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Dec. 27
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 27 - Jan. 9, 2008
Vol. 8, No. 31
Sohale Darouian
News
In Other News
Things NOT Invited Back to 2008!
The Most Annoying Annoyances of the Past Year!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
New Year's Resolutions
The Year's Top Issues, and How They'll Play out in 2008
by Amy J. Ruiz
Party Crashers
Anti-Gay Activists Seek Injunction
by Amy J. Ruiz
Music
Up & Coming
Once More with Feeling
Children of the Revolution
by Ezra Ace Caraeff
Wu-Tang Forever and a Day!
(Except Where Their Live Shows Are Concerned)
by Chas Bowie
Teacher and Student
Passing the Torch of the Northwest Passage b
by Ezra Ace Caraeff
Attack Is Imminent
Hatchet: The Bay Area Thrash Boy Band
by Nathan Carson
Our Town Could be Your Life
My Top Five Local Shows of 2007
by Cary Clarke
More Than a Feeling
Journey to the Center of Earth
by Mike Meyer
Movies & TV
This Week on Television
Film Shorts
More Extreme Than You
Extreme Skiers Are So... So... EXTREME!
by Erik Henriksen
The Ring
... Tone
I'm Sorry, But Voicemail Is Not Scary
by Courtney Ferguson
Geek Out
The 2007
Mercury
Game Awards!
by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli
Somebody Killed Somebody
The Walker
's Game of Fill in the Blanks
by Ned Lannamann
Your Dreams Are Worthless
Great World
of Sound
Wants You!
by Alison Hallett
Food and Drink
Foster Gets Uppity
Cava Aims High
by Alison Hallett
Happy Hours
Barhop 'til You Drop
The Year in Bars
Visual Art
Beth Campbell
I Can't Quite Place It
by Chas Bowie
Farewell, Motel
Gallerist Jenn Armbrust Closes Shop
by John Motley
World War III Is Here
Porn, Strobe Lights, Gunplay, and Joseph Conrad Collide at North
by Chas Bowie
Books
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
(Penguin)
by Alison Hallett
Theater & Performance
A Scandal in Bohemia
by TEMPLE LENTZ
Employee of the Week
David Chelsea
Commercial Artist for various publications, including the
New York Times
and the
New York Observer
by Viva Las Vegas
Evelyn Weston
Operations Manager
Photobooth Services
Photobooth Services
by Viva Las Vegas
I, Anonymous
Espresso Yourself
Sold Out
Best (and Worst) of PDX '07 Fashion
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
The Best of Oneday at a Time
The Year in Review
by Ann Romano
New Column!
The Mercury's "In & Out" List for 2008
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Risky Business
by Dan Savage
I Love Television
i♥television™
The Best
and
Worst
by Wm. Steven Humphrey