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    October 25, 2011

    Village Voice Media Responds to Clergy

    Today 36 clergy affixed their names to a paid ad and open letter to Village Voice and the classified ad site Backpage.com. The full page ad was published in the New York Times. The religious coalition demanded that we close down our legal, adult classifieds. Neither government officials nor God' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Vintage Seattle Menus Surface in Huge New Menu Book

    ​I'm working from home today, so I was seated just a few paces from the front door when I heard a crash I assumed signaled an impending home invasion. Turns out it was the FedEx guy, throwing a seven-pound book on my doorstep. The massive Menu Design in America, 1850-1985 has arrived. The co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Boeing Makes List of Top 12 Corporate Welfare Queens

    Boeing, tax cheat, Fortune 500, Citizens for Tax Justice

  • Diversions

    May 4, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    Boeing, tax cheat, Fortune 500, Citizens for Tax Justice

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Jason Statham vs. Charles Bronson vs. Chicken Teriyaki

    Patti Perret/CBS FilmsStatham blows stuff up real good.​The Dinner: Chicken teriyaki at Yummy Teriyaki (622 First Ave. N.). The Movie: The Mechanic at Pacific Place (600 Pine St.). The Screenplate: When, in his remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson movie, assassin Jason Statham goes to meet wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Can This Be The End Of Dino Rossi?

    ​Do three losses in six years a political obituary make? What does the future hold for Dino Rossi? Two weeks after losing his latest bid for U.S. Senate, the questions are easy to ask but harder to answer.

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Why Washington State's Flag Always Flies on Saturdays

    ​Gameday is to college football as Rolling Stone is to music. Just as the venerable magazine will always send correspondents at Bumbershoot or Coachella, each Saturday ESPN's traveling circus broadcasts from the campus featuring that week's most exciting game. Which means Gameday has never gon ... More >>

  • Food

    September 1, 2010

    Blueacres of Calm

    Oceanaire's spacious heir delivers wisdom, fish, and hash browns.

  • Music

    August 25, 2010

    We Are Marshall

    For Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, the drummer is more than a musical concern.

  • Arts

    August 4, 2010

    Best of Seattle 2010: Matt Westervelt

    Best Anarchist Criminal Parasite

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    The Best Headline You'll Read All Day

    ​A FedEx tractor-trailer jack-knifed on I-5 yesterday, leaving it and its driver stuck in a muddy ditch. Clearly something went wrong; rigs don't just up and lose control on their own. But what could have caused the driver such near-perilous distraction? A cell phone? His CB? A particularly en ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Beef So Spicy It Could Kill a Robot

    This is a fucking fire hazard, just like everything on the menu at Sichuanese Cuisine.​ Sichuanese Cuisine is not only the name of the restaurant, it also describes the food sold there. I thought it was a dumb name at first, like Il Bistro, where the title is too fucking obvious. Then once I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Ron Davis Sounds Like a Great Police Chief, But Not for Seattle

    ​Mayor Mike McGinn is reportedly leaning towards naming East Palo Alto police chief Ron Davis to be the new top cop in Seattle. After Sacramento chief Rick Braziel's surprising withdrawal, Davis is one of only two candidates left to fill the position formerly held by Obama's Drug Czar Gil Kerl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Casino Jack Makes You Hate America, Pupusas Make You Hate it Less

    Jack has a sad.​The Dinner: Spinach and cheese pupusa, fried yucca, empanada topped with cinnamon and a Negra Modelo at Guanaco's Tacos Pupuseria (4106 Brooklyn Ave NE Suite 102A) The Movie: Casino Jack and the United States of Money, at The Varsity The Screenplate: If you go to see a move ... More >>

  • Film

    April 21, 2010

    Exit Through the Gift Shop: Half a Glimpse of Guerrilla Artist Banksy

    Jack has a sad.​The Dinner: Spinach and cheese pupusa, fried yucca, empanada topped with cinnamon and a Negra Modelo at Guanaco's Tacos Pupuseria (4106 Brooklyn Ave NE Suite 102A) The Movie: Casino Jack and the United States of Money, at The Varsity The Screenplate: If you go to see a move ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2010

    LA Times: eP-I's Inspiring, Oddball Journalism 'On Track' to Profitability

    ​"I would say the Big Blog was responsible for me becoming a journalist." That's the end quote of James Rainey's LA Times story this morning on the eP-I's first anniversary, and it seems to appropriately define both the P-I and what some think a journalist is today. A wacky theatrical moment ... More >>

  • Diversions

    February 24, 2010

    Settling Down: Not Every Girl's Be-All, End-All

    ​"I would say the Big Blog was responsible for me becoming a journalist." That's the end quote of James Rainey's LA Times story this morning on the eP-I's first anniversary, and it seems to appropriately define both the P-I and what some think a journalist is today. A wacky theatrical moment ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2009

    Craigslist Declassified

    Besieged by politicians and media, Craig Newmark finds an unlikely ally: a victim's family.

