Courtney Ferguson, Author at Portland Mercury

Sexually Repressed Mermaids! Also Wolf-on-Baby Grossness.

Courtney FergusonApril 27, 2011 2:59 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:30 pm

Wake up, Uncle Jacob, it’s time to imprint. This io9 blog post gives me ADD. There is too much juicy Twilight-related grossness to chew on. It should be noted that because I’m the only Mercury staffer who has read all the Twilight books (I hate myself), I’m on the Stephenie Meyer beat. Turns out she’s […]

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Bridgetown Comedy Fest: The Hunt for The Great White Andy Dick

Courtney FergusonApril 26, 2011 9:59 amJuly 12, 2022 8:30 pm

Hop on the good ship Pequod, let’s go Andy Dick hunting. Apparently he’s still at large in Stumptown. This report from our man on the scene, Bridgetown Comedy Fest’s Andy Wood, who mentioned something about Dick being missing: “I have no idea where he is, although I heard reports he showed up at Sinferno at […]

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Bridgetown Comedy Fest: Sunday’s Highlights

Courtney FergusonApril 25, 2011 11:14 amJuly 12, 2022 8:30 pm

I’ll need a year to recover from this weekend—Bridgetown, as usual, was a laff blast. I lost track of hipster references, cans of PBR consumed, and number of comedians I saw. But here’s one last tally from last night: Kraken references: 2 (plus 1 “crackin’”)Holocaust references on Easter Sunday: 6,000,000Andy Dick-is-missing references: 1 from Festival […]

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Bridgetown Comedy Fest: Saturday’s Highlights

Courtney FergusonApril 24, 2011 11:59 amJuly 12, 2022 7:40 pm

Running Tally:Number of times the vegan stripclub was invoked in a joke: 3 Highlights:Due to a combination of sun and roller derby, I merely skimmed the surface of last night’s shows, but it is confirmed—Iliza Shlesinger is one funny lady. Also the lasses of the You Had to Be There podcast had a fun panel […]

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Bridgetown Comedy Fest: Friday’s Highlights

Courtney FergusonApril 23, 2011 2:29 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:30 pm

Running Tally: Ok Cupid mentions: 3Hipster mentions (it should be noted that some of these were referencing Brooklyn and L.A. hipsters): 6Voodoo Doughnut mentions: 0 (hmm, did everyone get a memo?)Oregon’s Gas Pumping mentions: 1Homeless People jokes: OFF THE CHARTSRape-y jokes: A PANTSLOAD (for efficiency, how about combining the last two categories?) Highlights from last […]

Sports

Roller Derby Tonight: Portland vs. Seattle

Courtney FergusonApril 23, 2011 1:14 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:30 pm

Tonight, tonight, tonight the Rose City Rollers take on the sniveling varmints of Seattle’s Rat City Rollergirls. And by golly, I’m really double booked for the evening, what with the ha-ha’s at the Bridgetown Comedy Fest and the rah-rah’s at derby tonight, but hell, someone’s gotta do it, right? Can’t miss this sibling rivalry bout, […]

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Bridgetown Comedy Fest: Thursday’s Highlights

Courtney FergusonApril 22, 2011 2:29 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:30 pm

Highlights: The Music Comedy program at the Mt. Tabor Theater. Mindy Raf killed it as a crunchy singer/songwriter vegan lesbian chick (which totally doesn’t sound as fun as it was, right?). She was rocking her guitar and itching her boobs in a most hairy-legged manner and it all boiled down to a great character who […]

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Bridgetown Comedy Fest: Last Comic Standing Room Only

Courtney FergusonApril 22, 2011 10:14 amJuly 12, 2022 7:40 pm

I sure do love me some Bridgetown Comedy Fest. I look forward to it all year knowing that no other fest will deliver so many laughs and drunkengoodtimes. So let’s kick these funny jams off right with a preview of a great-looking show on Saturday night—Last Comic Standing Room Only, a showcase of comedians kicked […]

Events

Tonight in Music

Courtney FergusonApril 21, 2011 1:29 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:30 pm

For those of you who prefer exercising the ear muscles, not the funny bones:Alberta Rose Theatre—The Parson Red Heads, Kelli Schaefer, Pine Language, 8:30 pm, $10 Branx—Daedelus, Tokimonsta, Shlomo, Natasha Kmeto, 9 pm, $12-15 Doug Fir—The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Twin Shadow, Catwalk, DJ Izm, 9 pm, $15 Holocene—Nightclubbing: Suzanne Kraft, DJ Mike […]

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Tonight in Music

Courtney FergusonApril 20, 2011 2:29 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:30 pm

Branx—Nightshift: Chicharones, Yeah Great Fine, Elle Nino, Vivivi, DJ Wizski, DJ Zone, 9 pm, $5 Doug Fir—Garage a Trois, 9 pm, $17-19 Holocene—Onuinu, Gulls, Breakfast Mountain, DJ Sgt. Forker, 9 pm, $5 The Know—The Rainy States, The Plurals, Low Cobra, 8 pm Someday Lounge—The Neck Brace: Theory Hazit, Juicebox Jackson, Hi-Res, Commenter-e, Calvin Valentine, Trox, […]

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Tonight in Music

Courtney FergusonApril 14, 2011 2:43 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:30 pm

Doug Fir—Richmond Fontaine, Chris Marshall, The Low Bones, 9 pm, $10 Hawthorne Theatre—Krizz Kaliko, Johnny Richter, Kutt Calhoun, Saigon, Potluck, J Hornay, Tragedy, 8 pm, $16-20, all ages Holocene—El Ten Eleven, Lynx, Girlfriends, 8:30 pm, $10-12 Mississippi Studios—Soul’d Out: Dr. Lonnie Smith, 9 pm, $17-20 Peter’s Room at the Roseland—Soul’d Out: Tinie Tempah, Animal Farm, […]