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6:00 am
May. 16, 2012
Ezell Stephens Brings His Fried Chicken to South Seattle
By Hanna Raskin
Whatever you do today, do not go to Heaven Sent in Rainier Valley. The newest branch of Ezell Stephens' fried chicken mini-chain doesn't open until Friday. "Lord, they've been pulling on the doo... More >>

The Daily Weekly

5:00 am
May. 16, 2012
Comment of the Day: Break Out the Candles and Herbal Tea
By Matt Driscoll
Continuing on a theme struck with last week's cover story, Seattle Weekly's Nina Shapiro posted to Daily Weekly yesterday about the Foreclosure Fairness Act, a bill passed last year by the legisla... More >>

SIFF Guide 2012

12:00 am
May. 16, 2012
SIFF: Innocence and Experience
By Brian Miller
You'll find two main varieties of SIFFgoers at the Seattle International Film Festival, now in its 38th year. First are the savvy veterans, passes... More >>

Arts

12:00 am
May. 16, 2012
The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events
By Seattle Weekly Critics
THURSDAY 5/17 Stage: Talking It All In Former Seattleite Lauren Weedman's comic prowess continues to turn heads in Hollywood. In addition to... More >>

SIFF Guide 2012

12:00 am
May. 16, 2012
SIFF: Rick Stevenson's 10-Year Documentary
By Sean Axmaker
If the documentary The 5,000 Days Project: Two Brothers, which follows its subjects over the span of 10 years, makes you think of the British... More >>

Ear Supply

12:00 am
May. 16, 2012
Dance and Desire
By Gavin Borchert
If I didn't know "Down the Street" was by Eric Banks and had to guess the composer, I might say it sounds something like a French Steve Reich: a... More >>

SIFF Guide 2012

12:00 am
May. 16, 2012
SIFF: Week 1 Picks & Pans
By Seattle Weekly Critics
THURSDAY, MAY 17 [PICK] Your Sister's Sister/7 p.m., McCaw Hall For decades, it seems, Seattle's tiny film community has been waiting for The Next... More >>

Food

12:00 am
May. 16, 2012
Randy Santel: Show-Me Steak
By Hanna Raskin
Assessing what remains of Randy Santel's steak, reduced from a 72-ounce slab to a collection of square-inch bites, Wedgwood Broiler manager Mike... More >>

Reverb

3:20 pm
May. 15, 2012
Brite Futures (Formerly Natalie Portman's Shaved Head) No Longer Has a Future, Books Final Show at Vera Project
By Chris Kornelis
Brite Futures (Formerly Natalie Portman's Shaved Head) is saying goodbye. The local electro-pop band that formed in high school, signed a major label deal, didn't release a major label record, an... More >>

The Daily Weekly

12:44 pm
May. 15, 2012
On Trial: Five Other Things John Edwards Was Completely Unaware of
By Matt Driscoll
Those following national headlines are well aware that former Democratic Presidential candidate and all-around swell guy John Edwards is on trial in North Carolina, accused of violating campaign ... More >>

Voracious

12:00 pm
May. 15, 2012
From the Pho File: Pho Shizzle
By Hanna Raskin
Where there is pho, there are puns. In King County, which our Pho Filers are busily canvassing, there's a Just Pho You, a Jenny Pho, a Pho King and a trio of What the Phos. But the best local ph... More >>

Reverb

11:52 am
May. 15, 2012
Checking Back: New Music From The Writers Block And Afrocop Camps
By Todd Hamm
In which we check back with a couple of stars from Weeklys past: Tacoma's hit-making ghosts, The Writers Block; and Noel Brass, Jr. of Afrocop. Since gracing our cover (with Nicki), Tacoma's The... More >>

Reverb

11:39 am
May. 15, 2012
St. Paul de Vence's Folk Music for Old People
By Chris Kornelis
By Rachel Belle Last summer I interviewed my grandma, to record all her stories ("I was married in a jail!") before it was too late. She talked a blue streak, in the thick Brooklyn accent I've l... More >>

The Daily Weekly

11:26 am
May. 15, 2012
Man Bitten by Snake at Wal-Mart was Shopping for Mulch to Grow Medical Marijuana
By Matt Driscoll
Surely you'll recall the story of Mica Craig, the man who had his hand mangled by a rattlesnake while shopping in the outdoor gardening section of a Wal-Mart in Clarkston, Wash. Because this type ... More >>

The Daily Weekly

10:36 am
May. 15, 2012
Postal Workers and Small Post Offices Receive Potentially Good News from USPS
By Matt Driscoll
Postal workers received some long awaited - albeit somewhat noncommittal - good news recently as news began to circulate that the U.S. Postal Service appears to be stepping back from its plan to s... More >>

Voracious

10:00 am
May. 15, 2012
MMM, It's Marijuana Mississippi Mudcake
By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~
Mississippi mudcake -- a heavenly combination of chocolate, pecans, and gooey marshmallows -- is plenty decadent as is. Medicate the stuff with marijuana, and you've got a delicious, high carb way... More >>

The Daily Weekly

9:13 am
May. 15, 2012
McGinn's $41 Million Figure for SPD Reforms Questioned by DOJ and Tim Burgess
By Matt Driscoll
As was mentioned on Daily Weekly, yesterday Mike McGinn went on KUOW to say the reforms demanded by the U.S. Justice Department as a result of the federal agency's determination that the Seattle P... More >>

