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2012
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Aug. 30
Print Edition for the week of
Aug. 30 - Sep. 5, 2012
Vol. 13, No. 15
Photo by Alin Dragulin Paint and Fire by Steve Mathews
News
The Right Kind of Help
City Takes Another Step Toward Easing Cops out of the Suicide Business
by Denis C. Theriault
The Great Skate Debate
City Weighs Plan to Require Helmets, Ban Night Skating
by Sarah Mirk
Keep on Zoobombing
Portland's Irrepressible Bike Group Marks 10 Years
by Sarah Mirk
Hall Monitor
The Fight for a Night's Sleep
by Denis C. Theriault
In Other News
Music
Nights of Future Passed
Chromatics Kill for Love
by Ned Lannamann
Shades Off
Beyond Mott with Ian Hunter
by Ned Lannamann
Sheer Force of Will
Bruxa's Fatalistic Jams
by Christina Broussard
Up & Coming
This Week's Music Previews
Movies & TV
Bootlegging for Fun and Profit
Blood and Booze in John Hillcoat's
Lawless
by Erik Henriksen
Hey,
Killer Joe
!
Where You Goin' with That Gun in Your Pants?
by Jamie S. Rich
Robot Dreams
Robot and Frank
: A Robot! And Frank Langella!
by Erik Henriksen
Mike Birbiglia Is a Real Person
Storytelling, Night Terrors, and
Sleepwalk with Me
by Alison Hallett
Summer's Over
To Live and Die in
Oslo
by Jamie S. Rich
Film Shorts
In Which We Hit It and Quit It
Geek Out
Recycled Goods
by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli
Food and Drink
Hidden in Plain Sight
The Comforts of Home at Luce
by Chris Onstad
Visual Art
Augmented Realities
Techne Rendered Dawn
's Digital Craftsmanship
by Matt Stangel
Books
In a Country of Fathers
Jonathan Evison's
The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
by Alison Hallett
Stranger in a Strange Land
Prophet
Is Weird! Like,
Really
Weird.
by Erik Henriksen
C:\HACKER\RUN
Hacking History with
Wizzywig
by Erik Henriksen
Fall Ill Medicine
The Body Poetry of Carrie Seitzinger
by Jacob Schraer
Feature
Time After Time
The
Mercury
's Guide to TBA's 10th Year
by Alison Hallett
African Dance
Nora Chipaumire on Displacement, Exile, and African Identity
by Jenna Lechner
Digging Up the Present
The US Debut of Mexican Theater Company Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol
by Noah Dunham
Get Help
Life Coaching with Andrew Dickson
by Sarah Mirk
Pop Art
Gob Squad Reworks Andy Warhol for the Facebook Era
by Matt Stangel
Bringing Up Bucky
Sam Green and Yo La Tengo Collaborate on
The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
by Matt Stangel
Totally Terrifying Women
A Glut of Actually Scary Females from Cinema
by Courtney Ferguson
The Thing of It All
Refocusing TBA's Visual Art Programming with
End Things
by Matt Stangel
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Spotlighting Japan's Avant-Garde in
Voices and Echoes
by Matt Stangel
Democracy on the Big Screen
Big Art Group Brings
The People
to Portland
by Noah Dunham
TBA or Not TBA?
Can
You
Spot the Real TBA Events?
by Erik Henriksen
Online Relationship Management
Claire L. Evans and the Digital Heart
by Dylan Meconis
Crackpot Cookery
Thu Tran's 420-Inspired
The Yes and No of Blacklight Food
by Jenna Lechner
I, Anonymous
Training Day
by Anonymous
TBA
Win an Immersion Pass to TBA:12!
by Alison Hallett
Blogtown
Yes, We Know a Gawker Writer Wore Our T-Shirt. You May Now Kindly Stop Writing to Tell Us About It
by Denis C. Theriault
Good Morning, News!
by Nathan Gilles
Seen Under the Hawthorne Bridge
by Courtney Ferguson
Roller Derby Recap: Portland vs. Minnesota, Eugene
by Courtney Ferguson
SL Letter of the Day: Marriage, Maybe?
by Dan Savage
I Guess I'm Going to See Clint Eastwood Tonight, You Guys
by Paul Constant
I Met Special Agent Dale Cooper! Or, Marjorie and I Went to the
Portlandia
Press Junket
by Courtney Ferguson
This Week's Cover
by Scrappers
Among Others
Wins Hugo for Best Novel
by Alison Hallett
A Bad Lip Reading of...
Twilight
!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
It's Happening Tonight!
by Courtney Ferguson
Three Action Movie Recommendations!
by Erik Henriksen
Andrew Sullivan on What Obama Needs to Do This Week
by Dominic Holden
KEXP's MusicfestNW Daytime Shows Are Free and All Ages
by Ned Lannamann
Finally, a Pen for the Laaaaadies!
by Sarah Mirk
Interviews with Homeless Portlanders
by Alison Hallett
That'll Teach You for Offering Your Opinion!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
RNC Diary Day 2: The Wholesome Kid with the Lying Mouth
by Paul Constant
It's Happening Tonight!
by Alison Hallett
Portland vs. Colorado—High-Pitched Live Blog Action!
by Brian Gjurgevich
Tonight in Music
by Courtney Ferguson
The Rock: A True
American
British Hero
by Erik Henriksen
Win Tickets to David Byrne & St. Vincent
by Ned Lannamann
Police Cite 50 Cyclists on NE Broadway
by Sarah Mirk
Mayor Pitches Plan to Give West Hayden Island to the Port
by Denis C. Theriault
Good Morning News!
