Just when you thought you understood the world, Dan chats with open relationships guru Tristan Taormino, to tell you to CLOSE IT UP. Monogamy is where it’s at these days. Just for a while. Also, a woman in a long distance relationship is trying to embrace video sex. But she worries that she doesn’t look […]
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New Savage Lovecast: Paging Dr. Bummer…
This week, Dan’s guest is epidemiologist Daniel Westreich, who spells out the concept of physical distancing, and why sexual intimacy is going to be pretty difficult to attain for many of us. Some of the conversation is on the Micro, and all of it is on the Magnum. A man asks if virtual reality porn […]
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Support Local Businesses by Donating to the Mercury Advertising Fund!
RicardoImagen / Getty Friends and neighbors! You’ve seen the headlines: Local Portland businesses are really struggling to stay afloat during the COVID-19 crisis. Even worse, those who are still in business and trying to attract customers are having trouble because they lack the funds to spread the word via marketing. Obviously this hurts them, their […]
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New Savage Lovecast: Will You Be My Quarantine?
Here at Savage Lovecast World Headquarters, in the heart of the epicenter of the Big Sick, we are keeping calm and carrying on, baby! Dan chats with Dr. Jen Gunter, who had to practice social distancing for ONE YEAR, so quit griping. She offers some strategies for how to deal with your new isolation. And, […]
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Hey Local Businesses: Help the Mercury Help YOU with Affordable Digital Advertising!
MediaProduction / Getty Hello Friends, Pardon the intrusion, but we wanted to let you all know that, even though our print edition is on hiatus, the Mercury still has a boatload of digital options available for advertising and this is one of the best ways to help us stay afloat. We realize many businesses are […]
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New Savage Lovecast: “It’s Not Our Intention to Feed Our Dog Come, But It’s Happening”
Sometimes people call us when they’re drunk. Sometimes they call us about their dogs. Welcome to the center of this Venn diagram. Also, a woman has been invited to a “costume wedding.” She will be required to dress up like a character in a movie. Is this asking too much? On the Magnum version of […]
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Portland Highball 2020: All the $5 Cocktails You Can Get March 16-22
2020 has been a… lets call it a challenging year so far—and one that definitely offers up more than a few good excuses to fill a glass with drinkable goodness in the hopes of dulling some of that edge. And that’s where we come in, just in the nick of time! The Portland Mercury‘s HIGHBALL […]
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New Savage Lovecast: With Cameron Esposito!
A gay man was hooking up at a bathhouse. His brand-new lover wanted to bring a little romance into the encounter by saying the caller’s name and complimenting him. The caller was horrified. Isn’t bathhouse sex supposed to be anonymous? Meanwhile, in another corner of our universe, a woman is appalled that her boyfriend closes […]
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New Savage Lovecast: All About Weed with Lester Black
A straight man was dating a woman, and it felt great. Until she gave him the “I’m not ready for a relationship” line. Is this always a lie? What does it mean? Dan spells it out, with no sugar on top. A man is worried about his new girlfriend. You see, she has never had […]
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New Savage Lovecast: The Truth About Women’s Libido with Dr. Wednesday Martin
A man is going through a divorce from his wife of 7 years. Although their breakup was peaceful, now her communication is curt and unfriendly. Is he entitled to feel angry about her unwarranted coldness? Also, a man kindly lent a friend some money. Now she keeps asking him for more and more every month! […]
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The Portland Mercury‘s Highball 2020: All the Places You Can Get $5 Cocktails, March 16-22
BEHOLD! The return of the Portland Mercury’s HIGHBALL! Brace yourself for 50 specially crafted cocktails available March 16-22… for only $5 each! We’ve teamed up with dozens of the finest bars and restaurants in Portland—along with our cocktail-lovin’ pals at Beam Suntory and Portland Beverage—to bring you this one-of-a-kind boozetacular! At each of Highball’s locations, […]
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New Savage Lovecast: Spanking Is for Grownups
A young man has been dating a woman for a short time. She seems great… except. Except she is anti-abortion, and anti-gay in a lazy, not very heartfelt sort of way. Can he use his sex powers to change her feeble mind? Meanwhile, a woman is dating a guy also for a short time. He […]