Print Edition for the week of
Apr. 26 - May. 2, 2012

Vol. 12, No. 49

News

Transportation Tension

Budget Woes Strain Mayor's Relationship with TriMet

An Airing of Grievances

Our Exclusive Review of 10 Years of Police Union Beefs

Hall Monitor

If the PPA Says "Yes," Can Smith Say "No"?

Return of the Voicemail!

Calling Sam Adams: Poop, the Waltz, and Slop Buckets

Music

Thought Control

Psychic Feline's Hypnotic Properties, Exposed!

Full Circle

Ben Kweller Writes the Songs

Dungeon Masters

The Doubleclicks Destroy Children's Souls

It All Comes out in the Wash

Growing into Washed Out

Up & Coming

Highlights in Music the Week of April 26-May 2

Movies & TV

Extremely Clever, Not Very Funny

Damsels in Distress: A Bloodless Collection of Quirks

Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

Coming to Terms with The Five-Year Engagement

A Poor Man's Poe

Quoth The Raven, "Ever Meh."

Road Trip

The Great Northwest, Then and Now

Kaleidoscope of Memory

This Movie Is Called The Deep Blue Sea, But It Doesn't Have Any Sharks in It. Weird.

Pirates of the Caribbean Great Britain

Yep, Another Movie About Pirates. But It's Good!

Film Shorts

In Which We Hit It and Quit It

Geek Out

Deceptively Good

Blood on the Ice

Goon's a Crude, Gross Hockey Comedy

Food and Drink

She's So Unusual

The Worldly Masterpieces of Johanna Ware

Books

Stumptown's Comics Crash Course

Paging through the 9th Annual Stumptown Comics Fest

Bizarre and Lonely

Etgar Keret's Latest, Suddenly, A Knock on the Door

Theater & Performance

Around the World

Oregon Ballet Theatre's Spring Program Chromatic Quartet

Feature

B-Movie Madness

Local Hero Brings Two-Headed Shark to Life

I, Anonymous

Blogtown

Jefferson Smith Responds to My Concerns Over Police Union Endorsement

Tonight in Music

John McCain Mad as Hell That Barack Obama Caught Osama bin Laden

Comedy Tour: The Ian Karmel Diaries—Day 19

Webcomics Correspondent: Bucko!

The (Unofficial) Downtown May Day March has Gotten... Interesting

Comedy Tour: The Ian Karmel Diaries—Day 20

Folly x4

SL Letter of the Day: Help An Arsehole Out, Would Ya?

Props to Local Lady Baristas

Jefferson Smith Campaign Takes a Page From Sho Dozono

Notes from Stumptown Comics Fest 2012

New Work from Elizabeth Dye

Things From Another World: Soon on NE Broadway

It's Happening Tonight!

Live-Tweet Action from Mercury Dining at TOAST!

Put a Board on it!

Buckman Announces the Layoffs of Two of Three Arts Instructors

Tables To Look Out For

Tonight in Music

Georgia Kirkpatrick's Silvania

What the Cops Are Telling Big Pink Tenants About May Day

Say "No" to Reefer, and "Yes" to ROLLER SKATING!

Vicious Anti-Christian Hate Speech Restored to YouTube Thanks to Efforts of Anti-Gay Hate Groups!

Undocumented Ralliers Go to Trial

On the Nightstand: The Year of the Gadfly

Savage's Great New Shitstorm

It's Happening Tonight!

May Day Rally Reclaims Foreclosed House; Cops Make Arrests in Downtown March

Photos from Isaac Hers' "Chambers" Show

So Good Luck Avoiding The Avengers This Summer

Have You Read the Rolling Stone Interview with President Obama?

Jon Benjamin Has a T-Shirt, and He Wants to Give It to You

The Lusty Month of May

Game of Thrones Recap: PG-13 Edition

SL Letter of the Day: Coming to Blows (Update!)

Theater Follow Up: The Brother/Sister Plays at Portland Playhouse

OH NO! An Avengers Parody Porn, Too?

