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Jan. 19
Print Edition for the week of
Jan. 19 - 25, 2012
Vol. 12, No. 35
Nicolle Clemetson
News
Here to Stay?
Old Town Homeless "Rest Area" Will Reluctantly Try for Permit
by Denis C. Theriault
Small Fries Unite!
Food Carts Join Forces, Form a New Advocacy Group
by Sarah Mirk
Love Thy Neighbor
Can LGBT Folk and Portland's Newest Megachurch Be Friends?
by Sarah Mirk
Roll Back
Scuttled Streetcar Won't Help City's Budget
by Sarah Mirk
Hall Monitor
There's Something About Dan
by Denis C. Theriault
In Other News
Music
Forever Young
After 29 Years, NOFX Age Gracefully
by Andrew R Tonry
Sunlight through the Blinds
Gardens and Villa Heed Bridgetown's Beckon
by Ryan J. Prado
At Rainbow's End
Youth Lagoon Is Bigger Than the Bedroom
by Ned Lannamann
No Longer in Hollywood
Concrete Blonde: Vampires to Unicorns
by Courtney Ferguson
Up & Coming
Highlights in Music the Week of January 19-25
Movies & TV
Sex and Violence
Soderbergh Pulls No Punches with
Haywire
by Erik Henriksen
Never Forgive
Extremely Loud
Incredibly Blows
by Ned Lannamann
"Die, Nazi Dog!! DIE!!!"
Red Tails
: “Ack! My Plane’s Being Riddled by Clichés!”
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Man of Mystery
A Father's Secrets in
The Man Nobody Knew
by Ned Lannamann
Film Shorts
In Which We Hit It and Quit It
Books
Post-Post Apocalypse
Sentient Glaciers and Masturbating Ghosts in Ryan Boudinot's
Blueprints of the Afterlife
by Alison Hallett
The Evening Hour
Carter Sickels' Expertly Muted Debut
by Thomas Alexander Ross
Live Nude Girls. Reading.
Portland Gets a Chapter of Naked Girls Reading
by Alison Hallett
Theater & Performance
Population Explosion
Navigating the Increasingly Populous Fertile Ground Festival
by Alison Hallett
From Metaphor to Cliché
Third Rail Rep's
Collapse
by Alison Hallett
Communication Breakdown
Near to the Wild Heart
by Alison Hallett
Feature
Drinking: A Portland Romance
The
Mercury
Drinking Issue
by edited by Tony Perez
I, Anonymous
Red Hands
Blogtown
The Saddest Trekkie
by Erik Henriksen
The Portland Music Awards Continue to Be a Joke
by Ned Lannamann
How to Be a Real Journalist
by Dominic Holden
We Need National Sex Ed Standards
by Sarah Mirk
The Republican Takeaway from the State of the Union
by Paul Constant
Will Justin Bieber Remake
Fear
? (Oh, God! Yes,
Please
, YES!!!)
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Roller Derby Season Opener
by Courtney Ferguson
It's Happening Tonight!
by Alison Hallett
Occupy Portland Activist Formally Launches Mayoral Bid
by Denis C. Theriault
Oregon Undocumented Workers Pay $154-309 Million in Taxes Every Year
by Sarah Mirk
Good Morning News!
by Sarah Mirk
Fidel Castro Is an Astute Commentator on the American Political Process
by Paul Constant
Romney Releases Tax Returns, Had Tons of Money in a Swiss Bank Account...
by Paul Constant
Occupy Portland Attacks Corporate Personhood
by Nathan Gilles
It Never Gets Old (or Funny)
by David Schmader
Tahrir Square Anniversary Celebration Downtown RIGHT NOW!
by Nathan Gilles
It's Happening Tonight!
by Alison Hallett
Good Morning, News!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
This Week's
Mercury
Music Section
by Ned Lannamann
Newt Says He Won't Do Any More Debates Unless the Audience Is Baying for Blood
by Paul Constant
Tonight in Music
by Courtney Ferguson
Inexplicably,
Resident Evil 6
(Starring Zombie James Cromwell)
by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli
It's Still Neil Diamond's Birthday!
by Ned Lannamann
Get Shwood's Mixtape
by Ned Lannamann
Gingrich: The Story Is False! I Did NOT Ask My Second Ex-Wife For An Open Marriage!
by Dan Savage
Good Morning, News!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Fuze It
by Marjorie Skinner
The Rosehip Revue Turns Two
by Marjorie Skinner
Obama Says Americans Get Free Birth Control—Even if They're Religious
by Sarah Mirk
Newt Gingrich: Doing Monogamish Wrong
by Dan Savage
Animal Traffic's Expansion into Downtown
by Marjorie Skinner
Hellboy
Summer Camp!
by Alison Hallett
America The Free-ish
by Marjorie Skinner
SL Letter of the Day: Girlfriend, Interrupted
by Dan Savage
Yesterday Was the Day I Learned Replicators Are Real at LAIKA
by Courtney Ferguson
Art, Cats, and Clothes at Lulu's Vintage
by Marjorie Skinner
This Is a Movie About Space Nazis
by Erik Henriksen
Damien Jurado Plays an In-Store at Jackpot Records
by Ned Lannamann
Good Morning, News!
by Nathan Gilles
PDX's Syringe Exchange Program Loses Fed Funding
by Alex Zielinski
Brooklyn +
Portlandia
=
Brokelandia
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
You Gotta Love Barney Frank
by Dan Savage
Get Your Tickets for "That's My Jam!"
