Anyone else been stewing in the bubonic juices of sickness lately? My muscles are atrophying. My head is pounding. I haven’t seen nary a soul in four days. I’ve watched two Bret Easton Ellis movies. I’ve rewatched Twin Peaks season two. I believe you could irrigate two fields of alfalfa with my fever sweat output. […]
Courtney Ferguson
Mercury copy chief and appreciator of the most sophisticated form of comedy: PUNS!
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S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night!
Aladdin Theater—Joanna Newsom, Robin Pecknold, 8 pm, $23.50-25, all ages Backspace—And And And, Steel Wells, Fanno Creek, A.King, 9 pm, all ages Bar Bar—Want, 7 pm, free, all ages Centaur Guitar—The Penalty, Diaeresis, Broken Bodies, Gimme an X!, Sabateur, 2 pm, free, all ages Crystal Ballroom—Best of the White Eagle: The Parson Red Heads, The […]
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Friday’s Musical Reveries
Aladdin Theater—Joanna Newsom, Robin Pecknold, 8 pm, $23.50-25, all ages Bar Bar—Rocky Votolato, 8 pm Berbati’s Pan—Cool Nutz, Mistah F.A.B., Bosko, Mic Crenshaw, Maniac Lok, Double O, Gray Matters, Mikey Vegaz, Yung Mil, 7 pm, $10-15, all ages Enchanted Forest—Great Idea Fest: Typhoon, Reporter, Skeletron, Wampire, Sons of Huns, The Peculiar Pretzelmen, Ghost to Falco, […]
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Thursday in Music Listings
Doug Fir—We’re from Japan, Gifts from Enola, You May Die in the Desert, 9 pm, $7 Ella Street Social Club—Archers, Hello Constable, Francisco the Man, 9 pm, $5 Holocene—Mariee Sioux, Salt Minds, Denver, Alina Hardin, 8:30 pm, $5-7 Hotel deLuxe—Rooftop Cinema: Little Darlings screening w/Kelli SchaeferThe Know—Organized Sports, Street Walkers, Total Abuse, The Cysts, 8 […]
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Wednesday Concerts
Tonight looks like a good time to dance or laugh your tookus off. Holocene—Malaikat Dan Singa, And And And, Why I Must Be Careful, Wampire, 8:30 pm, $5 Main St. (Between SW Broadway & Park)—The Shanghai Woolies, 5 pm, free, all ages Rotture—Zizek: DJ Beyonda, Ben Tactic, DJ Lifepartner, 9 pm, $5 The Woods—In the […]
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Twin Peaks Trivia Results… also Sadness
So the results are in: My Twin Peaks trivia skills are dulling with age. Without that, what am I?! So, I’m letting that ennui sink in. Two years ago, it was all doughnuts and obscure quote rememberin’… now it’s tying for third place and mooching cherry pie off the winners… an all-star team I put […]
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Weekend Edition: Concerts
Alberta Rose Theatre—3 Leg Torso, 8 pm, $15-25, all ages Ash Street Saloon—The Lordy Lords, Hairspray Blues, Primitive Idols, Boo Frog, 9:30 pm, $5Backspace—Boom, White Fang, Cafeteria Dance Fever, 9 pm, $5 Bagdad Theater—Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls Showcase, 6 pm, all ages Centaur Guitar—PDX Punk Rock Collective, Pure Country Gold, The Hickmans, The […]
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Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
Doug Fir—Phosphorescent, J. Tillman, Grouplove, 9 pm, $12-14 Hawthorne Theatre—PDX Unplugged Summer Fest: Gray Matters, Greenlander, HEMA, The Routine, The Bright Midnight, North Head, Christian Burghardt, Painted Grey, Monkeyhawk, Denali, Demon Squirrel, Blue in the Face, Fievel Goes Home, 5 pm, free The Knife Shop at Kelly’s Olympian—Coco Cobra & The Killers, Don’t, Advisory, 10 […]
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Tonight’s Musical Grab Bag
Backspace—Purple Rhinestone Eagle, STLS, Forever, Permanent Wave, 9 pm, $5, all ages Burgerville—The Shaky Hands, The Rainy States, Starparty, 6 pm, free, all ages Crystal Ballroom—Silversun Pickups, Against Me, Henry Clay People, 9 pm, $32-35, all ages Doug Fir—Hutson, Ape Machine, Villains, 9 pm, $7 Ecotrust Parking Lot—“secret” guests, Climber, The Greater Midwest, 5 pm, […]
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How I Learned to Start Worrying
Hating the Bomb with Countdown to Zero
After watching Countdown to Zero, I’m once again terrified of a nuclear holocaust.
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Twin Peaks Trivia: Let’s Team Up
ShanRock is hosting another Twin Peaks trivia night. Two years ago (almost exactly to the day), you might recall that our humble li’l TP gang took second and earned ourselves a pile o’ doughnuts. I also found my calling as a Twin Peaks trivia junkie. Who wants to join me for a run at first […]
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Young Fresh Wednesday Concerts
Main St. (Between SW Broadway & Park)—Young Fresh Fellows, 5 pm, free, all ages Mississippi Studios—Young Fresh Fellows, 9 pm, $6Roseland—Kinky Friedman, 8 pm, $25-40, all ages South Park Blocks—PSU Professional Sound Fest: Battlehooch, Defeating the Purpose, Grandparents, Megafauna, Dessert, 1 pm, free, all ages (The World Famous) Kenton Club—Eye Candy: VJ Norto, The Phantom […]