Chile

SIFF: Rick Stevenson's 10-Year Documentary

Seattle's 10 Best Spicy Restaurants

Flu season's start this year coincided with the onset of spring allergies, which means a larger-than-usual number of eaters suffering from stuffy heads, congested noses and clogged ear canals are flocking to local restaurants for system-clearing red chile riffs. Here, the Weekly's picks for the res ... More >>

The Strange Saga of Ex-Evergreen Instructor Jorge Gilbert

The saga of Jorge Gilbert, ex-Evergreen State College instructor turned alleged man on the run, keeps getting more bizarre. Hired at Evergreen in 1988, Gilbert retired amidst controversy from his faculty position in 2009 after Evergreen's auditor said he hadn't accounted for at least $50,000 in stud ... More >>

Elliott Bay Brewery's Lake City Public House: A Pretty Big Deal

Things happen in Lake City. Big neighborhood news in the last weeks included a pedestrian tackling a suspect bolting away from a police officer, SDOT announcing that it's replacing a pair of crosswalks on the main drag, and city leaders meeting to consider a neighborhood high-octane beer ban for the ... More >>

Duff McKagan: Southern Comfort

Playing Latin America has evolved considerably, but the fans are still incredible.

Touring South America Has Evolved Considerably, But the Fans Are Still Incredible

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. His memoir, It's So Easy (Simon & Schuster) is out now.​When I left you all last week, I was just boarding a plane that would become a series of flights that would eventually land me in Santiago, Chile from London, England. I actually found ... More >>

The Secret to Getting the Singer Gig With Velvet Revolver (Or Any Band, For That Matter)

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. His memoir, It's So Easy (Simon & Schuster) is out now.​At this moment in time, I am absolutely balls to the wall, with touring with Loaded, as well as doing a book tour over here in the UK. Typical day: Wake up in bus on ferry being tossed ... More >>

...Like There's No Tomorrow

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. His memoir, It's So Easy (Simon & Schuster) is out now.​At this moment in time, I am absolutely balls to the wall, with touring with Loaded, as well as doing a book tour over here in the UK. Typical day: Wake up in bus on ferry being tossed ... More >>

Nostalgia for the Light: Part of a Weekend Tribute to Patricio Guzmán

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. His memoir, It's So Easy (Simon & Schuster) is out now.​At this moment in time, I am absolutely balls to the wall, with touring with Loaded, as well as doing a book tour over here in the UK. Typical day: Wake up in bus on ferry being tossed ... More >>

Needle and Thread Is One of the Top-10 Secret Hot Spots in the World (According to Worth Magazine)

​Chicago, L.A., New York, Hong Kong, Paris, London, South America, Australia and Seattle--the editors at Worth magazine certainly had their passports in order when they set out to put together a list of the "Top 10 (Secret) Hot Spots" for a man with a thirst. This is a list of modern speakeas ... More >>

Versus: A Moose Meat Melee in Ballard

​Chicago, L.A., New York, Hong Kong, Paris, London, South America, Australia and Seattle--the editors at Worth magazine certainly had their passports in order when they set out to put together a list of the "Top 10 (Secret) Hot Spots" for a man with a thirst. This is a list of modern speakeas ... More >>

Filling Up on Senor Moose's Meat

The Place: Señor Moose Café, 5242 Leary Ave. N.W., 784-5568, BALLARD. There's not too many places to go for great Mexican food in Ballard should the craving strike you around lunchtime. When we started yearning for the spicy stuff last week, we headed to Senor Moose on Leary Way, just as the plac ... More >>

180 Degrees South: Like Browsing the Patagonia Catalog, Listening to Jack Johnson

The Place: Señor Moose Café, 5242 Leary Ave. N.W., 784-5568, BALLARD. There's not too many places to go for great Mexican food in Ballard should the craving strike you around lunchtime. When we started yearning for the spicy stuff last week, we headed to Senor Moose on Leary Way, just as the plac ... More >>

Relax, Seattle: The Next Big Earthquake Probably Isn't Happening Anytime Soon

Fear not: this ain't happening for, like, generations.​Apocalyptic thoughts are all the rage these days. Before the unpronounceable Icelandic volcano spewed its way into the spotlight, there were deadly earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and China, all in quick succession. Is the world coming to an ... More >>

A.M. Music News: James Brown's Body, Japandroids, Metallica Fans Riot, Gorillaz

​--NME: James Brown's daughter, LaRhonda Pettit, is claiming that her father's body has disappeared. --Pitchfork: Vancouver's Japandroids will release a collection of their early singles, titled No Singles, on May 11. Click the link to listen to "Darkness on the Edge of Gastown." --NME: 160 ... More >>

Seattle Blogs: Would Hockey Work in Seattle?

