Hey! It’s Blogtown’s BEST O’ THE BLOG, where we collect the best Blogtown entries of the week for your easy, lazy Sunday perusal. It’s also incredibly helpful for those of you who aren’t yet sold on this whole “online” thing, and therefore only use your Apple II Plus to fire up ye olde AOL and “surf the internets” once a week. Enjoy!

NEWS! Mayor Tom Potter’s been blowing off the Mercury’s interview requests for years. But this week, Potter found a few moments in his busy, busy schedule to talk with the Mercury’s bearded newsman Scott Moore! Watch the video of their historic discussion.

MUSIC! Ezra gave us the rundown on how Sasquatch was this year, while Frank Black—er, Black Francis—kicked some ass. At a Salem pizza joint.

FASHION! Marjorie tried to convince herself that shoe shopping counts as exercise.

ARTSY! Pfft. Like you’ve got a better way to spend $100 million.

JOCKY! Kobe Bryant? A Blazer? Wha-HUH?

FILM! Screw you, Megatron. You can suck it.

TIPSY! Blogtown’s denizens gave their two cents on how much you should tip when you get take-out. (Yes, this means you, cheapskate.)

GOOD RIDDANCE! Yep, we drove another intern out. Boo hoo, etc. So, which one of you wants his job? Sure, it doesn’t pay well (or, you know, at all), but should you get the job, you’ll have the pleasure of picking up/buying my lunch every day, ghostwriting whatever stories I don’t feel like writing, painstakingly transcribing my rambling and incoherent interviews, giving me sensual backrubs with various scented oils, attentively listening to my Ignatius J. Reilly-like diatribes regarding various wrongs that have been done to me, and doing a festive, comical jig whenever anyone in the office shouts “Dance, intern! Dance!” Send resumes and photos—actually, just the photos are fine—to erik@portlandmercury.com.