Print Archives > 2012 > Jan. 12

Print Edition for the week of
Jan. 12 - 18, 2012

Vol. 12, No. 34
Dr. Lukas Brezak

News

Hands Off, Portland!

Our City's Tighter Oversight Rules Don't Apply to Out-of-Town Cops

by Denis C. Theriault

LGBT and HUD, Under One Roof

Feds Roll Out Queer-Friendly Rules for Public Housing

by Sarah Mirk

End of the Food Desert

Plan for New Seasons Shows N. Williams Change

by Sarah Mirk

Hall Monitor

The Cops' Curious Silence

by Denis C. Theriault

In Other News

Music

Urban Wilderness

The Landscapes of Forest Park

by Ned Lannamann

A Festival with Potential

The Inaugural Big Ass Boombox

by Chris Cantino

The Influence of Axel Foley

Nasalrod Are Beyond Pigeonholing

by Aris Hunter Wales

Another Way In

Pickwick Starts Anew

by Raquel Nasser

Up & Coming

Highlights in Music the Week of January 12-18

Movies & TV

Meryl Streep Doing an Accent

The Iron Lady: Even Worse Than the Falklands War

by Vince Mancini

Smuggler's Blues

Contraband: In Which Marky Mark Steals... Your Heart

by Erik Henriksen

Everyday Pariah

An Urban Black Lesbian Film for Everybody!

by Marjorie Skinner

Parents Behaving Badly

Polanski's Carnage Pits Parent Against Parent

by Alison Hallett

Hand of God

The Gambling Christians of Holy Rollers

by Courtney Ferguson

Film Shorts

In Which We Hit It and Quit It

Food and Drink

Plaid Pantry

Fine Dining in Stumptown

by Tony Perez

Visual Art

The Faces of Tony Millionaire

The Maakies Creator Displays 500 Portraits

by Matt Stangel

Books

The Orphan Master's Son

Fictionalizing North Korea

by Alison Hallett

From Fiction to Fact

William Gibson's First Collection of Non-Fiction

by Jane Carlen

Theater & Performance

Animal Sacrifice

Theatre Vertigo Gets Primal in Hunter Gatherers

by Jessie Drake

Feature

It's Your Occupation, Too!

Want to Get Involved in Occupy Portland: Here's a Guide to Getting Started

by Denis C. Theriault

I, Anonymous

Wherefore Art Thou, Portland?

Blogtown

Wanted: Freelance Mercury Food Critic!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Say Hello to the New Feminist Group in Town

by Sarah Mirk

SL Letter of the Day: This One Made My Week

by Dan Savage

Legislature Gets Low Grade on Racial Equity

by Sarah Mirk

Good Morning, News!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Seen Today in PDX: Good Morning, Nudes!

by Sarah Mirk

Some Important Thoughts Re: DC Comics' Logo

by Erik Henriksen

Life Needs More Inappropriate "Wooooooo!"s

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Halo's End of Season Sale

by Marjorie Skinner

Video: Symmetry - "Over the Edge"

by Ned Lannamann

Can Portland Expect a "Snowlamity"* Tomorrow?

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Silent Hill Takes Place in Astoria. RUN, ASTORIANS, RUN FOR YOUR DOOMED LIVES

by Erik Henriksen

PDX Collective Sale: Winter Edition

by Marjorie Skinner

Karen Santorum: She's a Superfreak

by Dan Savage

Print on Demand Coming to Powell's

by Alison Hallett

SL Letter of the Day: Those Kinky Katholics!

by Dan Savage

Live(-ish) Updates from Occupy Congress

by Denis C. Theriault

If Stephen Colbert Asks Stephen Colbert, Will Stephen Colbert Run?

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

City Fines Homeless "Rest Area" in Old Town $640 a Month

by Sarah Mirk

Ding

by Erik Henriksen

Princess Dies Balloons/Seeks to Balloon

Food Cart Owners Join Forces to Form New Advocacy Group

by Sarah Mirk

Tonight in Music

by Courtney Ferguson

The Internet Is a Beautiful and Horrifying Place

by Erik Henriksen

SL Letter of the Day: Over To You, Gang

by Dan Savage

OUCH!! Which New TV Show is the Worst?

