DAS BIEB—EEEEEEEEEEE!!! Justin Bieber! OMG, you guys. I mean… c’mon! JUSTIN… BIEBER!! EEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! It’s just… I’m like… wow, hahahahahahaaaa! I DON’T KNOW! It’s just… you know… with the hair, and the songs, and… just that THING, you know?? OMG, I’m gonna die. I’m gonna die, gonna die EEEEEEEE!! JUSTIN BIEBER!!! WSHw/Sean Kingston; Rose Garden, 1 […]
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UPDATING AUSTEN—Hankering for a taste of Pride and Prejudice that doesn’t involve zombies? Allegra Goodman’s The Cookbook Collector—which has earned the author comparisons to Jane Austen—is about two sisters with two very different approaches to modern life. One works at a tech company; the other, a used bookstore. Social and class comparisons ensue. AHPowell’s City […]
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Let’s Make Buffy‘s Andrew Come to Town!
“I know what you made me do. Your promises of happy fields and dancing schnauzers and being demigods wont work on me anymore.” Buffy‘s Andrew (Tom Lenk) has his eye on little ol’ us! He would very much like to make us laugh. If we can get 150 people to sign up for his Facebook […]
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The PDX Bridge Festival
The murmured about PDX Bridge Festival‘s schedule of events is now available. The nonprofit, led by creative director Tucker Teutsch 3.0 (chalk up the name to his background as a collaborator on the “Basura Sagrada” temple at the 2008 Burning Man), uses the 100th birthday of the Hawthorne Bridge as its jumping off point (no […]
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Thursday’s Concert Roundup
Berbati’s Pan—Housefire, Secret Cities, Wishyunu, 9 pm, $6-8, all ages Doug Fir—The Coup, 9 pm, $18-20 Ecotrust Parking Lot—Jackstraw, Garett Brennan, Jon Neufeld, 5 pm, free, all ages Hawthorne Theatre—Live Aid Remade: School of Rock, 7:30 pm, $15, all ages Holocene—Aan, O Bruxo, Ylang Ylang, Shipwrecker Selectors, 8:30 pm, $5 Mississippi Studios—Neil Hamburger, Girl Feelings, […]
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Wednesday Rockouts
Branx—Golden Retriever, Pulse Emitter, Josh Hydeman, J. Hanson, 9 pm, $5 Crystal Ballroom—The Wailers, Philly’s Phunkestra, 9 pm, $25, all ages Doug Fir—The Rob & Zach Show, Little White Teeth, 9 pm, $15Ella Street Social Club—Gratitillium, Snuffaluffagus, Witt, 9 pm, $5 Holocene—Chain & The Gang, Turbo Fruits, Golden Triangle, 8:30 pm, $8-10Mississippi Studios—Sleepy Sun, Tu […]
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BENDER—Aimee Bender’s The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake is vintage Bender, a whimsical premise explored with unflinching realism. A little girl takes a bite of lemon cake—and realizes that within the cake, she somehow senses her mother’s feelings of depression and loneliness. From then on, every meal she eats echoes with the feelings of the […]
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Gold Star: The Mercury‘s Web Comment of the Week!
Scott Pilgrim’s balls became the talk of the internet as soon as the cover art for Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour was released—which is why we liked Commenty Colin’s response to RyanZ’s comment on my post about the Scott Pilgrim #6 release party: Commenty Colin, for elevating the discourse on Scott Pilgrim’s testicles, we’re pleased to […]
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ALL ABOUT THE WASHINGTONS—The only thing better than local Pacific Northwest hiphop is paying only a buck to take it all in. Dollar Dollar Bill Y’all presents a few of our region’s top emcees—Luck-One, Grynch, Sole Provider—for a door charge you can find in your couch cushions. EACw/Kenny Mack; Salmon Street Studios, 109 SE Salmon, […]
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Tonight’s Musical Gems
Berbati’s Pan—Walt Curtis Benefit: Dusty Santa Maria, Larry Yes, Richard Moore, Nancy King, Glen Moore, 8 pm, $10, all ages Dante’s—Jon Garcia, Mere Mention, Leonard Mynx, 9 pm, $7-8 Ella Street Social Club—On the Stairs, The Lower 48, L.P. Avery, 9 pm, $5 Holocene—Sean Flinn & The Royal We, Alameda, Quiet Life, 8:30 pm, $5 […]
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Tonight in Musical Niceties
Alberta Rose Theatre—Gil Scott-Heron Covers: Meshell Ndegeocello, Stephanie Schneiderman, 8:30 pm, $25 The Artistery—Lemuria, Broadway Calls, Neptune Skyline, 7:30 pm, $6, all agesBerbati’s Pan—Abstract Rude, Musab, Toki Wright, My-G, 9 pm, $8-10, all ages Berbati’s Restaurant—Pinehurst Kids, Minnow, 9 pm, free Goodfoot—Stag Bitten, Lickity, 9 pm Holocene—Rebecca Gates & The Consortium, The Golden Bears, 8:30 […]
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RAGE CAGE—For nearly 20 years, Chris Palko has been emotionally purging his inner demons on the mic under the name Cage. His raw-nerve lyrics and intensely personal delivery have earned him a fiercely loyal following of hiphop heads plus an unlikely superfan: Shia LaBeouf. Supposedly the famed actor wants to make a biopic about him—just […]