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  • Music

    April 25, 2012

    I Got Based

    A professional cynic attempts to unlock Lil B's unrelenting positivity.

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    #Based University: The 10 Best, Craziest Quotes from Lil B's NYU Lecture

    Lil B, the famously eccentric Bay Area-rapper whose "based" philosophy started a cultural movement of sorts, gave a talk yesterday at New York University. Online chatter built to a fever pitch as the day approached, with Lil B tweeting various NYU-related hype and even releasing a mixtape in the bui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Give the Music Nerds Some: The EMP Pop Conference Makes the Colbert Report

    Indie rock has long had a place on Comedy Central's satirical right wing broadcast the Colbert Report--from Stephen Colbert's challenging the Decemberists to a green-screen guitar shred-off to having Vampire Weekend battle the Black Keys for Grammy and commercial licensing supremacy (always with the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 22, 2012

    Eric Klinenberg

    Indie rock has long had a place on Comedy Central's satirical right wing broadcast the Colbert Report--from Stephen Colbert's challenging the Decemberists to a green-screen guitar shred-off to having Vampire Weekend battle the Black Keys for Grammy and commercial licensing supremacy (always with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Two Lights One Fart, or: Making a Fourth-Rate Coldplay Song is Really Expensive, You Guys!

    So, last week, Time.com published an article entitled "Wanna Be a Rock Star? You'll Need $100,000," written by Abner and Harper Willis, two brothers who would very much like their band Two Lights to be wildly famous and massively recouping--and who apparently feel no shame in whining about exactly h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    UW Considers Adding a Food Studies Major

    ​The overwhelming interest in food that's blossomed over the past decade hasn't translated into many academic options for undergraduate students: New York University and The New School are the only institutions nationwide offering bachelor's degrees in Food Studies. But a group of University ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Four Loko Gets Kids Wasted, Scientists Brilliantly Discover

    ​You may have heard that back in its caffeinated heyday, demon swill Four Loko had the desirable quality of bestowing powerful intoxicating/agitating effects on its consumers. Don't remember? Don't worry. Science remembers.

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Top 8 Artists (Besides the Bieber) We Have YouTube to "Thank" For

    If you're one of the 544 million people who have been swooned by Justin Bieber's puberty-tickling vocals in the music video for "Baby," the all-time most watched video on YouTube, then congratulations--you essentially gave a 17-year-old boy $65.5 million. Bieber, like the following musicians, fou ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 27, 2011

    Land of Pines

    If you're one of the 544 million people who have been swooned by Justin Bieber's puberty-tickling vocals in the music video for "Baby," the all-time most watched video on YouTube, then congratulations--you essentially gave a 17-year-old boy $65.5 million. Bieber, like the following musicians, fou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Tom Tyler, New York Professor and Advisor to Local Law Enforcement, Tells Cops to Listen Before Arresting

    ​There are just three things people want when they're stopped by police for suspect behavior, according to Tom Tyler, the New York University psychology professor who flies here tomorrow to advise the Seattle Police Department and the King County Sheriff's Office. And, really, "it's not very ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Scott Adams, Dilbert Creator and Own Biggest Fan, Now Stumping for Rich White Ladies

    ​The upside to Dilbert comic strip creator, former Seattleite and rich douchebag Scott Adams becoming the butt of the Internet's joke over his pretending to be his own biggest fan online, is that he's now free to take up the cause of fellow rich douchebags. His first target: Gwyneth Paltrow.

  • Calendar

    April 20, 2011

    Donald Glover

    ​The upside to Dilbert comic strip creator, former Seattleite and rich douchebag Scott Adams becoming the butt of the Internet's joke over his pretending to be his own biggest fan online, is that he's now free to take up the cause of fellow rich douchebags. His first target: Gwyneth Paltrow.

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Donald Glover's Hip-Hop Alter Ego Childish Gambino Sells Out His April Neumos Date

    ​Donald Glover is a pretty easily recognizable dude. After coming up through NYU group Derrick Comedy (of "Bro Rape" fame), he went on to play Troy Barnes on NBC's Community, wrote much of Tracy Morgan's character Tracy Jordan on 30 Rock, and got Stan Lee to support his attempt at a Spiderman ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Cat Pee, Boob Cheese, and Kenny G

    ​ "I just love the way our unfailingly polite neighbors in the Great White North say basil and pasta and eh, the way they call the ladies' and gents' 'washrooms,' and how rabidly they root for those Canucks. But mostly I am crazy about Vancouver's great food and kick-ass cocktails. Here's a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Human Breast-Milk Cheese Returns, This Time as an Art Exhibition (Kinda)

    ​It was almost a year ago that chef Daniel Angerer set the web ablaze by making cheese out of his wife's leftover breast milk. This is how things looked on the boob-cheese front back in March: "Pretty much the minute that New York City chef Daniel Angerer decided that he was going to make che ... More >>

  • News

    November 17, 2010

    Shock the Junkie: Ibogaine is the Anti-Drug of the Moment

    An obscure hallucinogen has helped addicts kick heroin, meth, and everything in between. Is it the trip that does the trick?

