LIFE magazine has an amazing photo essay of images five photographers sneakily snapped within North Korea. It’s an eerie vision into a secret place. LIFE life Speaking of strange, have you ever seen North Korea’s official website? It’s very 1997.
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And This Is Why I Don’t Want to Freelance
Usually I just blame it on the fact that my rising sign is Cancer, but I’ve never felt secure about the prospect of making a living solely by freelancing, despite the fact that the freelancing man I live with works about a third the hours I do and never seems to have trouble picking up […]
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You Can Do Anything at Zombocom
These are stressful times. What with all the bombing attempts, the arrival of 4G, holiday shopping scroogery, the new Facebook profile, and whoever keeps outbidding me for Your Face on Every Page of the Mercury (I will have my revenge!), I am WOUND UP, MAN. And now I can’t even blow off some steam by […]
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Albina: Portland’s Ghetto of the Mind!
Wow. Mercury alum Patrick Alan Coleman dug this dusty 1967 KGW out of the Internet archives. It’s a blast from the past worth watching.
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Lieberman Suggests Prosecution of New York Times, Too
Sen. Joe Lieberman thinks the New York Times (and presumably others) “committed at least an act of bad citizenship” in publishing the WikiLeaks cables. Whether they committed a crime, he thinks, “bears very intensive inquiry by the Justice Department.” I can’t think of a way that these people can support prosecuting WikiLeaks for espionage and […]
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Assange Speaks Out
WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange ably defends himself in an op-ed for The Australian: WikiLeaks is not the only publisher of the US embassy cables. Other media outlets, including Britain’s The Guardian, The New York Times, El Pais in Spain and Der Spiegel in Germany have published the same redacted cables. In its landmark ruling in […]
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Marvin Zindler, We Hardly Knew Ye
All I can say is “Thank GOD for the internet,” because otherwise we may never have seen the amaaaaazing Marvin Zindler—the restaurant heath code violations reporter for Action 13 News. In this video, Marvin files his final report ever from his hospital bed—and boy, does he go out with a doozy! Hope there’s no rrrrrrOACHES, […]
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The Internet Is Getting Magazinier
This morning, Project, Richard Branson’s iPad-only magazine, went live in the iTunes store. Publishers Weekly gives a little glimpse inside the first issue. It looks very magaziney. Speaking of which, Gawker head Nick Denton is announcing a new layout for Gawker that will launch in 2011. He’s saying farewell, in part, to the eternal bottomless […]
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Another Reason America Is Great
While you’re probably wasting today away with a nice meal, a warm home, family, football, a movie, a bong, or whatever form your lack of initiative takes, this lady has been waiting in line since Monday for Black Friday. Her ambition, her drive, her “firstness,” is a shining beacon in America’s dark night. (Associated Press)
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When Underwear Ads Go Wrong
Here’s an underwear ad from Brazil that desperately needs an English tag line from YOU. Can you help?via
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In Lake Oswego, a Blogger is not a “Journalist”
Lake Oswego is trying to legally define “journalist.” The problem is that journalists don’t fall into one easy box these days. The Portland Tribune details the ongoing story of local progressive blogger Mark Bunster, who runs Loaded Orygun and wanted to sit in on Lake Oswego city council executive sessions. Oregon has this fuzzy law […]
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Finally! A Magazine for Pole Spinners Like Me!
The state of the media and magazines in particular is in shambles, OBVIOUSLY. However, I’m thrilled to learn about a new magazine that caters to my specific interest, Pole Spin: The International Pole Dance Fitness & Lifestyle Magazine. For far too long, the exercising community has ignored the physiological benefits of picking up Polish people […]