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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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Mountain High
Red Fang Perfects the Fine Art of Volume on Murder the Mountains
Red Fang perfects the art of volume on Murder the Mountains.
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Win Tickets to the Crystal Hotel Grand Opening Celebration with M.Ward!
We have some tickets to give away see M.Ward at the Crystal Ballroom as part of the Crystal Hotel grand opening. Want them?
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Spoiler Alert: Willamette Week‘s Best New Band of 2011
Over at the End Hits blog for music and hardcore gambling, we make our prediction for the Willamette Week “Best New Band” cover story. Spoiler alert!
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The End Hits Burrito Bet [Or, Because I Was Unable to Eat Four Burritos, I Now Must Attend a Papa Roach (or Worse) Concert]
My pile of (delicious) failure. I lost a drunken bet last night. Now you can decide my concert-going fate: Papa Roach, Cody Simpson, Candyrat Guitar Night, Kenny Chesney, or the Moody Blues. Either way, I lose. Vote here.
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Oregon Zoo Announces 2011 Lineup (of Concerts, Not Animals)
Good news for people who like to sit down during shows. The Oregon Zoo just announced their 2011 concert lineup. Highlights include: Huey Lewis & the News, Aimee Mann, The Go-Gos, and a rampaging gorilla that will free himself from his cage and maul Matisyahu in front of your very eyes. That last one is […]
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Game Four of the Western Conference Playoffs: Abridged Edition
If you missed the absolutely spectacular Blazers victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday, we can’t blame you. It was sunny outside and you were probably barbecuing while floating down the Sandy River or something. Thankfully the keen video editing skills of one “MaxaMillion711” has compressed the entire game into one convenient 5:12 clip. There […]
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Nice Headline, ESPN Dallas
Here is the “Dewey Defeats Truman” of sports headlines, courtesy of ESPN Dallas. Not sure how much longer it will be up, but until they take it down, have a look at the alternate universe where the Blazers got blown out. Of course, that didn’t happen.
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Blazers vs. Mavericks – Hot Live (Playoff) Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers welcome the Dallas Mavericks in game four of the opening round of the Western Conference playoffs. After two losses in Dallas, Portland came alive—just like Frampton!—in game three, winning 97-92 at the Rose Garden. In a series where the home team has won every time, […]
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Alright, Who Threw Something at Mark Cuban?
Towards the end of last night’s Blazers victory over the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban had some sort of interaction with the rowdy Rose Garden crowd. During a timeout, the outspoken Mavs owner seemed to be taunting Blazers fans, sort of like a WWE villain (Ted DiBiase was the “Million Dollar Man,” so I guess Cuban […]
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End Hits Concert Challenge: Alter Bridge at Roseland
Last night we sent Travis Ritter to see Alter Bridge at the Roseland Theater. Who’s Alter Bridge? Oh, it’s just a band made up of the members of Creed, but with a different singer. This is what happened.
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Blazers vs. Mavericks – Hot Live (Playoff) Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Dallas Mavericks in game three of the opening round of the Western Conference playoffs. After dropping the first two games of this best-of-seven series in the Lone Star State, Portland needs to defend their home court in order to advance in the […]