Possible Seattle hockey sponsors include Microsoft, Amazon and every orthodontist with a sense of humor in a 15-mile radius.​Today's blogs are happy Canada won the gold. It's like America winning in gun-related deaths -- it means all is right with the world. - The P-I's sports blog asks if th ... More >>

PICK Walt & El Grupo: Disney Animators Invade Latin America

Possible Seattle hockey sponsors include Microsoft, Amazon and every orthodontist with a sense of humor in a 15-mile radius.​Today's blogs are happy Canada won the gold. It's like America winning in gun-related deaths -- it means all is right with the world. - The P-I's sports blog asks if th ... More >>

Where Have All the Under-$10 Bottles Gone?

​Let's face it, we'd all love to be on the local, sustainable, organic bandwagon and say we shop at the co-op exclusively, but no denying an entire bag of groceries seems to come to a mere, magical $32 every time at Trader Joe's. We'd all love to shop at our local wine shop, too, but bottles u ... More >>

SIFF: Walt & El Grupo

​Let's face it, we'd all love to be on the local, sustainable, organic bandwagon and say we shop at the co-op exclusively, but no denying an entire bag of groceries seems to come to a mere, magical $32 every time at Trader Joe's. We'd all love to shop at our local wine shop, too, but bottles u ... More >>

Iron Maiden

​Let's face it, we'd all love to be on the local, sustainable, organic bandwagon and say we shop at the co-op exclusively, but no denying an entire bag of groceries seems to come to a mere, magical $32 every time at Trader Joe's. We'd all love to shop at our local wine shop, too, but bottles u ... More >>

The News of Food: New Year's Things

​Let's face it, we'd all love to be on the local, sustainable, organic bandwagon and say we shop at the co-op exclusively, but no denying an entire bag of groceries seems to come to a mere, magical $32 every time at Trader Joe's. We'd all love to shop at our local wine shop, too, but bottles u ... More >>

Go Ahead, Exploit Our Holidays, We're Used to It

​Let's face it, we'd all love to be on the local, sustainable, organic bandwagon and say we shop at the co-op exclusively, but no denying an entire bag of groceries seems to come to a mere, magical $32 every time at Trader Joe's. We'd all love to shop at our local wine shop, too, but bottles u ... More >>

Dec. 6-13, 2006

Argentina in crisis, unhappy Iranian women, and the McSweeney's cartel comes to Lake Forest Park.

Red (on) Alert

Guidelines for finding good, inexpensive last-minute party wines.

Salvador Allende

Runs at Northwest Film Forum, Fri., Sept. 15–Thurs., Sept. 21. Not rated. 100 minutes.

Deals

Runs at Northwest Film Forum, Fri., Sept. 15–Thurs., Sept. 21. Not rated. 100 minutes.

Death and the Playwright

There's no life in the afterlife conjured by legendary writer and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman.

Hot Dish

There's no life in the afterlife conjured by legendary writer and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman.

Ace in the Hole

There's no life in the afterlife conjured by legendary writer and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman.

Something of Value

There's no life in the afterlife conjured by legendary writer and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman.

Bollywood, The Trip, and More

There's no life in the afterlife conjured by legendary writer and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman.

The Fest in Print

There's no life in the afterlife conjured by legendary writer and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman.

Red Perfection

The first taste of summer, and how to have it all year long.

Who's Kissinger Now?

A fine BBC documentary makes the case for jailing the bastard.

Hot Dish

A fine BBC documentary makes the case for jailing the bastard.

Gangsta Salmon

Farmed fish threaten the very waters they grow in.

Clueless

Hitting the skids without qualms or alarm.

Swept away

Or, Here come the mud (part 2)

". . . we must teach in schools that we

Or, Here come the mud (part 2)

Mazes and monsters

Two trips to the dark side.

Corrections

Retractions, clarifications, boo-boos, and apologies.

CD Reviews

Retractions, clarifications, boo-boos, and apologies.

Whadchagit?

Retractions, clarifications, boo-boos, and apologies.

Risen from the ashes

Retractions, clarifications, boo-boos, and apologies.

The Last-Minute Mall

Sift through the chain-store offerings for some obscure but amazing loot.

Fish Recipes

Sift through the chain-store offerings for some obscure but amazing loot.

Big Words

These reads won't stay on the coffee table for long

Voltage Adapter Not Included

Electronic gifts not yet available in the United States

Smashed Hits

Music censorship doesn't start and end with rock 'n' roll.

K-Man

How a new creation myth for the Americas is emerging from a political, religious, and scientific controversy over old bones.