  • News

    April 29, 2009

    "Craigslist Killer" Headlines Threaten to Overshadow Craig Newmark's Memorial Speech for Victim

    Besieged by politicians and media, Craig Newmark finds an unlikely ally: A victim's family.

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Back to the Futurama

    Created by Matt Groening of Simpsons fame (whose Life in Hell comic once appeared in these pages), the sci-fi cartoon series Futurama lasted four seasons on Fox after its 1999 premiere. Ever since, fans--myself included--have been clamoring for its return. Instead we get periodic movie updates that ... More >>

  • News

    November 14, 2007

    Welcome Aboard Blackwater Airlines

    After a deadly crash, one Washington family tries to bring the notorious military contractor to account.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2007

    Swag Alert: Eco-Friendly Packaging

    After a deadly crash, one Washington family tries to bring the notorious military contractor to account.

  • News

    October 18, 2006

    Jack-Pot

    Federal law lets the cops pocket anything seized in a drug bust—cars, boats, cash—and use it to fund the war on drugs. But when Jane Gerth found a half-million dollars in the Okanogan woods, the rules got more complicated.

  • Arts

    September 20, 2006

    New Brain on the Block

    Jeopardy! genius Ken Jennings moves to the smartest city in America: Seattle.

  • Arts

    July 26, 2006

    On the Walls

    An opinionated guide to this week's gallery and museum shows.

  • Arts

    July 19, 2006

    On the Walls

    An opinionated guide to this week's gallery and museum shows.

  • Arts

    July 12, 2006

    On the Walls

    An opinionated guide to this week's gallery and museum shows.

  • Arts

    July 5, 2006

    On the Walls

    An opinionated guide to this week's gallery and museum shows.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2006

    Friday Telegraph Room

    An opinionated guide to this week's gallery and museum shows.

  • Arts

    June 28, 2006

    On the Walls

    An opinionated guide to this week's gallery and museum shows.

  • Arts

    June 21, 2006

    Visual Arts Listing

    An opinionated guide to this week's gallery and museum shows.

  • News

    May 31, 2006

    How Green Is Your Funeral?

    Low-cost, do-it-yourself, eco-conscious burial options.

  • Diversions

    May 24, 2006

    My Perfect ...

    Perfect summer moments recalled by a chef, a tour guide, a musician, a yogi, a little leaguer, and others.

  • Arts

    January 11, 2006

    Cubicles of Our Discontent

    Seattle Shakespeare Company's Richard III oozes and schemes his way up the high-tech corporate ladder.

  • Arts

    March 2, 2005

    Rebecca

    Also: Next Tuesday.

  • Food

    November 10, 2004

    Winemaking by FedEx

    Also: Next Tuesday.

  • News

    November 5, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    "Platonic ideals are for idealists in their ivory towers. A realistic model of government has conflict and can deal with it."

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    The Package

    The FBI has my package from Tom Wales and won't give it back.

  • Music

    August 7, 2002

    Rhymes with Seltzer

    The FBI has my package from Tom Wales and won't give it back.

  • News

    December 19, 2001

    Have a Holly Jolly XXXmas

    Giving the gift of naughtiness.

  • Arts

    October 24, 2001

    Unholy ghost

    He's died, risen, and fed the masses on pudding. So what will Jason Webley do this Halloween?

  • News

    October 3, 2001

    News Clips— Killer dads to reproduce?

    He's died, risen, and fed the masses on pudding. So what will Jason Webley do this Halloween?

  • News

    September 26, 2001

    Tomorrow's terror

    The next attack will likely be by land or water.

  • Film

    December 20, 2000

    The sands of time

    Four years pass in one day.

  • News

    November 29, 2000

    How to Shop Online Without Fear

    Or, how to get gelt, not guff

  • News

    August 9, 2000

    Lost in the mail

    Or, how to get gelt, not guff

  • Arts

    January 12, 2000

    14/48

    Two days, two plays? Are they nuts?

  • Music

    December 1, 1999

    David Byrne's new attitude

    Two days, two plays? Are they nuts?

  • Food

    December 1, 1999

    Columnist's Corner

    Belly Up gives us this year's—hic—wish list

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    WTO strikes down Santa Claus

    Belly Up gives us this year's—hic—wish list

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