This post is for the out-of-towners since everyone living here has probably heard about this already. Staffers from the Mercury, the Oregonian and Willamette Week all tried to outdo one another by buying drinks for the Decemberists at a "secret" show last night at Acme, a club in SE. By the end of the set the band was so drunk they descended into a "woozy" 30-minute cover of Jefferson Airplane's "Wooden Ships."

Click here for the write-up on the Mercury's blog and here for WW's review.