokonnikova told the crowd gathered at the Doug Fir last night for the second of Pussy Riot’s two sold-out Portland shows. “It’s more like a political rally.” Tolokonnikova’s declaration should’ve come as no surprise, though—the Russian group […]
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Portugal. The Man Will Perform at Portland’s March for Our Lives This Saturday
PORTUGAL. THE MAN Sat 3/24 Pioneer Courthouse Square Atlantic Records Portugal. The Man is the probably biggest band to come out of Portland in recent years: In January the six-piece (who originally formed in Alaska) won a Grammy in the “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance” category for their hit single “Feel It Still,” and accepted the […]
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Flower Review: A Movie About Blackmail, Blowjobs, and Vigilante Justice
Rebels with a Cause
Rebels with a cause.
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Loveless Is the Most Depressing Movie I Have Ever Seen
Loveless is two hours of watching a divorcing couple argue viciously and search Moscow for their missing son, who they were considering putting in an orphanage anyway, while apocalyptic news broadcasts about the conflict in Ukraine play in the background. (ALSO, it’s the middle of winter and the city looks like an arctic hellscape.) It’s […]
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Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot Embarks on Their First US Tour
PUSSY RIOT Challenging hegemonic institutions, injustice, and boring headwear. Shorefire Media About six years ago, a group of women wearing colorful balaclavas made international headlines after storming Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior, thrashing around the altar, and chanting, “Virgin Mary, Mother of God, put Putin away.” They belonged to Pussy Riot, the anti-Kremlin protest […]
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Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 6: The Last Artful, Dodgr
Alicia J Rose Spring is almost here—flowers are blooming, the temperature’s steadily rising, and legions of dads are preparing to bust out their Crocs. That means summer’s just around the corner, and with it the 20th anniversary edition of Pickathon. Let’s celebrate with another installment of our Starlight Series, shall we? This psychedelic video features […]
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Pussy Riot’s Balaclava-Led Revolution
The Russian Punk Band Embarks on Their First US Tour
Russian punk band and protest group Pussy Riot embarks on their first US tour.
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Loveless Review: This Movie Ruined My Day. Now All I Want to Do Is Watch Thor
This Is the Most Depressing Movie I Have Ever Seen
This is the most depressing movie I have ever seen.
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Win Tickets to Slayer’s Farewell Tour Stop at the Sunlight Supply Amphitheater!
Martin Jausller After a 36-year run, Slayer is finally packing up shop, but not before embarking on one final world tour. And great news: On Thursday, August 23, the legendary metal band will stop at the Sunlight Supply Amphitheater in Ridgefield, Washington, to bid farewell to their loyal legion of Pacific Northwest fans. Even better […]
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What Will Portland’s Festival Season Look Like Without MusicfestNW Presents: Project Pabst?
MusicfestNW Presents: Project Pabst 2017 NATALIE BEHRING Last Monday, Willamette Week announced that MusicfestNW—the music festival it’s produced annually for nearly two decades—will not happen in 2018. Originally conceived as a week-long, South by Southwest-style, multi-venue event, in 2014 MFNW moved to one weekend at Waterfront Park, the same year that Pabst Brewing Company hosted […]