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Review:
Bite Me A Little: A Vampire Musical
by Jessie Drake
It's Happening Tonight!
by Alison Hallett
Reif: S/S '12
by Marjorie Skinner
OC ReMix Releases New Album, Like A Hug Made Of Nostalgia
by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli
A Very Unmerry Birthday to You, Roe v. Wade!
by Sarah Mirk
Watch the New, Portland-Shot Video from Cake. No, Really!
by Ned Lannamann
Tonight in Music
by Courtney Ferguson
And And And's New 10-Inch Record
by Ned Lannamann
The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Okay, Guys... Seriously. Who's Fucking with Canada?
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Roller Derby Recap: Season 7 Opener
by Courtney Ferguson
Mitt Romney Angrily Defended His True Love Twice Yesterday
by Paul Constant
Let's Play... Spot the Photoshop!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
It's Happening Tonight!
by Alison Hallett
"Portland vs. Brooklyn": Venn Diagram
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
OSCARWATCH!
by Erik Henriksen
Sketches from Mike Daisey's 24-Hour Monologue
by Alison Hallett
Not So Subliminal Advertising
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
About That David Graeber Reading
by Jacob Schraer
So I Saw Some Naked Girls Read Some Books
by Erik Henriksen
Justice Department Shuts Down Megaupload, Arrests Executives
by Paul Constant
Happy 71st Birthday, Neil Diamond!
by Ned Lannamann
Hecklevision was Heckle-rific!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
This Week's
Mercury
Books Section!
by Alison Hallett
Oregon No Longer a LEED Leader
by Nathan Gilles
A Novel Romance: 2012 Edition
by Marjorie Skinner
SL Letter of the Day: Frustrated Sex Columnist
by Dan Savage
SL Letter of the Day: Coming Unclean
by Dan Savage
A Busy Week for the GOP!
by Paul Constant
Tonight in Music
by Courtney Ferguson
"Epic City Hall Slumber Party" Planned to Protest Camping Ban
by Denis C. Theriault
SL Letter of the Day: Unbroken
by Dan Savage
Grouper Covers Dead Moon for
Yeti
by Ned Lannamann
Tonight in Music
by Courtney Ferguson
Tonight in Music
by Courtney Ferguson
Santorum Begs for CUM
by Paul Constant
Youth Lagoon Cancels Its First Portland Show
by Ned Lannamann
It's Happening Tonight!
by Alison Hallett
This Afternoon Brought to You by the 1988 Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship Opening
by Courtney Ferguson
Dear Certain Members of the News Media: You're the Worst.
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Gabby Giffords Will Leave Congress This Week
by Denis C. Theriault
Hecklevision Reminder! And Five Excellent Quotes from John Milius, the Director of
Red Dawn
by Erik Henriksen
Win Tickets to
Eastern Condors
!
by Erik Henriksen
SL Letter of the Day: Coming Out in Conversation
by Dan Savage
The Miracles Club - "I Can't Help It"
by Chris Cantino
The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Portland City Hall Has a New Mayor!
by Denis C. Theriault
Good Morning, News!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Heavyweight City Union Gets Behind Smith, Nolan, and Novick in Portland Races
by Denis C. Theriault
Gay Marriage Lines Up Votes to Pass in Washington!
by Sarah Mirk
President Obama Sort of Sings Al Green, Sort of Makes Me Fall in Love All Over Again
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Reading: Housefire At The Jack London
by Jacob Schraer
Michel Gondry Directs Japanese Commercial; May Have Foot Fetish
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Will Micro-Distilling Die with Privatization?
by Nathan Gilles
Recaps for Poor People, Especially The Ones Who Watch
30 Rock
and
Parks and Rec
When They Air
by Elinor Jones
Who Is This Radical Anti-American Saul Alinksy Person?
by Dan Savage
Cat Soup
Almost as Good or Better than Real
Soup
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Good Morning News!
by Sarah Mirk
"I Might Have Tacos"
by Goldy
The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
You're a Creep, Charlie Brown!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Recaps For the Mildly Interested: NBC Put My Neighborhood on the TV, Guys!
by Joe Streckert
Skateboarder Clubbed by Pioneer Square Rent-a-Cop Talks to ESPN
by Denis C. Theriault
Ghost Hunt at the Hollywood!
by Marjorie Skinner
Super Sales
by Marjorie Skinner
Thinking of Premarital Sex?
by Kelly O
Coming to 20th and Morrison: 71 Apartments!
by Sarah Mirk
One Last Plug for
Blueprints of the Afterlife
by Alison Hallett
Will State Skip Out on Adding Millions to Crime Victim's Fund?
by Sarah Mirk
Sold Out
Closing, Moving, and Moving On
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
The Week in Review
by Ann Romano
New Column!
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Poop on my Butt!
by Anonymous
Portlandia is Right
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Tailgaters Beware
by Anonymous
Break Room Literary Wars
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Here is Your Comedy Gold, Mercury
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I Like Portland Police
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Hot Tubs Should Be A Hate Free Zone
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That Kid Tries Too Hard
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Alright, B*itches.
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School's Out
by Dan Savage
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On Grizzly Bears and Saxophones
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