Jillian Lauren’s memoir is an excellent, engaging story of life in a harem.
Courtney Ferguson
Mercury copy chief and appreciator of the most sophisticated form of comedy: PUNS!
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Harem Girl at Back Fence PDX Tonight
I might have a little author crush on Jillian Lauren, who wrote a pretty gosh darn good memoir about being a teenage harem girl. Her book, Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, is engaging, open, and smart. It documents the nearly two years she spent charming the pants off Brunei’s Prince Jefri, as an […]
Posted inElection 2010
Chuck Currie at Aztec Willie’s: Gracious
Boy, that Rev. Chuck Currie is one hell of a nice guy (sorry for the blaspheming, Rev.). With a buffet of Mexican fare along the kid-friendly lines of nachos and quesadillas, Chuck’s election party for Multnomah County commissioner was a family-friendly affair at Aztec Willie’s on NE Broadway. Green balloons and tons of kids were […]
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Twin Peaks Tuesday
MC Chris is right. This pie‘s so good, it is a crime. More Twin Peaks than you can shake a jelly-filled doughnut at (plus some Ghost Busters, for good measure).
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Michael Jackson Afrobeat Dance Party
Anyone experiencing MJ dance-night burnout? Eh? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Tonight is the return of the Afrobeat Michael Jackson Dance Party, first seen in the Washington High School auditorium at last year’s TBA Fest. It’s a 10-piece funk fest with Ben Darwish, Commotion, Marv Ellis and the Platform, and DJ Dr. Adam. Tonight at […]
Posted inSports
Help Me Watch the Crap Outta the World Cup!
Calling all know-it-alls. I’m compiling a list of places that I (and, in turn, you) can catch all televised matches of the World Cup, starting mid-June. Who’s showing? So far I have:The Moon & SixpenceKenny & Zuke’sProst!Oblique Coffee Roasters I know places that regularly show football, but this is butt-ass early for most bars. Comment […]
Posted inFashion
Bad Cat Model!
It seems unlikely, but I sure hope this doesn’t happen at the fashion show tonight.
Posted inVideo
Inglourious Grammar Basterds
Attention Grammar Nazis! Funny stuff from College Humor, in which participles are dangled and a serial killer debates the merits of serial commas. I still maintain there’s nothing criminal about a run-on sentence, though. See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
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Delayed Cuteness
Aurgh, I didn’t get a chance to post any Tuesday cuteness. Is it too late? I wish my chickens would do this. I contend that even though this is from Werner Herzog’s Stroszek from 1977, a film that Ian Curtis watched right before he killed himself, he must not have watched it all the way […]
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Lady Miss Kier’s DJing Tonight
Eeeeeee! Lady Miss Kier of Dee-Lite is DJing tonight at the Red Cap Garage (SW 11th & Stark) as part of their April Shower/May Flowers weekend. She’ll be doing her fabulous thing for just $7 (or $10 for a two-day wristband). Lady Miss Kier would also like to remind you to vote.
Posted inBooks
Colin Meloy Takes on YA Fiction
Carson Ellis Besides helping out the young ‘uns with a PDX Pop Now! benefit tonight at the Cleaners, Colin Meloy will soon be filling their heads with visions of magic and wonder in an upcoming young-adult book series called Wildwood. Plus it’ll be illustrated by artist Carson Ellis! The PR flacks are calling the series […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Stranger Danger
New Freddy, New Nightmare
A new Freddy Krueger in a new Nightmare on Elm Street.