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  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes: Long Bone Rib Eye at Metropolitan Grill

    Want to hear a chef at his most profane? Order your steak well-done. Chefs are a fickle bunch: They vacillate between adding bacon to every dish and proclaiming the superiority of vegetables. They position themselves as policy gurus, then decree that culinary artists shouldn't concern themselves w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Today Reverb Recommends Checking Out TheBandBrokeUp.com (And Sponsoring a Seattle Branch of the Site)

    Researching the material for this list, I stumbled across a site that sparked my interest in a major way. It's called TheBandBrokeUp, and is a resource for defunct bands who want to share their recordings with their fans and anyone else who wants to listen. It had a nifty interface, a disarmingly fu ... More >>

  • Food

    September 28, 2011
  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Looking for a Good Book? The Seattle Public Library Offers 5 Titles for Voracious Readers

    ​While librarians are now adept at troubleshooting e-book readers and helping job hunters negotiate employment websites, many readers still want an answer to the old-fashioned question: "What should I read?" The Seattle Public Library this year inaugurated an innovative online service designe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    The Optimist's Guide to Husky Football: 11 Ways UW's 2011 Season Could Go Wonderfully Right

    Image Source​Yesterday we speculated about everything that could go horribly wrong with UW's 2011 season, giving a nightmarish breakdown of the worst-case scenario for every game on the schedule. Today it's time for the flipside: 11 ways the Huskies can come up Roses in the coming year. The fi ... More >>

  • Film

    August 17, 2011

    The Whistleblower: Rachel Weisz Versus the Sex Traffickers

    Image Source​Yesterday we speculated about everything that could go horribly wrong with UW's 2011 season, giving a nightmarish breakdown of the worst-case scenario for every game on the schedule. Today it's time for the flipside: 11 ways the Huskies can come up Roses in the coming year. The fi ... More >>

  • Music

    May 11, 2011

    Virgin Islands: Feels Like the First Time

    A conversation about unforgettable firsts.

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Indie Fans in the Armed Forces: They're Polite, Dedicated, and Turn Up In the Craziest Places

    Probably not listening to Owl City.​I'm always surprised when I meet superfans of my band who are in the military. The extra effort it must require for them to seek out indie-rock in a barracks culture that almost certainly hews pretty closely to the Rap/Metal/Country triumvirate of mainstrea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    The Top 10 Songs About Serial Killers

    It's Halloween week, which means I start thinking about freaky things like ghosts and things that go bump in the night and, yeah, serial killers. When it comes to writing music about murderers and psychotics, pop's songbook has quite a lot of offerings, so I give you my Top 10 Songs about Serial Kil ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2010

    Sausagefest

    It's Halloween week, which means I start thinking about freaky things like ghosts and things that go bump in the night and, yeah, serial killers. When it comes to writing music about murderers and psychotics, pop's songbook has quite a lot of offerings, so I give you my Top 10 Songs about Serial Kil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Eggs Will F#@&ing Kill You: Friday Food Freak-Out Comes A Day Early

    Yeah, that's a lot of eggs​My original choice in using Friday as my day to write about all the various food recalls and terrible environmental news was not arbitrary or just a nice bit of alliteration. No, the Friday Food Freak-Out became a Friday thing because Friday is the day that all compa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Three Examples of Music that Just Sounds Better During Hot Summer Weather

    This hot spell Seattle's experiencing won't last much longer, so I'm going to enjoy summer music while I can. Yes, that's right: there's some music I mostly want to hear in the fall and winter (this is depressing music; sorry, Cat Power and Bon Iver) and springtime (this is upbeat and hopeful, like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Review: Damien Jurado Proves Less is Truly More on His Stunning New Album

    ​ Artist: Damien Jurado Album: Saint Bartlett Label: Secretly Canadian Release Date: Already released, on May 25 Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Seriously, go buy this Download: "Cloudy Shoes" Saint Bartlett may be for Damien Jurado what Nebraska is for Bruce Springsteen. Intended as demos, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Review: Damien Jurado Proves Less is Truly More on His Stunning New Album

    ​Artist: Damien Jurado Album: Saint Bartlett Label: Secretly Canadian Release Date: Already released, on May 25 Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Seriously, go buy this Download: "Cloudy Shoes" Saint Bartlett may be for Damien Jurado what Nebraska is for Bruce Springsteen. Intended as demos, S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Tonight: Yeasayer at Neumos, Josh Rouse at the Triple Door

    ​Yeasayer, with Sleigh Bells. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. Sold out. Brooklyn's Yeasayer released their arty, psychedelic debut All Hours Cymbals to rave reviews in 2007, but it was their sophomore record, February's Odd Blood, that rocketed them to the huge wave of popularity the ... More >>

  • Music

    April 14, 2010

    The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

    ​Yeasayer, with Sleigh Bells. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. Sold out. Brooklyn's Yeasayer released their arty, psychedelic debut All Hours Cymbals to rave reviews in 2007, but it was their sophomore record, February's Odd Blood, that rocketed them to the huge wave of popularity the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2010

    Josh Rouse

    ​Yeasayer, with Sleigh Bells. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. Sold out. Brooklyn's Yeasayer released their arty, psychedelic debut All Hours Cymbals to rave reviews in 2007, but it was their sophomore record, February's Odd Blood, that rocketed them to the huge wave of popularity the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Heartland Cafe Makes Its Date, Brings Chili, Pirates and Chicken Fried Steak to West Seattle

