Travis Button Grandparents at Pickathon’s Slab Remember summer? It wasn’t so long ago, friend—a time of sunshine and golden-green and cutoffs and armpit funk and sweat dripping straight down through your eyebrows. And now it’s possible to shake off the chill and relive those magical, hot, hot days through this sweltering new video from Portland’s […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—Oh! Oh! Oh! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The band !!! (pronounced “chk chk chk,” or anything monosyllabic and thrice repeated, really) are bringers of the sweat-hot energy you need to combat these wintry temps, and this show features a bonus round in which the band will open for themselves as Stereolab cover band, Stereolad. Sick! Sick! […]
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Commissioner Amanda Fritz Tears Into Her Colleagues (Again) As New Uber Regulations Pass
Nicolle Clemetson In seven years on Portland City Council—but maybe especially recently—Commissioner Amanda Fritz has made a habit of loosing blistering condemnations when it’s clear a majority of her colleagues disagree on an issue she cares about. Fans of the Fritz catalogue will remember such hits as March 5 of this year, when Fritz, unable […]
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Good Morning, News: Starbucks E. coli Scare, Donald Trump Wants to Murder Families, and Morrissey Ain’t So Sexy
GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I just left my baby’s house, and I got the strength I needed. Knowing that the beast of man is very hard to please. LET’S GO TO PRESS. Lots of icy weather is making driving a nightmare east of Portland in the Gorge. Portland city council might finally pass permanent rules for […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
FILM—Jerry Lundegaard is in a bit of a pickle in the Coen Brothers’ 1996 classic Fargo. Sure, he’s not hella pregnant like near-to-bursting Police Chief Marge Gunderson. And he’s not taking a dirt nap in the ol’ wood chipper, like some people. But still, Jerry Lundegaard is good and fucked in this delightful and dark […]
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The Second Trailer for A Very Murray Christmas is… Umm… Different!
We’re all frantically anticipating the upcoming Netflix holiday special, A Very Murray Christmas, correct?!? I’ve already shared the first trailer for this Bill Murray-led star-stuffed holiday extravaganza (directed by Sofia Coppola), and just in time for its debut this Friday, December 4th, here’s the SECOND trailer… which focuses on the music. Trust me, you will […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
HOLIDAY LIGHTS—Okay, fine, so you don’t get to race around the speedway at 100 MPH. But the Portland International Raceway does have a very fun and detailed Winter Wonderland light show in which you creep around the track looking at lighted displays of Santa doing ski jumps, and listening to holiday tunes on the radio. […]
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Good Morning, News: Planned Parenthood Attack, Timbers Go for the MLS Cup, and Black Friday Fisticuffs
GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! The music played while our bodies displayed through the dance. Then love picked us out for romance. LET’S GO TO PRESS. A good sports weekend, as the Blazers take down the now-woeful Lakers 108-96. Meanwhile our glorious Timbers win against FC Dallas in a 5-3 game series and are heading toward an […]
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Good Morning, News!: Black Friday Happenings, Colorado Shooting, and Civil War
It’s officially Christmas season, Blogtown! Let’s have some news. The tree is up in Pioneer Courthouse Square, and there are plenty of other fun holiday family events happening over the next month. The Oregon Ducks beat the Oregon State Beavers yesterday. In yet another terrorist attack by an armed white male, three people were killed […]
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It’s Happening This Weekend!
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 COMEDY—You know him from the Everything as Fuck column that graces (and okay, occasionally tarnishes) these pages, as well as his appearances on Chelsea Lately and Portlandia, but erstwhile Portlander Ian Karmel is at his best in person, especially when he gets to perform for his hometown. Welcome home, Ian! MARJORIE SKINNERHelium […]
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JoJo’s Back on Track
Mike “Ohrangu” Tang JoJo performs tomorrow night (Saturday, November 28) at the Wonder Ballroom. Details here. JoJo Levesque has had a rough go of it lately. On November 14, the pop star’s father, Joel Levesque, passed away. JoJo posted a tribute on Instagram, promising to keep singing for him. The next day, she—understandably—canceled our phone […]