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SIFF: Week 1 Picks & Pans

Dancing and Laughing With Gene Simmons All the Way to South America

I grew up in a really great time for rock and roll. Three-chord songs with a couple mean riffs and rebellious lyrics were the audible backdrop to my formative years. KISS' first live record, Alive! (duh), was an epic collection of riffs and chords that filled in a few questions I had about chicks an ... More >>

11 Things I Learned About Music, Books, and The Twitter In 2011

Sometimes, if you are lucky enough, you are in a place where you can learn from a particular event in your life. Sometimes those lessons are hard-won, or learned at a high expense to your own ego. Those seem to be the best ones for me. Other times, pleasantly surprising things happen when you least ... More >>

Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles: A Guerrilla Art-History Doc

Sometimes, if you are lucky enough, you are in a place where you can learn from a particular event in your life. Sometimes those lessons are hard-won, or learned at a high expense to your own ego. Those seem to be the best ones for me. Other times, pleasantly surprising things happen when you least ... More >>

Malbec Is Like The Gateway Drug Of Red Wines

Ilustration by Andrew Saeger, tHE ARTdept.​Hey fellow lushes! It doesn't seem possible that just 10 years ago, Malbec was just a bit player in the world of wine. It was the second banana grape winemakers loved to blend into Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Kinda like the Jon Cryer to the much mo ... More >>

Indie Anna Jones: If You Can't Find a Job, Make Your Own

A conversation with Dumb Eyes' managing director, Michael Ellsworth.

Why Mimes Are Not the Answer to Seattle's Traffic Woes (No Matter What South America Says)

​In many South American countries, the traffic is horrible. People don't follow speed limits, stop signs are laughed at, and parking tickets are fried into tostada-like lunch items. Enforcing traffic laws in such areas is apparently nearly impossible, so local governments there are now turning ... More >>

A Scarred Helen Mirren and the World's Worst OBGYN Exam

Helen Mirren in something other than a bikini...​The Dinner: three cheese mac, dungeness crab cakes, pan roasted halibut, and a blood and sand at Bookstore Bar (92 Madison St.) The Movie: The Debt, at Regal Meridian 16 (1501 7th Ave) The Screenplate: Has a movie's best scene ever come while ... More >>

Eric Smiley: Seattle's Couch Surfing Ambassador

The city's host with the most on how he got his start in ad hoc hospitality.

Federico Aubele: Beautifully Bohemian

With Berlin 13, Federico Aubele sings with a cross-cultural fusion usually reserved for the culinary world.

Top Five Places to Pretend It's Summer in Seattle

Summer at Fremont Coffee Co.​​Alright, we all know it's August, and that means it's supposed to be sunny. But if you've lived in the Northwest longer than a week, you know that this posting is not as ill-timed as it may sound: it is always wise to have a Plan B on hand, particularly wher ... More >>

Sounders vs. Boca Juniors

Summer at Fremont Coffee Co.​​Alright, we all know it's August, and that means it's supposed to be sunny. But if you've lived in the Northwest longer than a week, you know that this posting is not as ill-timed as it may sound: it is always wise to have a Plan B on hand, particularly wher ... More >>

Duff McKagan: China, Stray Dogs, and Where You Can Find Earth's Most Passionate Rock Fans

Making friends on the road. Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what's circulating through his iPod every Monday.​It seems there are so many things to write about this week that are all rather timely. Instead of picking one topic, then, I am going to give a sho ... More >>

Did Boeing Just Save Mark Sanford's Job?

America's most-fireable man may have just been saved by a bunch of machinists from Washington.​The saga of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has been the political-theater hit of the year. Were it to qualify for nomination, it'd sweep the Tonys. As you may recall, Sanford skipped town for ... More >>

5 Things South Carolina Can Offer Boeing That Washington Can't

Rampant illiteracy means Boeing can save on signage. Finally, South Carolina ignorance pays off!​In the next two weeks, Boeing will make a decision that will have enormous consequences for the future of two different states. Everett, Washington and Charleston, South Carolina are the two finali ... More >>

Decibel Fest Announces Program Details

The Decibel Fest's programmers just announced most of its event information, including the line-up for its five A/V showcases. You can review it all here, complete with links, or skim the breakdown after the jump. Among the DJs/producers I'm excited about seeing/hearing at the fest, which takes plac ... More >>

Francis Ford Coppola Pours Wine Windfall Into Tetro

His name forever associated with the Godfather trilogy, Oscar-winning writer/director Francis Ford Coppola was in town earlier this month for SIFF. There, he was the subject of a festival tribute for his self-produced new indie release, Tetro, which opens this Friday, June 19 at the Harvard Exit. (J ... More >>

