Print Edition for the week of
Aug. 2 - 8, 2012

Vol. 13, No. 11
Matt Panuska

News

Sexual Politics

Mama Cops

Fear of a Black Bloc Planet

FBI Raid Portland Homes, Looking for Anarchist Materials

In Other News

Son of a Beach!

"Big Float" Creator Eyes Next Dream: A Sandy Beach Downtown

Music

The Calm After the Storm

Stay Calm's Claudia Meza Stays Cool and Collected

Under the Radar

The Hague Come Above Ground

Up & Coming

This Week's Music Previews

Movies & TV

Future Shock

Total Recall: The Movie So Nice They Made It Twice!

Off with their Heads

Watching Rich People Lose All Their Money Has Never Been More Fun

High-Stakes Art

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry: A Portrait of an Indomitable Artist

Sex in the Cinema

Porn-Friendly CineKink Comes to Portland

Klown: No Clowns Included

Wait. They Do What in Denmark?

All Quirk, No Teeth

Ruby Sparks Takes Aim at the Manic Pixie

15-Hour Film School

The Story of Film: Got 900 minutes to kill?

Film Shorts

In Which We Hit It and Quit It

Geek Out

Whip It Good

Food and Drink

Paleo's Place

Cart Profile: Cultured Caveman

Comedy

Mecha-Root Fusion

Talking Comedy Bang! Bang! with Scott Aukerman

Books

In the Drink

Portland Zines Get Boozy

Pigmalion

What's the Deal with Sapient Pigs?

Ew, Feelings!

Prepare to Die! Marries Pulpy Superhero Fun with Snoozy High School Romance

Theater & Performance

Pickathon Gets Theatrical

Portland Playhouse and Festival Musicians Collaborate on Twelfth Night

Feature

Pick Your Pleasure

Why I Love Pickathon, a Music Festival with More than Meets the Ear

Sports

As the Chainsaw Turns

Barking Up the Wrong Tree?

I Love Television

I Love Television™

Honey Boo Boo of the Apocalypse

I, Anonymous

Start Packing

Blogtown

A New Song from Black Prairie

1-Up to Happy Knits

This Week's Cover

FREE Tickets to Feast Portland's Oregon Bounty Grand Tasting!

It's Hot! So Get Humpin'!

Warning: This Video Might Give You Shwood

Tomorrow Night on Syfy: H. Perry Horton's Shark Week!

Blogtown's Poster of the Week

At Police Warning, Protest Clears Out From City Hall

Tonight: Hump Day Art Fair in Southeast

A Belated Farewell to IDOM

County Posts Wrong Mugshot for Arrested Protester

Laser Menomena! Or, Dark Side of the Moms

SL Letter of the Day: Desperate for Sex

Let's See How Riker and Worf Are Doing

Get Artsy AND Fartsy Tonight at The Side Door

Anarchist Threat or Just a Bunch of Kids Breaking Stuff?

Literary Tumblrs & How Tos

Dancing for Newspapers

NERD RAGE: Mindless List on Internet Riles Up Comics Fans to Extraordinary Degree With Horrendously Wrong Opinions

Sampsell At Salon

Night Of Fifteen Wieners

Guns, Germs and Idiots

On Passwords, Backups, and Your Inevitable Hacking

Pickathon Highlights

This Week's Mercury Music Section

Things to Look Forward to at Pickathon: Robert Ellis

Maria Bamford Ticket Giveaway!

Hey, Here's a Book You Can Buy Me!

It's Happening Tonight!

Win Two Tickets to BIKETOBEER Fest

The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!

Red Cap Garage Is Closing

Subpoenaed Activists Plan to Resist Grand Jury

Win Tickets to Sharon Van Etten

Welcome Back to Otter Friday!

Tonight in Music

Six Guys, One Uke (and One Gotye, Too)

Pickathon, Sun, and Blisters

Fish Sauce Softly Open in NW

Superdogs Have Super Needs

Police Squelch Plans to "Liberate" NE Portland Property

It's Happening Tonight!

Stupid, Stupid Baby: It's "VAgina" not "PAgina"!!

S David Pogue Illegally Downloads Book, Pays Publisher for It

The Pink Carpet Project, Updated

PFM Says Keep Portland('s Food) Colorful

Comedy Tour: The Alex Falcone Diaries: The Hustler

My Favorite Things at Pickathon (Besides the Bands)

Things to Look Forward to at Pickathon: Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

Deschutes' Annual Street Fare Returns

SL Letter of the Day: Fighting Anal Fissures

Happy Chik-Fil-A Day!

Bob Hoskins Is an International Treasure

"Excuse Me Sir, Might You Happen to Have the Time?" "IT'S ZERO DARK THIRTY!"

A Lady Debate Moderator??!!

URGENT UPDATE! ACRO-CAT OPENING NIGHT DELAYED

President Obama Signs Law Targeting Westboro Baptist Church Protests at Military Funerals

Q&A with Religion Researcher Monica Miller: Why Don't Portlanders Go to Church?

Former Powell's Employee Urges Customers to Support Powell's Union

There Is Not a Single Tron Light Cycle in This Trailer for On the Road

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

Finally, the Doctor Is (Almost) Back

International Tree Climbing Championship in Laurelhurst Park

Good Morning, News!

The Sad Waltz of Denver

Real Life Superheroes Are Getting Arrested

The Breaking Bad Chitty-Chat Club!

Arkansas Police Say Handcuffed, Searched Man Shot Himself in the Head

Win Tickets to See the Cult

Good Morning, News!

Good Morning, News!

I Know That It Is Unfair to Comment on the Wardrobe Choices of Female Politicians...

Here Comes More of that Honey Boo Boo Child!

Comedy Bang! Bang!: Fun!

The Mississippi Flea Returns!

Slick Electronic Bike Counter Installed on Hawthorne Bridge

Jon Raymond: Merchant in Residence

Jefferson Smith Has New Campaign Finance Plan

Good Morning News!

A Little Taste: Video at Pickathon

Good Morning News!

Why Doesn't Portland Have a Vibrator Cart?

Pop-Up Series Journal: Din Din Supper Club

Tonight at (Hawthorne's) Powell's: Paul Tobin

SL Letter of the Day: A Straight Husband's Fascination With Penises

Meet Your RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars

Ugh. Two Arrested for Assaults of Homeless People.

Thursday Comics Events

Joss Whedon to Direct Avengers 2 AND an ABC TV Show?!? YAY!!!

Things I Did Instead of Going to Pickathon...

Jake the Alligator Man Turns 75

Boy Scout Perversion Files Show Repeated Abuses

Good Morning News!

Blogtown's Poster of the Week

To Kill a Rat

Some More Pickathon Impressions

How'd that Grand Jury Go?

Tonight in Music

SL Letter of the Day: If You Don't Take a Chance, Nothing Happens

It's Happening Tonight!

The Mynabirds and Oregon's Greatest Natural Resource

BREAKING: Timbers Trade Keepers With Montreal

U-Licious Smokehouse & Grill, or, I Finally Man Up

This Week's Style Events, Part 2

Sold Out

Portland's Own

One Day at a Time

The Week in Review

New Column!

I, Anonymous Blog

Savage Love & Sex

Savage Love

Clear and Present Danger

Letters