I think Marjorie posted this beauty a while ago, but it was after the jump so maybe you didn’t peep it. This poster by Jay Shaw (AKA Iron Jaiden) is a drop-your-pants awesome visual representation of the Hollywood Theatre’s summer camp slasher series appropriately titled Summer Camp. The next flick is coming up—Friday the 13th: […]
Courtney Ferguson
Mercury copy chief and appreciator of the most sophisticated form of comedy: PUNS!
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Tonight in Music
Portland Cello Project (Via) Ecotrust–Portland Cello Project, Adam Shearer, 5 pm, free, all agesAlhambra Theatre–A Happy Death, Glassbones, Mbrascatu, 9 pm, free Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall–Music on Main Street: The Satin Chaps, 5 pm, free Doug Fir–Roadkill Ghost Choir, Bike Thief, Balto, 9 pm, $8-10 Holocene–PDneXt: Graintable, Barisone, Danny Corn, Natasha Kmeto, 9 pm, $5 […]
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Jimmy Eat World (Via) Crystal Ballroom–Jimmy Eat World, X Ambassadors, 8 pm, $22-25, all ages Bunk Bar–Old Age, The We Shared Milk, Charts, 9 pm, $5 LaurelThirst Public House–Jackstraw, 6 pm, free; Mike Coykendall, Gabriel Mintz, Charlie Maxton, 9 pm, free White Eagle–Adam Brock, Julia Lucille, Kelsey Morris, Maya Rose, Dwight Smith, 8:30 pm, free
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High Scores & Records (Via ) Langano Lounge–High Scores & Records, 9 pmAndina–Pete Krebs, 7 pm Doug Fir–Shugo Tokumaru, Tara Jane O’Neil, 9 pm, $12 LaurelThirst Public House–Portland Country Underground, 6 pm; Kung Pao Chickens, 9 pm, free Slightly less adorable music listings can be found over here.
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David Lynch Double Feature Ticket Giveaway
I’m making it rain tickets to TrancePDX‘s David Lynch night, which is going down tomorrow night! I have two pairs of tickets for this giveaway. Email me by 3:30 pm today with the subject line “Fuck that Shit” and I’ll pick a couple of rando winners. Free stuff! The TrancePDX series is showing some cool […]
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Mini-Golf Fun with Derby Girls
The all-star gals on Rose City Rollers’ traveling roller derby teams are putting around on the Oaks Park mini-golf course on Sunday. As a fundraiser for the Wheels of Justice and Axles of Annihilation, the skaters are hosting a night of golf on the picturesque putt-putt course. Have you checked out Oaks’ newish course yet? […]
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Luxury Liners (Via) Doug Fir–Future Bible Heroes, Luxury Liners, 9 pm, $15 Foggy Notion–Nasalrod, Tiny Knives, Polst, 9 pm, $3 Goodfoot–Erotic City, Kimosabe, No Hero, 9 pm, $7 Holocene–I’ve Got a Hole in My Soul: DJ Beyondadoubt, 9 pm, $5 Kennedy School–Brownish Black, 7 pm, free, all ages Mississippi Studios–Logan Lynn, Big Dipper, Conquistador, Rica […]
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Blogtown’s Poster of the Week
Hot stuff! This smokin’ poster by Michael Malachowsky is the most famous poster in all of Portland for a week. Wanna nominate next week’s scorcher? Email me over here.
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Morning Ritual (Via) Holocene–Morning Ritual, DoublePlusGood, Charts, Kiffo, Rymes, 8:30 pm, $6 Ash Street Saloon–Alto, Million Brazilians, Fred Meyer, 9 pm, $5 Dante’s–The Oblivians, Mean Jeans, The Pynnacles, Sex Crime, 9 pm, $13 Jade Lounge–Adam Brock, 7 pm Ecotrust–Onuinu, Adventure Galley, 5 pm Katie O’Brien’s–Kepi Ghoulie, Dog Party, The Bloodtypes, Primitive Idols, 6 pm, $5-7, […]
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Stop Hitting Yourself
Pep Talks from Comedian Aisha Tyler
Aisha Tyler wets herself in the name of comedy and life lessons in her new essay collection.
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Hell Mouth Yawns (Via) Valentine’s–Hell Mouth Yawns*, Appendixes, A Pale Blue Dot, 9 pm Alberta Rose Theatre–John Mayall, Lipbone Redding, 8 pm, $25-28 Bunk Bar–Tiburon, My Man, 9 pm, $3 Doug Fir–Futurebirds, Diarrhea Planet, 9 pm, $10 Holocene–Benoit Pioulard, Logreybeam, Zachary Gray, 9 pm, $7 White Owl Social Club–Lord Dying, Norska, 9 pm, $5 * […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
FILM—All this month, the Hollywood Theatre’s series Handmade Monsters: The Masters of Practical Effects reminds you what movies were like before computers ruined everything. Featuring four classic, 100 percent CGI-free monster movies, the series includes 1958’s The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, 1962’s King Kong vs. Godzilla, and 1981’s An American Werewolf in London… and it […]