How to Buy Positive Amazon Rankings

Good Morning, News!

Worn Path to Open This Weekend

On A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Tonight! Rumble Bee's Revenge!

It's Happening Tonight!

Bane Is Silly :P

Jamie S. Rich's Serialized New Novel

WWeek Publisher Defends Free Ads for Wife's AG Campaign

More Proof that Ashton Kutcher is... the... WORST!!!

Remember When Mitt Romney Saved the Auto Industry Single-Handedly?

Good Morning, News!

President Rock: Still a Beautiful, Beautiful Possibility

Open Season Ticket Giveaway #2!

Here's Another Prometheus Trailer I Won't Be Watching

Portable Hot Tub

Win FREE TICKETS to the Blind Cafe this Friday!

Stephen King on Mitt Romney

Weirdness Winds Down in Closing Days of Paris' “Keep Portland Weird” Festival

Good Morning, News!

On "Bullshit" and "Pansy-Assed"

Your Star Trek Moment of Zen for Friday, April 27

SL Letter of the Day: Good Thing Going

Oh, You Japanese Kids, and Your Crazy Vegetable Dances

Barenjager Honey Liqueur Lab

Stream the (Excellent) New Tu Fawning Album

Tonight in Music

Webcomics at Stumptown

Theater Critic Ben Waterhouse to Leave the Willamette Week

Golden Retriever to Release New Album on Thrill Jockey

Is Karl Rove a Dirty Music Pirate?

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

Transgender Woman Ticketed for Using the Women's Restroom

Good Morning News!

The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!

Lindy West Is Taking Over the Internet

Blogtown's Poster of the Week

Homo-Hatin' Hillbilly Just Got Himself Into a Heap of Trouble

SL Letter of the Day: I Have Nothing Against Fetlife

Paul Ryan Wants You to Know That Ayn Rand Is a Filthy Atheist

The Most Important Self-Defense Video You Will Ever See

Tonight in Music

This Week's Mercury Music Section

Perfectly Normal Activities

Is It Time to Allow Moviegoers to Text During Films? Yes. Yes it is.

The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!

May Day Madness

Captain Picard Day: ALLOW ME TO JUDGE YOU.

All Religion Is Bullshit

Portland Keeps Being Weird in Paris

When's the Last Time You Had a Julep?

Tonight in Music

The Wire is Baltimore's Portlandia

Video: Orcas - "Arrow Drawn"

This Is What You Are Doing Tonight: Comics Underground!

Portland to Seattle for $7?

And the Mercury Endorses: Steve Novick for City Council

Thursday TV Recaps for Poor People!

Win Tickets to Anya Marina's PDXOXO

Re-Scoring "Finding Oregon"

"Go Get a Job!"

Good Morning, News!

Tonight: Late Night Library at the Red and Black

The Two Jackpots Share Their 15th Birthday

Good Morning, Centaur Sex!

Salad Bar Coming to Local Elementary School

Win Tickets to See Theo Von at Helium!

Seattle: May Day's Window Smashing Capitol!

And the Mercury Endorses: Ellen Rosenblum for Attorney General

Your Reminder to Win!

Ramona Falls at BTR Live Studio

Buffy the Vampire Slayer XXX Parody: CONDEMN OR ALLOW?!?

Creeping On Straight Chicks

And the Mercury Endorses: Amanda Fritz for City Council

Portland's May Day, the Morning After

Mad Men Morning After

Selections from My Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang

Good Morning News!

Video: Yards - "Kristallnacht"

Portland Parks & Rec Announces $5 "Fun Run" Series

Mitt Romney Says It's No Fair to Bring Up the Killing-Osama-bin-Laden Thing

Autoctona 2012

The Economist Weighs In on Bullshitgate

SL Letter of the Day: Captain Underpanties

Welcome Back to Otter Friday!

Group Plans for May Day Action

Sold Out

Fashion Forward

One Day at a Time

The Week in Review

New Column!

Letters

Savage Love & Sex

Savage Love

Off the Hook

I Love Television

I Love Television™

Let's Have Sex Week!