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2012
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Oct. 4
Print Edition for the week of
Oct. 4 - 10, 2012
Vol. 13, No. 20
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News
The Fix Isn't In
Report Debunks Police Union Conspiracy Theory in Frashour Firing
by Denis C. Theriault
Swan Drive
Truck Company Employees Want to Bike Safely to Swan Island—Will the City Leave Them in the Lurch?
by Sarah Mirk
Hall Monitor
Tell Me Why This Matters
by Denis C. Theriault
Car-Free = Care-Free?
Out with Traffic on NW 3rd, In with Drunks!
by Sarah Mirk
In Other News
Music
Love and Let Love
Gossip Move in the Right Direction
by Ned Lannamann
Rock Race
Sic Alps Hit the Studio and Play Nice
by Mark Lore
Cool Out
In Space with THEESatisfaction
by Andrew R Tonry
Deep Space
The xx's Club-Pop Follow-Up
by Ryan J. Prado
Up & Coming
This Week's Music Previews
Movies & TV
Father of the Year
Taken 2
: It's (Still) a Bad Idea to Piss Off Liam Neeson
by Erik Henriksen
Treehouse of Torture Porn
Like Its Namesake,
V/H/S
Is Problematic
by Ben Coleman
Spark of Life
Resurrecting Tim Burton's
Frankenweenie
by Courtney Ferguson
Dream Weaving
Chicken with Plums
' Sleepy Style
by Marjorie Skinner
Stepped On
Bill W.
: The Alcoholic Behind Alcoholics Anonymous
by Denis C. Theriault
Film Shorts
In Which We Hit It and Quit It
Food and Drink
Taqueria at the End of the Universe
God Is in the Details at Taqueria Portland
by Chris Onstad
Comedy
The 12-Year-Old Boy Scene
Brent Weinbach's Dazzlingly Original Poo Joke Repertoire
by TEMPLE LENTZ
Books
The Hipster Issue
Tin House
's Portland-Brooklyn Issue
by Alison Hallett
Days That Used to Be
Waging Heavy Peace
: Neil Young's Memoir
by Ned Lannamann
My Heart Is an Idiot
Found
's Davy Rothbart Is Sad About Girls
by Joe Streckert
Hey
Bucko
!
The Dirty, Funny Side of Portland in the Murder Mystery Comic
by Courtney Ferguson
Feature
Overstimulated
New Events Spotlight Portland Design—Like,
All
of Portland Design
by Marjorie Skinner
Cue Overload
Your Guide to a Multitude of Design Events
by Marjorie Skinner
I Love Television
I Love Television™
Top Five Super Dicks
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
I, Anonymous
Bloody Buddy
by Anonymous
Blogtown
Fall Reading List
by Alison Hallett
Our House Benefit Dinner Series Begins Again Next Week
by Clare Gordon
Tonight in Music
by Courtney Ferguson
Tin House's Rob Spillman: Lena Dunham's Advance Represents Everything Wrong with Corporate Publishing
by Alison Hallett
Good Morning News!
by Sarah Mirk
Romney and Obama Agree: "Shut the Fuck Up, Jim Lehrer."
