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Despite Study Saying Otherwise, Portland Is the Most Metal City in America

by Ned Lannamann NoiseyNothing says "metal" like good old-fashioned demographic analysis, and one writer over at Noisey has ranked American cities by how metal they are. This study was inspired by a...

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Fed Up Bike Commuter

by Anonymous Dear Divers who do not check for cyclists when turning,Yes, you nearly right hooked me and so I yelled. I yelled because I cannot honk, I yelled to alert you to my presence as you failed...

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My Encounters with '80s Porn Star Al Parker

by William Lunt THE FIRST TIME I saw him was on a giant screen at a bathhouse in the summer of 1984. Sitting on a carpeted banquette, with only a white towel wrapped around me, I watched him climb a...

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Endangered Animal Artifacts Seller Who Became an Informant Gets Plea Deal,...

by Doug Brown Gary Holstrom and one of the primate skullsLinkedin/FWS.govThe Forest Grove man indicted last week for selling parts of endangered animals illegally smuggled from Asia pleaded guilty in...

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Congress is Still Doing as Little as They Can on Gun Violence

by Matt Baume Here we are again.Leonard Zhukovsky / Shutterstock.comOne of my friends who's mid-transition wrote a Facebook post a few days ago about how it was harder for her to get on hormone...

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Car Dealership Gives Away Free AR-15 Assault Rifle With Every Vehicle

by Ansel Herz 'MERICA!Africa Studio/ShutterstockNot The Onion: A New Hampshire car dealer is offering everyone who buys a car a free AR-15 assault rifle, a type of weapon similar to the one used in...

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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Weeded Out

by Dan Savage So my husband and I are both bisexual 30 year olds. And — spoiler alert — this one won't be about sex, though we do have a good amount of sex and it's not always just us two. This is...

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Conduit Dance is Suspending Operations

by Megan Burbank Conduit DanceFrom an email sent today by Conduit Dance:As you know, we moved into the Ford Building last October with generous support from building owner Mike Tevis, who offered a...

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Nick Fish Says A Massive Homeless Campus is a Bad Fit At NW Portland's...

by Dirk VanderHart Terminal 1, in all its glory.GoogleA quiet proposal by a pair of Portland developers for a massive complex to shelter and house homeless Portlanders got a familiar response from one...

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Now We All Ride Blind

by Anonymous To the couple cycling without lights,I can always buy a new pair of lights. They are $8 over at a hardware store on division, but nothing is going to change the fact that you're a bunch...

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Things to Do: Saturday at PRIDE

by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Courtesy GaylabrationPortland Pride FestivalGet out and proud for Portland's annual LGBTQ-appreciation fest! Shop at Waterfront Park vendors by day, hit up dance parties by...

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The Usual OKC Ad Lately

by Anonymous Your ad will contain a picture of you from about 2 years ago. The photos will also include your enormous weight gain through the last few years as well. To a point of who is this other...

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PHOTOS & VIDEO: 21 People Arrested While Protesting Oil Trains in Vancouver

by Doug Brown 21 people were arrested in Vacouver today while protesting oil trainsDoug BrownAbout a hundred people from around the region showed up to Vancouver, Wash., this morning to protest oil...

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Things to Do: Sunday at PRIDE

by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Pride Parade Map 2016, Kickoff at W Burnside & ParkPortland Pride Parade Don't miss the Technicolor exuberance and thumping splendor of the annual Portland Pride Parade,...

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Dearest filthy bearded, timber geared, lazy...

by Anonymous ...faux-hawked, whiny floppin' weekend pick-up futbol player:Why do I have to fetch your errant kicks every time you grunt "a little help"? I just wanna run around the track and burn off...

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Erasing the sound of my voice

by Anonymous Guys! Hey, look, I am SO sorry. I went to the beach party at Kelly Point, ran into an old friend and had a chat. We were outside the circle where the music was happening and didn't...

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Crawling Along on NW 23rd

by Anonymous You were doing maybe 4 miles an hour for several blocks on 23rd, with cars piling up behind you. I honked once, briefly, just to let you know that there was someone else behind you,...

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Good Morning, News: Cavs Take NBA Title, Trump Manager Out, and Star Trek...

by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! It's not in the way you've been treating my friends. It's not in the way that you stayed till the end. LET'S GO TO PRESS.How was your Pride Parade...

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Things To Do This Week!

Things to do for June 20-23 by Bobby Roberts Just because the weekend ended doesn't mean it has to actually stop. Besides, there's a whole bunch of people out there whose weekend manages to land...

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Portland Cop on Cops: Meet Officer Super Chill!

by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Yes, there is still a show called Cops. And yes, occasionally they still come to Portland. And yes, while there are certainly some bad apples in the bureau, there's also at...

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