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

You Know You've Arrived When...

by Tony Perez

It's Happening Tonight!

by Alison Hallett

What the Hell Are SOPA and PIPA Anyway?

by Sarah Mirk

The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

The Atlantic on How Radiolab Is "Changing the Sound of the Radio"

by Alison Hallett

Good Morning News

by Sarah Mirk

Get Ambushed by Roller Girls and Cheap Season Opener Tix Tonight!

by Courtney Ferguson

Portlandia to Guest Star on The Simpsons

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Listen to Y La Bamba's "Squawk"

by Ned Lannamann

The Oppo File on Mitt Romney

by Eli Sanders

Mitt Romney Feeds the Trolls

by Paul Constant

Weekend Readings: The Frozen Moment At Crow Arts Manor

by Jacob Schraer

In Anticipation of Jo Walton's Reading Tonight at Powell's, My Contextless Kindle Highlights from Among Others

by Alison Hallett

Dear Esther: All I Know Is That It's Real Purty

by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli

Onstage This Weekend!

by Alison Hallett

Sex, Skinny Ties, and "Real Marriage": A Morning at Portland's New Mars Hill Church

by Sarah Mirk

Tonight in Music

by Courtney Ferguson

This Week's Mercury Music Section

by Ned Lannamann

Why Does Sweden Get All the Good Sex Robot Shows?!?

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Who Stole Roger Rabbit?

by Alex Zielinski

"Let's Laugh at Seattle!": With Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Good Morning, News!

by Denis C. Theriault

A Somewhat Kinder, Somewhat Gentler, Still Hilarious Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes

by David Schmader

The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

It's Happening Tonight!

by Alison Hallett

Evil Dead: The Musical. I'm Sorry.

by Courtney Ferguson

It's Way Too Early to Care About National Polls...

by Paul Constant

Call to Artists: Modified Style

by Marjorie Skinner

Apple to Release "GarageBand for E-Books" on Thursday?

by Paul Constant

Whoever Runs the Portlandia Twitter Account Is an Asshole

by Alison Hallett

Poor People Envy the Rich, and/or Rich Is the New Gay

by Paul Constant

A Defense of Mason Jars, by Glaciers Author Alexis Smith

by Alison Hallett

So Cormac McCarthy Just Wrote a Screenplay

by Erik Henriksen

Legislative Partners: Occupy Portland and Mayor Sam Adams

by Denis C. Theriault

Good Morning, News!

by Denis C. Theriault

Video: Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "Thought Ballune"

by Ned Lannamann

New Restaurant Progress Report: Bhap Sang PDX

by Marjorie Skinner

Prince Dance Night Tomorrow

by Ned Lannamann

Recaps for Poor People: Yay! 30 Rock is Back! Parks and Rec is Good! Everything Rocks!!!

by Elinor Jones

When Snow Cones Attack!

by Courtney Ferguson

Movies That Never Were But Should Have Been

by Erik Henriksen

Gold Star: The Mercury's Web Comment(s) of the Week!

by Alison Hallett

DoublePlusGood Remixes Typhoon

by Ned Lannamann

The Decemberists Ready a Double Live Album

by Ned Lannamann

Mercury's Arthole Weekly Winner!

by Suji Allen

Collision

by Marjorie Skinner

Video: Blitzen Trapper - "Taking It Easy Too Long"

by Ned Lannamann

The Truth About the Impact of Piracy

by Anthony Hecht

Female Trouble at 5th Ave This Weekend

by Courtney Ferguson

Good Morning, News!

by Denis C. Theriault

Saltzman on Cops' Fitness Pay Perk: "We Should Not Reward People for Having a Pulse"

by Denis C. Theriault

But If You're Doing It Right...

by Dan Savage

Pix Patisserie on Yo, Is This Racist?

by Alison Hallett

I Have a Joke

by David Schmader

Come See the REAL Red Dawn Before the Remake RUINS IT FOREVER

by Erik Henriksen

Are You a Single-Issue, Drug-Policy Voter?

by Dominic Holden

The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

It's Happening Tonight!

by Alison Hallett

Comedians on Internet Blackout Day

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Santorum Says Romney Is "a Paler Shade of What We Have"

by Paul Constant

PIPA is the new SOPA

by Paul Constant

#altwiki: How to Do Your Research Tomorrow Without Wikipedia

by Marjorie Skinner

Conservatives and Enviros Join Forces to Criticize CRC Spending

by Sarah Mirk

It's Happening Tonight!

by Alison Hallett

How Long Can You Watch Drunk Ron Swanson Dance?