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
New Obama Ad Accuses Romney of Putting Profits Over National Security
by Paul Constant
Mitt Romney on His 47% Video: "I said something just completely wrong"
by Paul Constant
More (and Better)
American Horror Story
Scenes!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
A Whole Bunch of
Walking Dead
Events
by Erik Henriksen
SL Letter of the Day: Bad Attitude
by Dan Savage
The Seventh Annual Text Ball Is Saturday
by Jacob Schraer
Wordstock After-Partying with the
Mercury
and
The Stranger
by Alison Hallett
The Pickathon Pumphouse Sessions
by Ned Lannamann
Good Morning, News!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Tonight in Music
by Courtney Ferguson
Occupy Protester in Infamous Pepper Spray Photo Will Sue Police Bureau
by Denis C. Theriault
Occupy Protester in Pepper Spray Photo Sues for Policy Changes, $155,000
by Denis C. Theriault
Look Ma, I'm on the TeeVee: Thursday's Oregon Art Beat
by Marjorie Skinner
Mister Romney's Neighborhood
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Harsh Words for Police Union in Unanimous Vote to Fight Frashour Reinstatement
by Denis C. Theriault
Bucko
Release Party Tonight
by Courtney Ferguson
Portland's Crisis Pregnancy Centers are Targeting Hipsters
by Sarah Mirk
Table of Contents
by Marjorie Skinner
Trust Me, I Feel As Bad About Posting This As You Will Feel About Watching It
by Erik Henriksen
Mitt Romney's Moronic Foreign Policy Speech Was Built to Be Chopped Into Pieces
by Paul Constant
Tonight at Bridge City Comics: Raina Telgemeir
by Alison Hallett
Another Reason
Lilo & Stitch
Is Totally Fucking Badass
by Erik Henriksen
Tonight in Music
by Courtney Ferguson
Come Watch the Presidential Debate in Three Hours!
by Sarah Mirk
Tonight in Music
by Courtney Ferguson
Mayhem
Almost
Erupted As Cops Cleared Terry Schrunk Plaza on Saturday
by Denis C. Theriault
Stone & Honey F/W '12: Arcos
by Marjorie Skinner
Tonight in Music
by Courtney Ferguson
Radiation City Takes a Ride on Spotify's Big Green Bus
by Ned Lannamann
Blogtown's Poster of the Week
by Courtney Ferguson
Save Laughing Horse Books!
by Ned Lannamann
Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman—SPLITSVILLE
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Incumbent President Totally Botches First Debate Against Challenger
by Paul Constant
Tearjerker of the Day: Krispy Kreme Makes Up with Money Maker Mike
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Fresh Hop Fest Saturday
by Chris Onstad
Design Week Portland: It's On!
by Marjorie Skinner
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Same Love"
by Dan Savage
Your Terrible PR Quote of the Day for Monday, October 8, 2012
by Erik Henriksen
It's Happening Tonight!
by Alison Hallett
What Was NOT Said During Last Night's Debate?
by Sarah Mirk
John McCain Basically Says Obama Rigged the Jobs Numbers
by Paul Constant
A Bad Week For Local Business
by Clare Gordon
The Fall and Rise of Barack Obama
by Paul Constant
Comedy Tour Diary: A Review of Boise, ID
by Alex Falcone
Email of the Day
by Dan Savage
Portland Activist Charged With 72 Felonies Gets Plea Deal
by Sarah Mirk
Hey, Cool, Now
Prometheus
Is Even Goofier
by Erik Henriksen
Should Portland's Bag Ban Include a Charge for Paper? Leonard, Saltzman Skeptical
by Denis C. Theriault
Win Tickets to Rodriguez
by Ned Lannamann
Cop Union President: Vote to Appeal Frashour Reinstatement "Brazen and Misguided"
by Denis C. Theriault
Hallelujah! We're Less Religious than Ever!
by Sarah Mirk
Portland Cabbies Fight Over New Permits
by Nathan Gilles
Final HUMP! Submission Deadline ONE WEEK AWAY! (For Realsies This Time!)
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Barack Obama Is Going to Leave Michelle and Hook Up with a Dude!
by Dominic Holden
Good Morning, News!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
This Week's
Mercury
Music Section
by Ned Lannamann
Wow! NBC Has Soooooooooooooooooo Much Faith in
Community
!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Why Didn't Any of You Tell Me About Vin Diesel's Facebook
by Erik Henriksen
NOM Urges You to "Vote Catholic"
by Dan Savage
It's Happening Tonight!
by Alison Hallett
Transit Tracker is Broken.
