Someone posting on Reddit does not qualify as an "eyewitness", sorry.

Is it too early in 2013 to nominate posts for the "Mercury Non-Story of the Year" award?

I said it on WW, I'll say it here: WHO CARES?

@Clifton Brooks: To answer your question, a lot of people seem to care. You might not have noticed it, but there's been a half dozen blog posts, a reddit post, and a couple hundred comments across the various platforms. That's not even getting in to Twitter or Facebook. So the answer is, "a lot of people care".

Also, that was a dumb question and you should feel dumb for asking it.

Agreed. Covering this story once was too much. There are tons of artists, musicians, writers, gardeners, entrepreneurs in Portland, who are out there- MAKING STUFF. Show us them. Please don't choose to be the rag that follows one semi celebrity around for their embarrassing moments.

I mean, I just don't see a respectable journalism outfit like the Mercury going after tawdry celebrity news. How does that make sense?

Dash is right, Mercury! SHOW US THE GARDENERS!

@ Dash

Luckily for you we publish an entire newspaper every week documenting people MAKING STUFF. We also occasionally publish entertainment news. Now, stop thinking you know enough to tell us what to do.

Haha! Todd and Humphrey, you are absolutely right, I got absurdly preachy there. It was a knee-jerk reaction. I just couldn't help but feel some empathy for her- I barely knew her name before this and now I see her mugshot every time I check Blogtown.

Graham, I think that YOU and a select hand full of post-nerds/hipsters care way too much. The fact is, I've never heard of this woman of her band until TODAY.

Also, your face is dumb and you should feel dumb for having it and your mother should feel dumb for helping to create it.

if she chooses to go to community court, she'll get the case dismissed in exchange for 8 hours of community service... might be inconvenient, though.

It would've been funnier if she wandered into the street and started yelling BUSH BUSH BUSH.