May 12th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Features, Massive Nights
Aw snap, there’s a muhfuggin PARTY tomorrow, everyone! I know, I know – there’s a party every night in Portla-la-land. But this one’s better: It’s the Epic Wheel Works first anniversary party, where you’ll be able to get hammered, dance, maybe win amazing bike wheels and help your local youngsters out, all at the same [...]
May 11th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Art/Culture, Features
The folks at Hand2Mouth Theatre have been walking the line between performance and research project for the better part of a decade now – quite a run for a very risky type of theater that, in many cases, enlists the audience as beta testers for theatrical and often social experiments. Now they want to blast [...]
May 11th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Features
We’re a little late on this one, but here’s your awesome comment of the week, courtesy of Shelley, of Addicted To Text fame and “friend of the program.” It concerns a certain alleged “Mad Hatter” carjacking that was described by the child clown news team at KGW as occurring at the intersection of “SE Cesar [...]
May 10th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Art/Culture, Features
Hey look at this, it’s Voodoo Doughnut dude and Wheels of Justice coach Rob Lobster, explaining to you dorks the rules of roller derby, using doughnuts. Nifty, right? There is nothing else going on today. Enjoy!
May 10th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Analysis
As our BFF “Dave” (who apparently knows Portland) pointed out this morning, pdx.fm morning show Portland Sucks has officially been replaced by the 2-hour-long Morning Submission in the station’s 8 a.m. time slot. It started out, um, awesome! Show co-host Sabrina Miller showed up massively hungover, maybe “yelling for Ralph on the big white phone” [...]
May 7th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Analysis, Sex/Strippers
Strip clubs – the “Starbucks” of Portland – are having a hard go of it in Seattle, our retarded neighbor to the north. First the Lusty Lady announced that it’s closing its doors, and now four of the city’s most notorious and well-attended clubs – Rick’s, Sugar’s, Honey’s and Fox’s – are all being sold [...]
May 6th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Analysis
We completely forgot to write anything about this, but yesterday was Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates the day, like, however long ago, that Mexico defeated the French at Puebla, beginning a long series of French military defeats, hooray history. So did you guys all do stuff? Get hammered on Corona Lite? Help pay the taco [...]
May 5th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Analysis, Sporting Life
Oh now what the fuck is this? Piggyback rides? A drug-related arrest? High school athletes? We don’t have any idea what the hell is going on with this news story, but, whatever, here we go. From the O: A man who befriended high school athletes in Washington and Oregon and asked them for piggyback rides [...]
May 4th, 2010 | by Your Editor | published in Analysis
Since you guys already heard all about this, we’ll make it brief: Some guy dressed in a top hat, wig, bead necklaces and a tailcoat (maybe?) carjacked a lady at gunpoint last night. That’s a heckuva story. Now all we need are photos. SEND THOSE FUCKERS HERE plz.
May 4th, 2010 | by Tyler | published in Analysis, Art/Culture
Yeah, I don’t get why they call it a “Hop,” so if you know enlighten me. I mean, I understand the whole social event “hop” (as in the place where I can do the dance sensation that is sweeping the nation), but isn’t that a bit of a stretch. It’s literally a bunch of art [...]