Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: Cash, Again and Again and Again.
Ned Lannamann
Ned Lannamann is a writer and editor in Portland, Oregon. He writes about film, music, TV, books, travel, tech, food, drink, outdoors, and other things.
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The Bender Cometh…
THE SLABTOWN BENDER GETS DEPRAVED
Slabtown turns three with the biggest Bender yet.
Posted inPuppy
OUTRAGE!!! Whiplash is NOT Coming to Portland!
You can’t imagine how delighted I was to read the press release that arrived today: World’s Toughest Rodeo Presents ‘Toughest Cowboy’at the Rose Garden March 14 Hang onto your cowboy hats, Portland! The World’s Toughest Rodeo® 2009 National Tour is coming to the Rose Garden on Saturday, March 14th. Watch true-grit cowboys compete in spectacular […]
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The Canadian Invasion
Too Many Cooks? Not for Broken Social Scene.
Broken Social Scene is a many-tentacled Canadian behemoth of music.
Posted inSex
At Last! A Dating Site Just for You!
Here at the Mercury, we get some very peculiar e-mails: press releases, spam, what have you. But opening today’s Inbox revealed a particularly strange e-mail, sent to us from “Satan,” and bearing the subject line “Soulmates from the Darkside.”The email reads: Some times it’s fun when things go “Bump in the night”. DevilDates.com (The first […]
Posted inMisc.
Creepy Doll Sales Suspended
So I don’t follow the murdered-toddler news beat too closely, but apparently, Caylee Anthony was a little girl killed by her mom in Florida. Now some guy is selling merchandise that bears her name, including something called the “Inspirational Caylee Sunshine Doll.”From the story on Chattahbox: The company argues that they are not trying to […]
Posted inFood and Drink
Caffe d’Italia Becomes the OZ Cafe
Caffe d’Italia (1720 NW Lovejoy, Suite 121) has now become the OZ Cafe, and they’re celebrating their grand opening this weekend with a party on Saturday night. Here’s what new owner/operator Lucas Mollerstuen has to say: I recently purchased the cafe, which at the time was no more than a lunch and coffee spot for […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Reel Music: The Wrecking Crew
With everything else that’s going on, don’t forget about the Northwest Film Center’s Reel Music film festival, which continues through the end of next week. Out of the movies I was able to preview in this year’s lineup, my favorite screens Saturday night. It’s called The Wrecking Crew, and it’s about the group of LA […]
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Kiss, Tell, Rinse, Repeat
Katy Perry Has Something to Irritate Everyone
The karaoke future of Katy Perry.
Posted inMovies & TV
Watch Fireproof in 60 Seconds!
Now that it’ll soon available on DVD (Jan 27), I’d like to sit down and watch Fireproof, but quite frankly I just don’t think I’ll be able to devote the time. What’s Fireproof, you ask? Uhh, it’s only the number-one grossing independent film of last year, earning over $33 million dollars at the box office. […]
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Interview with the Moondoggies’ Kevin Murphy
Photo by Greg Lutze Musical “trends” are absurd. People are starting to talk about where certain sounds are supposed to belong. That’s like someone saying going to Canada is so last year. People are always gonna go there… Or it’s like saying eating pizza was so ’90s. So says Kevin Murphy of the Moondoggies, who […]