It’s back! Welcome to the triumphant return of the Blogtown series we like to call “Worst. Night. Ever.” Every Wednesday during our weekly “My, What a Busy Week!” pitch meetings, someone suggests an event which is the equivalent of throwing acid in our eyes—but we also realize a more enlightened person might love it! Hence, […]
Courtney Ferguson
Mercury copy chief and appreciator of the most sophisticated form of comedy: PUNS!
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Blogtown’s Poster of the Week
Well, yep, no duh this is getting Poster of the Week. This great flyer for the upcoming PetesFest by Kory Bing is a slam dunk. The recommendation lines for next week’s poster are always open.
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—Enchantress Alela Diane makes lovely folk music that fills a heart with longing and life. Celebrate Diane’s lilting wonders with this record-release show for her newest, About Farewell, at the stately Old Church, where a string trio will accompany her. It’ll be an elegant backdrop for her soft and stirring songs. CFw/Holcombe Waller; The Old […]
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Win Tickets to Ron Funches at Mississippi Studios
Everybody’s favorite former Portlander, Ron Funches, is in town tomorrow for a stand-up set at Mississippi Studios. Go welcome his very funny style back to our bountiful sandwich town, because the laidback chillaxing comedian has been making good in LA (just like Ian Karmel’s off to do at the end of the summer). His new […]
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Tonight in Music
Warm Soda (Via) East End–Warm Soda, Youthbitch, The Cry, 9 pm Alhambra Theatre–Fanno Creek, Melville, Bevelers, 9 pm, free Doug Fir–Chris Pureka, Emy Reynolds, 9 pm, $12-15 Hawthorne Theatre–Machine Head, Proven, American Roulette, Separation of Sanity, 6:30 pm, $20-25, all ages Holocene–Still Pigeons, Pwrhaus, Swim Swam Swum, 8:30 pm, $5 The Old Church–Alela Diane, Holcombe […]
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Worst Morning Ever: The Christian Home-Schooling Conference
I’m not sure why y’all voted to send me to the Oregon Christian Home Education Conference instead of making me watch a nightmare stand-up set by Pauly Shore at Harvey’s. You do realize the conference’s registration fee—60 smackeroos!—is now sitting in the khaki pockets of right-wing folks who hate the women, the gays, and the […]
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Valkyrie Rodeo (Via) Bunk Bar–Billions & Billions, Valkyrie Rodeo, 9 pm, $3 Kenton Club–Gaytheist, Baby Gurl, Yak Tooth, 9 pm, freeThe Know–Woolen Men, Fury Things, Lunch, 8 pm You know where to find more music listings, right?
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Weeknight (Via) Holocene–Valleys, Weeknight, 8:30 pm, $8 Andina–Pete Krebs, 7 pm Ash Street Saloon–Primitive Idols, No Tomorrow Boys, Los Headaches, Vincent Black Shadow, 9 pm, $5 Doug Fir–Frankmusik, Ride the Universe, Magic Mouth, 9 pm, $7-10 LaurelThirst Public House–Portland Country Underground, 6 pm; Kung Pao Chickens, 9 pm, free Star Theater–Indian Jewelry, Miracle Falls, The […]
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Street Eaters (Via) Record Room–Arctic Flowers, Street Eaters, Vicious Pleasures, 8 pm, $5 Aladdin Theater–Hugh Masekela, Larry Willis, 8 pm, $35 Alhambra Theatre–Amigo the Devil, Rodent Lord, California Bleeding, 3 pm, free; Mbrascatu, Nolunta, 9 pm, free Crystal Ballroom–Camera Obscura, Marissa Nadler, 8 pm, $17.50-20, all ages Doug Fir–John Grant, Judson Claiborne, 9 pm, $12-14 […]
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Tonight in Music
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper (Via) Bunk Bar–Torres, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, 9 pm, $10 Alberta Rose Theatre–Grant Lee-Phillips, Gerald Collier, 8 pm, $15-18 Crush–Closer PDX Kick Off: Ctl Alt Del, Mario Maroto, Art of Hot, Mena, 9 pm, $8Crystal Ballroom–Patty Griffin, Max Gomez, 9 pm, $29.50-32 Doug Fir–Emily Wells, 1939 Ensemble, 9 pm, $12-14 Holocene–Night […]
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Blogtown’s Poster of the Week
Shiny! Shiny! The PDX Browncoats always do a kickass job with their flyers for the annual Can’t Stop the Serenity charity screening of Serenity. Shoot me an e-suggestion for next week’s poster, if you’d so like.
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Tonight in Music
Fiasco (Via) Revival Drum Shop–Fiasco, Wishyunu, 8 pm, $5-15, all ages Aladdin Theater–James McMurtry, Denver, 8 pm, $18-20 Al’s Den–Casey Neill, 7 pm, free Holocene–Mattress, XDS, Swahili, Grapefruit, 8:30 pm, $5 Lola’s Room–CSS, MS MR, Io Echo, 8 pm, $22.50, all ages Mississippi Studios–There is No Mountain, Siren & the Sea, Sam Cooper, 9 pm, […]