D.L. Anderson While we were violating our restraining order by digging through his trash harmlessly checking the Jagjaguwar Records website we discovered this little nugget of good news: 09/24/11 Troutdale, OR – Edgefield Ampitheater w/ Other Lives Yup, Bon Iver is coming to Portland. Well, technically Troutdale. No news yet when tickets are on sale, […]
Ezra Ace Caraeff
Ezra Ace Caraeff is the former Music Editor for the Mercury, and spent nearly a third of his life working at the paper. More importantly, he is the owner of Olive, the Mercury’s unofficial office dog. His writing has appeared in The Fader, The Stranger, The Onion's A.V. Club, ESPN's TrueHoop network, and countless fanzines that are thankfully long out of print. He makes a mean tofu scramble and yes, Ace is really his middle name.
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Blogtown Review: Marley’s Mellow Mood
Praise Jah, so many flavor options! Ever since Bob Marley passed away from cancer 30 years ago, his family has tastefully maintained his legacy without soiling his reputation and… oh, who am I kidding? Every Marley in the pool! We’re making some money off this shit! Marley’s Mellow Mood, the new line of 100% natural […]
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Goth Kitties!
Mittens McGee was kicked out of the band for batting Robert Smith’s lipstick around with his paws. Cat Friday is dead. It’s all about Goth Cat Thursday from now on. From the New York Times: Piercing kittens to give them a “goth” appearance is cruel, a panel of Pennsylvania judges has ruled. Three judges of […]
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This Week’s Mercury Music Section
Alexandra Valenti Okkervil River Another week, another Mercury music section to read while you save your pennies to buy stock in Pandora. After you buy a few shares, it’ll recommend some other stocks that it thinks you might like. Okkervil River shed the nervous energy of their previous recordings on the more cerebral I Am […]
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Here is Your 2011 PDX Pop Now! Lineup
By now we all know the drill with PDX Pop Now!: Three glorious days of (Free! Local! All Ages!) music deep within the SE industrial district, all of your favorite bands, a few fresh-faced surprises, and a chance to watch the future of Portland music take shape right before your very eyes. This year’s PPN! […]
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Kanye West – “Mama’s Boyfriend”
Kanye was devastated when Anthrocon 2004 was canceled. He never recovered. Back when My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was a mere twinkle in Kanye West’s eye—that is, if you could see through the slats of his Alain Mikli sunglasses—the song “Mama’s Boyfriend” started making the rounds. There never seemed to be a proper studio version […]
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Rich Cho Gets a New Job
Following his abrupt firing from the Portland Trail Blazers’ front office, Rich Cho probably did what most unemployed Portlanders do—hang out at Stumptown Coffee all day for the free WiFi, apply for an Oregon Trail card, move back into his parent’s house, and start a band. Not a bad life, but Cho had to ruin […]
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This Might be My Favorite Photo Ever
“Okay, Michael, here’s my plan: I’m going to leave Asbury Park, move to California, build my own freakin’ amusement park with giraffes and shit, buy the Elephant Man’s bones, marry Elvis’ daughter, get accused of a bunch of creepy pedophilia, release a few terrible records, and then die suddenly. Yeah, so, that’s what I have […]
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Pix Patisserie Bastille Day 2011
This is a photo from last year’s Pix Patisserie Bastille Day. This is also a photo of what pure fun looks like. Every year Pix Patisserie puts on a raging Bastille Day block party right outside their North Portland location—and yet they totally ignore the Lundi de Pentecôte holiday—and this year is no exception. The […]
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Shawn Marion Beats the Heat (Off)
No one respects the Dallas Mavericks. The Blazers didn’t, the Lakers didn’t, the Thunder didn’t, and the Miami Heat most definitely did not. But now that the Mavs have pushed the superstar-heavy Heat to the brink of elimination, they are celebrating in their own special way. I really hope Shawn Marion’s faux-masturbation hand gesture becomes […]
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Fire in the Canyon Brings Hiphop to Horning’s Hideout
Hey kids, your summer just got a little cooler. Or hotter. Fire in the Canyon is a (mostly) hiphop festival schedule to go down on August 5-7 at Horning’s Hideout (for those skipping the Re:Generation Festival, the Horning’s space is about 30 minutes or so from Portland). Let’s have a peep at that lineup: The […]