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May 25, 2012
Comment of the Day: Mental-Health Issues in Pierce County are No Joke
This week, supplementing his current feature on the impact privatization has had on the mental-health system in Pierce County, Keegan Hamilton has been posting to Daily Weekly with additional details, source documents and insight gained during the extensive research process for the cover story.
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May 24, 2012
Comment of the Day: Perpetuating the Lies, Fraud and Scam
On Tuesday Seattle Weekly's Keegan Hamilton posted to Daily Weekly about Paul George Cartier, a Canadian man who occasionally calls himself "666" and has been charged with sending a series of death threats to federal prosecutors in Seattle on the eve of Marc "The Prince of Pot" Emery's extradition t ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
Comment(s) of the Day: Phoenix Jones vs. Rex Velvet Hotly Debated
On Friday Seattle Weekly's Keegan Hamilton posted to Daily Weekly about the ongoing feud between real-life superhero Phoenix Jones and real-life supervillain Rex Velvet. Not surprisingly, the post instantly blew up traffic to our site, because, well, you know ... that's what happens whenever you pos ... More >>
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May 8, 2012
Comment of the Day: Boo Frickin' Hoo, Illegal Immigrants
On Friday Seattle Weekly's Keegan Hamilton posted a Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who was scheduled to speak last night at the University of Washington.
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May 2, 2012
Comment of the Day: Fix Our Broken Immigration System
Yesterday Seattle Weekly's Keegan Hamilton posted to Daily Weekly about Gian Carlo Perrotti, a 62-year-old Canadian citizen "with an FBI record showing multiple arrests and several convictions," according to court documents. Perrotti was recently caught trying to sneak across the border into Washing ... More >>
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May 2, 2012
May Day Seattle: Top Civil Resistance Fashion Statements (PHOTOS)
May Day has come and gone. The streets of Seattle have returned to their normal bearded, pale and busily apathetic ways. Still, we can't help but reminisce ... about some of the awesome looks that made yesterday's spate of civil protest and questionable anarchy so memorable.
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April 20, 2012
Comment of the Day: Sports in Seattle Suck, and So Do $10 Beers
Yesterday, inspired by the smallest crowd in Safeco Field history for Wednesday night's Mariners game, we took to Daily Weekly in a (humorous) attempt to dissect the attendance problem.
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April 12, 2012
Comment of the Day: Fund Programs Like Juvenile Gang Courts, Or Else
Yesterday Keegan Hamilton delved into a recent bipartisan bill passed by the state legislature and signed by the governor last month authorizing counties to establish juvenile gang courts. The idea was inspired by a program already in place in Yakima that's had considerable success. The only problem ... More >>
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April 4, 2012
Mariners vs. Oakland A's
Yesterday Keegan Hamilton delved into a recent bipartisan bill passed by the state legislature and signed by the governor last month authorizing counties to establish juvenile gang courts. The idea was inspired by a program already in place in Yakima that's had considerable success. The only problem ... More >>
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March 29, 2012
Pitchfork Kicks THEESatisfaction's awE naturalE a Very-Positive 7.5 the Morning Before the Duo's Neumos Show Tonight
The indie tastemakers at Pitchfork threw some love at awE naturalE, the Sub Pop debut from Seattle hip-hop duo THEESatisfaction. In Carrie Battan's highly positive review of the record -- which she awarded 7.5 points out 10 -- she said: Like Lazaro has done in the last couple of years, THEESatisfac ... More >>
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March 14, 2012
Ying Yang Twins
The indie tastemakers at Pitchfork threw some love at awE naturalE, the Sub Pop debut from Seattle hip-hop duo THEESatisfaction. In Carrie Battan's highly positive review of the record -- which she awarded 7.5 points out 10 -- she said: Like Lazaro has done in the last couple of years, THEESatisfac ... More >>
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February 22, 2012
Nacho Picasso & Blue Sky Black Death
The indie tastemakers at Pitchfork threw some love at awE naturalE, the Sub Pop debut from Seattle hip-hop duo THEESatisfaction. In Carrie Battan's highly positive review of the record -- which she awarded 7.5 points out 10 -- she said: Like Lazaro has done in the last couple of years, THEESatisfac ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
Country Lips
The indie tastemakers at Pitchfork threw some love at awE naturalE, the Sub Pop debut from Seattle hip-hop duo THEESatisfaction. In Carrie Battan's highly positive review of the record -- which she awarded 7.5 points out 10 -- she said: Like Lazaro has done in the last couple of years, THEESatisfac ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Breaking: DEA Raiding Medical-Marijuana Dispensaries in Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia
Reports are flooding in right now about widespread DEA raids at medical-marijuana dispensaries in the Tacoma and Olympia areas. At least eight different dispensary storefronts have apparently been targeted.
