Print Edition for the week of
Feb. 23 - 29, 2012

Vol. 12, No. 40
Tyler Parker

News

Culture Change

New Seasons Workers Protest the "Friendliest Store in Town"

Great Leap Forward

Portland's Call for Protest Helps Shape National Occupy Agenda

Gimme Shelter

Program for Disabled Workers Braces for Lawsuit

Hall Monitor

Avoiding the "Third Rail"

In Other News

Music

Welsh Rare Beat

Cate Le Bon Draws Rings Around the World

The Power of Failing

The Jealous Sound Stay Together for the Adults

With Endless Fire

In the Moment with Ilyas Ahmed

Cancer Beware!

Gashdig and Threscher Reunite

Up & Coming

Highlights in Music the Week of February 23-29

Movies & TV

Bleak as Fuck

And Nothing in Particular Happens. It's Bullhead!

I'm on Team Aniston. Sue Me.

Also, Wanderlust Is Surprisingly Funny!

Greed Energy

Windfall: The Downside of Wind Power

Freeze Framed

Crimes On the Ice

Film Shorts

In Which We Hit It and Quit It

Food and Drink

Do One Thing and Do It Well

Jehnee Rains and the Rebirth of Suzette

Books

Crash Course

Five New Comics You Should Know About

Conspiracy Theories

Alan Glynn's Perfectly Plotted Bloodland

Theater & Performance

Day of the Docent

Taking a page from Misery in CoHo's production.

Feature

Going Up?

Edward Morris: The Last of the Great Elevator Operators

I, Anonymous

Blogtown

Kid Drawings Are The Best!

Don Draper Totally Wants to Bone that Mannequin

ALERT: Joneser Will Be Live-Blogging the Oscars.

This Week's Mercury Music Section

Announcing HECKLEVISION! (And Red Dawn!)

BEHOLD THE MECHASQUITO

Roller Derby Recap: Heartless Heathers vs. Break Neck Betties

ACLU: Skimpy Reports Mean City Should Suspend Its Work with the JTTF

An Open Letter to Car Crashes and Comedian News Anchors

Did You Hear? We're Getting Yet Another Loo

Behold the Poster for HECKLEVISION: COMMANDO!

Davy Jones Has Died

Ultimate Cheese Challenge, Tabla

Q&A With The Captain: Jewsbury Talks Timbers Before Today's Preseason Home Opener

Good Morning News!

Good Morning, News!

Meanwhile in New Hampshire

Retired Special Forces Operative Colonel John Matrix's Guide to Conflict Resolution

Blogtown's Poster of the Week

The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!

What Hearts' New Video and Upcoming Album

Headline of the Day

Blouse, "Time Travel," and Cobwebs

SL Letter of the Day: Infantile-ism

Tonight: A New Game Plan for the GOP?

SE Portland's Crazy Candy Kitchen in Danger of Closing

Recaps for Poor People: 30 Rock Does It for the Nerds.

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

Ticket Giveaway: The Fade to Light Fashion Show

Yes, PBOT's Budget is Abysmal. No, It's not Because PBOT's Crazy for Bikes.

Chris Brown Wanted for Robbery

Okay, So I Just Dropped a Nuke on Brooklyn and I Feel Kind of Bad About It

Required Reading: "Rick Santorum, Meet My Son"

Booker Jen Oleson Leaves Valentine's; AgesandAges Play Tonight

Bill Schonely Recognized by NBA Hall of Fame

This Is What Happens When Mitt Romney Tries to Act Human

Mercury Mailbag!

Hecklevision Warm-Up!

What's Next At 811 E Burnside

I Sweat With Richard Simmons

Good Morning, News!

SL Letters of the Day: Feedback, We Get Feedback...

Gaiety and Tragedy in the Rhineland

Plus, OBT in 2012

ThemeXbox.com: Because Buying Lame Xbox 360 Themes Sucks Hard

It’s Hard Being Mr. Happiness - Vodka Solicitation

Occupy's Anti-Corporation F29 Protest Hits the Streets

The Mounted Patrol Have Nifty Helmet Cameras

Frocky Jack Morgan No More

Grayling Giveaway!

Anything in the World Can Be Compared to Portlandia

Beer! Bands! Introducing the First Ever Malt Ball!

Just Letting You Know I Haven't Been Fired.

Charter Commission Calls It Quits

WELCOME TO PORTLAND, THE ROCK

Save the Date: Powell's Friends and Family Night

Hawthorne Books Q&A at the Nervous Breakdown

Graph Time! Commuting in Seattle vs. Portland

Sons of Huns' Live Album and Upcoming Video

Hello, Reproductive Rights Rollback!

