via Wired The loooong international nightmare that was The Hobbit trilogy is finally be behind us, but fantasy—as I wrote in the august pages of the Mercury a few years ago—isn’t going anywhere: Warner Bros. just kicked off their year-long marketing campaign for the new Harry Potter movies; January will see the premiere of MTV’s […]
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Good Morning, News: Pimp Math, Ebola’s (Still) Back, and the Thanklessness of 80 Hours
The O takes a leap into the minimum wage debate with this sympathetic profile of a man who works 80 grueling hours of Subway sandwich slinging a week to provide for his three children and disabled partner. You can hear the editorial board clucking in disgust already. (BTW: We did a long piece on the […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
BOOKS—Tig Notaro is coming to town, guys! Okay, sure, she’s the moderator for Carrie Brownstein’s reading of her new memoir, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl. But still… TIG! So funny. So smart. So delightful. Maybe we can trick Carrie into asking Tig questions?! COURTNEY FERGUSON Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, 7:30 pm, $37.95 (includes […]
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Oddisee: The Socially Conscious Rapper Fights the Good Fight
Oddisee performs at Holocene (1001 SE Morrison) on Friday, November 6. As both a genre and a culture, hip-hop can be generally divided into two camps: There are the flashy, materialistic, often misogynistic artists you hear on commercial radio who sell records in ridiculous amounts, and the introspective, socially conscious artists who are solely accountable […]
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Watch the Donald Trump SNL Promos; Also, Poor Cecily Strong
As you may have heard, Donald Trump will be hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend, even though no one really wants him to—especially the 500,000 Latinos who signed a “Dump the Trump” petition which they gave to exec producer Lorne Michaels (and he promptly ignored). Hey! Ratings talk, and people who have been victims of […]
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Good Morning, News!: a Blue Whale Carcass, a Brain Worm, and America’s Number Two Dive Bar
Here we are at Thursday, again, Blogtown. Let’s have some news! Dead blue whale news, that is. An 80 foot long, 20 ton whale washed up on a beach in Ophir, about seven miles north of Gold Beach on the Southern Oregon coast. Crowds showed up to check it out, and the Curry Coastal Pilot […]
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Rare Diagram’s Sprawling Sound
Portland Band’s Symphonic, Jazzy Debut
The Portland band’s debut incorporates symphonic and jazz sounds.
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Miss You Already Is the Best Beaches Since Beaches
Catherine Hardwicke (Mostly) Delivers as Filmmaker and Feminist
Catherine Hardwicke (mostly) delivers as filmmaker and feminist.
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Here We Go Magic Downsizes
Luke Temple Takes on the Straight and Narrow
Luke Temple takes on the straight and narrow.
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Kowloon Walled City Is More Than a Hobby
Getting Nerdy with the Sludgy Behemoth
Getting nerdy with the sludgy behemoth.
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All-Ages Action!
This Week in All-Ages Music
Alien Boy, the Front Bottoms, and Trey Anastasio play all-ages shows this week.