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Only Rich White Homos Care About Marriage Equality—Still With This Shit?
by Dan Savage I open this week's Savage Lovecast by heaping praise on the big queer demonstration outside the Stonewall Inn in New York this weekend. The New Yorker also wrote it up. On the Lovecast I...
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Today at 3 PM: Livestream the Oral Arguments in State of Washington vs. Trump
by Sydney Brownstone Federal Judge James Robart's decision to block Trump's travel ban is now being examined by the San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. AGOWABetsy DeVos is the...
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Senate Confirms Betsy DeVos, Biggest Threat to Public Schools Since the Flu...
by Rich Smith Betsy DeVos, perhaps plotting the demise of public education, perhaps thinking of Jesus nude on the beach, perhaps resting in the comfort of a vacant mind, perhaps about to puke.Courtesy...
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“Who Put Ham in My Dannon©?!?” by Stephen K. Bannon by Stephen K. Bannon Phew! What... a... day! Let me tell you, it’s super tiring to secretly run the country from behind the scenes. That’s why I love...
View ArticleOne Day at a Time
ATTENTION, EVERYBODY! BEYONCÉ’S HAVING TWINS!! by Ann Romano MONDAY, JANUARY 30Welcome back to One Day at a Time, dears—your fave gossip column, and one in which, before reality turned into a cruel...
View ArticleAce Frehley Soldiers on
Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley reminisces about his four-decade rocket ride. by Mark Lore FEW BANDS can split a room like KISS. Many fans are so blindly devoted that they probably wouldn’t hesitate...
View ArticleFred Thomas’ Changer Follows Tangents
Fred Thomas’ latest, Changer, centers on immersive synth instrumentals. by Suzette Smith IT’S EASY to see that Fred Thomas is a well-rounded songwriter; he’s done a lot of living. Even though his main...
View ArticleSneaker Wave
The Last Artful, Dodgr and Neill Von Tally’s Bone Music centers on the realities of working class life. by Jenni Moore PORTLAND HIP-HOP TWITTER (yes, it’s a thing) was ablaze last week as the online...
View ArticleThings to Do Music: February 8-14
Noteworthy shows for the week of Feb 8-14. SUPER PICKCHERRY GLAZERR, SLOW HOLLOWS (Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) When they released Haxel Princess in 2014, two-thirds of Cherry Glazerr’s members were...
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Things to Do Film: February 10-16
This Week: A sopping wet Ryan Gosling, the Wachowskis'Bound, and more. by Mercury Staff Fences Last night, while leaving a screening of the solid and engaging adaptation of August Wilson’s play...
View ArticlePam Grier—and a Whole Lot More—at the Portland Black Film Festival
We talk to curator David F. Walker about the fest’s must-sees. by Jenni Moore ONCE WORD spread that legendary actress Pam Grier—the star of films such as Foxy Brown and Jackie Brown—was coming to the...
View ArticleLife Lessons and Lego Batman
Everything is still awesome (mostly). by Ned Lannamann LET’S START with the good: There’s finally a Batman movie you can take the kids to! The Lego Batman Movie follows up 2014’s surprisingly...
View ArticlePIFF Notes
A guide to the Portland International Film Festival’s 40th year. by Andrew Wright OKAY, quick show of hands: Has sitting in the dark and temporarily saying goodbye to reality ever seemed like a better...
View ArticleSanta Clarita Diet: Netflix’s Cannibal Sitcom Needs More Bite
Family first. by Ned Lannamann THE DOMESTIC SITCOM has gotten a shakeup in recent years by circumventing its white-bread tendencies with solid network shows like Black-ish and Fresh Off the Boat. But...
View ArticleIntimidation is Running Rampant in Trump-Era Portland
A proposed new program would help communities push back. by Doug Brown IT'S A SCARY TIME to be an immigrant or refugee in this country, with President Donald Trump’s rise to power leaving...
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Lead Has Been Spouting from Drinking Fountains in Some City Parks
Officials can’t say for how long, or why. by Dirk VanderHart IN OCTOBER of last year, city officials discovered drinking fountains in Northgate Park were discharging lead.According to test results...
View ArticleHall Monitor: A Fight We’ve Been Waiting For
Portland’s finally ready to fight for renter protections in court. Good. by Dirk VanderHart TO HEAR Portland’s landlords tell it, the city’s housing market will soon be circling the drain.Why? How? As...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
tktk by Anonymous LAST NIGHT I broke the dry spell of five years, two months, and 15 days without penetrative sex. It was lackluster, and not only because the guy’s cock was tiny and nothing compared...
View ArticleEast Coast Counter Service Finds a Home in Figlia Americana
East Coast counter service finds a home in Figlia Americana. by Thomas Ross THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT a counter service deli that feels very East Coast. Last time I tried to get a recommendation in...
View ArticleEat This!
Eat those horrible feelings away with these comfort foods. by Heather Arndt Anderson HOLY CHRIST ON A CRACKER, is shit ever awful right now. We’ve got a petulant sociopath at the helm of the free...
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