Pocket Rock-it (Via) Holocene–Laid Out: Gossip Cat, Pocket Rock-it, Misti Miller, 9 pm, $5 Black Book–Modern(-ist): DJ Troubled Youth, Ryan Biornstad, 10 pm, free Bunk Bar–Tweak Bird, Gaytheist, 9 pm, $8-10 Crystal Ballroom–The Decemberists, Laura Veirs, 8 pm, $49.50-125, all ages Dig a Pony–DJ Dickel, 5 pm; Rev Shines, DJ Cooky Parker, 9 pmDoug Fir–Bike […]
Courtney Ferguson
Mercury copy chief and appreciator of the most sophisticated form of comedy: PUNS!
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Poster of the Week
This lovely poster is by Allyson Haller (nope, not Allison Hallet; must be a doppleganger). This Portland gal does beautiful work (check out this and this and this). I might’ve picked this illustration instead for Banana Stand Media’s secret series of shows at Double Dragon, but that’s just me.
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Intuitive Navigation (Via) Holocene–Intuitive Navigation: Swahili, Phone Call, Dual Mode, Sex Life DJs, 8:30 pm, $5 Dig a Pony–Pussy Control: Holla & Oates, 9 pm Gold Dust Meridian–Whiskey Wednesdays: Pete Krebs, Brent Martens, 8 pm Hawthorne Theatre–Black Flag, The Loss, Cinema Cinema, Clackamas Baby Killers, 7 pm, $20-25, all agesMississippi Studios–Papercuts, EDJ, Ritchie Young, 9 […]
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A Row to Hoe
Everything (and Nothing) You Wanted to Know About Making Your Own Veggies
In your face, Mother Earth. Or, gardening made easy.
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Poster(s) of the Week
It’s my favorite poster weekend of the year… Sasquatch! time! Every year, they have a gallery of music posters for the festival’s lineup. Every year, the posters are amazeballs. Here’s my favorites for this year. Peep the whole gallery over here. Ellis Latham-Brown Nat Damm Christopher Martin, AKA Boss Not Boss A couple more after […]
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Yum Yum (Via) Black Book–Yum Yum, Tre Slim, Har-1, 9 pm Blythe & Bennett Records–Slutty Hearts, 7:30 pm, free, all ages Bunk Bar–Wooden Indian Burial Ground, Old Light, Au AU, 9 pm, $6 Dig a Pony–Josh Spacek, 9 pmDoug Fir–Radiation City, Sama Dams, Wishyunu, 9 pm, $10-12 Gold Dust Meridian–Whiskey Wednesdays: Pete Krebs, Brent Martens, […]
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The Secret Sisters (Via) Crystal Ballroom–Nickel Creek, The Secret Sisters, 8 pm, all ages Al’s Den–Sloan Martin, 7 pm, free Branx–Floor, Thrones, Hot Victory, Norska, 7:30 pm, $12, all ages Bunk Bar–Survival Knife, Hungry Ghost, 10 pm, $8-10 Doug Fir–Loop, Kinski, 9 pm, $15-17 Eagles Lodge–Shout!: DJ Hippie Joe, The Silver Fox, DJ Little Miss […]
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DJ Pretty Ugly (Via) Dig a Pony–DJ Pretty Ugly, 9 pmAl’s Den–Sloan Martin, 7 pm, free Doug Fir–Maximo Park, Eternal Summers, 9 pm, $15-17 Gold Dust Meridian–Whiskey Wednesdays: Pete Krebs, Brent Martens, 8 pm Holocene–Morning Ritual, Rio Grands, Mojave Bird, 8:30 pm, $8 Lola’s Room–Harry & The Potters, Break Up Flowers, 8 pm, $8-10, all […]
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Bridgetown Night Three: Roamin’ and the Wahlberg Solution
Dylan Meconis I’m hitting the comedy wall, guys. How many laughs can one expunge before crying or imploding? (I’m feeling fragile, please don’t break me, Bridgetown.) Guess we’ll check back in on my emotional state after tonight’s last round of shows. The super important, do-or-die goal for tonight: See Emo Philips at the Bossanova’s closing […]
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Bridgetown Night Two: The Very Important Show and Spicy News
Pat Moran Emily Maya Mills killing it as Lydia at the Very Important Show. Has anyone been to the Analog on SE Hawthorne? That place is kinda rad for comedy with two floors, good seating, and nice sightlines. If someone would tell those bartendes how to behave during a comedy show—inside voices—it would be dialed […]
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Bridgetown: Night One, Eagles Lodge
I thought I was easing into the festival by just hanging out at the Eagles Lodge last night for Bridgetown’s opening festivities. I didn’t account for the endless flow of PBRs and a thin bar line, so now I feel like this pile of unicorn poop I saw between comedy shows last night. It’s a […]
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Bridgetown Comedy Fest: What I’m Checking Out
Dylan Meconis Ah, the hubris of planning for Bridgetown Comedy Fest. As we often say here at the Merc, the fest is best when wandering between the different venues in a laugh-crazed drunken stupor, sampling comedy from the hundreds of stand-ups. As long as you have a weekend pass, it’s the bee’s knees way to […]