The Daily Weekly

9:00 am
May. 15, 2012
Was Stanley Ann Dunham, the President's Mother, Named for Bette Davis Character?
By Rick Anderson
History has now recorded a second version of how Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, got her first name. Though Dunham told her Mercer Island High School classmates and others it was becau... More >>

Voracious

8:00 am
May. 15, 2012
Snout and Co. Is a Cuban Thunderdome
By Roll With Jen
The Truck: Snout and Co., with various stops on the West side. Locations listed on their website. The Fare: Cuban with a South Carolina flare. The Stop: You will most likely see a long queue... More >>

Reverb

7:00 am
May. 15, 2012
Rap and Tap: Jarv Dee Lives With a Tribe and Danced with Gregory Hines
By Erin Thompson
The situation I'm at Moe Bar on a recent Monday night, sitting across from local hip-hop artist Jarv Dee, 27, and his glass of Hennessy. He wears a flat-bill cap and, on his left hand, an enormou... More >>

Voracious

7:00 am
May. 15, 2012
Little Uncle's Wiley Frank and Poncharee Kounpungchart Put the Family in Take-Out
By Tiffany Ran
Little Uncle took on many forms before it became the Thai take-out restaurant in Capitol Hill. Its chef and co-owner, Wiley Frank (formerly of Licorous, Lark, and other restaurants around town),... More >>

Voracious

6:00 am
May. 15, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes: Lasagna at Cuoco
By Hanna Raskin
This week, in celebration of the James Beard Foundation finally honoring Tom Douglas as the nation's most outstanding restaurateur, we're working our way through the Douglas portion of our favori... More >>

Reverb

5:00 am
May. 15, 2012
If You Like Zoe Muth, Check Out Joy Mills' Trick of the Eye
By Gwendolyn Elliott
Joy Mills Trick of the Eye Out now, joymills.com Springing from her Americana side projects Risky Liver and The Starlings--along with a gig singing back-up vocals on Zoe Muth's Starlight Hotel... More >>

Voracious

5:00 am
May. 15, 2012
Li'l Woody's to Serve Free Burgers
By Erika Hobart
In honor of National Burger Day, Li'l Woody's on Capitol Hill will serve free burgers (see right) from 2 to 5 p.m. on Monday, May 28. But if you want a side of the neighborhood's finest "crack" to... More >>

Reverb

2:53 pm
May. 14, 2012
Josh Tillman Has Spent 19 (No, There's #20 ... and #21) Tweets Whining That Pitchfork Doesn't Love Father John Misty Enough
By Chris Kornelis
Um, looks like that Canadian shaman is over-feeding J.T. again. After Pitchfork posted a mostly-positive review of Tillman's new album, Fear Fun, under the Father John Misty moniker, the Sub Pop a... More >>

Reverb

12:02 pm
May. 14, 2012
Photo & Perspective: Magik*Magik Breathes New Life Into Death Cab's Songs and Fans at the Paramount
By Chris Kornelis
This post is part of a series in which longtime Seattle music photographer Laura Duffy provides her thoughts on what it was like to be at and shoot shows. By Laura Duffy There's this contingen... More >>

Reverb

9:45 am
May. 14, 2012
UK Dark Ambient Duo Demdike Stare Turn Space Into Noise at Psychic Circle
By Eric Grandy
Demdike Stare Saturday, May 12th, 2012 Black Lodge On record, the defining feature of British experimental electronics duo Demdike Stare is absence--or space. Occasionally, a beat will clatter ar... More >>

Reverb

7:38 am
May. 14, 2012
John Roderick and Sean Nelson Shine Brightest in Seattle Rock Orchestra's First All-Beatles Tribute
By Dave Lake
Seattle Rock Orchestra Performs The Beatles Saturday, May 12 The Moore Let me start by saying that if you haven't seen the Seattle Rock Orchestra perform, you really should. It's a unique projec... More >>
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By Rick Anderson

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Tales from the Housing Bust Tales from the Housing Bust
By Nina Shapiro

In 2008, "Jane," an engineer living in an apartment on Beacon Hill, saw her rent go up to $1,200 a month. While only 24, she thought she might as well… More >>

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By Matt Driscoll

Seattle's new supervillain goes by the name of Rex Velvet, and he's chosen the polarizing man-in-rubber, Phoenix Jones, as the primary target of his fictionally villainous efforts. Judging by Velvet's… More >>

The Border Patrol's Language Barrier
By Nina Shapiro

Less than a week after the Border Patrol was hit with a class-action lawsuit, the agency is facing a new challenge. Last week, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project filed a… More >>

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By Keegan Hamilton

After she was declared mentally incompetent in Washington, an elderly Bellevue woman and her ex-husband accused of abandoning a herd of valuable show horses last winter had dozens of animal-neglect… More >>

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By Caleb Hannan

To the long list of sounds associated with the first pitch of a baseball game on a beautiful spring day—birds chirping, fans murmuring, the distinct "pop" of a catcher's mitt—add… More >>

Washington Bullets
By Rick Anderson

Kevin Fernandes is remembered as a loving father to his young daughter. Josh Henderson was said to be a good man to his family. But both are dead because they… More >>

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In 2007, having served with distinction during two deployments to Iraq and one to Afghanistan, U.S. Air Force firefighter John Brownfield Jr. took a job as a correctional officer at… More >>


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