This Week in the Mercury
Cats
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Cats "Wing Eating Contest, Except the Wings are Cat Legs"
Posted by Alison Hallett on Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Cats / Music Hutch Harris Sings to His Kitty
Posted by Courtney Ferguson on Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:14 PM
The Thermals' Hutch Harris takes a minute to serenade his cat Cece for "Totally Low," a song for Hutch's Forbidden Friends solo project. I love how Cece's ears go back when it gets to the "woh-ohs." You can totally bet there's a couple pugs off screen playing all the instruments.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Cats / TV Cat Soup Almost as Good or Better than Real Soup
Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:14 PM
So I get what they're trying to do here: The Soup (which stars Joel McHale, and is one of my "must watch" shows every week) is perpetrating a parody of its own show called Cat Soup, starring David Cross. What I don't think they realize, however, is that an ironic Cat Soup is just as good (and ironically) maybe better than the real The Soup. So I guess what I'm trying to say here is... Can you guys please produce a real Cat Soup, because I will definitely watch Cat Soup! Watch.
via The Soup
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Fashion / Artsy / Cats Art, Cats, and Clothes at Lulu's Vintage
Posted by Marjorie Skinner on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:59 AM
Lulu's Vintage is gearing up for a triple whammy with their February art show of pet-themed paintings by Amelia Opie and a month-long fundraiser for DoveLewis. Here's the steez: Ten percent of all purchases during the month of February will be donated (in addition to vintage clothing and ephemera for men and women they also have vintage sewing supplies, valentines, lingerie, and appropriately, cat and dog collectibles), and on Friday's it'll be 20 percent. Opie will also be contributing a portion of her painting sales. It'll kick off on February's First Thursday (that'd be Feb 2) with an opening reception. Meow.
Advertisement
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Cats / Film / Music When the Cat Takes Off Its Sunglasses...
Posted by Ned Lannamann on Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Tonight three local bands play a live soundtrack to The Cassandra Cat, AKA When the Cat Comes, a 1963 Czech film that looks too strange for words. What is it about? Wikipedia says: "It tells the story of a mysterious traveling circus that arrives in a village accompanied by a sunglass-wearing cat named Mokol. When the cat's glasses are removed, people in the village appear bathed in different colours that reflect their true feelings."
That doesn't explain much. But judging by the intoxicating weirdness of this trailer, it might be best not to fully understand what's going on. Since it's Czech, the movie's bound to contain some political allegory that you can either choose to embrace or ignore. And it sounds like the live bands—Typhoon, Tu Fawning, and Brainstorm—will have no trouble improving on the treacly original soundtrack. All in all, this is bound to be incredible. It goes down at Holocene tonight as part of their Fin de Cinema series.
w/DJ Coldyron, DJ Pattern and Shape; Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8:30 pm, $6
Friday, December 23, 2011
Cats / Film @WEBOUGHTAZ00 Is Funnier, More Touching, and More Truthful Than the Shitty Movie
Posted by Ned Lannamann on Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:28 PM
So great. Follow it here. I'd recommend starting at the first post and working your way through. It reads like a novel.
Here's an interview the folks behind the fake Twitter feed did with the NY Times. (Apparently the Times doesn't realize they're being trolled.)
Also, have I told you that the movie We Bought a Zoo fucking SUCKED?
Monday, December 19, 2011
Cats / Film And Now, Presented Without Context, an Excerpt From an Email Written by Ned Lannamann Regarding Cameron Crowe's Upcoming Holiday Film We Bought a Zoo
Posted by Erik Henriksen on Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 4:14 PM
:( :((:(9999996ryfjkl;adfls;jksadfkjafsdfuck this movie and the stupid people it's about
also 12 bedrooms? fuck them
the whole money thing is a big problem with this shitty garbage movie. the movie pretends that a zoo with an attached mansion costs the same as a 2-bedroom house in the suburbs. FUCK THIS BIULLLSHIT
(Okay, fine. A little bit of context.)
(Also, Ned sent me another email shortly thereafter: "I feel bad saying that, because cancer mom")
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Cats / Music This Is a Picture of Howe Gelb, Who Is Playing Tonight
Posted by Ned Lannamann on Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:02 PM
Howe Gelb plays at the Doug Fir tonight with Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter and Tracy Shedd. Our preview is here.
