I receive every email that comes into the Mercury’s events@portlandmercury.com. Every damn one. There is much clogging that happens in my email account—we’re talking good emails, bad emails, silly stuff, and most importantly funny pictures.
Here’s this week’s lovelies…

Big Package drummer, George (left), with a fan named Lorraine at the Out of the Blues in Tigard.
The Big Package @ Out of the Blues
Saturday, April 28
9 pm

And this one’s my favorite.

Captain Ahab spouting something out of his blowhole.
Boombox Friday @ Holocene
w/Captain Ahab, Copy, Brokenwindow, DJ P. Disco, DJ BJ
Friday, May 4
9 pm, $5