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Happy Anniversary to the Dearly Departed Sega Dreamcast
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey WikipediaI'll admit I'm not a huge video game person, because BUSY SCHEDULE. However, there was one great game system love of my life, and it was the Sega Dreamcast—which if it...
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Timbers v. Real Salt Lake Match Preview
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers' game on Saturday night at Providence Park against Real Salt Lake will be hugely significant in the Western Conference playoff...
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"It's Crazy"—Pacific Northwest College of Art Suspends a Master's Program,...
by Jen Graves What's going on in there?Photo courtesy of Another BelieverI've been meaning to post this for a few days and keep waiting until I have time to follow with some reporting of my own. But I...
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Deaths Of Homeless People Shot Way Up in Multnomah County Last Year
by Dirk VanderHart Adam WickhamEighty-eight people died while homeless in Multnomah County last year. That's 32 more than the year before, and the total of 2013 and 2014 combined. And it's yet another...
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Tone Roads: Classical Music Roundup for September 2016
by Robert Ham Renée FlemingHerein lies a new edition of Tone Roads, a column by Robert Ham, a regular contributor to the Mercury, highlighting the most interesting classical events happening in the...
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TBA is Here! Here's What You Need to Know.
by Megan Burbank NarcissisterPICA“The stakes are a lot higher in a space that we want to be able to welcome people into,” says Erin Boberg Doughton, performing arts program director for the Portland...
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Two Government Agencies Are Making Cannabis Events Difficult
by Josh Jardine ronitphoto.comREGULAR READERS of this column—and Jah bless all six of you—know that when I’m not sitting in my estate in the West Hills dictating this column to a bank of interns, I...
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"Democracy Is the Theory That the Common People Know What They Want and...
by Marc Mohan So there's this competition-style reality show on. It’s the one that pits the bloviating, orange-haired pustule who spouts incoherent, racist free verse against a grandparent with the...
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Get Excited for Ben Wheatley's Free Fire
by Erik Henriksen Here at Mercury HQ, we like British director Ben Wheatley. A lot. "The small odd moments soon begin to mount," Andrew Wright wrote of Kill List, "creating an atmosphere that makes...
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Aquarium Drunkard Hits Portland
by Josh Jardine Portland often hosts great DJs from around the world, and this weekend is no exception. Justin Gage, the mastermind behind one of arguably the best and most eclectic music blogs...
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Get Yer FREE Tix to the Adult Swim Drive-In Tour!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Courtesy Adult SwimIf you love Adult Swim—home of such beloved adult cartoons as Robot Chicken, Rick and Morty, and The Venture Bros.—then prepare to poop your pants in glee......
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Did the Oregon State Fair Just Give Out an Award for Pot?
by Vince Sliwoski DID THE Oregon State Fair award a blue ribbon for pot plants?NOT QUITE. However, the Oregon State Fair featured a display with nine exemplary pot plants, selected from a larger pool...
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And I'm Out!
by Courtney Ferguson A Lady Who Worked at a Placecat & beardHey guys,It's my last day as the Mercury's copy chief. SO MANY FEELINGS, but it's been a great 11 years (!?) filled with the best...
View ArticleCarpool Moms
by Anonymous Ok, i see the baby in the carseat, but pull forward. You are messing with our already poorly timed stop light system. Yes, i will honk and give you the peace sign — because if i miss this...
View ArticleToll Them!
by Anonymous I know this isn't a new idea, but goddamn, can we finally put toll booths on the Interstate Bridge? We need to get those people in Vancouver to kick in some money for all the...
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This Week on Blogtown
by Bri Brey Your week in review for Mon Sept 5 to Fri Sept 9!TOP STORY: WORDS BY ERICA ORDWAYAfter a Portland musician's apology on Facebook for sexually assaulting a woman went viral, another woman...
View ArticleMove Your Dog, Please!
by Anonymous Whenever I'm taking a stroll down a sidewalk, inevitably there will be someone with a dog on a leash. A sidewalk is designed to let two HUMANS walk pass each other with some ease and an...
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This Week in Film: Fantastic Planet, Kung Fu Theater, Tributes to Gene...
by Mercury Staff All That JazzA special screening of Bob Fosse’s kinda/sorta autobiography, about a perfectionist choreographer who has to decide whether he wants to live a longer life, or whether...
View ArticleTrump Supporter By Default
by Anonymous Apparently I am homophobic, sexist, racist, zenophobic, backward thing, deplorable, less educated, and basically prejudiced in every way imaginable...If you say so, so be it. Your words,...
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Timbers See Out Massive Win Over Real Salt Lake
by Abe Asher Eric Cech - Portland TimbersAs bad as they've looked at so many different points in 2016, Saturday night felt good for the Portland Timbers from the moment they opened the gates at...
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