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21. CD-R Go!

    A Crush on Us

    Dana Bos

    Published: May 18, 2005

    The Conversation Heart, "Candy Bitches" (self-released). Tullycraft, "Molly's Got a Crush on Us" (Magic Marker). The Catch, "All About Me" (Made in Mexico). Kuma, "Every Girl"...

22. Search & Distill

    Mojitos

    Liza B. Zimmerman

    Published: May 18, 2005

    Why has the drink made popular by Hemingway become a saccharine repository for sodden mint leaves in Seattle? The mojito recipe of cocktail guru Dale DeGroff, formerly of New...

23. New on DVD

    License to Drive

    Anchor Bay Entertainment, $19.98.

    Steve Wiecking

    Published: May 18, 2005

    What a wild night it proves to be when young Corey Haim fails his driver's test but decides to take the family Cadillac out on the town anyway! Is it any surprise he brings...

24. Arts

    Personal Space

    Dayna Hanson's Spirit finds a good home at NWFF.

    Sandra Kurtz

    Published: May 18, 2005

    Cultural references are thick on the ground in all of 33 Fainting Spells' shows—the landscape covered in empty Tab cans in 2002's Dirty Work, the faux weightless sandwich...

25. Buzz

    Education, 25 Years Ago, Transportation, Religion, and Media

    Published: May 18, 2005

    Education It was an extraordinary moment. On Tuesday, May 17, a month before the Seattle School District was to settle on a plan to close an enormous deficit, Superintendent...

26. With the Lights Out

    Showbox

    Michaelangelo Matos

    Published: May 18, 2005

    I joked to an older friend that the crowd gathered to see the reunited Gang of Four at the Showbox on Friday, May 6, was the same as had attended the Slint reunion two months...

27. Happy Hour

    Icon Grill

    Bree Coven

    Published: May 18, 2005

    Rediscover the Icon Grill at happy hour for grown-ups, après work Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. and late-night Sunday through Thursday from 10 to 11 p.m....

28. SIFF Guide 2005

    Eating the Elephant

    If SIFF refuses to get any smaller (and maybe we should just grudgingly admire that), then we'll have to take smaller bites.

    Brian Miller

    Published: May 18, 2005

    Cancel your plans for the next 25 days. That's the implicit message—threat?—from SIFF, which basically wants to monopolize your life for the price of one of those...

29. Arts

    Put on Your Hard Hat

    While construction projects proceed, Seattle Art Museum suffers double trouble.

    Andrew Engelson

    Published: May 18, 2005

    For the folks at the Seattle Art Museum, last Wednesday was one of those days when you want to go home and crawl back under the covers. First, SAM announced that deputy...

30. Letters to the Editor

    The Wild, Wild West

    Published: May 18, 2005

    Coals for Jim West Seattle Weekly, along with all the rest of the media, is overlooking the real problem in this case [Mossback, "The Wild, Wild West," May 11]. The Democrats...

31. Club Pick

    Cha-Cha Lounge

    Published: May 18, 2005

    Said the touring musician to the venue host, "So where's the cool place to hang out in this town?" The venue host answered, "Uh, that'd be Cha-Cha Lounge." That little exchange...

32. Breakfast Nook

    Fremont Jai Thai

    Sarah DeWeerdt

    Published: May 18, 2005

    On weekend mornings, the folks at Fremont Jai Thai serve up a breakfast that overlays an authentic Thai kitchen on classic American diner accoutrements, right down to the glass...

33. SIFF Guide 2005

    Filming Behind the Camera

    Never mind what the studios have in store this summer; SIFF shows how Hollywood itself is a rich subject for documentaries.

    By Tim Appelo

    Published: May 18, 2005

    SIFF boasts a bumper crop of documentaries this year, but two in particular caught my eye. Both are portraits of spotlight-averse Hollywood legends depicted by directors far...

34. Books

    This Week's Reads

    Daniel Alarcón, Jack Hamann, Eric Bogosian, and Nicole Krauss.

    By Tim Appelo, Knute Berger, Brian Miller and Mary Park

    Published: May 18, 2005

     War by Candlelight: Stories By Daniel Alarcón (HarperCollins, $23.95) This skyrocketing young writer has been pegged as a Peruvian-American phenomenon, but even...

35. Brain City

    Xenotransplantation

    May 18-24, 2005

    Neal Schindler

    Published: May 18, 2005

    Send listings two weeks in advance to braincity@seattleweekly.com. Peace Corps Event Former volunteers with the nation's largest do-gooder organization talk about their...

36. Countdown

    May 18-24, 2005

    Local top-selling albums.

    Published: May 18, 2005

    Top-Selling Records at Local Record Stores 10. BEN FOLDS Songs for Silverman (Sony) 9. DECEMBERISTS Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars) 8. MIKE DOUGHTY Haughty Melodic (Ato...

37. Food Files

    May 18, 2005

    Published: May 18, 2005

    Advance registration or reservations are recommended for most events. Prices exclude tax and gratuity unless otherwise noted. ON THE PLATE While it lasts In case you missed it:...

38. SIFF Guide 2005

    Focus on the Family

    A SIFF documentary shows how filmmakers are increasingly finding the most compelling subjects under the same roof.

    By Sheila Benson

    Published: May 18, 2005

    Right at the top of SIFF's must-sees this year is Tell Them Who You Are. On the surface, it's a mesmerizing portrait of cameraman/filmmaker/political activist Haskell Wexler as...

39. SW This Week

    Emio Greco | PC

    Also: Demon of the Derby, Mary McAleese, Stephen Malkmus, and Thomas Frank.

    Published: May 18, 2005

    THURSDAY - SUNDAY DANCE EMIO GRECO | PC Rimasto Orfano (Abandoned Orphan) opens with a dancer swaying across the stage, her blond wig and sultry looks making her long gray...

40. Notable Shows

    May 18-24, 2005

    Published: May 18, 2005

    Wednesday, May 18 Autechre Untilted (Warp), this British anti-dance duo's new one, is as tangled and near-unlistenable as anything else they've done, and no, that's not a...