Marco Rubio Was a Mormon

Broadway Across America Brings The Book of Mormon

Tomorrow Should Be Interesting

Today in Hillbilly Pornography: Goat Massage

"Incinerated Corpses Shrunk to the Size of Children!"

Hecklevision! This Friday!

Good Morning, News!

This New Game of Thrones Trailer Is 100 Percent Badass

Male Superheroes, Dressed Like Female Superheroes

PSA: Roaming Asshole(s) with Roman Candles

It's the Academy Awards Live-Blog!

Free Spaying!

Commando Countdown: FIVE DAYS REMAINING

"A Fresh One, Jeffrey!" (Or, "A Definitive List of the 10 Best Fresh Prince Songs, Including But Not Limited to Collaborations with DJ Jazzy Jeff")

Watch Two Best Friends Play Portal 2

The Most Frightening Report about an Inert Computer Virus from 1988 You Will Ever See!

PCS Announces 2012/2013 Season

Tonight in Music

It Gets Better Special

Good Girls' Guide: Dominatrix for Dummies at Theater! Theatre!

New Avengers Trailer

Let the Prometheus Viral Marketing Begin

SL Letter of the Day: Who Said Life Was Fair?

Mark Your Calendar for Give a Shit Happy Hour!

More Bad News for Republicans

Good Afternoon, Television News!

Sneak Peak of Portland Bike Builders' New Creations

City Fires Another Shot at Food Cart's Liquor License Application

Seen Today in PDX: Don't Steal My Hula Hoop.

It's Happening Tonight!

A Mind-Blowing Revelation About 90's Cartoon Show Doug

New Video: TxE - "The First One"

Activist-Arsonist Tre Arrow Jumps into Mayor's Race

SNL: That One Sketch That Was Cut

Here's Your New Catchphrase!

The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!

Roller Derby Weekend: Heartless Heathers vs. Break Neck Betties

The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!

Announcing HECKLEVISION 2.0

Mayor Tries to Ease Tensions Before Today's F29 Protests

Portland vs. San Jose—High-Pitched Live (Preseason) Blog Action

Good Morning, News!

"I'm here to snake your drain."

Call For Unpopular Places To Be Happy

Good Morning, News!

BEHOLD: The Greatest Opening Credits in Cinematic History

Portland Playhouse Fights to Keep Its Home

Press Release of the Day

Tonight in Music

Movie: The Movie

The Critics Are Raving About Hecklevision: Commando!

Good Morning News!

Mitt Romney Knows He's a Fuckup

The Walking Dead Chitty-Chat Club!

Selections from My Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang

Wanted: New Blogtown Troll

The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!

It's Happening Tonight!

Cops ID Two Homeless Men Shot While Sleeping, Offer $1,000 Reward

Ebichu the Sexually Protective Hamster

SL Letter of the Day: Breaking Bad

The Separation of Church and State Makes Rick Santorum Want to Throw Up

Happy Twin Peaks Day! AKA The Best Day of Your Goddamn Life

Spend Sunday Night Getting Hit In The Face!

Win Tickets to Hecklevision: Red Dawn!

Spreading Santorum, #1 Result When You Google "Santorum," 2003-2012

Police: Expect Arrests During Occupy's F29 March

Recaps For the Mildly Interested: Grimm Goes to Fight Club

Anti-Fur Activist Tries to Hire a Hit Man

On Capcom And Fluid Gender Identity In Metro City

Re: Your Plans, This Evening

Win Tickets to Hecklevision: Commando!

Tonight in Music

Jan Berenstain

The Soul'd Out Music Festival Announces 2012 Lineup

Someone Should Go to Jail for This

Reading Tonight: Jeffrey Eugenides

SL Letter of the Day: How Many Is Too Many?

Homeless Men Shot Under Morrison Bridge Had Been Turned Away from Packed Old Town Tent Refuge

Today in Unethical Office iChats

New Mayor's Race Poll Shows "Undecided" in Lead

Please Don't Go See Act of Valor

Tonight in Music

Tonight in Music

Middle-Age Male Women's Health Experts Speak Out

Hecklevision! Thanks! Ideas!

It's Happening Tonight!

Hey Girl, Tonight's Your Last Chance to See Drive

Sold Out

Fade to Light

One Day at a Time

The Week in Review

New Column!

Savage Love & Sex

Savage Love

Poop Shy

I Love Television

I Love Television™

That's My Joan