Über Nightmare
by Anonymous By now you've no-doubt heard of Über and their coattail-riding co-fuckers, Lyft. Do you use rideshare services? Maybe it never occurred to you to call for a ride before they came along....
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I Love You, Amy Schumer, But You're Wrong
by Megan Burbank Amy Schumer has made feminism part of her public persona. So why is she blocking feminists on Twitter?Ms. magazine via Wikimedia CommonsNothing reveals the jerks among us like...
View ArticleMy Hate for Portland Hypocrites
by Anonymous I moved here from the south.The SOUTH south.The Rosa Parks south.The Martin Luther King Jr. South.I moved here to portland to escape the republicans. So I could be liberal without being...
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Good Morning, News: All The Info You Need Before You Burst Into Flames
by Dirk VanderHart This is a pointless exercise, since news has little utility when we'll all be melted into a viscous sludge by this afternoon. But stiff upper lip and all that! Let's accept our...
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Things To Do This Weekend!
Things to do for Aug 19-21. by Mercury Staff We're nearing the last days of summer 2016. The end of August is on the horizon. We could try to savor every last second of it in slow-motion. Or we could...
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The Secret Location of Kanye's Pop-Up Shop Revealed, and Other Weekend Style...
by Elizabeth Mollo So I thought that this week/weekend was generally going to be void of any fashion related events, but Yeezy shot that to shit when he announced his worldwide Life of Pablo pop-up...
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Mark Your Calendars for the Stay Wild Adventure Expo Next Weekend!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey If you love the outdoors, adventure, and wild living, you need to check out the first annual Stay Wild Expo and Adventure Festival! Based on his wholly excellent adventure...
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Get High for a Good Cause
by Josh Jardine FacebookIt's fun to eat cannabis infused edibles. It's even more fun when the edibles you're scarfing benefit a worthy cause.Periodic Edibles, a Portland producer of cannabis caramels,...
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At Third Rail Rep, Annapurna is a Frustratingly Incomplete Look at Codependency
by Rachel Sandstrom Owen CareyThe opening night energy was palpable and light at the first performance of Third Rail Repertory Theatre’s Annapurna. The show begins inside a disheveled one-room...
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What's So Funny About the Naked Trump Statue?
by Rich Smith Portrait of a self-portrait with dick pic. RS#mc_embed_signup{padding: 20px; background:#fff;font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;width:100%;}Subscribe to The Stranger's...
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The General Still Delights, 90 Years Later
by Robert Ham THIS YEAR, two Oregon-born landmarks of cinema are sharing a 90th birthday. It was in 1926 that the Hollywood Theatre opened its doors to patrons with screenings of the film More...
View ArticleThe Panic Room Is Now... The Raven
by Ciara Dolan It's official. Panic Room is now called "The Raven." The new sign is up! Still at NE 31st & Sandy. #WickedWednesdaypic.twitter.com/tpCA8wtmhH— DJ Wicked (@djwicked) August 19,...
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Record Review: Federale, All the Colours of the Dark
by Ciara Dolan RYAN OVERHAUSER & JAY SHAWFEDERALE ISN’T SHY about their influences—it’s pretty obvious that the Portland band longs to make snow angels in the red dirt of legendary spaghetti...
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Timbers v. Seattle Match Preview
by Abe Asher Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY SportsThe Portland Timbers will make their first and only trip of the 2016 season to Seattle on Sunday night, to face a revitalized Sounders team in a match that...
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Last Minute Tips for Donald Trump's Election Campaign (Guaranteed to Work!)
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey As of this writing, Republican nominee Donald Trump is trailing rival Hillary Clinton by double digits in the presidential race. Even revered statistician Nate Silver says if...
View ArticleWhite & Loving It!
by Anonymous I'll just say what most won't: being white is great, and I love it! I have never once felt an ounce of white guilt, or felt I had to account for white privilege. I'm not rich, straight,...
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Neon Indian’s “Annie” Music Video: Cool VHS Aesthetics for Hot Days
by Suzette Smith We rented a karaoke machine and cloned the hard drive and after we sang karaoke all night we laid in my housemate’s bed and watched the videos created specially for some of the songs,...
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The City Might Not Wall Off Police Discipline Appeal Hearings, After All
by Dirk VanderHart There are potentially big changes coming to Portland's police oversight process next month. But, at least for now, the system won't be sealed off from public scrutiny as many had...
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Erik Reece’s Utopia Drive: What Utopian Societies Can Teach Us About Reality
by Rich Smith You can join any of the surprisingly numerous utopian experiments in the US. All you have to do is give up a sizable chunk of your individual identity.FSGDo you want to live in a place...
View ArticleFingering the Coconut
by Anonymous Ahh the magical properties of coconut oil. It keeps my skin nice a moisturized, no more dandruff and my toenail fungus is beginning to clear up. Yep, dripping wet from the shower I lube...
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