photo: Cindy Frey Here’s the way to kick off your week: The chance to win a pair of tickets to see the mighty Mastodon. The Atlanta band, whenever its members are not casually leaning against trees, puts on a fierce, heavy show, which they’ll be doing this Saturday, November 5, at the Roseland. To make […]
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Win Manchester Orchestra Tickets!
It’s a winny-tickety kind of day here at the Mercury, because in addition to giving away HUMP! tickets, we’re also giving away a pair of Manchester Orchestra tickets over on End Hits, for their Wonder Ballroom show on Saturday, October 29. Bring your calculator!
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Win Tickets to Low and Bachelorette!
Sara Kiesling End Hits has a pair of tickets to give away for the Low show at the Aladdin Theater on Saturday, September 17, and New Zealand popstress Bachelorette is opening the show, so it’s a double whammy of sweet sounds. Want ’em? Point your internetting device at End Hits. You can also buy tickets […]
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Win Tickets to Oregon Rocks and Watch This Incredible Ural Thomas Video
Here’s the amazing new video that Into the Woods shot of Ural Thomas at his home. Thomas has been around since the ’50s and ’60s, opening for the likes of Stevie Wonder and Otis Redding. You can also read Matt Stangel’s great essay about the video shoot, which contains plenty of info about Thomas’ fascinating […]
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Countdown to Pickathon: Win a Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar/Dead Oceans Prize Pack!
It’s Pickathon week! And my, that’s a good-looking prize pack of vinyl and CDs from a bevy of artists on the Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, and Dead Oceans labels—all playing this weekend at Pickathon. Want to win it? Yes, you do. Get over to End Hits and find out how. End Hits: I’m no zoologist, but […]
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Win Tickets to Slayer and Rob Zombie!
Praise our cloven hoofed dark lords, Slayer is coming to town. The evilest band from Eviltown USA (a suburb of Huntington Park, California) will be at the Memorial Coliseum with Rob “Woolite Commercial” Zombie on Friday August 5th. We’re giving away a pair of tickets to the first person who can solve The World’s Evilest […]
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The Purple Rain Sing Out
It’s no secret that Mercury film editor Erik Henriksen has a phobia of movie sing-a-longs. Whenever one comes up on the schedule he usually handles it by tactfully describing which act of suicide the idea inspires him to commit. But you know what? He’s on vacation, so I don’t need his permission to tell you […]
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Win Tickets to the Portland International Beerfest!
This weekend the Portland International Beerfest takes over the North Park Blocks, with an esoteric selection of beers from around the world. How “around-the-world” are we talking? Well, the event’s website doesn’t have a “beer” list, it has a “bier” list, and if you can pronounce all the different kinds of “bier” on that list—Slaapmutske […]
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Win Tickets to Trollhunter! Also, Troll Punning Ain’t Easy
Otto Jespersen (total badass) & Johanna Mørck (total babe) [UPDATE: This contest is closed and the winner has been notified.] This week I reviewed Norway’s Trollhunter, which is not only the best monster movie I’ve seen in some time, but also one of the best usages of “found footage” (a la Blair Witch) I’ve seen […]
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Harder, Brawlier, Faster, Stronger: The Tournament
Get ready, gamers. Best Bout Gaming, located in SE Portland, is hosting a monthly Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament– the first of which ensued this weekend and culminated in a bloody, though heroic, poking fight between bl00diRav3nXX and b0dy0dor420 over what I assumed used to be a Gamecube controller. Joking. But in all honesty, the […]
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Choose The Winner Of The Geekcraft Contest!
So the Geekcraft contest went very well. As always dear readers, it’s you who makes this job special. Not a contest entry, just super cool. On that note, it’s only proper that you choose the winner of this awesome contest. Hit the jump for all the entrants and a poll. Poll closes at midnight! POWER […]
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Re: The World Of Geekcraft
Check out the first entry in Jacob’s geek-craft giveaway contest, from Hannah Hudson: A crocheted Tardis!! And she’s currently at work on a Cyberman. Think you can out-geek craft Hudson? You’ve got until Friday to email us your submission, and win a geek craft kit and copy of Susan Beal’s The World of Geekcraft. [BTW, […]