AltWeeklies Wire
Thao's Enjoyable Folk-Popnew
She's mastered the time-tested songwriting trope of pairing a melancholy lyric with an upbeat tune, but it's rarely a deliberate trick.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
04-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Weather's 'Cove' Release Seems Ill-Timednew
Granted, weather patterns and meteorologists should not be consulted before an album's release, but A Weather thrives in the gloomiest of conditions.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
04-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
An Interview with Portland's Most Beloved Mascot Timber Jimnew
At the opening game against the Puerto Rico Islanders on Thursday, April 17, "Timber Jim" Serrill is retiring.
The Portland Mercury |
Drew Gemmer |
04-10-2008 |
Sports
Why Portland Wants the Squatchnew
Portland's rivals, the Seattle SuperSonics, are on the cusp of relocating to Oklahoma City in the off-season. This is a golden opportunity for the Trail Blazers to sign/buy/kidnap Seattle's mascot, the enigmatic, charming, and hairy creature known as Squatch.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
04-10-2008 |
Sports
'Animal's People' Takes on Corporate Responsiblitynew
The fictional town of Khaufpur is based on Bhopal, India, where a 1984 gas leak at a Union Carbide chemical plant caused thousands of deaths and countless more injuries.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
04-03-2008 |
Fiction
'True Tales of Rollerderby': A Real-Life Cartoonnew
A comic book about the Rose City Rollers is one of those ideas that's so obvious, once you've heard about it, that it seems strange such a thing hasn't been hit on before
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
04-03-2008 |
Nonfiction
I Might Be in Love with George Clooneynew
Set when professional football consisted of little more than "miners and farmers and shell-shocked veterans" beating each other up in turnip fields, Clooney's Leatherheads continues the star/director's steady march back through time.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
04-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: George Clooney, Leatherheads
Carla Bozulich Shares the Scornnew
Recording under the moniker "Evangelista" (also the title of her last album), Bozulich produces music in the same manner that one of Macbeth's witches might conjure a spell or prophecy.
The Portland Mercury |
Kevin Friedman |
04-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Evangelista, Hello, Voyager
Not Indie. Not Hiphop. Just Astronautalis.new
The dilemma of Astronautalis rests on the axis of hiphop's evolution.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
04-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Astronautalis
Selling Obama Door to Door in Oregonnew
With just over seven weeks to go before the state's primary on May 20, Barack Obama supporters kick off his Oregon campaign.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
04-03-2008 |
Politics
Big Brother's Little Brothernew
A freelance videographer plans to challenge the Portland Police Bureau in court after a cop confiscated his camera and cited him, in apparent retaliation for videotaping the cop as he searched a suspect in the street.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
04-03-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Edward Docx Could Take a Load Off, Chillaxnew
Pravda (or Self Help, as it is known in the UK) was long-listed for the 2007 Man Booker Prize, and I suppose it's understandable -- it's certainly not the sort of book I like reading, but it's enjoyable enough once you get past its wordy temper tantrums.
The Portland Mercury |
Courtney Ferguson |
03-27-2008 |
Fiction
It's Easy to Read Because It's Badnew
Even the most distracted bus rider won't fail to notice that The English American isn't easy to read because it's frivolous; it's easy to read because it's bad. Larkin's sentences unfold with such hackneyed predictability that reading each one in its entirety hardly seems necessary.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
03-27-2008 |
Fiction
'Stop-Loss' Is Frustrating Failurenew
Stop-Loss relies on stereotypes and cartoonish oversimplification to critique the US military. It's a frustrating failure, both ideologically and creatively.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
03-27-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
Wii Should Celebrate 'Super Smash Bros. Brawl'new
By the time you read these words, Super Smash Bros. Brawl will have become Nintendo's fastest-selling game of all time, with over 1.4 million copies sold in the first week it was available in the States.
The Portland Mercury |
Earnest 'Nex' Cavalli |
03-27-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