That is all.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Cats Cat Show! Cat Show! Cat Show!
Posted by Alison Hallett on Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:14 PM
CAT SHOW!
40th Annual Lewis and Clark Cat Show
December 3 and 4, 9 am - 4 pm
Lloyd Center Double Tree Inn
1000 NE Multnomah
$4 (Under 6 Free)
$1 from each paid admission donated to Cat Adoption Team Food Bank
(cat show.)
Advertisement
Monday, November 28, 2011
Cats Kitty Wants a Sky Scratcher
Posted by Alison Hallett on Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:59 AM
We have a "only post the most interesting and relevant Kickstarter projects on Blogtown" rule. And this Kickstarter project about a cleverly designed, eco-friendly cat-scratching post, created by a local manufacturer and based on the Chicago skyline, is very relevant to my interests:
(The manufacturer, Mike Estes, has previously flexed his building-stuff muscles as set/props guy for Trek in the Park.)
More info here.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Puppy / Cats Crittering Up The Holidays
Posted by Marjorie Skinner on Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 4:10 PM
There are almost as many opportunities to contribute to charities as there are incentives to shop right now, but if you, like me, have a special soft spot for rescue animals, there are (at least) two programs for you to consider.
1) A Bowlful of Heart is collecting donations for Hopes Haven and Newberg Animal Shelter. The wish list includes "dog food, small bites dog food, kitten food, cat litter (non-clumping), paper towels, bark mulch and cedar chips, bleach & Lysol for cleaning, monetary donations to help with spay, neuter, and other medical needs." Beginning Friday and running through December 22, you can drop off your donation at a number of area businesses (listed here), or email them to arrange pick-up drop-off.
2) Yesterday's shitstorm of rain combined with a leaky roof destroyed thousands of dollars worth of pet kibble at The Pongo Pet Food Bank, which other social services (Oregon Food Bank, Salvation Army, and Union Gospel Mission, to name a few) rely on to help their hungry clients' hungry pets get fed too. Pongo gets a big discount on their bulk purchases, so cash donations to help make up the deficit are the most effective. Just click the "donate now" button on their home page.
- Hopes Haven
- Noodles the senior Italian Greyhound/Chihuahua at Hopes Haven
Friday, November 18, 2011
Books / Cats Reward Your NaNoWriMo Efforts with Kittens
Posted by Courtney Ferguson on Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:44 PM
I regret not signing up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Everyone seems so delightfully feverish about word counts right now—such purpose, such drive, such frenzy. So this motivating site is for you NaNoWriMoers: Written Kitten. Write 100 words, get rewarded with a picture of an internet kitten. It's like dangling a carrot in front of a horse, but it's a kitten and you're a horse. See:
I don't know how many words everyone's written today, but let's have more cats just for the hell of it. Behold "Catvertising."
h/t to Noah
Friday, November 4, 2011
Puppy / Cats Pixie Project's Expansion
Posted by Marjorie Skinner on Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:29 PM
Good news on the animal front: Portland's own Pixie Project is undergoing a huge expansion in the coming year, growing to three times its current size with a new goal to rescue and re-home over 1,000 pets per year to match, plus expansions in their educational programs, work with pets of homeless youth, low cost spay/neutering, and more. It's an awesome program to support for the sheer joy their cattery brings to passersby alone. Tomorrow presents a special opportunity to do just that with their second benefit dinner and auction happening at the Left Bank Annex (101 N Weidler) at 6 pm. A $75 ticket ($35 of which is tax deductible) will get you the hookup on food and drink, but you can also bid on myriad auction items and go the extra mile. This face is totally worth it:
- Pixie Project
Tickets here!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Cats For the Love of God, Will Someone Please Adopt Mustache Cat?
Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:59 PM
People, chill the fuck out. I know, I know, it's Cat Friday and this cuddly pile of fur has the single greatest mustache to ever grace the face of man or feline. Even better, "Logan" is up for adoption. Take him home today, he'd be a perfect pal for your other cat (whose fur resembles a monocle and who enjoys riding along in your motorcycle sidecar).
Come to think of it, "Logan" is a pretty lousy name for such a dignified beast. Much in the tradition of Boat Cop, I think we need to use the Blogtown comment section to think of a snappy new moniker for this gorgeous creature.
