So much for all of that twaddle about voters wanting “change”. So much for the "Top Two" primary system eroding the power of party elites.
Because almost every single incumbent candidate running for office “won” their primary race, garnering more votes than... More >>
-- Beloved Local Guitarist Joe Shikany Dies in Tragic Accident
-- Preliminary REVERBfest Line-Up Announced
-- Perhaps we were too hard on Tom Cruise.
-- The restaurant gods throw Bellevue a bone. (Bremerton still waiting.)... More >>
This has nothing to do with local sports and everything to do with my general disdain for Tom Crean's perma-bronzed forehead, but $23.6 million over 10 years for the new Indiana University coach? Is he really worthy of being the state's highest-paid employee, ten times over? Here's hoping that a similar fate befalls the Hoosiers and Crean as bef... More >>
Despite some close calls that saw opposing teams coming within 25 points, the “Redeem Team” is still plugging along at the Olympics, winning oh-so-close games.
USA! USA! USA!
After watching Michael Phelps (and friends) come from behind, time an... More >>
The in-package hot links. Media: Jaime Swindle
Sausage: Hot Links
Butcher: Jensen’s Old Fashioned Smokehouse, 10520 Greenwood Ave. N., 364-5569, GREENWOOD. Known mostly for their bacon, jerky and smoked fish, Jensen’s also carries an excellent array of sausages from ... More >>
From Saturday Night on the Ave: A Teen's Tale: Drizzunk. I found Patrick across the street from A-Pizza Mart, who had just finished his 21st drink on his 21st birthday and promptly walked out to let fly. To his friends, me, and anyone else, "I'm going to fuck your mom in the ass!... More >>
Radiohead plays Auburn's White River Amphitheater on Wednesday, Aug. 20.
I want to say three things about Radiohead. But, I only have time for two. So, here goes.
1. Radiohead played Bremerton (EndFest) in August, 1997, alongside Matchbox 20 (yes,... More >>
Considering the title of this post, you probably thought I was gonna write about Ice Cube's Raw Footage, didn't you? Nah...I'm talking about real raw. Light In the Attic, a label truly on a roll this summer after releasing the Greatest Album By A Lo... More >>
Was it mean to reference Tom Cruise, and run his photo, in a news story last week about local Scientology real estate purchases and Seattle demonstrators against the church? Maybe. But then we saw Tropic Thunder and are feeling slightly remorseful. Sure, Scientology can be wacky with its sci-fi theology and ... More >>
Readers of a certain age may recall that infamous (and later discredited) fake statistic that women over 40 were more likely to be struck by lightning than get married. Leave it to the U.S. Census to dredge up new and depressing demographic information.... More >>
Hal Ashby Retrospective
Concluding this series is the political satire Being There (1979), based on the Jerzy Kosinski... More>> Northwest Film Forum,
Wed., August 20, 7:00pmWed., August 20, 9:30pm,
$5-$8.50
Ice Cube
Okay Cube, here's the deal. You are a LEGEND with a capital L. There's no denying that. But... More>> Showbox at the Market,
Thu., August 21, 8:00pm,
$35 adv, $40 dos
Rosanna Olson
A haunting image in This is Who I Am: Our Beauty in All Our Shapes and Sizes (Artisan, $25.95)... More>> Queen Anne Books,
Thu., August 21, 6:00pm,
Three best things to do in Seattle on Saturday, August 23
Blackalicious
If Gift of Gab and Chief Xcel are worried about what the hip-hop world thinks of their group... More>> Marymoor Park,
Sat., August 23, 4:30pm,
Three best things to do in Seattle on Sunday, August 24
Arts in Nature Festival
Are they tree-huggers? Granola eaters? Flower children? No, the more than 100 artists performing... More>> Camp Long,
Sun., August 24, 11:00am,
The Drones
With their hearty punk-blues and dirty garage-rock, and an occasional taste for epic, sun-baked... More>> Tractor Tavern,
Sun., August 24, 9:00pm,
$8
“You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello”
Seattle has a muscular, well-known crop of male rock photographers, but when our Hannah Levin... More>> Tigertail,
Daily from Wed., August 13 until Sat., September 20,
“You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello”
Seattle has a muscular, well-known crop of male rock photographers, but when our Hannah Levin... More>> Tigertail,
Daily from Wed., August 13 until Sat., September 20,
Ice Cube
Okay Cube, here's the deal. You are a LEGEND with a capital L. There's no denying that. But... More >> Showbox at the Market,
Thu., August 21, 8:00pm,
$35 adv, $40 dos
The Drones
With their hearty punk-blues and dirty garage-rock, and an occasional taste for epic, sun-baked... More >> Tractor Tavern,
Sun., August 24, 9:00pm,
$8
