When did you rename the Mercury after Sarah? I bet this is just some sort of tax-dodging legal thing like those PDX.fm guys just pulled. Everyone's giving their companies to their women folk. CONSPIRACY!!!

Mercury just got it's Horse Feather'd ass owned

The Mercury doesn't cover anything at the Schnitzer, you can't afford the tickets. (I'm not sure if that is the Mercury or the Schnitzer's fault, but still, I'm fairly sure it isn't because you don't like the Symphony.)

True that lil letter.
There's a whole world of music you people refuse to cover. There are hundreds of things going on every week in this burg you don't give the slightest attention to. I'm sure the Robinson's (nee Viva Voce) are fine people and very talented, but do you need to write a story every time they take a shit? You would expand your reader base if you had people actually reporting on the many scenes/genres/performers/events that exist beyond the small cadre of indie rock copycats you coddle like they are the only acts in town.
I could name event after event that could have used some coverage. There are many who send you press releases that you ignore because their is no indie-cred-brodown-factor for this rag to snark about. Fucking nepotism of the highest order!

Abusive, I completely agree! I've written a 10,000 word feature on Tuvan throat singers which that miserable hipster Ezra refuses to run!

Here's the thing. Striking a sarcastic tone when describing yourselves as "tight pants wearing hipsters" only makes it more true.

I don't see how you can be a competitive weekly paper with any fewer than a hundred music critics on staff, each with a hundred pens and listening to a hundred songs at once.

Gotta say, I like the cut of this Brian Horay's jib.

I like the classical music & am under 40. I don't expect to learn anything about what's going on here in Portland regarding classical music from the Mercury. Neither do I consult "Guns & Ammo" magazine to check out the new trends in organic farming*. Go to allclassical.org** or listen to 88.9FM for all the information you could possibly want on the subject of classical music in Portland.

* Yes, yes, it's a bad analogy but you get the point.
** I am under 40, but still too old to figure out how to turn this into a link, so do it the old-fashioned way and type it into your dad-blasted browser.

Symphony - can be good sometimes. I prefer chamber ensembles and groups though - particularly ones that focus on the modern era - and handsome boys playing Shostakovich Cello Concertos.

I actually went to the Dvorak concerto at the Schnitz last night, and saw Chee-Yun play that Stradavarius from 1703. It was pretty awesome! I reccomend it, and think I'll go back next month when they have Storm Large singing with them.

I think Brian writes you constantly because he is just after some free soup for Letter of the Week. Little does he realize: if you're homeless, crazy, AND love the symphony, you're entitled to a movie deal as Robert Downey Jr.'s magical negro.

http://www.classicalrevolutionpdx.org/. Someday I hope the Mercury will grow up to be The Stranger, but I'm not holding my breath.

Another great resource for information on the Portland Music Scene is Oregon Music News.. check it out! http://oregonmusicnews.com/ The Classical music section is great!

Just sayin'