by Sarah Mirk
Koreans Make The Best Toys
by Kelly O
Good Morning, News!
by Denis C. Theriault
American Horror Story
Spoiler Alert!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Yesterday in PDX: Skeleton in a Poncho
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Last Chance for Tickets to Elizabeth Cline
by Marjorie Skinner
This Year's Jackpot Records Film & Music Fest
by Ned Lannamann
Portland Fashion Week Becomes "FASHIONxt"
by Marjorie Skinner
Scuffles, Pepper Spray, Cops, and Plea for More Volunteers at Last Thursday
by Denis C. Theriault
"Beards for Breasts" Photoshoot Leads to Standoff on Burnside Bridge
by Sarah Mirk
Girls
' Lena Dunham Dating That Guy Who Does That Terrible Song
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Design Week Portland Is Live!
by Marjorie Skinner
Lunchtime TV:
The New Normal
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Tonight in Music
by Courtney Ferguson
Good Morning, News!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Give Paul Ryan a Break!
by Erik Henriksen
It's Happening Tonight!
by Alison Hallett
The Biggest Nerd Prom in the Northwest: A PAX Dispatch
by Joe Streckert
Kubrick and the One-Point Perspective
by Erik Henriksen
Demimonde Set to Fly Solo
by Marjorie Skinner
Portland Cello Project to Perform Radiohead's
OK Computer
by Ned Lannamann
Reality Has a Reality Bias
by Paul Constant
It's Happening Tonight!
by Alison Hallett
RNC Diary Day 3: Triumph of the Willard
by Paul Constant
Terrible YouTube Rap Video About Pimping Kept Out of Court Case Against Alleged Pimp
by Sarah Mirk
SL Letter of the Day: Free Spirit, My Ass
by Dan Savage
This Week's
Mercury
Film Section
by Erik Henriksen
Trailer for Ben Wheatley's
Sightseers
by Erik Henriksen
Good Morning, News!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
POLL: Mayoral Candidates' Facebook Photos Face-Off
by Alex Zielinski
Good Morning News!
by Sarah Mirk
Council Passes New Skate Law, Banning Skateboarding at Night in SW
by Sarah Mirk
Good Morning, News!
by Denis C. Theriault
It's Happening Tonight!
by Courtney Ferguson
Are We Better Off Than We Were Four Years Ago?
by Eli Sanders
A Modern Dance Analysis of the
Arrested Development
"Chicken Dance"
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Activists Stage Funeral For TriMet Bus Lines
by Sarah Mirk
This Was Uncalled For
by Dan Savage
The
Breaking Bad
Chitty-Chat Club!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
DNC Diary: The Full Force of the Republican DNC "Counteroffensive"
by Paul Constant
Tonight in Music
by Courtney Ferguson
What "Portland Institution" Turns Ten this Week?
by Sarah Mirk
Some Things You Can't Unsee
by Sarah Mirk
The Best Thing the University of Oregon Has Ever Produced
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
CONDEMN or ALLOW:
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
by Erik Henriksen
Lying Liars and the Television Critics Who Enable Them
by Dan Savage
Timbers Match-Day In The Life
by Brian Gjurgevich
The Takedown Calls for Local Chefs
by Clare Gordon
Your Weekly Reminder that RUN-DMC Made the World a Better Place
by Erik Henriksen
Project Leather
by Marjorie Skinner
Angus MacGyver Has Lessons to Teach Us All
by Erik Henriksen
O They Will Know We Are Christians...
by Dan Savage
Online Relationship Management
by Alison Hallett
Luck-One & Dizz: "Get. Your. Money." feat. Tope & Epp
by Ned Lannamann
Sorry, GOP! No Ronald Reagan Hologram for You
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Today in Badass Ping Pongery
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
An Old Man Arguing with His Imaginary Friend
by Erik Henriksen
Layoffs Hit Portland's Art Institute, Communication Apparently Fails
by Marjorie Skinner
Happy Birthday, Beyonce!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
SL Letter of the Day: License to Cheat
by Dan Savage
Blogtown's Poster of the Week
by Courtney Ferguson
Lunchtime TV:
Revolution
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
With "Street Seats," City Turns Public Parking Spots into Private Cafes
by Sarah Mirk
This Week's
Mercury
Music Section
by Ned Lannamann
DNC Night One: The Night That Was
by Paul Constant
The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
SL Letter of the Day: Don't Give Up So Quickly
by Dan Savage
Sold Out
Elizabeth Cline and
Overdressed
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
The Week in Review
by Ann Romano
The Week in Review
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Letters
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
I, Anonymous Blog
To the Cowardly Assholes of Portland
by Anonymous
Thanks for the Pain, Trimet
by Anonymous
Trail Nix
by Anonymous
In Solidarity and Protest of the Opening Band
by Anonymous
Get Cancer and Die Already
by Anonymous
How Real Life Works
by Anonymous
Just Say No to Rugs
by Anonymous
On Behalf of the Ladies
by Anonymous
There is Hope in a Haircut
by Anonymous
Bearded Burnside Bridge Beard-iots
by Anonymous
Does Portland Need a New Sign for This?
by Anonymous
Fuck You, Timbers Fans
by Anonymous
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Sleep with the Sharks
by Dan Savage
I Love Television
I Love Televisionâ„¢
Happy Self-Induced Coma Week!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey