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February 2, 2012
Royal Grinders and 30 Rock Keep It Fast and Simple
Although 30 Rock provides a veritable swarm of options to continue the noble TV Dinner pairing tradition of just choosing whatever restaurant has a remotely similar name, I felt like show protagonist Liz Lemon's insatiable lust for sandwiches (thankfully) superseded any notion of having to e ... More >>
Blogs
December 12, 2011
Seahawks on Monday Night Football: Season's Sink or Swim Game
Image SourceESPN is reportedly bringing 30 cameras to The Clink tonight to broadcast the Seahawks' Monday Night Football contest against the woeful Rams. It's a game that nobody outside of Seattle and St. Louis has any interest in watching, but the national spotlight and the Hawks' ever-so-sl ... More >>
Blogs
October 31, 2011
Matthew and Richard Clapham: Porn Mogul Brothers Bring BitTorrent Copyright Lawsuits to Australia
Starring Val Kilmer and Christopher Walken, the forgettable mob drama Kill the Irishman grossed $1.2 million in theaters when it was released this past June, but if Richard and Matthew Clapham have their way, the film might end up being quite profitable despite its mediocre showing at the box ... More >>
News
August 17, 2011
How to Handle a BitTorrent Lawsuit
A three-step guide to keeping your wallet, and sanity, intact.
Blogs
August 12, 2011
What To Do If You Receive A BitTorrent "John Doe" Lawsuit Letter
If you haven't yet read this week feature story -- "Porn, Piracy, and BitTorrent" -- do so now. It is relevant for everyone with an Internet connection, particularly people who use a shared or open Wi-Fi connection and/or engage in BitTorrent file sharing. The subject is a relatively new lega ... More >>
News
August 10, 2011
Porn, Piracy, & BitTorrent
The film industry mounts a sketchy legal strategy in response to illegal downloads.
Blogs
July 15, 2011
Dickey's Barbecue Pit Decides Against a South Seattle Location
The very last episode of Friday Night Lights airs tonight, an occasion I consider so momentous I'm mentioning it even though it gives Eater another chance to run a picture of me with a Texas-shaped thought bubble over my head. As my friend Lisa Fain noted on her blog Homesick Texas yesterda ... More >>
Arts
July 13, 2011
The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events
The very last episode of Friday Night Lights airs tonight, an occasion I consider so momentous I'm mentioning it even though it gives Eater another chance to run a picture of me with a Texas-shaped thought bubble over my head. As my friend Lisa Fain noted on her blog Homesick Texas yesterda ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2011
Bite of Seattle Shrinks Size of its Smallest Servings
Christopher Nelson Photography for The Bite of Seattle Brought to You By ComcastEaters at Bite of Seattle are supposed to graze, sampling items from a variety of vendors. But portions have grown so gargantuan in recent years that many event attendees have complained of filling up on a single ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2011
Why Reel Grrls Turned Down Comcast's Money
The offending tweet.Last week was a crazy time for Reel Grrls, the local nonprofit that provides an outlet for teens interested in media production. In the wake of a tweet sent out a couple weeks ago by @reelgrrls that wasn't favorable to their benefactor, Comcast, the media conglomerate, pul ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2011
If Reel Grrls Has Such a Problem With Comcast, Maybe They Shouldn't Take the Conglomerate's Money
A firestorm broke out yesterday between cable giant Comcast and Seattle's Reel Grrls, a nonprofit that provides summer camps and workshops to girls interested in media production. It started last week when Reel Grrls questioned the company's hiring of Meredith Attwell Baker, a member of the Feder ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2011
Comcast Tries to Yank Funding From Seattle Nonprofit After Mildly Critical Tweet
Four months ago, former FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker approved a massive and controversial merger of Comcast and NBC Universal, creating a kind of news/communications/multimedia hydra beast that's forecasted by most to do nothing but drive out competition and drive up prices for mil ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2011
Today Reverb Recommends You Dream of the '90s and Become Addicted to IFC's Portlandia
"Remember when people were content to be unambitious, sleep till 11, just hang out with their friends, have no occupations whatsoever, maybe working a couple hours a week at a coffee shop?" Fred Armisen asks Carrie Brownstein during the song "Dream of the '90s," which opens the first episode ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2010
Bullet Hole Causes Comcast Outage in West Seattle
About 2,500 Comcast customers lost service yesterday in West Seattle. Hardly a rare occurrence. But the reason behind the outage is most certainly rare.
