This column is making the rounds among LMPs on Facebook today. As a former LMP and massage educator, I just want to say thank you for the intelligent response you gave. Trying to explain this sort of situation to massage students, massage therapists, and massage consumers can be crazy making for so many of us. […]
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Jimmy Fallon Doing Bob Dylan Doing “Hotline Bling” Is AMAZING
Jimmy Fallon’s impersonation of Bob Dylan is always spot-on—but this example tops them all! Taking Drake’s “Hotline Bling” and giving it the Dylan treatment is more than just hilarious (which it certainly is), it’s also now my favorite Bob Dylan song ever. (Also note the clever parody of Dylan’s live performance of “Tangled Up in […]
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What the Mercury Thought of Those Best-Picture Oscar Nominees
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD One of these actors got nominated for an Oscar this year. Guess which one. Another year, another reminder that white people love giving themselves awards. Nice work, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences! You’ve somehow decided that while neither writer/director Ryan Coogler nor star Michael B. Jordan deserve a nod […]
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Good Morning, News!: A Snake Returned, A Bowie Tribute, and the Powerball Frenzy is Over
Good morning, Blogtown. Sorry, but you didn’t win Powerball. Neither did I. Let’s have some news! So, about this Powerball thing. How can the drawing go for 20 rounds without a single person winning, then all the sudden there are three winners? A snake stolen from a Portland pet store via a ride in the […]
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Powerball $$$$
I keep on hearing all this corny shit about what people would do if they won the Powerball. Fuck that. If I won the Powerball jackpot I would go down to the Multnomah County jail and bail everybody out. Then I’d send an email to the DA and be like what? Thuglyfe will never fail. […]
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This Land Is Mine…
On January the 6th, it came to me a revelation of a significant source: The lord came and spoke not in words, but in spirit. He said unto me, that the landth located in a certain position in relation to the moon was mine for the taking. His will be done, and he done did […]
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Gov. Kate Brown: Portland’s Minimum Wage Should Be $15.52
It’s not $15 Now, but Gov. Kate Brown is backing $15.52 by 2022. The governor this morning announced a proposal she’ll inject into the minimum wage debate that looks like it’ll have a starring role in the upcoming legislative session. Brown’s idea, suggested by many others, is to have two concurrent minimum wage hikes in […]
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Blazers Recap: Gunnin’ For That #8 Spot
The start of this game had all the makings of a miserable slog, the kind of game reserved for tired legs in April. It was a land war in Asia, a bar fight, a slow motion rock toss between two teams hacking away while the refs stood by silently. The Blazers started the game 1-11, […]
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Doomed Sailors and Gold Lamé in PETE’s Riff on Melville
Owen Carey The most enviable gold lamé outfit I have ever seen. Also, a play about Moby-Dick. “Only drowned men drown. Everything else floats,” says one character in Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble’s (PETE) latest, the cumbersomely-titled [Or, The Whale]. Though ostensibly a riff on Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, there are no actual whales. Instead, Juli […]
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Enter the Warm World of Little Star
[Little Star play their record-release show tonight at Mississippi Studios (3939 N Mississippi) with Alien Boy and Drunken Palms as part of the Portland Mercury‘s FREE Ear Candy music series—don’t miss it!] Iconic ’70s power-pop band Big Star is shrouded in the mythos of the short-lived, like Gordie Lachance’s dead high-school-football-star big brother in Stand […]
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Thank You, High Bid Home Buyers!
Just viewed a home in our neighborhood that sold for 80k over the Zestimate list! OMG! The schools are shit, but they keep coming! I’ll be the first to welcome you into the neighborhood. I figure anyone who’s willing to fork out 80k over the asking price in PDX knows what we (transplants) have been […]
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Watching Charlie Kaufman Movies Stoned, Part II: Adaptation and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
In preparation for this Thursday’s release of Charlie Kaufman’s latest movie, Anomalisa, I’ve been rewatching ALL THE FILMS (six films) written and directed by the critically acclaimed, eccentric screenwriter (and sometimes director). I saw most them in the theater as they came out, and felt okay about them—but this time, as I’m watching them, I’m […]