Psst! Nigel!

[East Coast Hustle]

Best Mercury comments thread maybe ever. In fact, this one is just as good (in a different way) as the anarchist band names thread on Blogtown.

http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/the-pickup-artist/Content?oid=3719847

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

OH CHRIST

[Suu]

This paper looks like the Boston and Providence Phoenix.  

PLEASE tell there there's a whole insert with ads for brothels, spas, and she-males.

[East Coast Hustle]

Oh totally. Most of the alternative weeklies are owned by one of two companies, so they tend to all look pretty much the same with the only notable difference being the quality of the feature writing, an area in which the Mercury is so abjectly awful that it's actually fun to read for the sheer terribleness of it.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh totally. Most of the alternative weeklies are owned by one of two companies, so they tend to all look pretty much the same with the only notable difference being the quality of the feature writing, an area in which the Mercury is so abjectly awful that it's actually fun to read for the sheer terribleness of it.

One of the reasons the writing is so awful is that they will do ANYTHING to avoid paying for it, and there are enough mediocre wanna-be writers desperate just for publication credit that they rarely have to.

And you get what you pay for.

[East Coast Hustle]

That, and the management team is all the people who weren't good enough for The Stranger.

I'll let THAT sink in for a minute.

[Jasper]

I clean at the Mercury.  The place has this vibe of desperate coolness.  As if a dozen or so english majors have been trying to stay on the cutting edge of cool for far too long for anyone's good.

[East Coast Hustle]

I clean at the Mercury. 

wait, WHAT?



Oh, we've got plans for you.

[Jasper]

I'm open to suggestions, but I won't do anything I could get caught for unless you've got a replacement job lined up. 

[East Coast Hustle]

nah, I was thinking more of "leave the odd poster or piece of literature laying around" than anything you'd get in trouble for.

[Jasper]

Done.  In fact I can't think of why I haven't already.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

That, and the management team is all the people who weren't good enough for The Stranger.

I'll let THAT sink in for a minute.

[Laughin Jude]

I read this article while I was having my morning smoke today, too. I'll be damned.

My site promises to help men become more attractive to women.

Understand?

The techniques are universal, son.

Hoo boy. I'm guessing this guy has a popped collar and spiked hair, right?