Blogs
October 13, 2010
Public Access TV Funds May Be Used For City Email Instead
dailyinvention on FlickrLast week at a City Council budget meeting, Bill Schrier of the city's Department of Information Technology (DoIT) dropped a bombshell: Starting next year, the $625,000 given annually to public access television could be reduced to $100,000, and the contract currently ... More >>
Arts
August 4, 2010
Best of Seattle 2010: Matt Westervelt
Best Anarchist Criminal Parasite
Blogs
June 21, 2010
Duff McKagan: If It's Rainy? Watch a Movie.
Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.The rain and weather seems to be the topic of conversation everywhere I've been this past week. Heck, I even went east of the mountains last week and tried to chase th ... More >>
Arts
April 7, 2010
The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events
Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.The rain and weather seems to be the topic of conversation everywhere I've been this past week. Heck, I even went east of the mountains last week and tried to chase th ... More >>
Calendar
March 31, 2010
Chris Hardwick
Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.The rain and weather seems to be the topic of conversation everywhere I've been this past week. Heck, I even went east of the mountains last week and tried to chase th ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2010
Crappy Olympics Coverage Prompts Maria Cantwell to Question NBC/Comcast Merger
Would Dr. Evil block the Lost finale just to help out NBC?Sen. Maria Cantwell gets around in Washington these days. In addition to pushing legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reform banking, Cantwell thinks we shouldn't be forced to watch crappy Olympics coverage like the kind ... More >>
Blogs
February 19, 2010
Seattle Not High-Tech Hub Enough for Google?
Hover cars. That's what we need to make Google like us.When Google announced it was going to provide high-speed fiber-optic internet service to a handful of cities around the country, Mayor Mike McGinn did his eager best to move to the front of the line, sending in Seattle's entreaty 24 hours ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2010
Is Google's High-Speed Internet Coming to Seattle?
Kirby, the hamster whose furious leg-pumping provides most of Seattle with its internet power, says he would welcome the chance to hop of "this damn wheel."The lack of high-speed internet options in Seattle is a black eye for such a tech-savvy city. A situation that's so bad we're even jealou ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2010
Wanted: Petite Elmo Mascot for Children's Museum
"It's me, Elmo! The Sesame Street character who'll ensure you'll be able to pay your Comcast bill this month!"The only thing worse than trying to find a job is trying to find a job during a recession. To that end, we present Wanted: A weekly look at the weirdest ways to pay the bills in Twent ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2009
Why Seattle Probably Won't be Getting Tacoma-Level Broadband Anytime Soon
Hope you don't mind paying this gentleman $100 of your hard-earned money every month.You may have missed it amid all the tunnel talk. But one of Mike McGinn's biggest campaign priorities was improving Seattle's internet infrastructure. The city may be one of the nation's high-tech hot spots. ... More >>
Blogs
December 4, 2009
No More Candy in Seattle, i-Booze Delivery Update
Daily Candy in Seattle, So Last Season: Gawker breaks the news that Daily Candy, the e-newsletter and website that tells Cosmo chugging, girlie shop-bots the what's what, will discontinue its Seattle newsletter and website, along with six other markets. The most shocking bit of information: Comcast ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2009
Happy Recession, Washington: Comcast Is Raising Your Rates
Given the hard times--Seattle lost 68,800 jobs last year, by the way, or about 1 of every 25--you're probably already pinching your pennies. Now Comcast wants to help--by pinching your pennies. The cable provider has announced that it will be raising rates on October 6th. The monthly fee for ... More >>
Arts
June 24, 2009
Artists at Artopia: Who & Where
Given the hard times--Seattle lost 68,800 jobs last year, by the way, or about 1 of every 25--you're probably already pinching your pennies. Now Comcast wants to help--by pinching your pennies. The cable provider has announced that it will be raising rates on October 6th. The monthly fee for ... More >>