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October 28, 2011
Comment of the Day: What's the Red Mark On the Ugly Guy's Head?
Top of the morning, folks! Today's COTD wins not only for the question it throws at you, but for the answer it stomps your face with.
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October 26, 2011
The War on Drugs
Top of the morning, folks! Today's COTD wins not only for the question it throws at you, but for the answer it stomps your face with.
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October 26, 2011
13 Ghosts/The Tingler
Top of the morning, folks! Today's COTD wins not only for the question it throws at you, but for the answer it stomps your face with.
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October 21, 2011
Comment of the Day: Peninsula Newspapers Aren't In the Habit of Getting Actual Reports
Ace staff writer Keegan Hamilton uncovered documents yesterday that the show the arrest and 45-day detention of a Korean immigrant in Port Angeles all stemmed from a "concerned citizen" calling in worried that the man might be undocumented. That and the immigrant seemed "nervous" when immigra ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Rollerz Only Lowrider Club Says Kent Car-Show Shooting Gave Lowrider Clubs a Bad Name
photo by Keegan HamiltonSeveral hours before three rival gangs confronted each other last July during a concert and lowrider car show at the La Plaza strip mall in Kent -- trading punches and gunshots and wounding a dozen people -- two women whose husbands are members of the Rollerz Only car ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Phoenix Jones Off the Hook: Prosecutors Decline to File Assault Charges
Ben "Phoenix Jones" Fodor appeared in court this morning at the King County Justice center wearing his superhero mask atop a pinstriped suit jacket. Perhaps impressed with his peculiarly dapper getup, prosecutors declined to file assault charges stemming from his arrest Saturday night for us ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
The Rabbit Hole Gets Dark and Stormy on a Sunny Afternoon
photo by Keegan HamiltonRabbit Hole bartender Bobby Davis and a "Donnie Darko"The Watering Hole: The Rabbit Hole, 2222 Second Ave., 728-6069, BELLTOWN. The Atmosphere: Situated next door to Shorty's on the bar-laden stretch of Second between Bell and Blanchard, the Rabbit Hole opened just th ... More >>
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August 24, 2011
Ben Harper
photo by Keegan HamiltonRabbit Hole bartender Bobby Davis and a "Donnie Darko"The Watering Hole: The Rabbit Hole, 2222 Second Ave., 728-6069, BELLTOWN. The Atmosphere: Situated next door to Shorty's on the bar-laden stretch of Second between Bell and Blanchard, the Rabbit Hole opened just th ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
"Kumbaya," "American Pie," "Lola," Buddy Holly, Ben Harper, and a Few Other Favorite Campfire Singalongs
I spent this weekend camping by a beautiful stream a bit north of Cle Elum--and although I was partially distracted by taking care of my dog James, who barfed about six times after eating a watermelon rind and riding over the bumpy dirt road that led to our campsite, it was a sunny and relaxi ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
Comment of the Week: Human Beings Are Not Illegal
This week Weekly staffer Keegan Hamilton brought you the story of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's new "Secure Communities" program. The program is designed to deport illegal immigrants who are found to have committed serious crimes. But instead, records show that nearly 80 percent of th ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Comment of the Week: Why Writer Jonathan Kaminsky Quoted "Fuck" in a Post, But Not the "N-Word"
This week a reader took issue with staff writer Jonathan Kaminsky using the word "fuck" in a post (directly quoted), but using "n*****" to reference the word "nigger" (also directly quoted). Why did he do this? Would other writers do the same? I asked.
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July 8, 2011
Comment of the Week: Why Writer Jonathan Kaminsky Quoted "Fuck" in a Post, but Not the "N-Word"
This week a reader took issue with staff writer Jonathan Kaminsky's using the word "fuck" in a post (in a direct quote), but using "n*****" to reference the word "nigger" (also in a direct quote). Why did he do this? Would other writers do the same? I asked.
