Christmastime is here! Happiness and cheer! Etc.
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Love the Coopers: Okay Christmas Movie, GREAT Punctuation Lesson
Christmastime is Here! Happiness and Cheer! Etc.
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Required Viewing: Maddow On “Kill the Gays” Pastor and the GOP Candidates Who Love Him
Rachel Maddow did a long, impassioned piece on the “religious liberty” conference held last weekend. Somehow most of the media doesn’t think it’s news that three GOP candidates attended an event where the clearly unhinged organizer called for the execution of gays and lesbians—including their colleagues Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow, Shep Smith, Frank Bruni, et […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—French techno artist and DJ Gesaffelstein (real name Mike Lévy) has worked with everyone from Kanye West to Lana Del Rey. His sound is at once menacing and surgically clean, like a perfectly synced marching army. (See the video for “Pursuit” for a perfect visual pairing.) Huge, frightening, and awesome. MARJORIE SKINNERThe Evergreen, 618 SE […]
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Billy on the Street: The Shonda Rhimes Obstacle Course!
I absolutely ADORE Billy Eichner’s series Billy on the Street, but I especially ADORE Billy’s celebrity obstacle courses (especially this one featuring Julia Roberts). This time around Billy invites pal Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy) to run his most challenging course ever: SHONDALAND, which of course is based on mega successful TV producer Shonda Rhimes […]
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Good Morning, News: Wolf Controversy, Klan Candies, and the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald!
Wolves are no longer an endangered species in Oregon. That’s the ruling of the state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission, after a fraught and sometimes tearful hearing in which biologists testified gray wolves have gotten a safe foothold here. Even with the lifted protection, it’s still mostly illegal to kill wolves in the state. The Klan’s […]
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The Time Has Come for a Star Wars/Pitch Perfect Crossover
I’m not the biggest fan of the ads for Star Wars Battlefront, the upcoming video game that seems destined to break sales records. In an era when Star Wars is, thankfully, branching out—focusing on characters who aren’t white dudes, making a point to include gay characters, vowing to put women behind the camera as well […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—One of the essential Portland musical experiences is witnessing Holland Andrews weave her voice and instrumental loops into the massive, bizarre cathedrals of sound that are Like a Villain’s music. Tonight you can do exactly that, and also get the chance to see AU’s Luke Wyland performing with a special ensemble. NED LANNAMANNw/the Crenshaw; Mississippi […]
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Pickathon Slab Sessions, Episode 2: Wand
Nehemiah Sliwoski Wand’s Cory Hanson The Portland Mercury and The Stranger are proud to host Pickathon‘s Slab Sessions, a video series filmed at this past summer’s Pickathon festival by Half Stop Sessions. During down time in between sets, a handful of Pickathon performers set up away from the bustling crowds to perform some intimate sessions […]
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Here We Go Magic Keeps It Simple, Stupid
Shawn Brackbill Here We Go Magic perform Sunday, November 8, at Mississippi Studios (3939 N Mississippi) with Big Thief. Luke Temple’s new MO? Downsize. Take a step back, take a night off. Temple’s made his way musically with solo work and as the brain behind Here We Go Magic, a sonic amalgam of prog-rock, pop, […]
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Good Morning, News!: Screwing Nestlé, Suing Chipotle, and Shredding Euros
Best. Saturday. Ever. Blogtown! Let’s have some news. Kathleen Marie Water gushing from Oxbow Springs Gov. Kate Brown on Friday asked the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to withdraw it’s application for a water rights swap, meaning Nestlé will have to go through a public interest review before it starts sucking water from the […]
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The Official Trailer for the Holiday Edition of Sherlock: “The Abominable Bride”
Fans of the BBC version of Sherlock, get excited—because here’s the official trailer for the special holiday episode. It’s called the “The Abominable Bride,” in which Sherlock (a deer stalker cap-wearing Benedict Cumberbatch) and Watson (now he’s got a walrus mustache) somehow wind up in not-so-jolly old Victorian England. Plus, not only will this 90 […]
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It’s Happening This Weekend!
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 BOOKS—Actress Drew Barrymore has lived quite a life—childhood fame, alcohol and drug abuse, rehab, emancipation from her manager/mother at age 14—and she’s written a book, Wildflower, about how all that and other unique experiences have shaped her into the adult, and mom, she is now. SHELBY R. KINGPowell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, […]