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Sep. 28
Print Edition for the week of
Sep. 28 - Oct. 4, 2016
Vol. 17, No. 20
Sasha Katz
News
No One’s Policing Lead Dust in Demolition-Happy Portland
That Has Potential Consequences for Every Neighborhood in the City
by Dirk VanderHart
Music
The Energy and Panache of Jah Wobble
The Bassist-Composer on Keeping Time and Respecting the Melody
by Robert Ham
Lubec’s Forced Pause
On
Cosmic Debt
, the Portland Band Stops to Reflect
by Ciara Dolan
Getting
Real
with Lydia Loveless
The Singer-Songwriter on Love and Letting Go
by William Kennedy
Things to Do Music
Noteworthy Shows for the Week of September 28-October 4.
by Mercury Staff
Movies & TV
Deepwater Horizon
: Tragedy as Spectacle
The Strange Entertainment of Peter Berg’s Latest
by Ben Coleman
Sandra Bullock Is Not in
Queen of Katwe
Reminder: Representation Matters
by Elinor Jones
Best Fake Friends
Is... Oh God, It’s So Horrible
Real Friends Are Honest
by Elinor Jones
Things to Do Film
This Week:
Deepwater Horizon
, Some Peculiar Kids, and a Creepy Old Wicker Man
by Mercury Staff
Cannabis
Cannabuzz: Welcome to Oregon. Please (Don't) Enjoy Our Weed.
The State of Canna Tourism
by Josh Jardine
Clean Your Bong: Straining to Care About Strains
I Love Weed, But I Simply Can’t Give Much of a Shit About Strains
by David Schmader
Books
Gazing into
The Dark Room
Susan Faludi Applies a Journalistic Lens to Her Father’s Gender Transition
by Katie Pelletier
Theater & Performance
Looking for Tiger Lily
Deconstructs Assimilation with PowerPoint
It’s Anthony Hudson’s Hilarious Cabaret About Native American Identity
by Suzette Smith
August Wilson Speaks in
How I Learned What I Learned
At Portland Playhouse, A Freewheeling Meditation on Race and Art
by Megan Burbank
Feature
“His Word Against Mine”
Stories of sexual assault from the Portland music community
by Doug Brown and Ciara Dolan
I, Anonymous
Bubble Guts
Everything as Fuck
Part Three of Ian’s Examination of Santana’s
Supernatural
. This Week: Rob Thomas’ “Smooth.”
by Ian Karmel
Sold Out
Portland’s Pretty
Hot Days, Hot Looks at Century Bar
by Marissa Sullivan
One Day at a Time
Brangelina Is No More. The World Has Been Torn Asunder.
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Get Your Tickets Now to the 12th Annual HUMP!
by Mercury Staff
Letters
Letters to the Editor
“Much Love to All Survivors of Rape.”
I, Anonymous Blog
Thank You Portland (Follow Up to 2003)
by Anonymous
Shut that dog the F*ck up
by Anonymous
Driving in Circles
by Anonymous
So Now I am a Creep?
by Anonymous
A Wargame without Ally or Matthew
by Anonymous
MAX Jerk
by Anonymous
Not the Three-Way You Had in Mind
by Anonymous
God, Guns & Trump pt.2
by Anonymous
Socially Acceptable Housing
by Anonymous
Sunday Parkways Courtesy
by Anonymous
PARENTS Stop Being Fuckheads
by Anonymous
Yussing and Celling
by Anonymous
Same Shit Different Day
by Anonymous
Fake Sleeper. Fake Everything.
by Anonymous
Left My Truck in Your Driveway
by Anonymous
The Homeless Wild West
by Anonymous
Steel Bridge Cycling
by Anonymous
Yes, There is Something Wrong with California
by Anonymous
God, Guns & Trump pt. 3
by Anonymous
Messy McMansion
by Anonymous
Craigslist Creeps
by Anonymous
Give Up Academics Already
by Anonymous
The Following Account Is Based On Actual Events
by Anonymous
God, Guns & Trump Pt.1
by Anonymous
Crossdresser
by Anonymous
Choose Your Own Republican Adventure!
by Anonymous
Sorry I Called You a Jacka$$
by Anonymous
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Cheats
by Dan Savage
Lush Life
Where to Get the Freshest Fresh Hop Beer
It's Harvestin' Time, So Get Your Hop On
by Brian Yaeger