I’m almost this excited to watch Toy Story 3 tonight! Who am I kidding, I’m way more excited than that! OMG. OMG. I’m this excited.
Courtney Ferguson
Mercury copy chief and appreciator of the most sophisticated form of comedy: PUNS!
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Thursday Night Music
Here’s what’s poppin’ tonight: Backspace—Plankton Wat, Horde of Two, Mangled Bohemians, Saudade, 8 pm, $6, all ages Dante’s—Richmond Fontaine, Kevn Kinney, Scott McCaughey, 9 pm, $10-12 Doug Fir—Delta Spirit, Ezra Furman & The Harpoons, The Romany Rye, 9 pm, $12-14 Edgefield—Norman, 6 pm, free, all ages Holocene—Ping Pong Pandemonium Party: STLS, Neal Morgan, Permanent Wave, […]
Posted inBooks
Phew. Whatta Day.
I feel like Little Chrissy after a midnight wallow in the sugar feedbag. From John Waters’ Pecker (hee hee). He’s also got a new book out. Anyone read it yet? I’ll grab a copy this week for a future blog post.
Posted inBiscuits
Mmmm, Mercury Column
As if you weren’t excited enough about our birthday, let us fondly look back at our investigative journalism coup de grace: God, I’m hungry.
Posted inBlogs
Our Second Favorite Fourth Grade Mercury Columnist
Mmmm yes, back in 2004 everyone loved li’l spitfire Jerry Masterson (who’s gotten a little long in the tooth these days), but what about his less-popular replacement, Cornelius Van Shack Armentrout? He was a precocious young lad, with an appetite for the finer things in life (like brioche aux sucre and fish sticks). Cornelius was […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Mommy and Me
Splice Messes with the Natural Order
Splice reengineers the creature feature.
Posted inMovies & TV
What’s Up, Queer Doc?
The Myriad Films and Subjects of QDoc
Come gather under QDoc’s queer umbrella.
Posted inTransportation
My Favorite Former Mercury Columnist!
Portland Streetcar! All week long we’ve been waxing nostalgic about former Mercury columnists. Let us put on our wine- and rose-colored glasses for a look at the beloved and murderous Portland Streetcar. In 2001, this literary mode of transportation traveled from the Old Country to Portland’s blood-soaked streets, looking to sate his unquenchable thirst for […]
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Remembering Jerry Masterson
As you have undoubtedly heard, our 10th birthday party is coming up on Saturday (you should totally come, guys!) and we’re getting all introspective here at the Merc. It has also come to our attention that long, long ago, written in the days before LOL cats and Ye Olde Blogtown, there exists a wide spectrum […]
Posted inHorrors
This Picture Scares the Crap Outta Me
Alexx Henry Kenny Rogers, Miley’s teeth, the dolls (oh, the dolls). Eeek.
Posted inEvents
Triplets of Belleville at Pix Tonight
Flim-flam franc-ery tonight at Pix for their free showing of 2003’s Triplets of Belleville, which can only be described as pure French awesomeness. Pix Patisserie (North)3901 N Williamstonight at 8:30 pm, free
Posted inCats
In Honor of Matt’s Last Cat Friday
To you, Matt. It’s a British kitty! May your trip be good and your days full of kittens.