Northwest Electro-Acoustic Music FestivalFri Oct 5, Sat Oct 6 B Complex The music at the Third Annual Portland International Electro-Acoustic Music Festival brings to mind college chemistry students trying to create their own hallucinogenic drugs, or Information Systems (IS) nerds trying to build their own video games. Performer DJ I, Robot’s website describes his technique […]
Katie Shimer
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Gays Cause Terrorism
But They Sure Do Make Great Films
L.G.B.T. Film Festival Sept 21-29 Cinema 21 At long last, the day has come when gay movies aren’t so darn gay. In fact, the Portland lesbian gay bi trans film fest is showcasing three films–which include gay characters with AIDS–and are not fundamentally about homosexuality or disease. Instead, these are merely factors in the story, […]
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Our Lady of the…
…Oh My God, I Have to go Kill Myself
Our Lady of the Assassins dir. Schroeder Opens Fri Sept 14 Cinema 21 The most profound statement in Our Lady of the Assassins happens when the main character, Fernando (Germàn Jaramillo), says that if we killed everyone we thought about killing, life would be pure butchery. In Medellin, Columbia (and Columbia in general), people are […]
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Mercury’s Rock Star Cribs
Yo yo yo! Where do Portland musicians go to chizzity-chill? Why their CRIBS, of course! Some of P-town’s best musicians let us into their homes, just so YOU, the fans, can see how REAL RAPPERS AND ROCK STARS live when they’re not in the studio, on tour, or filming commercials for their corporate sponsors! In […]
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Mercury Video Picks
Women On the Verge Hey ladies! Ever think you’re on the verge of launching off the deep end? All you need is a little perspective, I swear. Watch these flicks and ask yourself, “How would I solve this problem if I were in her shoes?” You’ll be all the saner for it. • Safe (1995)–Julianne […]
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DRUNK AGAIN!
Get Liquored Up With Our Second Annual Drinking Issue
• BAR-CHETYPES! A Sociological Overview of Barflys, Lotharios, the Unemployed, and Other Fine Folks Who Frequent Our Favorite Place in the World–the Bar by John Dooley, Katia Dunn, Wm. Steven Humphrey, Julianne Shepherd and Katie Shimer • ONE NIGHT DRINKING The winning entry in our "Crap, I’m a Drunk!" essay contest. by Christiaan Taylor • […]
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A Dumb Question
Owls w/31 Knots, Get Hustle Sun Aug 19 Meow Meow When I talked to Tim Kinsella(s), he was eating and belching in my ear over the phone like a dickhead. When we talked about his latest project, Owls, however, he was modest and uncertain, and told me the following sad story: “I read this weekly […]
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Bar-chetypes!
A Sociological Overview of Barflys, Lotharios, the Unemployed, and Other Fine Folks Who Frequent Our Favorite Place in the World–the Bar
A ponderous question: Why are “bars” so unlike other business establishments? And why are the people you see in “bars” so very frightening and unlike anyone you’ve seen anywhere else (save the Greyhound bus station)? In order to rub salve on these concerns, the Mercury has set out to document and classify several bar archetypes–or […]
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Are We Happy Yet?
YOUR CLIP-‘N’-SAVE GUIDE TO PORTLAND’S HAPPIEST HAPPY HOURS
It’s true, being broke sucks, but not as much as having your arm mangled in a piece of farm equipment–at least that’s our motto here at the Portland Mercury. And with that mantra in mind, we decided to come up with some positives about being a poor, penniless slob. Unfortunately, we couldn’t think of any […]
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Let’s Make Out!
Bringing Kids Together Through Music
IN REAL LIFE Makeoutclub.com One Year Anniversary Fri July 13 Meow Meow So I always hear from people that it’s so hard to meet friends in Portland–they’re stuck up, or standoffish, or flaky or cliquey. For a lot of transplants, this adds another level of difficulty to living in a new city. But what if […]
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Blackbird, Schmlackbird
Another Freaking Overachiever Opens a Club
Blackbird 3728 NE Sandy Grand Opening July 2 Who the hell does this Pat Kenneally guy think he is? He goes from being a barkeep at the Jockey Club as well as a recording engineer for local bands, to owning his own goddamn club, the fruitily named “Blackbird.” Why is it the overachievers that get […]
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DJ Justin Browning
DJ Bio
DJ Justin Browning WHEN: Justin spins for Aqualounge, Ohm’s regular Wednesday Trance/Breakbeat night. How did you get into DJing? I started making music when I was like 11 or 12, and my dad bought me a keyboard from GI Joe’s. Why trance? I was hearing trance music played so rarely, so I started buying a […]