Email Author Karla Starr

Awards

• 2008 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published July 11, 2007

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2007 Stories by Karla Starr

• Do We Really Need “Greatest Hits” Records Anymore?

  published December 12, 2007

  "Best of" albums often have the slimy, vapid feel of old guys trying to hang on to their scraps of relevance. As an artist,... More >>

• The Most Serene Republic

  published November 28, 2007

  TMSR were the first band on the Arts & Crafts label—and quite possibly the first band in Canada—not related to Broken Social Scene, but... More >>

• Iron & Wine

  published November 28, 2007

  Sam Beam, who makes music under the hard and drunken moniker "Iron & Wine," has a wife, a few kids, and a little plot of land outside of Austin,... More >>

• Juliette and the Licks Suck

  published November 21, 2007

  Juliette Lewis has touched Brad Pitt's penis. For most women, it would be enough to simply star in a few motion... More >>

• Nick Jaina

  published November 21, 2007

  Pitchfork, please shut up about Portland. Yes, they have good music. And Nick Jaina seems to have a lock on P-Town’s vagabonds, an... More >>

• Gaming

  published August 22, 2007

  Unless you're into the whole skin-cancer and premature-aging bit [not that that’s a problem this year—ed.], summer is best... More >>

• When Did Used Books Become Contraband?

  published August 15, 2007

  Earlier this year, Carla McLean, a librarian and volunteer for the organization Books to Prisoners (the group's function is... More >>

• Adventures in Nepal

  published August 8, 2007

  Are you wearing your adventure hat? No? That’s because adventure hats are lame. If you want some adventure in your life, it’s going to... More >>

• Gill Landry

  published August 8, 2007

  God made a good decision in putting Gill Landry in the wrong decade. After all, how many men nowadays can pull off black-and-white photos posing... More >>

• The Basics of Nicole Willis' Neo-Soul Strut

  published August 1, 2007

  It's impossible to listen to Keep Reachin' Up by Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators without wanting to move in the kind... More >>

• Tiny Vipers Doesn't Cling to the Present Moment

  published July 25, 2007

  If musicians in person are their CDs incarnate, what would it be like to meet Hands Across the Void? You'd think from the... More >>

• How Karaoke Led to Larry Winkler’s Redemption, and Saved White Center’s Jubilee Days

  published July 18, 2007

  I reached up for the stars and had all of this stardust fall on me. It's fate, is what it is. True fate is what... More >>

• Testing Video Games Can't Possibly Be Harder Than an Afternoon With Xbox, Right?

  published July 11, 2007

  "Hard lock!" Twenty-five-year-old Adam Theuret hears the call and comes running. Another Xbox 360 has just crashed. A new... More >>

• The Shaky Hands Nurse Multiple Hangovers, Shun Cell Phones, and Roll Their Own Smokes

  published July 4, 2007

  The average member of Portland's the Shaky Hands is 26.2 years old, has been playing music for 13.4 years, grew up in California's... More >>

• Family Man Rocky Votolato's Got Reason to Brag & Cuss

  published June 20, 2007

  Although it's only a quarter to 1 in the afternoon, the thunk of bowling balls and the pleasing crash of pins is already reverberating in White... More >>

• Popcorn, Butter, and a Good Look at Feces

  published June 20, 2007

  At 8 a.m. on Saturday morning, Hannah Lidman and Beau Robinson, a Realtor at the Landmark Group, are clutching coffee cups and standing... More >>

• Memoirist Teaches Writers to Uncover Their Own Personal Story Arc

  published June 13, 2007

  Theo Pauline Nestor had a problem—or rather, two of them. First, in 2003, her 11-year marriage "ended pretty much overnight."... More >>

• Sun-Phobic's Summer

  published June 6, 2007

  Unless you're into the whole skin-cancer and premature-aging bit, summer is best enjoyed inside, with a Netflix account and an Internet... More >>

• The Life and Times of Yva Las Vegass: Seattle Musician Gives Success the Middle Finger

  published May 23, 2007

  Thirteen years ago, former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic's wife threw him a surprise birthday party. For entertainment, she hired Yva... More >>

• Romance Writers Find Power in Numbers

  published May 16, 2007

  The Web site of the Greater Seattle Romance Writers of America says it all: "As a writer, monthly meetings are the best way to pump yourself... More >>

• Bylaws and Ass-Kicking

  published May 2, 2007

  What's a 6-foot-tall, half-Norwegian, lesbian self-defense expert to do after losing her lover? If she's Aud Torvingen, the answer is... More >>

• Navel-Gazing Lit: Not Just Online Anymore

  published April 25, 2007

  According to the results of a groundbreaking study (actually, a phone survey) last year by the Pew Internet & American Life... More >>

• Iggy, the Stooges, and a Shit-Shoveling Dilemma

  published April 25, 2007

  Ron Asheton will tell you he hasn't changed much since writing classic albums like Fun House and spending... More >>

• Spencer Krug of Sunset Rubdown Reminds Us That Even Wolves are Afraid of Snakes

  published April 18, 2007

  Spencer Krug is the peer of Danny Elfman, Tim Burton, and Roald Dahl just as much as he is a Bowie man. "I'll... More >>

• A Women's Travel Guide by the Cheerleader for the Cause

  published April 11, 2007

  For those of us who like to think of life as one long vacation periodically interrupted by work, the idea of travel writing seems... More >>