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June 24, 2011
Comment of the Week: Suicide Is a "God-Given Right"
This week Keegan Hamilton brought you the story of Richard Luckett, a 44-year-old Tumwater man who was getting set to plead guilty to two separate counts of child molestation. That was, however, until he put a plastic bag over his head, piped some helium in, and died--the latest person to use ... More >>
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June 20, 2011
Blue Scholars Night Two: Macklemore Gets the Best Birthday Party Ever
photos by Keegan HamiltonAfter back-to-back sold out nights at Neumos, things are looking up for Geo and Sabzi.Macklemore turned 29 at midnight on Saturday but he didn't get to blow out any candles. Instead, he was gifted a rousing hour-and-a-half long performance from Blue Scholars that incl ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
The Black Lips Were a Sweaty Mess Last Night at Neumos
And that's a good thing. As noted in this week's Shortlist, the Atlanta punk quartet has a habit of spreading bodily fluids all over themselves, the stage, and the audience, so it's for the best that the only liquids in play last night were perspiration and Pabst. No, the spectacle took a b ... More >>
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May 18, 2011
The Rapture Is Coming! Voracious Contributors Share Their Judgment Day Dining Picks
The Rapture's coming this weekend, and there's nothing heathens can do about it - at least according to Family Radio president Harold Camping, who issued the prediction that seven billion non-believers worldwide will perish. But those who aren't destined to survive Judgment Day can choose w ... More >>
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May 13, 2011
Comment of the Week: "She Performs Oral Sex on Strangers... Leaves in Tears"
Seattle Weekly ace reporter Keegan Hamilton broke news this week when he wrote about the real story behind UW basketball player Venoy Overton's dismissed rape charges. It turns out the the original narrative, first pushed by KIRO 7 News, that Overton had taken a 16-year-old girl back to his s ... More >>
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May 11, 2011
CunninLynguists
Seattle Weekly ace reporter Keegan Hamilton broke news this week when he wrote about the real story behind UW basketball player Venoy Overton's dismissed rape charges. It turns out the the original narrative, first pushed by KIRO 7 News, that Overton had taken a 16-year-old girl back to his s ... More >>
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April 28, 2011
Tonight: Monroe Prison Art on Display at Vermillion on Capitol Hill
Photo by Keegan HamiltonMonroe inmate Renzi Lumen.For this week's arts section, we took a trip to the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, the same prison where guard Jayme Biendl was murdered by inmate Byron Scherf earlier this year. The killing, though, was not the subject of our story. ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
The Coolout 20th Anniversary
Photo by Keegan HamiltonMonroe inmate Renzi Lumen.For this week's arts section, we took a trip to the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, the same prison where guard Jayme Biendl was murdered by inmate Byron Scherf earlier this year. The killing, though, was not the subject of our story. ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
$7-$95
Photo by Keegan HamiltonMonroe inmate Renzi Lumen.For this week's arts section, we took a trip to the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, the same prison where guard Jayme Biendl was murdered by inmate Byron Scherf earlier this year. The killing, though, was not the subject of our story. ... More >>
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March 25, 2011
Comment of the Week: Pullman Police Discriminating Against Black Athletes Is "Ludicrous"
In the early morning hours of Tuesday this week, a Pullman Police Officer was walking around the off-campus apartment complex of WSU power forward DeAngelo Casto when he noticed a screen missing on an apartment window. Curious, the cop peaked in the window and saw Casto sitting on his floor r ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
Video: Citizens Protest Immigration Arrests in Ellensburg
photo by Keegan HamiltonThis week's feature story, "The ICE Storm," is about one of the largest immigration raids in Washington history -- the result of an ICE/Homeland Security investigation in Ellensburg that ended in the arrest or detention of at least 30 people -- and the remarkable commu ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
A Trip to Tropical England at The Market Arms
Photo by Keegan HamiltonA somewhat blurry Shalynn Flavell and her Tropical Disaster.The Watering Hole: The Market Arms. 2401 N.W. Market St., 789-0470, BALLARD. The Atmosphere: A classic British pub, which means imperial (20 oz.) pints of ale in hand and football (er, soccer) on the telly. ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
Do Noise Level Rules Need Changing? Maybe Not, According to City Residents
Last night Mayor McGinn held a Nightlife Initiative update meeting at the Central District's Washington Hall, announcing tweaks to parking passes, liquor laws, and noise ordinance violations. Noise violations are said to be a problem that needs addressing. But, reports the Daily Weekly's Keeg ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
Behind the Scenes of the Biggest Pit Bull Dogfighting Bust in U.S. History (VIDEO)
In this week's cover story "Dog Beat Dog," Riverfront Times staff writer Keegan Hamilton chronicles the work of investigators who went deep undercover to pull off the biggest pit bull dogfighting bust in U.S. history. Two Missouri Highway Patrol detectives assembled and trained a kennel of 40 ... More >>
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May 31, 2009
Beltre to the Cardinals?
