PLASTIC CACTUS Courtesy of the artist Sound + Vision is the FREE monthly concert series the Mercury hosts with Banana Stand Media and Mississippi Studios. November’s show had some country twang, thanks to the Lonesome Billies—a western outfit that really does feature four Bills—and Plastic Cactus, whose debut EP, Pricks, was one of my favorite […]
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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Critiquing Christmas: The Fourth Annual Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition
Or, Pirates Ruin Everything.
Or, pirates ruin everything.
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Kill, Baby… Kill! Has a Great Title! It’s Also a Great Movie!
Mario Bava’s 1966 film Kill, Baby… Kill! is jam-packed with classic horror tropes: creaky doors, gratuitous cobwebs, shadowy passageways, intense exorcisms, cavernous tombs, ornate candelabras, random green auras, and one revolting baby doll. The story is classic, too: Following the mysterious death of a young woman, Dr. Paul Eswai (Giacomo Rossi Stuart) is sent to […]
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I Had a Religious Experience at the Killers Last Night
This is probably not a cool thing to say, but the Killers are one of my all-time favorite bands, and last night I finally got to see them play live. It was unreal—between songs, frontman Brandon Flowers bantered about Portland’s “Rip City” nickname and basked in the wild applause of a sold-out Moda Center. Fellow […]
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My Complicated Devotion to Brandon Flowers and the Killers
THE KILLERS Looks like somebody missed the “Wear Your Leather Jacket to Work Day” memo. Erik Weiss The last thing 2017 needed was an ode to machismo, which is why the lead single off the Killers’ brand-new record, Wonderful Wonderful, initially gave me pause. In the chorus of “The Man,” frontman Brandon Flowers brags, “I […]
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Fifty Years Later, Kill, Baby… Kill! Still Terrifies
What Could Go Wrong in a Cursed Town in the Carpathian Mountains?
What could go wrong in a cursed town in the Carpathian Mountains?
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My Complicated Devotion to Brandon Flowers and the Killers
The Las Vegas Rock Band Just Released Their Fifth LP, Wonderful Wonderful
My complicated devotion to Brandon Flowers and the Killers.
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The Mercury Interview: This Christmas, John Waters Wants Riots
GREG GORMAN When teenage degenerate Dawn Davenport awakens on Christmas morning to discover her parents didn’t buy her the cha-cha heels she wanted, total anarchy ensues: She cusses them out, stomps on their presents, and knocks the Christmas tree onto her mother, who pleads, “Please, Dawn! Not on Christmas!” That’s how John Waters’ 1974 cult […]
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This Christmas, John Waters Wants Riots
The Pope of Trash Discusses His Favorite Holiday
The Pope of Trash discusses his favorite holiday.
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Music Editor Ciara Dolan’s Wish List
It’s the Mercury staff wish list—and we’re very greedy.
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The Hollywood Theatre Is Hosting a Free Screening of Unknown Passage: The Dead Moon Story Tomorrow Night
LAUREN BAKER / SHE SHREDS MAGAZINE To celebrate the life of the late Fred Cole, the Hollywood Theatre, Mississippi Records, Kate Fix and Jason Summers are hosting a screening of Unknown Passage: The Dead Moon Story tomorrow night at 8pm. Cole passed away last week at 69 after battling cancer, and had recently been hospitalized […]
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Lady Bird Is Exactly What a Coming-of-Age Movie Should Be
“Lady Bird” is the name high school senior Christine McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) gives herself to signify rebellion against her family, her Catholic school, and her middle-class upbringing in Sacramento, “the Midwest of California.” And Lady Bird is full of typical teenager stuff: revolting against convention to forge your own identity. But writer/director Greta Gerwig reworks […]