Letters

YOU JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND OUR CD DEAR EDITOR: I appreciate that your publication was kind of enough to listen to the Girls Say Yes CD, though was disheartened by the reviewer, Mr. Busse [CD Review, April 5]. There were 27 musicians and technicians in all involved in making the album. With such a revolving cast […]

GREYHOUND BUS STATION: BRAV-OH! TO THE EDITOR: A big thank you to Justin Sanders for his “theater review” of the Greyhound bus station [Theater, March 22]. Brilliant! Tim THE MERCURY: GUARANTEED TO MAKE LIFE SUCK TO WHOEVER: I’m writing in regards to Justin Sanders’ “Theatre” review in which he depicts the Greyhound Bus Station as […]

BECAUSE EASTER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER! TO THE ART STAFF: I am writing because I have noticed an unsettling trend in your cover art–that being an unusually high content of pastel colors. Now don’t get me wrong, I am a fan of most colors pastel, but think you may be taking it to far. […]

MERCURY + RAYMOND = FOREVER DEAR MERCURY: I’m sorry, this just isn’t working. I had such high hopes for the Mercury. Somehow, we were all hoping for the Stranger in Portland. What we got instead was worse than any of us expected. My disappointment with you folks is beyond these mere words. I have continually […]

HOW TOW COMPANIES WORK TO THE EDITOR: Would you please pass this message on to the poor I, Anonymous writer [March 8] who got their car towed from the Blockbuster parking lot. While it is true that Blockbuster employees do work at the worst of places and probably do get paid shit to lick rich […]

HOME OF THE EMPHATIC CRITICISM TO THE EDITOR: Though a photo essay by definition is composed of no set minimum number of images, I found “How The Other Half Lives” [News, Feb 25] incomplete, much like a photograph that is cropped too tightly–an incomplete thought, if you will. I expected, to see at the bottom […]

ATHEISTS ARE STOOPID! NO! CATHOLICS ARE STOOPID! DEAR EDITORS: Regarding the letter from Thomas R. Steffen [Feb 15, in which a Catholic was offended by a picture of George Washington’s face superimposed on the body of Jesus Christ. Oh, and he was smoking a cigarette, too]. As an atheist, I find your Catholicism an insult. […]

MERCURY READER INSPIRES NEW COLUMN! DEAR MERCURY: I agree with the recent letter about the inanity of your comics page [Letters to the Editor, Feb 1]. Why is it so often considered “hip” to make no sense whatever? Very rarely are they funny, and even more rarely can I understand what the hell they talk […]

HUH? JESUS, SPEAK UP! WE CAN’T HEAR YOU! DEAR SIR(S): Regarding your “Months of the Year” Pull-Out February Calendar [Feb 1]. As a Catholic I find your portrayal of our “Sacred Heart of Jesus” an insult. I’m certain this comment is falling on deaf ears, so it isn’t necessary to say more. Thomas R. Steffen […]

POSING AS THE HOMELESS TO THE EDITOR: As a homeless person I am deeply moved by the Portland Mercury‘s concern for our plight and your harsh criticism of Mayor Katz’s policies regarding the needy [“Who’s the Boss?” Jan 25]. May we join you there on Northwest 23rd? Could the millionaire wackjob who backs your snotty […]

DON’T THREATEN US, WITCH! TO THE EDITOR: [RE: “Fowl Play,” Jan 18, in which decapitated chickens and goats have been found near Portland railroad tracks] Whoever is making these sacrificial offerings is carrying out a ritual because he/she is in serious, life-altering trouble. So leave them alone. Santeria is not my personal core belief but […]

MORE WORK, LESS WHINING! TO THE EDITOR: Enough whining about the so called gentrification of NE Portland [“Gimme Shelter,” Phil Busse, Jan 11]! The definition of gentry has been expanded to include anyone who is not in a street gang, on welfare, on parole or a skid row derelict. The contention that wealthy people are […]