Email Author Richard A. Martin

2001 Stories by Richard A. Martin

• World Series or bust?

  published October 10, 2001

  THE NATIONAL MEDIA isn't expecting much from the Mariners. ESPN.com's analysts granted the M's a first-round win against the Indians but... More >>

• The idea of terror

  published September 19, 2001

  FEAR SPREAD THROUGH the streets of central Paris. It was 1986, and the group that gathered near the noble Arc de Triomphe stood silently... More >>

• Sneak attack

  published July 25, 2001

  LIKE EVERYONE ELSE in town, I've got the M's on TV in the other room, and I'm feeling strangely tempted to put down what I'm doing and... More >>

• High infidelity

  published July 11, 2001

  HOW TO BE GOOD by Nick Hornby (Riverhead Books, $23.95) Elliott Bay Book Co., 101 S. Main, 624-6600 7:30 p.m. Mon.,... More >>

• The baseball circus

  published July 11, 2001

  I'LL ASSUME THAT nothing went horribly wrong at Tuesday's All-Star Game (it was played after press time) and say this: Seattle... More >>

• Spilled history

  published June 27, 2001

  BUILT TO SPILL Showbox, 628-3151, $15 adv. 6 p.m. Thu., June 28 (all ages) 8 p.m.... More >>

• The New New Economy?

  published June 27, 2001

  Everybody knows somebody who was laid off from a dot-com recently, but does this mean that Seattle's heralded place in the New Economy has... More >>

• Revisionist reggae?

  published June 13, 2001

  ISLAND REVOLUTION: JAMAICAN RHYTHM FROM SKA TO REGGAE, 1951-1981 Experience Music... More >>

• Crocodile Rocks

  published May 9, 2001

  It's Thursday around midnight in Belltown. At this hour, most of the faintly lit streets acquiesce to the night. A few pedestrians... More >>

• Emperor's new clothes?

  published May 2, 2001

  LIVING COLOUR Showbox, 628-3151, $20 adv. 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 8 More >>

• News Clips— Curse of the ancient mariner?

  published May 2, 2001

  BASEBALL IS A GAME of statistics: winning percentages, batting averages, pitching records, and the like. Excepting all those residents... More >>

• 21 Bestselling records by Seattle artists

  published May 2, 2001

  Seattle will forever be remembered in the annals of rock history as the city that launched the alternative rock movement. But analysis of sales... More >>

• ChatRoom

  published April 18, 2001

  Napster is on the ropes. Content companies such as MTV Interactive and even B2B stars like Seattle's Loudeye Technologies downsize frantically.... More >>

• Geek Box

  published April 18, 2001

  With Napster in legal turmoil, computer-bound music listeners are searching for increased access to favorite songs without having to pay.... More >>

• Welcome back, A-Rod

  published April 18, 2001

  IN BASEBALL, AS IN LOVE, it's usually best to avoid seeing each other for a while after a breakup. When Alex Rodriguez signed a 10-year,... More >>

• Encyclopaedia of Evil

  published April 11, 2001

  HIRING FREEZE A term used to inform employees in a roundabout way that they are trapped, and that if anyone escapes, everyone... More >>

• ChatRoom

  published April 4, 2001

  Baseball season begins this week, and with it comes news that fans will now have to pay to listen to games on the Internet. RealNetworks and... More >>

• New experience

  published April 4, 2001

  AT 9:37 MONDAY MORNING, just a few hours after going on the air for the first time as a DJ for KEXP, morning show host John Richards... More >>

• News Clips— Open for business

  published April 4, 2001

  UP CLOSE, MARINERS SKIPPER Lou Piniella looks as intimidating as a bartender in the scariest dive in town. On the field a few hours... More >>

• The Browser

  published March 21, 2001

  The Internet and television are looking more and more redundant, which is why it's not surprising that a slew of companies seek to consolidate... More >>

• Outback survivor

  published March 21, 2001

  ON PAPER, KASEY Chambers has ideal qualifications to become a huge country star. She's from a working-class, even backwoods, family. She... More >>

• SMAT

  published March 14, 2001

  This test mainly covers the mid 1980s to the present. It is divided into seven sections, consisting of multiple choice, true and false, and... More >>

• SMAT Answers

  published March 14, 2001

  Answers to seattle Music Aptitude Test: SECTION ONE—Multiple Choice 1. B, 2. C, 3. C, 4. C, 5. D, 6. C, 7. D,... More >>

• Nightclub shakeout

  published March 7, 2001

  DOES ANYONE OUT there know of two 500- capacity nightclubs available for immediate occupancy? That's the question owners and employees... More >>

• The Browser— I'm not a joiner

  published February 28, 2001

  Is it just me, or does anyone else think that the digital music industry's business plan du jour won't work? Subscription model? How is that... More >>