Print Archives > 2012 > May. 24

Print Edition for the week of
May. 24 - 30, 2012

Vol. 13, No. 1
Neil Krug

News

Shaking Behind the Scenes

City Quake Tour Dances Around Fears Over Portland's Harbor Wall—and Bridges

by Nathan Gilles

Playing with Fire

Code Changes Could Snuff Indoor Fire Dancing in Portland

by Alex Zielinski

Not in My Parking Lot

Car Camping Plan Upsets Neighbors

by Denis C. Theriault

Hall Monitor

An Ever-Shifting Dance Floor

by Denis C. Theriault

Music

Here's What You Missed

A Brief History of Cafeteria Dance Fever

by Ned Lannamann

Chill City

Spiritualized Looks on the Bright Side

by Mark Lore

From the Top

Hitchin' a Ride with Here We Go Magic

by Ned Lannamann

Fragile, Don't Crush

chickfactor's Frock-Rocky Anniversary

by Courtney Ferguson

Up & Coming

This Week’s Music Previews

Movies & TV

Back in Black

Here's that Men in Black Sequel You Haven't Been Asking For!

by Erik Henriksen

Time Capsule

Hit So Hard and the Grunge Gods of Yesteryear

by Marjorie Skinner

So You Think You Can Arabesque?

First Position: Dancing Kids with Bloody Feet!

by Elinor Jones

Level 7 Tackiness

Chernobyl Diaries Is Why Everyone Hates Americans

by Courtney Ferguson

Geek Out

Devil's Advocate

by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli

Film Shorts

In Which We Hit It and Quit It

Food and Drink

Bollywood Star

Elevating Portland's Indian Offerings

by Chris Onstad

Workhorse Wines

For Under $15!

by Chris Onstad

Books

Tom Bissell Writes What He Wants

Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation Is a Book of Essays About Things!

by Erik Henriksen

This Ain't Tales of the City

Kevin Killian's Spreadeagle Is an Ambitious Novel of Gay Life

by Alison Hallett

Filming the Great Oregon Novel

The Making of Sometimes a Great Notion

by Alison Hallett

Theater & Performance

Burlesque Varietals

Legendary Burlesquer Dita Von Teese Presents Strip Strip Hooray!

by Rayleen Courtney

All Work, No Play

CoHo's Able Comedic Adaptation of Dickens' Hard Times

by Jessie Drake

The (Un)Happy Hooker

Red Light Winter: A Prostitute Is Rarely the Solution to Your Problems

by Alison Hallett

Feature

A Field Guide to Portland Canvassers

How to Spot and Identify Donation Gatherers in the Wild

by Joe Streckert

I, Anonymous

Green in the Dark

by Anonymous

Blogtown

Roller Derby Weekend: Men's Home Team Game #1

by Courtney Ferguson

Another Goddamn H&M

by Marjorie Skinner

Softball Grudge Match: Occupy Portland vs. the City's Park Rangers!

by Denis C. Theriault

Lunchtime TV: Comedy Bang! Bang!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Good Morning, News!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Amercia, Fuck Yeah!

by Dan Savage

Tonight in Music

by Courtney Ferguson

Adultery: It's Okay If You're a Republican (That Goes Double If You're a Republican and My Daddy!)

by Dan Savage

Your Readings Tonight

by Jacob Schraer

Good Morning, News!

by Denis C. Theriault

It's Happening Tonight!

by Alison Hallett

Mitt Romney Is Hanging Out with Terrible People Today

by Paul Constant

City Releases Outside Report on Police Shootings

by Denis C. Theriault

Siri Likes Celebrities More Than Me

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Apple's Response to the E-Book Price-Fixing Lawsuit

by Paul Constant

Worf Wants You to Know He Has Written a "Fucking Great" Star Trek Movie

by Erik Henriksen

Stupid, Stupid Baby: Dance Recital Fight

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Video: Chromatics - "These Streets Will Never Look the Same"

by Ned Lannamann

Christina Hendricks on Sunday's Mad Men

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Putting Words in Community's Mouth

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Best Coast at the Aladdin Theater, Monday May 21

by Ned Lannamann

SL Letter of the Day: Unbearable

by Dan Savage

Hecklevision: Point Break... ONLY ONE DAY AWAY.

by Erik Henriksen

CNN Pits Seattle Against Portland

by Alex Zielinski

Good Morning News!

by Alex Zielinski

Barack Obama Smoked a Lot of Pot as a Young Man

by Paul Constant

Project Nunway

by Marjorie Skinner

Get to Humpin', Humpers!

by Dan Savage

Los Angeles Gay Bar Bans Bachelorette Parties Until Marriage Equality Is Attained

by David Schmader

Now THIS Is How You Win Some Goddamn Hecklevision: Point Break Tickets (GARY BUSEY EDITION)

by Erik Henriksen

Emily Wells at the BTR Live Studio

by Ned Lannamann

Nerd Alert: This Week's New Yorker

by Erik Henriksen

The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Game of Thrones Recap: KABOOM! STAB! HACK! SLICE! Edition

by Joe Streckert

Here's that Visual Birth Control You Ordered!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Good Morning, News!

