Hall Monitor—The New (Old) Era of Charlie Hales
The mayor’s pulling back his most radical, “rational” policy on homelessness. by Dirk VanderHart YOU WOULDN’T have known it from the increasing panic over homelessness, but there was actual excitement...
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“The Last Harry Potter Book Took Place in 1998, Duh.” SUMMER ON THE SPRINGWATERRE: “As Springwater Sweep Looms, Mayor Charlie Hales Says Camping Policy ‘Has Not Succeeded As We Hoped’” [Blogtown, July...
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Play “Fuck the Developer!” I CAME UP with a new game. Anyone that lives in a house that receives mail can play! It’s called “Fuck with the Developer!” When you receive one of those letters from...
View ArticleNot Just Another Pad Thai Cart
Golden Triangle’s Laos and Cambodian Rarities are a Find by Andrea Damewood The most unusual thing on Golden Triangle’s menu isn’t officially there anymore, but they’ll make it if you ask.A picture of...
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What Portland—and the Local Media—Can Learn from the Racist Sandwich Podcast by Chad Walsh On the sixth episodeof theirRacist Sandwich podcast, hosts Soleil Ho and Zahir Janmohamed begin to tug at the...
View ArticleEverything as Fuck
Hitting the Brakes on August by Ian Karmel Bad news, everyone. It’s fucking August already. It’s summer’s Sunday. Those gut-punch back-to-school commercials are already in heavy rotation, with...
View ArticleThe Stumptown Improv Festival Returns
The fest’s founders on their new venue, this year’s lineup, and idle gossip. by Megan Burbank IT’S NO LONGER a well-kept secret: Portland’s improv and sketch comedy communities are on the verge of...
View ArticlePlease Kill Me Turns 20
Revisiting Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s essential history of punk. by Santi Elijah Holley IF YOU’VE READ it, you probably remember exactly where you were when you first encountered Legs McNeil and...
View ArticleGrowing Up With Harry Potter
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child is like a letter from an old friend. by Morgan Troper EVERYONE loves Harry Potter. The series’ generation- and globe-spanning appeal is rivaled only by that of Star...
View ArticlePortland’s on the Verge of Major Police Oversight Reforms.
Some worry it will make things worse. by Doug Brown KRISTIN MALONE, chair of the citizen board that scrutinizes complaint findings against Portland cops, didn’t mince words.“I can make this one thing...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Hales Backtracks on "Safe Sleep" Policy, Trump Makes...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Girl, you so fine. Could you be mine? Or do I slack in the back of a wic-wic-wic-wack line? LET'S GO TO PRESS.As we reported yesterday, Mayor Charlie...
View ArticleWE are Responsible
by Anonymous We are responsible. We, you , I. Daily. For the lead. For the cadmium. Because of our expectations, our lifestyle. We buy the lycra clothes*, the shiny car, the new refridgerator, the...
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Should I Vote for Hillary Clinton? A Flow Chart
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View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: The Men In Her Life
by Dan Savage I'm a mostly heterosexual woman in my mid-30s in a very vanilla relationship with my husband for the past 14 years. My husband is a great guy. We get along really well as do our...
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For Those Wanting a "Combine Demolition Derby" in Their Lives—There's This!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Courtesy Banks Sunset ParkStarting on Friday, August 19... and ending on Sunday, August 21... in Banks, Oregon... a mere 25 miles away from Portland... the most freaky small...
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The Next Fight Over A Large NW Portland Homeless Shelter: How Much Should It...
by Dirk VanderHart Terminal 1, with the disputed warehouse.City of PortlandA week from today, city council is scheduled to take up one of the more politically intriguing questions to come before it in...
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Jared Leto Is a Bad Actor Who Should Not Be Allowed to Act
by Erik Henriksen Suicide Squad is... fine. Totally fine. It’s a patched-together mess, and it’s more boring than any movie starring a crocodile man and someone named “Captain Boomerang” should be,...
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The Portland Business Alliance Is Now Opposing A Homeless Shelter... At A...
by Dirk VanderHart Developer Homer Williams makes his pitch.Dirk VanderHartThere's nothing like the specter of a homeless shelter to bring out a little hypocrisy.For some fun examples, look at...
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Modest Mouse Frontman Isaac Brock Crashes Car in Southeast After Falling...
by Ciara Dolan Ben MoonGood news for people who love bad news: Earlier this evening the Oregonian reported that this morning Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock caused a multi-vehicle crash at Grand Avenue as...
View ArticleHere Ya Go, Newbies. *Hands Over Keys to the City*
by Anonymous Bring on the even-more-expensive condos and houses. Bring on the mindless trend-followers, the developer-enablers and "investors", the narcissistic tech workers the corporate excess, the...
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