Does anyone remember how the tv series “Little House On The Prairie” ended? They blew up the fucking town so the greedy land grabber couldn’t have it. Can we PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE end Portlandia this way! I want to see Fred and Carries heads fucking explode!
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How to Hire a Woman to Be in Your Band
Sebastien Camelot M83’s Anthony Gonzalez and Morgan Kibby Anthony Gonzalez of French electro-pop band M83 recently announced the departure of keyboardist Morgan Kibby, which means they’re looking for a new one—all you gotta do is apply! While the process is as easy as submitting some videos of yourself, there are some non-negotiable requirements. The future […]
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Angry Eye
You ever feel like someone takes cheap shots and inadvertently makes personal insults at you? A lady I don’t know, who’s not an acquaintance, just someone I see every now and then, told me once I have angry eyes. So before that, we did all the small talk, “how are you” shit, and I told […]
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Are You Open Yet?
These assdicks with their BVDs scrunching their balls so tight about opening a door early, so I can get my wrench in our dumpster area, that I was trying to fix the gate, in which your restaurant owns, in which assdick would have no clue what a wrench does, are tools themselves. Fuck the theory, […]
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State Agencies Just Released Detailed Data On SE Portland Air Pollution, Saying “There Is Cause for Concern.”
GOOGLE Bullseye Glass As expected, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality this afternoon released detailed findings that show worrying levels of two carcinogens were found last year near a Southeast Portland glass manufacturer. After days of offering only a scant press release, the DEQ set up a page with much more detail about the findings […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
FILMS—The past few weeks have sucked: First we lost David Bowie, and then we lost Alan Rickman. Tonight, the Hollywood remembers both: First with a screening of Bowie’s bizarre 1983 vampire flick The Hunger, followed by Rickman’s career-making turn in 1988’s action classic Die Hard. Both are always worth seeing on the big screen—this time, […]
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Sorry, CDC, But “Not Drinking” is Definitely Not a Form of Birth Control.
You’ve probably seen this delightful infographic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, right? You know, the one that says women shouldn’t drink if they’re not on birth control, because they might get accidentally pregnant? If you haven’t, and you haven’t yet met your quota today for the absurd, well, here you go: Centers […]
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Nice to Meet You! I’m Your New Music Editor
Dude the cat Hello, Portland! I’m Ciara (no, not this one), the Mercury‘s new music editor. Above is my little cat named Dude who is both my inspiration and my muse. He’s six months old and really likes sitting on my laptop keyboard. I’ve lived in Portland for about five years, but am originally from […]
Posted inFashion
This Week’s SEXY Style Events
My first Sold Out column for Portland Mercury has hit the streets, but as I predicted, more fashion events have surfaced and did not make it in time for print. So! Here is a more complete list of all the fashion events this week—and there are a lot of them. The first up of many […]
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Today’s Meeting on Right 2 Dream Too’s Fate Has Been Postponed
City of Portland An artist’s rendering of the new R2DToo site, as proposed. The showdown over Right 2 Dream Too will have to wait. Following unexpected absences from Mayor Charlie Hales (sick) and Commissioner Steve Novick (personal matter), a meeting that will largely determine the fate of the self-managed homeless rest area has been pushed […]
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Bullseye Glass Has Suspended Use of Arsenic and Cadmium Because of Air Quality Concerns
Bullseye Glass is suspending its use of cadmium and arsenic for now, following concerns by state regulators over alarming concentrations of those substances in the air around the Southeast Portland facility. Co-owner Daniel Schwoerer emailed a short statement to the Mercury this morning: “As of yesterday we have suspended the production of all cadmium and […]
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Letters to the Editor: “At What Point Does the Status Quo Sicken the Populace?”
THE JOYCE HOTEL The Joyce Hotel front desk. RE: “The Joyce Hotel Is Closing” [News, Jan 27], in which Shelby R. King reported on the eviction of the downtown building’s tenants. “The 90-bed loss will create a service gap,” King wrote, “for some of Multnomah County’s most underserved and vulnerable residents.” If Portland can do […]