PICK Tetro: Francis Ford Coppola’s Imaginary Family History

His name forever associated with the Godfather trilogy, Oscar-winning writer/director Francis Ford Coppola was in town earlier this month for SIFF. There, he was the subject of a festival tribute for his self-produced new indie release, Tetro, which opens this Friday, June 19 at the Harvard Exit. (J ... More >>

Random Thoughts (and Experiences) of 2008

by Duff McKagan   I really don't have a "tidy conclusion of 2008" column anywhere in me. Really, I think I ceaselessly strive for my life to have soft edges as opposed to sharp corners, but it just never works out that way. Instead of actually writing some sort of year-end wrap up, I though ... More >>

Don't Call Me a Rock Star

by Duff McKagan   I really don't have a "tidy conclusion of 2008" column anywhere in me. Really, I think I ceaselessly strive for my life to have soft edges as opposed to sharp corners, but it just never works out that way. Instead of actually writing some sort of year-end wrap up, I though ... More >>

SIFF Pick of the Day: Encarnacion

by Duff McKagan   I really don't have a "tidy conclusion of 2008" column anywhere in me. Really, I think I ceaselessly strive for my life to have soft edges as opposed to sharp corners, but it just never works out that way. Instead of actually writing some sort of year-end wrap up, I though ... More >>

SIFF: Week 3 Picks & Pans

Slovenly gays resist gentrification. Iranian trannies overcome Islamic strictures. Cannibalism in the Andes. The first mumblecore horror film. See our SIFF Guide 2008 for more.

Sbux: Coming to a Study Abroad Near You

Slovenly gays resist gentrification. Iranian trannies overcome Islamic strictures. Cannibalism in the Andes. The first mumblecore horror film. See our SIFF Guide 2008 for more.

Karla Starr Cracks the LA Times

Slovenly gays resist gentrification. Iranian trannies overcome Islamic strictures. Cannibalism in the Andes. The first mumblecore horror film. See our SIFF Guide 2008 for more.

U2 3D: Irish Supergroup Gets Supersized

Slovenly gays resist gentrification. Iranian trannies overcome Islamic strictures. Cannibalism in the Andes. The first mumblecore horror film. See our SIFF Guide 2008 for more.

Foreign moments in music video history

Slovenly gays resist gentrification. Iranian trannies overcome Islamic strictures. Cannibalism in the Andes. The first mumblecore horror film. See our SIFF Guide 2008 for more.

DVDs of the Week

Local faves find their way to disc.

Ana Orselli and Jerry Perez

Best Ice-Cream Innovators

May 17-24, 2006

John Cassavetes, Preston Sturges, Che Guevara, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and more.

Visible Music

Opera, the original multimedia experience, shows new life in Seattle.

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

Also: Beauty Shop, Los Angeles Plays Itself, Lost Embrace, and Steamboy.

Frankie Manning, Seattle Chamber Players

Also: Beauty Shop, Los Angeles Plays Itself, Lost Embrace, and Steamboy.

Adventure Meats

Rise to the challenge of rodizio at Ipanema Brazilian Grill.

Coach Carter

Also: In Good Company, Testosterone, Who Killed Bambi?, and The Woodsman.

Buenos Aires Grill

Also: In Good Company, Testosterone, Who Killed Bambi?, and The Woodsman.

Incident at Loch Ness

Also: Head in the Clouds, Ladder 49, Last Life in the Universe, Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America, The Motorcycle Diaries, and Shark Tale.

Hot Dish

Also: Head in the Clouds, Ladder 49, Last Life in the Universe, Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America, The Motorcycle Diaries, and Shark Tale.

This Week's Attractions

Also: Head in the Clouds, Ladder 49, Last Life in the Universe, Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America, The Motorcycle Diaries, and Shark Tale.

Food & Beverage News

Also: Head in the Clouds, Ladder 49, Last Life in the Universe, Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America, The Motorcycle Diaries, and Shark Tale.

Movies A-E: From Abouna to the Eye

Also: Head in the Clouds, Ladder 49, Last Life in the Universe, Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America, The Motorcycle Diaries, and Shark Tale.

Restaurants A-D

From Alki Homestead to The Dish

Assassination Tango: Robert Duvall Follows His Bliss With Two Left Feet

From Alki Homestead to The Dish

Hot Dish

From Alki Homestead to The Dish

The Beef? It's Here

Meat is the message at BA Grill

Hot Dish

Meat is the message at BA Grill

SIFF News

Week 3: Bad taste.

The Burrito Manifesto

A gringo's down y dirty guide to Mexican dining just in time for Cinco de Mayo.

Familiar thrills

The SSO and Marilyn Horne infuse old standards with new magic.

Around the world in 8 hours

Foreign Films Break Out All Over Town

The medium may be different, but the message is the same: Porn sells.

Seattle may have driven Roger Forbes out of business, but now Seth Warshavsky has risen to take his place.