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The City’s Terrified You’ll Access Its Decades Old Legal Opinions—So It’s Heading To Court
In the 1980s, the Portland City Attorney’s office shared three opinions with Portland city officials. It shared far more than that, of course, but the Multnomah County District Attorney has specifically ordered that you should be able to see these ones, along with a city attorney’s memo from 1990. They’re the subject of a recent […]
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Hey #bundyeroticfanfic: There Are Actual Double-Headed Dildos At the Wildlife Refuge
Male’s here! Jon Ritzheimer wants you to stop sending your “hate mail,” to the militia holed up at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. And by hate mail, Ritzheimer means dildos and other assorted dicks. Ritzheimer is one of the douchenozzles self-styled patriots who, a little more than a week ago, commandeered a deserted building in […]
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Ride Along 2: Buddy Cops Are Gonna Buddy Cop
Of Action, Slapstick, and T&A
Of action, slapstick, and T&A.
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Good Morning, News: PDX Cops Revolt, Obama’s Goodbye Speech, and POWERBALL! POWERBALL! POWERBALL!
GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! They something like a hater, man. Talking bad about a playa as if I’m not gonna see ya later, man. LET’S GO TO PRESS. Portland Police Chief O’Dea is under fire from the rank and file cops (in particular the eternally complaining police union, who fight change at every turn), claiming he […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—You were hella looking forward to Janet Jackson at the Moda Center tonight, but that got canceled (wardrobe malfunction?). Now you can really dig into underrated power-pop legend Todd Rundgren instead! His music is as varied as his long career. You can call him Mister Rundgren, if you’re nasty. COURTNEY FERGUSONStar Theater, 13 NW 6th, […]
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Portland’s Big-Screen Tributes to David Bowie
UPDATE, WED JAN 3: And the Hollywood Theater (4122 NE Sandy) has jumped in too, with a screening of The Hunger (1983) on Thurs Feb 4. Sounds like the Laurelhurst Theater will also be playing The Hunger starting on Fri Jan 22, as soon as they’re done screening Labyrinth. ORIGINAL POST: David Bowie was no […]
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The Bachelor Recap: Episode 2 —More Science Than You’d Expect!
Courtesy of The Baltimore Sun This recap is even hotter than the episode itself. Fuck, alright. It’s Monday night again, which means there’s only one thing standing between me and the bleary-eyed horror that is Tuesday morning, and that’s The Bachelor. Got your sweats on? Me too. Let’s do this. Read last week’s recap if […]
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Can We Talk About That Former State Prosecutor in Making a Murderer?
Netflix Like everyone else in the world (everyone else a week ago?), I finished Netflix’s Making a Murderer this weekend, and entered a state of stupor-grade bummed-out. It was a dark cloud that did not abate until I had to go review a crazy experimental play last night and I could transfer my attention from […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—The lush, nocturnal lullabies of Haunted Summer traverse a starlit sky, gently spreading seeds of slumber across the world below and giving us ageless, romantic dreams. The Los Angeles group is joined tonight by a twofer of terrific local bands. NED LANNAMANNw/Sama Dams, Tender Age; Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9 pm, $10
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Remember David Bowie By Bicycle This Evening
Every year when June rolls around, the Mercury issues its definitive list of Pedalpalooza rides you can’t miss. And pretty much every year, we urge you to saddle up for the Bowie vs. Prince ride, where rabid partisans dress up like their favorite glittery iconoclast and ride/dance their asses off. Well today, with news of […]
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Beyond Labyrinth: David Bowie on Film
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH David Bowie in Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 film. People are thinking a lot about David Bowie’s music today, and they should—for a guy who left his mark on many aspects of culture, music undoubtedly benefitted the most from Bowie’s vision, experimentation, and passion. But film, too, gained quite a lot […]