Print Edition for the week of
Jan. 6 - 12, 2016

Vol. 16, No. 34
Jessica Roux

News

Armed Militants Aren't the Only Ones Who Want to Take Back Federal Lands

A Host of Oregon Lawmakers Are Pushing the Same Thing

Music

Gilad Hekselman's Ports of Call

Israeli-Born Jazz Guitarist Breathes Melody

Life After Lemmy

Remembering Motörhead's (and Rock 'n' Roll's) Main Man

All-Ages Action!

The 2016 All-Ages Hot List

Up & Coming

This Week's Music Previews

Movies & TV

Suffering Through The Revenant

Here's a List of Everything That Happens to Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant!

Film Shorts

Chinatown, Tropic Thunder, and 50 Years of Indian Cinema

Cannabis

Cannabuzz

The Stupid Stoner Moments of 2015

Ask a Pot Lawyer

Pot License Applications—Explained!

Food and Drink

Food Year's Resolutions

Merc Food Writers Give (Unsolicited) Advice on How to Wine and Dine in 2016

Comedy

Baron Vaughn Is Working Saturdaze

Comedian Baron Vaughn on His Improbable New Tour, Grace and Frankie, and the Opposite of Hate Speech

Books

The Snowy Mazes of Keith Lee Morris' Travelers Rest

Exploring the Ghost Town of Good Night, Idaho

Lori Shenher's Descent into Chaos

In That Lonely Section of Hell, a Former Police Detective Recounts the Bungled Investigation of a Serial Killer

Feature

The Best of Mayor Charlie Hales' Voicemails: 2015

Keep Portland Rage-Filled

Savage Love & Sex

Savage Love

Phones & Bones

New Column!

Ask a Militia Patriot Occupying a Federal Bird Sanctuary

Everything as Fuck

Militia as Fuck

I, Anonymous

Letters

Letters to the Editor

"What the Fuck Did You Just Fucking Say About Me?"