Email Author Brian Miller

Awards

• 2008 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published November 7, 2007

  "Fantasy Island"

• 2008 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published December 19, 2007

  "The SW Treatment"

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2012 Stories by Brian Miller

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  FEATURED STORY

  SpokAnarchy!: Aging Punk Rockers Recall the '80s!

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​Opening tomorrow at the Grand Illusion, the new documentary SpokAnarchy! makes us want to add an exclamation mark to every sentence we write! Like this! Or maybe that's just the way punk rocker More >>

• SpokAnarchy!: Aging Punk Rockers Remember the '80s

  published February 8, 2012

  Aging punks were the recent subject of The Other F-Word (i.e. fatherhood), and aging punks are again the subject of this nostalgic... More >>

• Where to Drink at the Movies

  published February 8, 2012

  The Big Picture This comfy basement space beneath El Gaucho, with plush seating and several lounge areas, generally books... More >>

• Good Buzz

  published February 8, 2012

  The movies are full of cautionary tales about drinking. From The Lost Weekend to Leaving Las Vegas to Young Adult,... More >>

• The Nine Muses: Snow, More Snow, and English Immigration Woes

  published February 1, 2012

  Richard Burton lives! An arthouse mashup of The Odyssey and England's colonial immigration wave following World War II, The Nine... More >>

• A Cheap, Celtic Date With Glenn Close

  published Jan 27, 2012

  ​The Dinner: Split-pea soup, at the Owl & Thistle (808 Post Alley). The Movie: Albert Nobbs, at the Harvard Exit (807 E. Roy St.) The Screenplate: 1890s Dublin is the setting for Glenn Close's More >>

• The Fussy Eye: Nuclear Family

  published January 25, 2012

  Not many murals outlast the buildings on which they were once mounted, and fewer still can survive more than one move. The old City Light... More >>

• How the Fire Fell: A Jesus Cult in Oregon

  published January 25, 2012

  "Inspired by true events" in the early 1900s, as this somber Portland indie declares, How the Fire Fell begins with an itinerant... More >>

• Man on a Ledge: Just Jump Already!

  published January 25, 2012

  The hero of this red-herring heist flick draws two reactions from the throng beneath his 21st-floor perch on a Manhattan hotel. The first is... More >>

• The Grey: Liam Neeson Versus the Wolves

  published January 25, 2012

  I was told there would be more wolf-punching. If you crash Liam Neeson and six disposable buddies in the frozen Alaskan wilderness, there is... More >>

• The Fussy Eye: Implied Visage

  published January 18, 2012

  There are a number of busts and portraits in the group show waggishly called Give Me Head, but my favorite wouldn't... More >>

• Spinning the Oldies

  published January 18, 2012

  There are many good intentions to The Listening Room, perhaps 2,000 of them—the approximate number of albums... More >>

• Miss Representation: The Mass Media Objectify Women--What Else Is New?

  published January 18, 2012

  If you have a 13-year-old daughter who's hitherto been raised a) as a fundamentalist Christian, b) as a staunch Republican, or c) on a diet of... More >>

• Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos: Saving a Nation From a Trash-Filled Canyon

  published January 18, 2012

  Winner of the award for Wordiest Title of the Month, this Japanese anime also features a very long and confusing plot, extracted from... More >>

• Littlerock: Mumblecore in the Desert

  published January 11, 2012

  Two young Japanese tourists get stranded in a sunbaked hamlet far north of L.A. Their destination? Manzanar. So you know from the outset where... More >>

• How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?: The British Starchitect Follows the Money

  published January 11, 2012

  In this country, British modernist "starchitect" Norman Foster is perhaps best known for the Hearst headquarters in New York, with its huge... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Robert Downey Jr. Sees Every Detail in My Fish & Chips

  published Dec 16, 2011

  ​The Dinner: Fish & Chips, at Red Robin (Pier 55). The Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, at Pacific Place (600 Pine St.). The Screenplate: The Sherlock Holmes detective stories are an More >>

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  George Clooney's Sunny Grief Odyssey Includes Dinner in Wallingford

  published Nov 25, 2011

  ​The Dinner: Mahi Mahi, at Hawaiian Breeze (1719 N. 45th St.). The Movie: The Descendants, at Guild 45th (2115 N. 45th St.) The Screenplate: The holy grail of this Dinner & a Movie column is t More >>

• From Seattle Weekly to Texas in the '80s

  published Oct 28, 2011

  ​Back in the day, Domingo Martinez was a funny, witty colleague at Seattle Weekly, but one who didn't actually write for the paper. Instead, he worked in the production department, designing ads More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Johnny Depp Drinks With the Ghost of Hunter S. Thompson

  published Oct 28, 2011

  ​The Dinner: Pechugas de Pollo, at La Isla (2320 N.W. Market St.). The Movie: The Rum Diary, at SIFF Cinema at the Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave. N.). The Screenplate: Is it possible to have a ma More >>

• Mayor McGinn Stars, Sort of, at SIFF's Uptown Reopening

  published Oct 21, 2011

  ​Standing outside the ticket booth, flanked by balloons, Mayor Mike McGinn was one of the demi-celebrities attending SIFF's gala reopening of the Uptown last night. SIFF even rented klieg lights More >>

• George Clooney for Presidentr Sure, He's Got My Vote

  published Oct 07, 2011

  ​The Dinner: Chicken Teriyaki, at Kyoto Sushi & Teriyaki (4743 Brooklyn Ave. N.E.). The Movie: The Ides of March, at Seven Gables (911 N.E. 50th St.). The Screenplate: In movies, politics, and More >>

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  I'll Order the Ryan Gosling to Go, Please

  published Sep 16, 2011

  ​The Dinner: Collins Burger, at Collins Pub (526 Second Ave.). The Movie: Drive, at Meridian (1501 Seventh Ave.). The Screenplate: The most appropriate culinary pairing with Drive, about a lac More >>

• Bumbershoot Video Arts: An Expedition in Need of a Map

  published Sep 05, 2011

  ​New York artist Leslie Lyons' Expedition sounded like fun at Bumbershoot, until I actually saw it. Bumbergoers are asked to sit for short video portraits/testimonials/stories of about a minute More >>

• Bumbershoot Visual Arts: The Triumph of Crowd-Sourcing

  published Sep 04, 2011

  ​The lines aren't long at the Seattle Center Pavilion--in fact, there aren't any lines at all--to see the festival's visual-arts offerings. After two days, what's working and what isn'tr Simply More >>