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Aug. 3
Print Edition for the week of
Aug. 3 - 9, 2016
Vol. 17, No. 12
News
Officials Have Ogled More than 120 Properties as Possible Homeless Shelters
Here’s What You Can Glean from That List
by Dirk VanderHart
Portland’s on the Verge of Major Police Oversight Reforms.
Some Worry It Will Make Things Worse
by Doug Brown
Hall Monitor—The New (Old) Era of Charlie Hales
The Mayor’s Pulling Back His Most Radical, “Rational” Policy on Homelessness
by Dirk VanderHart
Music
Things to Do Music
Noteworthy Shows For the Week of August 3-9
by Mercury Music Staff
Blowout Is the Band Portland Needs, But Doesn’t Deserve
On Their Debut, the Punk Four-Piece Shotguns Beers as Communal Catharsis
by Cameron Crowell
Lucy Dacus Tells It Like It Is
The Richmond, Virginia Artist Doesn’t Want to Be Funny Anymore
by Ryan J. Prado
Whitney Channels Pop’s Golden Days
The Chicago Band’s Debut Sounds Like the Kids Found the ’70s
by Morgan Troper
Pickathon is Portland’s Little Big Festival in the Woods
Musicians Explain Why They Keep Going Back
by Ciara Dolan
Movies & TV
Suicide Squad
Shoots—and Misses
On the Upside, This Film Is Not
Batman v Superman
by Erik Henriksen
Our Little Sister
Is About Nothing
In a Good Way! Its Low-Key Charm Will Win You Over.
by Megan Burbank
Ambition and Friendship in
Don’t Think Twice
Mike Birbiglia’s Latest Is a Bittersweet Look at Growing Up in Comedy
by Courtney Ferguson
Things To Do Film
This Week:
The Princess Bride
, Kevin Spacey As a Cat, and a Super-Rare 35mm Print of
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
by Mercury Staff
Cannabis
Cannabuzz: I Was a Teenage Weed Dealer
For One Whole Day
by Josh Jardine
Ask a Pot Lawyer: Can I Make a Weed Ad?
You Can Make a Pot Commercial, But There Are Hoops to Jump Through
by Vince Sliwoski
Food and Drink
Not Just Another Pad Thai Cart
Golden Triangle’s Laos and Cambodian Rarities Are a Find
by Andrea Damewood
Podcast for All the People
What Portland—and the Local Media—Can Learn from the
Racist Sandwich
Podcast
by Chad Walsh
Burger Week 2016: IT’S HERE.
And
Here
Are All the Burgers You’re Going to Cram Into Your Face!
Comedy
The Stumptown Improv Festival Returns
The Fest’s Founders on Their New Venue, This Year’s Lineup, and Idle Gossip
by Megan Burbank
Books
Please Kill Me
Turns 20
Revisiting Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s Essential History of Punk
by Santi Elijah Holley
Growing Up With Harry Potter
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child
Is Like a Letter From an Old Friend
by Morgan Troper
Feature
It’s Time to Cheer Up About Hillary Clinton
Get with the Program, Gloomy Gus! She’s the Only Thing Standing Between Us and Donald Trump.
by Megan Burbank
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Pokémon No
by Dan Savage
I, Anonymous
Play “Fuck the Developer!”
Everything as Fuck
Hitting the Brakes on August
by Ian Karmel
Sold Out
Boutique Alert: Gem Gem
Talking to Jewelry Enthusiasts Allison Bartline and Heidi Lieberman
by Cassie Ridgway
One Day at a Time
Introducing Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson—Future President of the United States.
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Should I Vote for Hillary Clinton? A Flow Chart
I, Anonymous Blog
WE are Responsible
by Anonymous
I Want to Upchuck Pizza on Your Face
by Anonymous
Suave Shit
by Anonymous
Emotional Abuse
by Anonymous
Gloves Ain't Cuttin' It!
by Anonymous
Here Ya Go, Newbies. *Hands Over Keys to the City*
by Anonymous
Things I Don't Want Back or Don't Get, etc.
by Anonymous
Rumbled Thoughts
by Anonymous
Motorcycle Mania
by Anonymous
When I Come to a Stop
by Anonymous
Precious Grass
by Anonymous
Letters
Letters to the Editor
“The Last Harry Potter Book Took Place in 1998, Duh.”