    Staples of the Glorious Midwest​The American Midwest does not have a cuisine, per se. It simply has food. Lots of food. Mountains of food, much of it in casserole-form, all of it taken from culinary traditions as diverse as American Indian, Scandinavian immigrant, Betty Crocker Farm Wife Ameri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    The New York Times Will Make Vegetarians of us all

    Meat grinders: Where all the world('s beef by-products) come together as one.​With the ubiquity of foodie activists like Michael Pollan and release of documentary films like Food, Inc., lately it's gotten harder and harder to ignore the reality that most of what we eat didn't start off looking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    The Mayor - Brace Yourself - Buys a Newspaper Ad

    ​Print newspapers lost out some time ago to the electronic and cyberspace media (and then to freebie social media sites) as the place to run a political ad. But was it ever this bad? Like most candidates, Mayor Greg Nickels is spending much of his league-leading $500,000 campaign kitty - fed m ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2009

    Boys Don't Cry

    ​Print newspapers lost out some time ago to the electronic and cyberspace media (and then to freebie social media sites) as the place to run a political ad. But was it ever this bad? Like most candidates, Mayor Greg Nickels is spending much of his league-leading $500,000 campaign kitty - fed m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Live Music Roundup: Thursday, June 25

    QuasiPortland powerhouse Quasi (the Jicks, ex-Sleater-Kinney, etc) plays the Vera Project tonight with Nurses at 7:30 p.m., for $10. It is, as always, all ages. Deer Tick, Dawes, Widower at Tractor Tavern, 9 p.m. $10 John McCauley was born in the wrong decade. From his clear affection for America ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Lynden Woman Gets One of Bush's 19 Pardons

    A resident of Lynden, the tiny conservative town on the Canadian border (near Bellingham) that still essentially shuts down on Sundays, has received one of President Bush's 19 pardons. According to several reports, Marie Elena Eppens was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with inte ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2008

    My Ántonia

    A resident of Lynden, the tiny conservative town on the Canadian border (near Bellingham) that still essentially shuts down on Sundays, has received one of President Bush's 19 pardons. According to several reports, Marie Elena Eppens was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with inte ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2008

    Neva Dinova

    Sunday, October 5

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2008

    Jessie Baylin

    Sunday, August 3

  • Music

    July 2, 2008

    Wave That Flag, Hoss!

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

  • Music

    March 26, 2008

    Should Springsteen Be Forgiven?

    Arguments for reconsidering the missteps on the Boss’ otherwise impeccable track record.

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2008

    17-Year-Old Voters?

    Arguments for reconsidering the missteps on the Boss’ otherwise impeccable track record.

  • Music

    October 24, 2007
  • Calendar

    August 29, 2007

    Unorthodox

    Spiritual lyrics and a beer garden

  • Music

    July 25, 2007

    Michael "Jaws" Jaworski Is a Cop, Runs Mt. Fuji, Takes Aim at Bono

    He's been in the music biz since his high-school bonfire.

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2007

    Cave Singers Spend Autumn on Black Mountain

    He's been in the music biz since his high-school bonfire.

  • Music

    April 4, 2007

    Rocket Queen

    God save the queen.

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    The Sheriff and the Serial Killer

    "... I don't think there's any perfect manual on how to obtain data from a crazy criminal psyche. ..."

  • Arts

    January 11, 2006

    See (and Save) the World

    A Seattle-based nonprofit promotes film groups as catalysts for social change.

  • Music

    May 11, 2005

    Castles Made of Guitars

    Chicago rockers the Ponys dodge the sophomore slump.

  • Arts

    May 11, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    Dan Chaon, Rattawut Lapcharoensap.

  • Diversions

    February 12, 2003

    Sign Language

    Dan Chaon, Rattawut Lapcharoensap.

  • Music

    January 1, 2003

    Critical Mass 2002, Part 1

    Seattle Weekly's music writers sift through a year's worth of highs and lows to come up their annual top-10 lists.

  • Music

    October 30, 2002

    Strokes rock, Cantrell cancels, Promise Ring quits, more.

    Seattle Weekly's music writers sift through a year's worth of highs and lows to come up their annual top-10 lists.

  • Music

    February 27, 2002

    Days of our nights

    Seattle Weekly's music writers sift through a year's worth of highs and lows to come up their annual top-10 lists.

  • Music

    February 6, 2002

    Days of our nights

    Seattle Weekly's music writers sift through a year's worth of highs and lows to come up their annual top-10 lists.

  • News

    April 4, 2001

    Geek Box

    Seattle Weekly's music writers sift through a year's worth of highs and lows to come up their annual top-10 lists.

  • Music

    September 27, 2000

    The other side of happiness

    Reflections on a young singer with a piercing, troubled voice.

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    The home team

    Reflections on a young singer with a piercing, troubled voice.

  • News

    January 5, 2000

    GETTING TOOK

    Who's e-screwed in the Net gold rush?

  • Film

    October 27, 1999

    Boys Don't Cry: The ballad of Brandon Teena

    Gender outlaw as romantic hero.

  • News

    October 13, 1999

    Seeds of tragedy

    Gender outlaw as romantic hero.

  • News

    September 8, 1999

    Off the Web, on to the Netly news

    Gender outlaw as romantic hero.

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