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Minecraft Fans Have Way Too Much Free Time

by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli

Shopping Local—Online?

by Alison Hallett

Watch Mitt Romney Flounder in Last Night's Debate

by Paul Constant

Stupid, Stupid Kix-Eating Iguana!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

"It Appears You Have Coughed Up Your Cancer. Congratulations."

by David Schmader

Good Morning News!

by Sarah Mirk

Saltzman Still "Mad as Hell" About Cops' Fitness Pay Perk

by Denis C. Theriault

Evangelical Supergroup Pools Santorum Support

by Paul Constant

A Terrifying Glimpse of America's Future...

by Erik Henriksen

Tonight in Music

by Courtney Ferguson

Ghost Rider Classes Things Up

by Erik Henriksen

Diablo III: Book Of Cain: More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About Blizzard's Series

by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli

Make Your Own Planetarium at Home with Lost Lander

by Ned Lannamann

Police Union Boss Rips Saltzman's Bid to Cancel Fitness Pay Perk

by Denis C. Theriault

Tonight in Music

by Courtney Ferguson

Florida, Ohio, and Pretty Much All the Rest

by Eli Sanders

The Good News Is, You Survived The Polar Exploration...

by Marjorie Skinner

Tonight in Music

by Courtney Ferguson

I Don't Know What Quentin Tarantino Is Smoking...

by Paul Constant

SL Letter of the Day: DTMFAsshole

by Dan Savage

Trailer for Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom

by Erik Henriksen

Abobo's Big Adventure: Play This Thing Before The Snow Kills You

by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli

Ferreting out Pendleton's 2012 The Portland Collection

by Marjorie Skinner

Climate Change Conquered!

by Alex Zielinski

"The year was 1969, and even the people who made commercials for the International House of Pancakes were on acid."

by David Schmader

Stephen Colbert "Is Doing it!!" (Running for President of South Carolina, That Is)

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

NPR on "The Art of the Modern Movie Trailer"

by Erik Henriksen

Yes Or No: Nike Sneaker/Ballet Flats

by Marjorie Skinner

Heads: Sometimes They Blow Up

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Recaps For the Mildly Interested: Grimm is Back!

by Joe Streckert

Sold Out

Funkytown

by Marjorie Skinner

One Day at a Time

The Week in Review

by Ann Romano

Letters

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I, Anonymous Blog

Pro-Life and a Bone

by Anonymous

I Really Don’t Give a Fuck What You Do

by Anonymous

Dear Baby Sister

by Anonymous

Invite to a Knife Fight

by Anonymous

We All Know Now

by Anonymous

Not in on the Joke

by Anonymous

If SOPA Passes

by Anonymous

I Hope Florence Dies in her Machine

by Anonymous

All Ye Sick and Insane

by Anonymous

Hipstamatic

by Anonymous

Baby Mama Drama

by Anonymous

Glassbones

by Anonymous

Dear Tri-Met Fare Inspector

by Anonymous

Hey, Employers!

by Anonymous

Washington Drivers

by Anonymous

Did the Work, Lost the Job.

by Anonymous

Obligatory Snow Post

by Anonymous

Perogie Princess

by Anonymous

Dive Bar Drug Dealer

by Anonymous

Dropped Caller

by Anonymous

Dear Eco-Trust and others

by Anonymous

I Don’t Want to Go Back to Where I'm From

by Anonymous

Savage Love

In a Froth over Santorum

by Dan Savage

I Love Television

I Love Television™

In with the Old

by Wm. Steven Humphrey