Here’s where I get all philosophical and shit. Ya know, a TV season is not unlike the life span of a human: It is born, it develops acne, it dies. However! Just like your father suddenly buying a new Corvette, TV seasons also experience what is known as the “midlife crisis.” That’s when a TV […]
Wm. Steven Humphrey
Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang.
Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)
I Love Television
I LOVE YOU. There, I said it! I know, I know you find my declarations of amour to exceed the bounds of good taste. Well, fawk you! ‘Cause I love you. All day long, I dream of our life together, walking hand in hand, as we sing Olivia Newton-John’s “I Honestly Love You”–or if you […]
PORTLAND MERCURY SEX SURVEY RESULTS 2001
Pullout: Sex Survey 2001 & Reader’s Valentines
THE PORTLAND MERCURY’S Sex Survey Results 2001
Four weeks ago, the Mercury committed itself to a scientific project of epic proportions: to document the sexual practices of an entire city. An impossible task? Not for the perpetually horny employees of the Mercury! That’s why we published our first annual Sex Survey, in which we bluntly asked the citizens of Portland how they […]
I Love Television
Want to hear me lambast Vince McMahon, the King of the World Wrestling Federation? Then pack up and head out, because I LOVES ME SOME VINCE McMAHON! And while my television tastes are far too sophisticated and varied to watch only WWF wrestling shows, rest assured–my ass is on the couch every Saturday morning with […]
I Love Television
YA KNOW, sometimes you hear news that just makes your brain pack up its bags and take a wee trip to the Land of Drooly Nod. The news for this week is that fancypants movie director Ang Lee (best known for his film Hidden Tiger, Cinching Underpants or something like that) is in negotiations to […]
I Love Television
O, TEMPTATION! That deadliest of delicious fruits! Ever since God entrapped Adam and Eve with the forbidden apple, Temptation has been a bug in mankind’s bottom, eternally trying to eat its way out. Sometimes the bug says (and the following quotes work better if you employ a scratchy, screechy voice), “Christ, look at the ass […]
I Love Television
WHOOPEE! Today is a great fawking day, and you know why? Because Shannen Doherty has been arrested on drunk driving charges! Oh, sure, you probably know Shannen as the irresistibly sassy sis on the witchy WB show Charmed, and probably find it astonishing that Shannen could find herself in such a pickle. However–that also means […]
I Love Television
HEY! Do you remember that little kid who wrote in a couple weeks ago, saying that Santa Claus was a bunch of hooey, and all he really wanted was one of those fancy-pants video game systems? Well, that li’l squirt got me to thinking: Maybe I’ve been spending too much time watching television shows, and […]
I Love Television
YOU KNOW, I Love Television™ always takes great pleasure in answering letters from my fans–especially those who are “wee.” Here’s one now! Dear Mr. Humphrey: I am eight years old. I want a Sony PlayStation 2 from Santa, but my friends say I can forget it cuz there’s a worldwide shortage, and there ain’t no […]
I Love Television
HEY ROCK FANS! Wanna win tickets to see Big Star at the Crystal Ballroom on December 23? Wellfine! Then take the I Love Television™ “Quiz Before Christmas” Quiz™ and test your knowledge of TV’s favorite holiday specials, featuring Rudolph, the Grinch, Frosty, Santa, and the king of all martyrs, Charlie Brown. Upon completion, send your […]
Special Chinese Astrology Section
LOVE THE “THONG SONG” but heard it way too often? Worn out your cassingle of “Hot for Teacher”? Listened to Pearl Jam’s Ten enough to make you kill your classmates? Fret no more! We’ve scoured the city for the newest and best bands, and by using the unfailing, accurate Chinese Astrology method, we’ve matched each […]