Emeritus SW intern Keegan Hamilton, who now writes for our sister paper (and my alma mater) in St. Louis, thinks the Cardinals should swap a couple prospects for crappy Mariner third baseman Adrian Beltre, punctuating his treatise with a "hell yeah." Hamilton has long been a Beltre defender, whereas ... More >>
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December 7, 2007
The Mounatin Goats Wander Back
Emeritus SW intern Keegan Hamilton, who now writes for our sister paper (and my alma mater) in St. Louis, thinks the Cardinals should swap a couple prospects for crappy Mariner third baseman Adrian Beltre, punctuating his treatise with a "hell yeah." Hamilton has long been a Beltre defender, whereas ... More >>
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July 11, 2007
I Wanna Know What Blight Is
Emeritus SW intern Keegan Hamilton, who now writes for our sister paper (and my alma mater) in St. Louis, thinks the Cardinals should swap a couple prospects for crappy Mariner third baseman Adrian Beltre, punctuating his treatise with a "hell yeah." Hamilton has long been a Beltre defender, whereas ... More >>
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June 4, 2007
Weekly Nabs Five Firsts at SPJ Banquet
Emeritus SW intern Keegan Hamilton, who now writes for our sister paper (and my alma mater) in St. Louis, thinks the Cardinals should swap a couple prospects for crappy Mariner third baseman Adrian Beltre, punctuating his treatise with a "hell yeah." Hamilton has long been a Beltre defender, whereas ... More >>
Music
May 9, 2007
Morrissey, Kings of Leon, !!!, Andrew Bird, and LCD Soundsystem
Emeritus SW intern Keegan Hamilton, who now writes for our sister paper (and my alma mater) in St. Louis, thinks the Cardinals should swap a couple prospects for crappy Mariner third baseman Adrian Beltre, punctuating his treatise with a "hell yeah." Hamilton has long been a Beltre defender, whereas ... More >>
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May 4, 2007
Last Night: !!! at Neumo's
Emeritus SW intern Keegan Hamilton, who now writes for our sister paper (and my alma mater) in St. Louis, thinks the Cardinals should swap a couple prospects for crappy Mariner third baseman Adrian Beltre, punctuating his treatise with a "hell yeah." Hamilton has long been a Beltre defender, whereas ... More >>
News
April 25, 2007
Get Your Facts Straight, and Say "No" to Dumping While You're at It
Emeritus SW intern Keegan Hamilton, who now writes for our sister paper (and my alma mater) in St. Louis, thinks the Cardinals should swap a couple prospects for crappy Mariner third baseman Adrian Beltre, punctuating his treatise with a "hell yeah." Hamilton has long been a Beltre defender, whereas ... More >>
Music
April 11, 2007
New Music From the Frames, Bright Eyes, and Love of Diagrams
Emeritus SW intern Keegan Hamilton, who now writes for our sister paper (and my alma mater) in St. Louis, thinks the Cardinals should swap a couple prospects for crappy Mariner third baseman Adrian Beltre, punctuating his treatise with a "hell yeah." Hamilton has long been a Beltre defender, whereas ... More >>
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March 27, 2007
Last Night: Lily Allen at the Showbox
Emeritus SW intern Keegan Hamilton, who now writes for our sister paper (and my alma mater) in St. Louis, thinks the Cardinals should swap a couple prospects for crappy Mariner third baseman Adrian Beltre, punctuating his treatise with a "hell yeah." Hamilton has long been a Beltre defender, whereas ... More >>
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