by Denis C. Theriault

Defining "Asexual" Differently

by Dan Savage

It's Happening Tonight!

by Alison Hallett

Portland vs. Vancouver—High-Pitched Live Blog Action!

by Brian Gjurgevich

Biggest Winner in City Budget Vote? Portland's Safety Net

by Denis C. Theriault

Dan Halsted Talks Tasers with Dateline

by Alex Zielinski

Spelling Bee! It's Time for the Spelling Bee!

by Alison Hallett

Tonight in Music

by Courtney Ferguson

Local Actor Makes Insanely Sweet Lip-Synched Proposal Video

by Alison Hallett

Good Morning, News!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Today in Awesome Squandering

by David Schmader

Fred Armisen's "Be Serious for 30 Seconds" Project

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Read: Hillary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies

by Alison Hallett

How to Bike Across the States

by Alex Zielinski

Memorial Day at the Mausoleum

by Courtney Ferguson

Hecklevision: Point Break is TONIGHT! Here's Your Last Chance to Win Tickets!

by Erik Henriksen

Council Blesses Police Surveillance Cameras

by Denis C. Theriault

SL Letter of the Day: Putting It In

by Dan Savage

Cheryl Strayed Gets Vogued

by Alex Zielinski

Stupid, Stupid Spider: The Hand-Drawn Trap

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Win Tickets to Crystal Fighters!

by Ned Lannamann

Magic School Bus Kids Remind Us that Sperm Baths Aren't So Bad

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Palmas Remixes Radiation City

by Ned Lannamann

New Comedy Club: Exactly What Portland Doesn't Need

by Alison Hallett

Earthquake Cassandra: A Conversation with Jerry Thompson

by Nathan Gilles

Gay Marriage Looking Good in Maryland Polls

by Paul Constant

Mad Men Recap - Don Draper's Worst Day Ever

by Jacob Schraer

Blogtown's Poster of the Week

by Courtney Ferguson

So Maybe these New Community Showrunners are Okay...

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Judging the Reality Show Judges

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

More from PINO

by Marjorie Skinner

Good Morning, News!

by Nathan Gilles

O They Will Know We Are Christians...

by Dan Savage

2012 TBA Lineup Announced

by Alison Hallett

A New Comics Festival in Portland?

by Alison Hallett

Truth in Advertising

by Erik Henriksen

Bill Plympton Day

by Marjorie Skinner

Last Time I Saw Elvis

by Jenna Lechner

Inspirare

by Marjorie Skinner

Hecklevision: Point Break was Awesome! Also, Hey, You Can Win This Awesome T-Shirt!

by Erik Henriksen

Sam Elliott.

by Erik Henriksen

Guillermo del Toro's New Movie Might Be Kind of a Big Deal

by Erik Henriksen

This Is Why We're Fat

by Marjorie Skinner

MusicfestNW Announces 2012 Lineup

by Ned Lannamann

This Week's Mercury Music Section

by Ned Lannamann

End Hits Newshound: Nosy Music News Roundup!

by Ned Lannamann

Is It Time to Retire the Wilhelm Scream?

by Paul Constant

It's Happening Tonight!

by Alison Hallett

Brian Brown Accepts My Invitation to Dinner

by Dan Savage

Most Awkward TV Sex of the Year!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

I Give Up on Richard Ford

by Alison Hallett

Prisons From Space

by Alex Zielinski

Portland vs. Valencia—High-Pitched Live Blog Action!

by Brian Gjurgevich

Welcome Back to Otter Friday!

by Erik Henriksen

It's Happening Tonight!

by Alison Hallett

This Reminds Me of the Great Calculator Scare of the Late '70s/Early '80s

by David Schmader

Good Morning News!

by Alex Zielinski

Sold Out

PINO

by Marjorie Skinner

One Day at a Time

The Week in Review

by Ann Romano

New Column!

Letters

Letters to the Editor

I, Anonymous Blog

Dearest Lying C***,

by Anonymous

Sorry I Tapped Your Bumper, Man...

by Anonymous

Dear Portland...

by Anonymous

Yay, another PDX BBQ

by Anonymous

You Caught Me

by Anonymous

Some Bullies Grow Up—Others Become Upper Mgmt.

by Anonymous

Listen Newbies

by Anonymous

You’re an Asshole, Go Fuck Yourself!

by Anonymous

Oh My...

by Anonymous

Free Stuff

by Anonymous

Stank Ass Crusters

by Anonymous

No Great Shakes

by Anonymous

No, Hey YOU!

by Anonymous

Women of PDX

by Anonymous

Portland Girls and their Dirty Pussies

by Anonymous

Gorgeous Male Specimen of The Screen Door

by Anonymous

Stop Means Stop

by Anonymous

Dashing on My Dime

by Anonymous

Suburban Rasta

by Anonymous

Sneaky Snakey Sociopathic Stories

by Anonymous

Smear Campaign

by Anonymous

Savage Love

The Kids Want to Know

by Dan Savage

I Love Television

I Love Television™

In Memoriam

by Wm. Steven Humphrey