It is the week of beefs to end all weeks of beefs—with not one, not two, but THREE insane beefs coming from the music world. I can’t decide which of these is the craziest. • BEEF THE FIRST: Rapper B.o.B. said on Twitter that the earth is flat. Scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson took time to […]
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Good Morning, News!: Bikes, Standoff News, and an Exploding Kangaroo
Here we are at Thursday again, Blogtown. Let’s have some news! A appeals judge upheld a ruling in favor of a Portland bicyclist who rode on to wet pavement at a local car wash, slipped, and broke his hip. He was awarded $439,000 and he gets to keep it. Speaking of bikes: Portland’s finally getting […]
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The Finest Hours Runs Adrift on Land
Captain Kirk and Batman’s Brother Are Boat Heroes!
Captain Kirk and Batman’s brother are boat heroes!
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My, What a Busy Week!
It’s the winter of music, comedy, and podcasts.
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Julia Holter Gets Moody
The Passport Pop of Have You in My Wilderness
The passport pop of Have You in My Wilderness.
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The Lavender Flu’s Anxious, Double-Edged Epic
Anxiety Is Both Subject and Sound of Heavy Air
Anxiety is both the subject and sound of the Portland band’s double LP.
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Enforcer Will Make You White-Knuckled and Insane
Don’t Resist the Fist!
Don’t resist the fist!
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Love, Loss, and 45 Years
Andrew Haigh’s Latest Is Complex, Compelling, and Features a Tremendous Performance from an Old Racist
Andrew Haigh’s latest is complex, compelling, and features a tremendous performance from an old racist.
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Moshow the Cat Rapper Has a New Video. You’re Welcome!
This week’s arts section includes the story behind the world’s greatest cat painting, and that’s not all! #Catwatch2016 continues with a new video from Portland’s beloved cat rapper, Moshow. You know, this guy: I love my Family more than Life. ❤️ I wake up everyday and I give this life everything I got. Do you […]
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And Now Let Us All Enjoy Watching the Collapse of the Republican Party
“According to this you’re running for … president? Can that possibly be correct?” Crush Rush / Shutterstock.com It’s a little known fact that the Republican Party is actually a massive superweapon designed to absorb the quintessence of a nearby star and then transform it into a beam of pure phantom energy. Although the Republican base […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
BOOKS—Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector, reigning head bitch in charge of experimental fiction, was so intimidatingly rad as to draw comparisons to Marlene Dietrich and Virginia Woolf. In the US, her brilliance is just now catching on, thanks in part to new translations from Katrina Dodson. Tonight, Dodson’s joined by Portland’s own Lidia Yuknavitch to discuss […]
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“We All Make Choices In Life”: Federal and County Authorities Just Gave Their First Briefing Since the Harney County Shootout
Being held in Multnomah County: Seven of eight people arrested yesterday Federal authorities aren’t offering many details on a traffic stop Tuesday that resulted in the death of one of the armed militants who’d occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge over the last three weeks, and the arrest of five more. In the first official […]