Welcome to another episode of the Savage Love podcast—your one-stop for all the gritty, skanky sex column advice you could ever want. Today’s featured tidbit: A tale of two closet cases.

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This week on 3-Minute Limit, host Lance Chess is joined by special co-host James Deely. Together, the duo kick off a new series that showcases a variety of metal genres. Today, hear songs from Venom, Exodus, Municipal Waste, plus many, many more!

In an effort to stop the plague of literacy sweeping across the nation, we bring you Easier Than Reading, a musical podcast dedicated to the bands we cover in each week’s print issue of the Mercury. Hosted by professional mumbler, and music editor, Ezra Ace Caraeff, this week: Songs by Air, Sunset Rubdown, Lifesavas and more!

This week debuts our newest, ass-shakin’ podcast, SO HOT RIGHT NOW! Every Wednesday, Mercury staffer Mike Williams drops his favorite new house, rap, and underground tracks, and brings you exclusive sets from world-renowned and local DJs. To kick things off, he gets you warmed up for the Klaxons show next week, and gets you hip to Austin’s Bird Peterson. Bird is one of the most prolific producers/remixers in the game, and he was gracious enough to drop an exclusive mix for this week’s SO HOT RIGHT NOW!

Check out Bird’s myspace page for additional songs and a link to buy his shit-hot album, Hot Noise.

Tracklisting for today’s episode of SO HOT RIGHT NOW can be found after the jump!

Bird Peterson - Portland Mixdown
DJ Technics - You Deserve
Speaker Junk - Say What
Emynd & Bo Bliz - Philly Club Anthem
Plump DJs - The Fever
Wes Fif - Haterz Everywhere
Izit - Heavy What (Your Version)
Future Sound Of London - We Have Explosive (Megatron Remix)
Super Collider - Darn (Cold Way O Lovin) (Harvey's Sudden Impact Dub)
Klanguage - All This Time
Akron/Family - Blessing Force (Bird Peterson Remix)
Wale - Freaks (Bird Peterson Remix)
Q Tip - Let's Ride
Justin Timberlake - SLSTM

In this episode of The Rock Report, Christine S. Blystone interviews local band the High Violets. Listen is as they talk about their upcoming tour, favorite memories of past tours, what they do around Portland, and much more.

While Magenta primes for her chance to win a trip to Cabo, the duo debate their favorite candy bar. Matt names his “newcomer of the year” in the fast food market, and they find out they are big in Canada! Music by Joan Jett, Desmond Dekker, Pulp, and more! Welcome to episode 14 of Pure Pod for Now People!