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Georgia

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    The Story Behind Elvis' World's Fair Ham

    Among the revelations in KCTS's new documentary When Seattle Invented the Future: The 1962's World's Fair is the provenance of the ham that Elvis Presley famously gifted Gov. Albert Rosellini. The ham didn't come from Presley's own smokehouse, as has sometimes been reported, nor did it even come fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Howard Schultz Delivers Pitch for Doing Good, Leaves Details for Later

    Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, ever the master of marketing, says he's now trying to sell American capitalists on the idea of exercising their conscience. Judging by Wednesday's annual meeting, he's got a winning pitch.

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Super Tuesday: Pressers, Primaries, and Political 'Forecasts' Galore

    This is considered a big day in American politics. Before we pick our president every four years every single state hosts candidates from each party and then holds a caucus or a primary vote. Those are a lot of primaries to keep up with, not to mention the countless debates, public events, fundraise ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    My 12 Favorite Songs of 2011

    Pardon my uncoordinated taste. 12. Austra, "Lose It" For the glassy, fluting beats, a pulsing tempo, and Katie Stelmanis' uniquely aqueous vocals.

  • Music

    November 16, 2011

    Family Force 5's "Wobble"

    Jell-O, art, and crunk.

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Forget Westlake Center and City Hall -- Protestors Ought to Occupy Washington's Apple Orchards

    ​Washington's apple growers are getting desperate. Harvest season is here but the workers needed to pick the state's signature crop are nowhere to be found. Idaho faced a similar crisis with its potatoes, as did Georgia, where blueberries, onions, and melons "rotted in the fields" because many ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Washington Ranked Seventh Most Suicidal State in the Country

    ​Thought about killing yourself lately? If so, could you make a note of it? Inquiring minds want to know.

  • Diversions

    October 19, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    ​Thought about killing yourself lately? If so, could you make a note of it? Inquiring minds want to know.

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    School Bus Drivers Abandoning Helpless Children By the Side of the Road: An Epidemic?

    Image Source​Well, probably not an epidemic. But last week's incident in Renton, in which a school bus driver dropped two 5-year-old children off at the end of the driver's route, leaving them to flag down cars as they walked alongside the freeway, got us wondering: How often does this type of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Free Cheap Tuition, and 9 Other Reasons You REALLY Know Atlanta Is Not Seattle...

    Joe Williams​It's been three months since I first arrived in Seattle, and though I'm foaming at the mouth to stay in the Northwest, my education calls. It's a bittersweet departure: I'm not looking forward to 95-degree heat, but I'll be binge-eating Chick-fil-a chicken biscuits for two weeks, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Atheist Airplanes to Take Flight This Fourth of July (In States That Allow Such Things)

    ​The group American Atheists has a suggestion for people who are looking for life's answers this Fourth of July: Look to the sky!

  • Arts

    May 25, 2011

    Opening Nights: Brownie Points

    Five Atlanta moms confront race issues, with small explosions and lots of laughs.

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Tea Party Patriots Want Idaho's Uber-Christian Take on the Constitution Taught to Kids Nationwide

    ​Constitution Week may be four months away, but it's never too early to try and hone the indoctrination message that the nationwide event will hammer into America's children. First out of the gate are the Tea Party Patriots. The Georgia-based conservative group doesn't want just any Constituti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Georgia Man With Georgia Name Gets Caught in Renton With Violent Child Porn

    ​Can you guess the name of the man who got caught in Renton with a horrifically violent video of a 10-year-old girl being raped? We'll give you a hint: He's from Georgia.

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Starbucks Announces "Trenta," the 31-Ounce Thirst-Buster of Coffee Cups

    ​Do you like Starbucks iced coffee, but hate that it's not sold in quart-sized jugs? Well, good news! The new 31-ounce "Trenta" size has proven itself in Phoenix and Tampa, and will be available in a gaggle of new states starting tomorrow.

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Ride the Ducks Boat Sinks in Philly, But Seattle Still Quacking

    ​A stalled Ride the Ducks boat was struck and sunk yesterday in Philadelphia when an 800-foot, sludge-carrying barge hit its broadside. Two passengers remain missing today, and the chances of finding them alive are slim -- Philly's police commissioner said search divers could only see three in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Seahawks Linebacker Leroy Hill Arrested After Domestic Dispute

    Hill's argument with his girlfriend allegedly escalated from "dispute" to "assault."​At this point, it's safe to say that Leroy Hill is having a rough off-season. Less than two weeks ago the Seattle Seahawks starting linebacker plead guilty to charges from a 2009 incident where Georgia police ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2010

    Tonight: Bear In Heaven with High Places and Freelance Whales at the Crocodile

    ​Bear In Heaven, with High Places, Freelance Whales. Crocodile, 2200 Second Ave., 441-7416. 7 p.m. $10. We don't automatically associate the Deep South with spacey, synthy rock music, but that's exactly what we get from Bear In Heaven, whose five members all hail from either Georgia or Alabama ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Tonight: Nana Grizol at the Vera

