BLAZERS—Conventional wisdom said the Blazers would pretty much eat shit all year and score a nice draft pick for their troubles. So of course they’re in contention for the eighth seed in the Western Conference. The only team near ’em? The Sacramento Kings. Expect a prideful scrap at the Moda tonight. BOBBY ROBERTSModa Center, 1 […]
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Hillary the Pragmatist Stares Down Bernie the Revolutionary at Town Hall
Hillary prepares for transport to the Romulan ambassador’s ship. a katz / Shutterstock.com Why, Democrats, why are you making us choose? Why must we have either the practical, down-to-Earth Hillary or the dreamy, optimistic Bernie? Please find a way to fashion a candidate who is both. Last night’s “town hall” on CNN once again highlighted […]
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Three Things About Last Night’s X-Files, “Founder’s Mutation”
THE X-FILES “It’s definitely a skull, Mulder. I can tell because I am a medical doctor.” Yep, it was a definite improvement over Sunday night’s episode, “My Struggle,” and not JUST because it had a BLOODY BABY HAND REACHING OUT OF ITS MOTHER’S STOMACH!!! (Spoilers below, obviously.) • Okay, but seriously: Written and directed by […]
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Good Morning, News: Cat Engine Antics, Poop Messages, and Comeuppances Galore!
Here’s a good story about how neighboring businesses (and city bureaucrats) helped save the Mississippi District’s last black-owned building, after neighbors (and city bureaucrats) made it very, very likely the owner would have to give it up. That Salem judge who’s refused to perform same-sex marriages is one step closer to not being a judge […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
U N T I T L ED by Low-KeyMUSIC—Surprise! One of Portland’s better nights for eclectic beat slanging is at a punk bar. Every month, Thirsty City takes over the Know’s sweat-slaked confines for a few hours to keep NE Alberta on its toes. Tonight features a spectrum of interesting noises, from the staid rhymes […]
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Ted Cruz: From Doable Asshole to Unthinkable Liar
Talking Points Memo: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has had high expectations for himself since he was a high school student in Houston in the ’80s. In a YouTube video flagged Saturday by Politico, the 18-year-old Cruz said he wanted to “you know, rule everything” after someone off-camera asked him what his “aspirations” in life are. […]
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With a Title Like Petty: The Biography, You Know It’s Going to Be Generic
Everyone knows who Tom Petty is, but what do we really know about him? The blond, Florida-born rock ‘n’ roller has forged a lengthy and lucrative career by writing good, simple songs and playing them unpretentiously. He’s fronted a crackerjack band, the Heartbreakers, since the mid ’70s; he was a Traveling Wilbury; he made that […]
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Good Morning, News: Yahoo Militia Gets Cop Support, East Coast Snowstorm, and Chris Rock vs. #OscarsSoWhite
GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! In a world of salty tears, so afraid and so full of fears. So glad you saved me, dear. LET’S GO TO PRESS. It’s day 24 of the Yahoo Militia standoff in Burns, and after the Grant County Sheriff met with the so-called “patriots,” he agrees that in order to end the […]
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The Beautiful Bummer of Majical Cloudz
Sarah O’Drisoll Majical Cloudz performs tomorrow night (Sunday, January 24) with She-Devils at Mississippi Studios (3939 N Mississippi). Details here. Canadian electronic duo Majical Cloudz makes music that exists on binary spectrums: sound and silence, vulnerability and emotional distance, black and white. “The music is intentionally muted in certain ways,” vocalist Devon Welsh says via […]
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It’s Happening This Weekend!
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 COMEDY—Lovers of Portland comedy love Nathan Brannon. Why? Well, besides being proclaimed Portland’s Funniest Person (2012), his political humor is sharp as a Ginsu, and guaranteed to make your sides and brain split. Check out his hilarity in person tonight as he records his latest comedy album for Kill Rock Stars. (Your […]
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Good Morning, News: A Drunk Pilot, A Dumb Arrest, and Portland’s Soon-To-Be-More-Expensive Housing Market
Sort of an inauspicious beginning for Portland’s latest mayoral contender. Hours after Sarah Iannarone formally announced her candidacy—vowing to rake in big bucks and bring Portlanders together—the Oregonian got ahold of a tax lien against the small business owner. She apparently didn’t fully pay her personal income taxes for four years running. Iannarone says it […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
THEATER—If you’re a fan of new and exciting theater, don’t miss the always reliable Action/Adventure Theatre’s Pilot Season, in which four new shows are tried out over four weekends—with the winner given a full-blown production later in the season! Pilot Season kicks off tonight with Talon Bigelow’s Purgator Inc., about a middle manager in Purgatory […]