Blogs
March 6, 2009
Huskies to Play for Pac-10 Title in HD
Barack's brother-in-law's boys had a chance to gift-wrap the Pac-10 championship for the UW men last night, but, not surprisingly, they couldn't beat UCLA. All for the best, though, as a settled title would take the drama out of tomorrow's Senior Day, cross-state rivalry match with Wazzu, whose star ... More >>
Blogs
March 6, 2009
Sadness at the Video Store
A colleague asked me the other day if I knew of any good indie video stores in West Seattle. "Other than Scarecrow," she added, since she didn't want to drive that far. Still, that's the first place that comes to mind in Seattle, though it's a holdout in a declining industry. (I was surprised the ot ... More >>
Blogs
March 5, 2009
Shifterland Is Beyond Reproach Because It's Beyond Comprehension
The official Cookin' Kitty calendar landed on my desk yesterday, a 12-month trip through verdant fields, serene beaches, and a 43-year-old man prancing around in fishnets and a cat costume. I spent yesterday and today moving from the calendar to the press release to clips of Shifterland and back ag ... More >>
Blogs
November 26, 2008
Server Reboot Wednesday: Over the River and Through the Woods edition
From Paul Jensen, our System Administrator who The Weekly is very thankful for:Things That I am Thankful For (in no particular order): My ability to walk behind someone having a computer problem, look at their screen, and having that problem disappear without me doing anything. Seriously.& ... More >>
Blogs
July 9, 2008
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Bandmate
From Paul Jensen, our System Administrator who The Weekly is very thankful for:Things That I am Thankful For (in no particular order): My ability to walk behind someone having a computer problem, look at their screen, and having that problem disappear without me doing anything. Seriously.& ... More >>
Diversions
December 5, 2007
Do You Want "Chinamen" With Your "Chinatown"?
From Paul Jensen, our System Administrator who The Weekly is very thankful for:Things That I am Thankful For (in no particular order): My ability to walk behind someone having a computer problem, look at their screen, and having that problem disappear without me doing anything. Seriously.& ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2007
Bowie Good, Bowie Bad
From Paul Jensen, our System Administrator who The Weekly is very thankful for:Things That I am Thankful For (in no particular order): My ability to walk behind someone having a computer problem, look at their screen, and having that problem disappear without me doing anything. Seriously.& ... More >>
Arts
October 10, 2007
Kevin Joyce Plays It Plain
It's kind of a new thing for him.
Blogs
June 12, 2007
Bite of Seattle
It's kind of a new thing for him.
Blogs
January 15, 2007
Set Your Tivos Tonight
It's kind of a new thing for him.
Blogs
December 20, 2006
A to B
It's kind of a new thing for him.
Blogs
July 19, 2006
Comcast and Online Poker
It's kind of a new thing for him.
Arts
March 22, 2006
Will Council Pan SCAN?
Comcast deal would fund new arts show on Seattle Channel, but force layoffs at Community Access Network.
Arts
March 8, 2006
Wasting Away in Karaokeville
More than a fad, karaoke has customers— and cash registers—singing at bars all over the city.
Film
March 1, 2006
Tim and Brian Bitch About the Oscars
Fewer and fewer people are willing to leave their home to see a movie. Should they even care about the Oscars on TV? Or what we critics think?
Diversions
August 3, 2005
Best Public TV Channel
People, Politics, and Media
News
September 15, 2004
Moderate Landslide
Contrary to fears—or hopes—Washington's new partisan primary didn't much help the candidates on the far left or the far right.
News
April 28, 2004
Powwows and Pioneers
Contrary to fears—or hopes—Washington's new partisan primary didn't much help the candidates on the far left or the far right.
News
January 28, 2004
Collateral Damage
New efforts to combat spam may also be killing e-mails future.
Music
August 27, 2003
Freeway, Broker/Dealer, and More
New efforts to combat spam may also be killing e-mails future.
Arts
August 27, 2003
Shooting Gallery
Seattle Weekly music writers choose the best bets for your Bumbershoot dollar.
News
July 9, 2003
Spam on the Lam
Why the scourge of the Internet might be unstoppable.
News
August 21, 2002
What Little Boys Are Made Of
Send them to special ed . . . especially if they're black.
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