The Montreal chamber pop singer comes to America.
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By Any Other Name: Cลur de Pirate’s Roses
The Montreal Chamber Pop Singer Comes to America
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Julien Baker’s Existential Underground Hit
Tennessee Singer/Songwriter Discusses Her 2015 Debut
The singer/songwriter talks about her 2015 debut.
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It’s Happening Tonight!
STORYTELLINGโPortland has no shortage of storytelling nights, but the Broadcast, brought to you by Siren Nation’s lady-centric arts fest, is extra special: Tonight, hear from actress Dana Thompson, filmmaker Alicia J. Rose, cartoon-drawing genius Dylan Meconis, and People’s Choir co-founder/burlesquer Decoteau Wilkersonโall hosted by beloved queen of warmhearted truthiness Bri Pruett! MEGAN BURBANKThe Secret Society, […]
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Good Morning, News: DEQ Calls On the DOJ, Militants Leave “Trench of Feces,” and an Anti-Beyonce Protest?!? IMPOSSIBLE!
GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Hugging like a monkey see, monkey do. Right beside a riverboat gambler. Erotic images float through my head. I wanna be your midnight rambler. LET’S GO TO PRESS. The DEQ has passed some of their oversight to the Department of Justice who will help the agency enforce rules about toxins being emitted […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
BOOKSโMargaret Malone writes spare, sharp-edged short stories set in Portland, and tonight she’s joined by Arthur Bradford, occasional speaker for Eastmoreland’s trees, and full-time writer of what can only be described as charming weirdo lit. They’re two of the city’s best fiction writers, in one of its best independent bookstores. MEGAN BURBANKBroadway Books, 1714 NE […]
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Seven Things About Last Night’s X-Files, “Babylon”
THE X-FILES Look I don’t know either โข There’s been a pretty sure-fire indicator as to when a “bad” X-Files is about to start: the music. Every so often, The X-Files breaks out of its usual “places we could drive to while shooting the series in Vancouver or LA” routine and decides to go looking […]
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The Bachelor Recap: Episode 7โAll’s Fair in Love and Warsaw, IN
Courtesy of @bachelorABC Wait. There are TWO Bens? Now this is getting confusing. This weekend, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away. No matter what you think about the man, itโs undoubtedly true that things are going to get interesting in American politics. It’s looking like Congressional Republicans are going to do their damnedest to […]
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Drake Looks Like a Ferret, and Other Music Industry Mean Tweetsโข
While Jimmy Kimmel’s hilarious segment “Mean Tweets” may have originally targeted terrible people who callously insult celebs, it seems to be slowly turning into “Twitter’s Sickest Burns.” Check out the latest edition featuring some of the music industry’s top performers (including Drake, New Edition, Mumford & Sons, Meghan Trainor, and more) and bring along some […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
FILMโNow in its 39th year, the Portland International Film Festival continues to swamp Portlanders with an overwhelming number of movies. Today you have no fewer than 21 optionsโbut your best bet is Terence Davies’ Sunset Song, which Little White Lies calls “an emotional bolt to the heart” from “Britain’s greatest living director.” ERIK HENRIKSENMoreland Theater, […]
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In Case You Missed It, One of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Best Friends Has Died
Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, via Wikimedia Commons A certain corner of the internet is having a real “DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD” moment right now over the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, known for his deeply unpleasant hardline conservative opinions on abortion and LGBT rights, among other […]
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Tacocat Did the New Powerpuff Girls Theme Song and It Is Great
Michael Lavine Tacocat, just chillin’. The Powerpuff Girls are BACK! The cartoon series, which originally aired from 1998 to 2005, has been given the ol’ reboot by Cartoon Network. This is fantastic news. You know what’s even fantastic-er news? The brand-new theme song “Who’s Got the Power?” has been recorded by the stupendously great Seattle […]