Oh my Gawd, Portland, A.C. Slater’s coming to town! Besides being asked to question Wayne Coyne about female anatomy, my internship at the Mercury hasn’t yet presented me with anything as boner-inducing as this press release: I know this is short notice however, we have Extra host Mario Lopez in Portland TOMORROW to meet with […]
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Posted inMovies & TV
Britain: “Life Is Shit.”
Delving into the Shadows with British Noir
Delving into the shadows with British noir.
Posted inNews
Courtney Love No Longer Francis Bean Cobain’s Guardian
TMZ is reporting that Courtney Love has lost guardianship of her daughter with Kurt Cobain, Francis Bean. The court appointed Kurt Cobain’s mother, Wendy O’Connor, and sister, Kimberly Dawn Cobain as her new guardians, citing “a long period of unstable conduct” by Love. I don’t know what they mean. How will this ultimately affect my […]
Posted inPortland
NE Building Collapses, as Predicted By the Mayans
Could a repeat of last year’s snowpocalypse be right around the corner? The streets may be drivable, but that hasn’t stopped the cold from leaving a trail of destruction, this time right down the block from the Mercury offices! The O reported that an industrial building collapsed in Northeast Portland, so I walked over to […]
Posted inBooks
This Week in Young Adult Fiction: Cycler
Let’s talk about teens. If there’s one thing that teens love it’s the possibility of sex. People who don’t regularly read young adult fiction tend to forget how intent some YA books are to make teens’ pants tight. Lauren McLaughlin’s debut teen hump-o-rama, Cycler, has been getting some really positive attention from both young readers […]
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The Mercury Supports Local Filmmakers! Especially if They are Named “Mike Nelson.”
The Mercury was recently accused of being overly critical in our coverage of local film. With this in mind, I’d like to introduce you to the work of local cinema auteur Mike Nelson. Though Nelson’s work can be divisive and unsettling, I think a good entry point into his ouvre would be the short film […]
Posted inComedy
Internet, Meet Your New Star
Yesterday I was giving thanks to my friend Sally for turning me onto the anti-comedic stylings of Dan “The Poet Man” Songer. Working for an audience of none in what appears to be his backyard (he calls it Tranquility Hall), Dan’s act will bring joy to your heart and/or make your head and ears hurt. […]
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Waaaaaah! We’re Old!
John Travolta and Robin Williams Refuse to Die
John Travolta and Robin Williams refuse to die.
Posted inEthics
Hamster Dance Roleplay
If someone asked me to describe the hotel experience of my dreams, I would probably talk about open bars, beachfront property and an elevator to the moon. If that person clarified by saying they didn’t mean my ideal hotel experience, but literally the hotel that sometimes I dream I am in, it might look like […]
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Shit My Dad Says = Neutered TV Gold
Some things are so pleasantly simple that they need no expansion, like BLTs, children’s books (yeah, even you, Where the Wild Things Are) and Twitter feeds. No wait, scratch that last one. Apparently CBS thinks that you can turn awesome-internet-sensation-of-the-moment Shit My Dad Says into a primetime sitcom. This will mean, of course, gutting it […]
Posted inPolitics
“Do You See Anyone Here With Nutsacks On Their Face?”
Remember when this whole tea-bagging thing started and it just seemed too silly to gain momentum? Well who’s silly now, comrade Liberal Doubtevski? All indicators say that this snowball of unfocused populist rage is just going to keep rolling until someone’s getting ice down the back of their coat. Peep this article by Christopher Beam […]