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May. 1
Print Edition for the week of
May. 1 - 7, 2008
Vol. 8, No. 49
Marc Searcy
News
Trial Effort
Portland to Get Pilot Mental Health Court
by Matt Davis
Hall Monitor
Opposites Detract
by Amy J. Ruiz
In Other News
Teed Off
NE Neighbors Battle Golf Course Rezoning
by Jonathan Shapiro
The Status Quo Can Suck It!
Our 2008 Primary Election Picks
by Portland Mercury's Editorial Board
In the Shadows
Minor Details
by Matt Davis
God Loves Fags
Oregon's Anti-Gay Initiative Effort on Verge of Failure?
by Amy J. Ruiz
Bait and Switch
Voters Are Lining up to Register as Democrats—But Will They Stick
by Andrew R Tonry
Sweep This
Homeless Set up Protest Camp at City Hall
by Matt Davis
Music
Our Town Could Be Your Life
Local Music News
by Ezra Ace Caraeff
UP & COMING
Once More With Feeling
Nurses
by Andrew R Tonry
Berlin Wall of Sound
Ellen Allien Embodies the Sound of Her City
by Ava Hegedus
Primal Scream
The Feral Music of Dark Meat
by Ezra Ace Caraeff
Don't Call it a Movement
Minus the Bear Has Been Here for Years
by Ryan J. Prado
Sing for Me
Bodies of Water Lift the Noise
by Rob Simonsen
Movies & TV
FILM SHORTS
This Week on Television
Geek Out
A One-Way Ticket to Liberty City
by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli
Iron and Whine
My Only
Iron Man
Complaint? He's Not Drunk Enough!
by Erik Henriksen
Lost Lives
Two Girls, One
Life Before Her Eyes
by Marjorie Skinner
Werner Herzog Hates Penguins
Just Kidding—He Loves Penguins!
by Erik Henriksen
Made of Honor
A Succinct Review for the Discerning Cinephile
by Marjorie Skinner
Election Day
A Succinct Review for the Discerning Cinephile
by Amy J. Ruiz
Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Fest
A Succinct Review for the Discerning Cinephile
by Erik Henriksen
A Tori Spelling Interview, Sort Of
Also,
Kiss the Bride
Is a Terrible Movie
by Kiala Kazebee
Food and Drink
Happy Hours
Divot Dilemma
Down the Flavor Hole at Jáce Gáce
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Visual Art
Roger Ballen
by Chas Bowie
Books
Northline
by Willy Vlautin
(Harper)
by Alison Hallett
All the Sad Young Literary Men
Keith Gessen
(Viking)
by Ned Lannamann
Theater & Performance
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
by Alison Hallett
Employee of the Week
Lulu Sharpe
Alchemist
Lulu's Chocolates
luluschocolate.com
by Viva Las Vegas
I, Anonymous
Plain Jane Penis
Sold Out
Coveting the West End
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
The Week in Review
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Walter Haskill is White and Straight
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Savage Love & Sex
SAVAGE LOVE
Company Ink
by Dan Savage
Extras
City Poised to Sue Sho Dozono
Officials Plan to Take Mayoral Candidate to Court Over Unpaid Back Rent
by Amy J. Ruiz
I Love Television
i♥television™
Man in the Iron Man Mask
by Wm. Steven Humphrey