by Sarah Mirk
The Memories Get High, Play Music
by Ned Lannamann
Geoff Tate Wants to Tell You About Himself
by Ned Lannamann
Today in Terror: The Eyes of Disney on Ice
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Mitt Can't Kill Big Bird
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
If You're Anti-Abortion, You Should be Pro-Birth Control
by Sarah Mirk
Required Viewing, Blogging, Tweeting...
by Dan Savage
Oh No. It's the New
Die Hard
Trailer
by Erik Henriksen
Snoop Dogg's Reasons for Supporting Obama
by Sarah Mirk
Bollywood Jaws Doesn't Fuck Around
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Skyfall Officially Joins the Ranks of Bond Theme Songs. But Should it Have?
by Bobby Roberts
The Portland Fashion & Style Awards: A (Partial) Recap
by Marjorie Skinner
Download
Tin House
's Portland/Brooklyn Mixtape
by Ned Lannamann
Lindy West at Back Fence: "I Can't Divorce the Internet"
by Alison Hallett
Hey Nerds! David Huntsberger has some comedy for you!
by Temple Lentz
SL Letter of the Day: Only the Lonely
by Dan Savage
Good Morning, News!
by Denis C. Theriault
SL Letter of the Day: A Boyfriend, a Best Friend, and Some Underwear
by Dan Savage
Rap, I Love You, But Stop Saying "Getting Brain"
by Alex Falcone
The First Debate: Let the "Romney Comeback" Narrative Begin
by Paul Constant
Portland Cello Project + Adam Shearer + Radiohead
by Erik Henriksen
Listen to the New Typhoon Song
by Ned Lannamann
Some
Looper
Stuff for Your Earholes
by Erik Henriksen
Good Morning, News!
by Denis C. Theriault
Tonight at Holocene: Davy Rothbart
by Joe Streckert
And Now a Terrifying Tale from TriMet
by Sarah Mirk
The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
"Reasons Columbus Day is the Worst Holiday of the Year": A COUNTERPOINT
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
The Wednesday Design Agenda
by Marjorie Skinner
The American Scream
Tomorrow at the Hollywood
by Courtney Ferguson
Win Tickets to
Iron Fingers of Death
! And a Kung Fu Theater T-Shirt!
by Erik Henriksen
Black Prairie's Ode to Nowhere
by Ned Lannamann
Visiting BC Burlesque Sensation at the Bossanova Tomorrow
by Clare Gordon
Reasons Columbus Day is the Worst Holiday of the Year
by Sarah Mirk
A "Bad Lip Reading" of the Presidential Debate
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
It's Happening Tonight!
by Alison Hallett
The Sustainability Center is Dead.
by Sarah Mirk
Good Morning News!
by Sarah Mirk
Schedule for Friday's Streetcar Mobile Music Fest
by Ned Lannamann
The First-Ever Portland Fashion & Style Awards Are Tonight
by Marjorie Skinner
Listen to a Tune from Eternal Tapestry's Second Album of the Year
by Ned Lannamann
No More
Louie
Until... 2014?!?
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Myelabl
by Marjorie Skinner
Three Reasons You Should Care About Swan Island
by Sarah Mirk
Sold Out
The Portland Fashion and Style Awards
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
The Week in Review
by Ann Romano
New Column!
I, Anonymous Blog
Realization
by Anonymous
You Stole My Kid's Bike
by Anonymous
Physically Assaulted by Restaurant Owner!
by Anonymous
My Kids, My Rabbit
by Anonymous
Hey Local Coffee Shop!
by Anonymous
You're Barking Up the Wrong Street
by Anonymous
Goddamnit We're Thirsty
by Anonymous
Dearest "Plus" Sizes
by Anonymous
Fuck Review Sites
by Anonymous
That Internet Dating Thing... AGAIN
by Anonymous
Leave Your Dog Home, Losers
by Anonymous
Poor America
by Anonymous
Savage Love
The Kids Want to Know
by Dan Savage
Letters
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