    ​Nana Grizol, iji, the Max Levine Ensemble, A Million Years at the Vera, 7:30 p.m., $6 Athens pop band Nana Grizol's charming, brassy, lo-fi sound is informed by their prominent Athens-based predecessors (and they share a horn section with Neutral Milk Hotel), and while the buoyancy of their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Chamber on My Mind: Wednesday's Best Earshot, Steak & Chamber at the Sorrento

    Chamber music just doesn't give us enough to write about, except this week. As part of the Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle musician and composer Wayne Horvitz's These Hills of Glory, a chamber music piece, will be played by on the violin, piano, clarinet and flute at the Nordstrom Recital Hall, 7:00 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2009

    Rich Benjamin

    Chamber music just doesn't give us enough to write about, except this week. As part of the Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle musician and composer Wayne Horvitz's These Hills of Glory, a chamber music piece, will be played by on the violin, piano, clarinet and flute at the Nordstrom Recital Hall, 7:00 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    Former Seahawks Player Arrested for Louisiana Murder

    Terreal Michael Bierria​UPDATE: Bierria had quit football to help rescue family members from Hurricane Katrina. More details after the jump... Former Seahawks player Terreal Michael Bierria, 29, has been arrested on one count of first degree murder after a violent struggle in a New Orleans su ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2009

    Baroness

    Friday, July 24

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Stop Jinxing Our Weather

    To all the news organizations keeping count on how many days Seattle has gone without precipitation, knock it the hell off. First of all, the fact that we've had four weeks of sunny and overcast weather does not count as news. Second, enjoy the damn weather while it's here. You'll never know when Se ... More >>

  • Arts

    December 24, 2008

    Cue Bawl

    There’s a good show lurking behind the many misfires that afflicted Purple’s opening night.

  • Music

    December 10, 2008

    Revisiting R.E.M.’s Beginnings

    25 years later, they still haven’t topped Murmur.

  • Music

    July 2, 2008

    Wave That Flag, Hoss!

    Five albums that’ll have you feeling patriotic…but in a healthy, nonaggressive way.

  • Film

    February 6, 2008

    Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins: Martin Lawrence Dials It Down, Barely

    Five albums that’ll have you feeling patriotic…but in a healthy, nonaggressive way.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2007

    Wine for Christmas? From the Jews, Natch

    Five albums that’ll have you feeling patriotic…but in a healthy, nonaggressive way.

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2007

    I Ate This: A "BBQ Sundae"

    Five albums that’ll have you feeling patriotic…but in a healthy, nonaggressive way.

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2007

    Rockin' the Rim

    Five albums that’ll have you feeling patriotic…but in a healthy, nonaggressive way.

  • Diversions

    April 18, 2007

    The Devil Went Down to Tijuana

    Five albums that’ll have you feeling patriotic…but in a healthy, nonaggressive way.

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    The Port and the Pot Granny

    Don't expect the tolerance of Hempfest to extend to Sea-Tac Airport.

  • Music

    June 29, 2005

    Schoolyard Heroes

    Also: Robbie Fulks, Ark, Basement Jaxx, Will Smith, and Edan.

  • Music

    April 27, 2005

    Living Ends

    Also: Robbie Fulks, Ark, Basement Jaxx, Will Smith, and Edan.

  • Film

    May 19, 2004

    She Fought the Law

    Documentary director spends seven years tailing two bands, getting arrested in the process. It was time well spent.

  • Arts

    March 10, 2004

    Visual Arts Calendar

    Documentary director spends seven years tailing two bands, getting arrested in the process. It was time well spent.

  • News

    July 9, 2003

    The Death of Bigotry

    Documentary director spends seven years tailing two bands, getting arrested in the process. It was time well spent.

  • Arts

    March 26, 2003

    Brief Encounters

    Documentary director spends seven years tailing two bands, getting arrested in the process. It was time well spent.

  • Film

    December 11, 2002

    Brief Encounters

    Documentary director spends seven years tailing two bands, getting arrested in the process. It was time well spent.

  • Music

    July 31, 2002

    Precious Moments

    Documentary director spends seven years tailing two bands, getting arrested in the process. It was time well spent.

  • Diversions

    May 29, 2002

    Man attack!!!

    Documentary director spends seven years tailing two bands, getting arrested in the process. It was time well spent.

  • Music

    October 31, 2001

    Can You Dig It?

    Documentary director spends seven years tailing two bands, getting arrested in the process. It was time well spent.

  • Music

    June 27, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Documentary director spends seven years tailing two bands, getting arrested in the process. It was time well spent.

  • Music

    May 30, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Documentary director spends seven years tailing two bands, getting arrested in the process. It was time well spent.

  • Music

    December 6, 2000

    CD Reviews

    Documentary director spends seven years tailing two bands, getting arrested in the process. It was time well spent.

  • Music

    November 29, 2000

    Fred & Courtney.

    Documentary director spends seven years tailing two bands, getting arrested in the process. It was time well spent.

  • Arts

    October 11, 2000

    Stage shorts

    Documentary director spends seven years tailing two bands, getting arrested in the process. It was time well spent.

  • Film

    December 29, 1999

    Time Capsule: Message in a Bottle

    Oddball subject, endearing documentary.

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    Best Wonks

    Oddball subject, endearing documentary.

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