I'll start:
Lord Purrcy McMeowerson
Sam Elliott: The Cat
Baron Von Catknipperbocker
Your turn.
h/t: Shawna Gore
Advertisement
Cats Let's Play "Guess the Cat's Trauma!"
Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:14 AM
A cat completely freaks the fuck out upon seeing a little girl, screaming over and over again, "NONONONONONONO!"
Okay, now let's play "Guess the Cat's Trauma!" In the comments below, try to guess WHY this cat is so freaked out by the little girl.
(My guess? The little girl is actually Keyser Söze, the man who ripped the ears off this particular cat. He did so because some cat mafia thugs tried to steal his business and murder his family. Instead, Söze killed his own family and every cat thug in the room except this one. Then he ripped the cat's ears off, but let him live so he would go back and tell the rest of the cat mafia—and the world—what he had witnessed that fateful day. Okay, that's just a guess.)
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Rebel Alliance / Cats / Ethics Holy Womb Elephants!
Posted by Alison Hallett on Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:59 AM
Uh uh. I might have to reconsider my stance on elephant abortion.
Jezebel has a whole gorgeous, creepy slideshow of animals in utero, from an upcoming National Geographic Documentary called “Extraordinary Animals in the Womb.” Shark! Chihuahua! Go look.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Cats / Crime Kitten Terrorizm Hits PDX
Posted by Alex Zielinski on Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:14 PM
Brace yourself, baby animal fans. So — everyone.
According to the Portland Police Bureau, several kittens were thrown from a moving gold minivan at North Peninsular Ave. and Willis Blvd. early this morning.The van sped off, but bystanders managed to grab two of the three kittens (sounds like the other ran off). Of the two, one had to be put down after suffering severe injuries.
This inhumanity falls in the category of first degree animal abuse in Oregon, marking it a felony. Both the Oregon Humane Society Investigations Department and PPB are both on the lookout for suspects and witnesses, offering $1,000 for any information on the incident.
First Steven Seagal shoots a puppy, now THIS? Something's terribly wrong in the world of cute. And humanity.
According to statistics from Pet-Abuse.com — an online animal abuse database — Oregon animal abuse classifications released today, "throwing" remains at 8 percent of types of abuse statewide. The leading cause is neglect and abandonment, followed by shooting and then hoarding. With such a horrifying list of classifications, I hope to never find out what lies in the "other" category. Ick.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Cats Overheard in the Office
Posted by Alison Hallett on Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 10:59 AM
(Relevant info: We go to press on Tuesday night. Steve is on vacation.)
Tues, 7:59 pm:
"That's it, we're putting a cat photo on the cover. Steve's not here, what's he gonna do?"
Monday, August 22, 2011
Discomfort Zone / Cats Discomfort Zone: I Went to a Spoken Word Event... about CATS
Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:57 AM
WAS I SUFFICIENTLY DISCOMFORTED? Hit the jump and find out.
Advertisement
Friday, August 5, 2011
Cats / News Take Your Shark Fins and Shove Them
Posted by Marjorie Skinner on Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 3:44 PM
And now for some good news, for a change: Yesterday Oregon joined Hawaii and Washington in its statewide ban of the sale, trade, and possession of shark fins. Lest you be ignorant of how barbaric this tradition is, "The fins are often cut from a live shark, which is then tossed back in the ocean to bleed to death, drown or be attacked by other predators." If that's not sad enough, the practice is threatening to make sharks extinct, which is doubly horrible. The argument that the practice of finning is a cultural right kind of pales in the face of that. Anyhow, it looks like it's time to clear out the wall of sadness at Wong's King. (This is my only complaint about Wong's. Their dim sum is where it's at.) And, could it really be a coincidence that this legislation passed during SHARK WEEK?? I think not.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Cats Blogtown Meetup?
Posted by Alison Hallett on Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:29 AM
From the Overheard in PDX website:
The Cat Stories II Open Mic Event takes place on Saturday, August 20 at 10:30am at Joe's Cellar in Portland.We need your stories!
Got a great story about cats? Get up on stage and tell your tale while the Cherry Apple Bug band performs a musical accompaniment.
I'll tell this one maybe. WHO'S IN?
