News
They’ve Gotten a Recording Scrubbed from the Web, and Say It’s Inaccurate
by Dirk VanderHart
But Complaints Keep Filing in and Lawsuits Loom
by Doug Brown
New Allegations Against the Former Mayor Need to Be Investigated—No Matter What
by Dirk VanderHart
Music
All Hail Lizzo
by Jenni Moore
The Philadelphia Musician Is a Musical Alchemist
by Santi Elijah Holley
Noteworthy Shows This Week
Movies & TV
Big Trouble in Little China! Moderate Trouble on the Human Highway!
by Mercury Staff
It’ll Fuck You Up. Watch It Anyway.
by Megan Burbank
An Unpredictable Trip into the Weird World of Video
by Ben Coleman
Nice Guys Finish Last.
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Feature
A Vancouver Music Company Tried to Release New Music from Prince. They Didn’t Get Very Far.
by Robert Ham
Last Supper
The Price Is Right at this Slightly Out-of-the-Way Gem
by Thomas Ross
Lush Life
The Tillamook Brewery Now Has a Space Worthy of Their Beers
by Dustin Guy
I, Anonymous
The Opium of the People
by Anonymous
Ask a Pot Lawyer
Per the Feds, Alcohol’s Fine, But Weed’s a Different Story
by Vince Sliwoski
Cannabuzz
Ben Cort’s Cannabis Book Is a Frightened, Sad Waste of Tree Pulp
by Josh Jardine
New Column!
We’re proud to introduce the best Mercury Week ever!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Letters
“This Might Be the Best Article On Any Subject You’ve Ever Covered.”
What’s She Mad About Now?
Wordstock Previews
Documenting the Rise of Ta-Nehisi Coates
by Santi Elijah Holley
Matthew Zapruder’s New Book, Why Poetry, Is Here to Help
by Joshua James Amberson
On the Agenda: A Puppy, Sleepaway Arts Camp, and The Wrong Way to Save Your Life
by Meryl Williams
Teen Graphic Memoir Author Tillie Walden Comes to Wordstock
by Sarah Meyer
From Slacktivism to Activism