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Cats / Film Cats Re-Enact All the Harry Potter Movies in One Minute
Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:59 PM
Sure, you could spend much of your adult life obsessing over cats and a series of children books about wizards. (Hello, Alison!) Or you could accomplish both tasks in a millionth of the time, thanks to the makers of "All of Harry Potter Re-Enacted by Cats in Just One Minute." YOU'RE WELCOME.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Cats Catnip Friday
Posted by Alison Hallett on Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Congratulations to all of you who ran the Sauvie Island marathon last weekend (and then gloated about it on Twitter all day)—that's a big accomplishment and you must be very proud.
Everybody else: I found a run we should do! It's a 5k through Sherwood—hear me out—called Catnip Friday (!), and proceeds go to support the state's largest no-kill cat shelter, Cat Adoption Team.
Details: August 12, 7 pm, $20 advance, $25 day of, plus an optional $5 for a Catnip Run t-shirt (um, yes). Here's the route; it starts at Sherwood High, then runs "along the scenic Woodhaven bike path, through scenic Stella Olsen park." (I can confirm that both of those are, in fact, scenic.) It sounds like fun, and it's for a very good cause.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Cats Dear Barking Cat: WE SAW YOU BARKING!
Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:29 AM
Dear Barking Cat:
We saw you barking, yo! So quit trying to deny it by not-so-subtly changing your bark into a meow. Look, barking cat. Anytime you're ready to come out of the closet, we'll be here for you. We love and cherish your individuality, and we accept you for who you are*. BE YOURSELF, barking cat. BE... YOURSELF.
Love,
The World
[* Confidential to the World: This is totally fucked up, and there's no way we're accepting this. Don't worry—that freak will be euthanized by dawn.]
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Cats / Music Goth Kitties!
Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Cat Friday is dead. It's all about Goth Cat Thursday from now on.
From the New York Times:
Piercing kittens to give them a “goth” appearance is cruel, a panel of Pennsylvania judges has ruled.Three judges of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania on Monday affirmed a lower court conviction for animal cruelty of a dog groomer who had offered “gothic” kittens on eBay.
The groomer, Holly Crawford of Sweet Valley, Pa., offered the kittens for $100; Judge Kate Ford Elliott wrote in a 19-page opinion that “metal protruded from the kittens’ small bodies, pierced through their ears and necks, and at least one of these kittens also had an elastic band tied around its tail, an attempt at docking, which is a procedure to stem the blood flow so that the tail eventually falls off.”
Oh, that's terrible. I take it back. I hate Goth Cat Thursday.
LISTEN:
The Cure - "All Cats Are Grey"
| Most Popular | I, Anonymous | Best of the Merc |
|---|---|---|
| ||
Most Commented on Blogtown, PDX
-
Mandatory French Fries on Sandwiches: CONDEMN OR ALLOW? by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
-
Win Valentine's Dinner for Two at Central by Alison Hallett
-
TriMet Budget Cuts Rundown: Fare Increase, MAX Cuts, Killing Free Rail, Oh My! by Sarah Mirk
-
Let's Play the Game of
LoveThrones by Erik Henriksen -
In Which Bobby Roberts Attempts to Ruin the One Thing That Made Me Happy Today by Erik Henriksen
-
Should Portland Ban Cops From Using Horses and Pepper Spray to Bust Up Protests? by Denis C. Theriault
-
Tonight! KATU Wants Everyone to Be Afraid of Marauding Crazy People! by Denis C. Theriault
-
New Paris Laws Give Bikes Okay to Run Red Lights; Ooh-La-La! by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
-
CAT BREADING UPDATE: Which Mercury Employee Succumbed to the Pressure? by Bobby Roberts
-
"I Have Chickens Too!" by Alison Hallett
Our Friends
- UrbanHonking
- Culture Shock
- Portland Roundball Society
- Steph Cassano
- Cort and Fatboy
- Street Roots
- Powell's Books Blog
- Portland Transport
- Portland Afoot
- Bike Portland
- Eater: PDX
- Portland Food and Drink
- Mr. Movie
- Sunday Softball
- BlueOregon
- Sightline Institute
- Ultra: Arts Portland
- Bitch Magazine
- Blazer's Edge
- Reading Local: Portland
- Portland Food Carts
- Stumptown Vegans
Our Enemies
About Portland Mercury
RSSGoing to Seattle?