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Today in Sex: Daddy's Girls Are Smarter About Sex

    ​Here are a few of the topics up for discussion with my dad: Jon Stewart, politics, Frank Sinatra, any new Apple product, what's for dinner, Ireland, my niece/his granddaughter, politics, and what's for dessert. And here are a couple we avoid: Catholicism, sex.

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    West Seattle Blog Compared to The New Yorker, Jon Stewart

    ​Seattle media watchers understand the hard work that goes into West Seattle Blog. If a dog shits outside of Salty's, Tracy Record (pictured at right) and crew will have written a post detailing breed, age and consistency all within five minutes. (Note: We know WSB writes about more important, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    No, EMP's Pop Conference Isn't A Seattle Thing Anymore, and It's Definitely Headed For LA

    ​EMP made official what was widely discussed and suspected, that they'll be taking their Pop Conference --- a weekend of panel discussions, paper presentations, and over-analysis of all things pop music -- out of Paul Allen's EMP and on to UCLA for 2011, no longer being a fixture on the local ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 21, 2010

    The Yellow Wood

    ​EMP made official what was widely discussed and suspected, that they'll be taking their Pop Conference --- a weekend of panel discussions, paper presentations, and over-analysis of all things pop music -- out of Paul Allen's EMP and on to UCLA for 2011, no longer being a fixture on the local ... More >>

  • News

    June 30, 2010

    An Immigrant's Heart

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

  • Film

    May 19, 2010

    Northwest Newbies at SIFF: Hollywood Is Not the Goal

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2010

    Jillian Lauren

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

  • Film

    March 10, 2010

    Remember Me: Pretty-Boy Robert Pattinson Stars in 9/11 Dreck

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2010

    Road House

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

  • Film

    January 20, 2010

    Mystery Team: The Hardy Boys Refuse to Grow Up

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2009

    Road House

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Your Arts & Goats Weekend Planner

    ​It's a gorgeous weekend, and that can mean only one thing: Drive to Puyallup and see the goats! We're talking about the Puyallup Fair, and Lauren Lynch supplies a preview: This year's Puyallup Fair begins Western style with a cattle drive through downtown. (No, there aren't ordinarily cows i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2009

    Road House

    ​It's a gorgeous weekend, and that can mean only one thing: Drive to Puyallup and see the goats! We're talking about the Puyallup Fair, and Lauren Lynch supplies a preview: This year's Puyallup Fair begins Western style with a cattle drive through downtown. (No, there aren't ordinarily cows i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2009

    Five by Scorsese

    ​It's a gorgeous weekend, and that can mean only one thing: Drive to Puyallup and see the goats! We're talking about the Puyallup Fair, and Lauren Lynch supplies a preview: This year's Puyallup Fair begins Western style with a cattle drive through downtown. (No, there aren't ordinarily cows i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    OMG! Jonas Bros. Movie in 3-D!

    There are some films that SW opts not to review because, A) the studios don't screen them in advance for our critics, or B) they aren't opening in metro Seattle theaters. Meeting both criteria is Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience. If you don't know who the Jonas brothers are, ask your tween ... More >>

  • News

    December 24, 2008

    Should We Tax Our Way Out of Recession?

    A small, vocal chorus thinks we should.

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008

    Lady Gaga is coming to Seattle!

    A small, vocal chorus thinks we should.

  • Calendar

    June 11, 2008

    Talib Kweli

    A small, vocal chorus thinks we should.

  • Calendar

    August 22, 2007
  • Film

    August 22, 2007
  • Blogs

    April 20, 2007
  • Film

    March 15, 2006

    Seattle Weekly PickUnknown White Male

    Opens at Harvard Exit, Fri., March 17. Rated PG-13. 88 minutes.

  • Arts

    February 15, 2006

    Affirmative Action

    How a local author dramatically improved her odds of finding a man.

  • Arts

    August 10, 2005

    Smite Makes Right

    Far from Baghdad, we need a sectarian truce of our own. But are hard-believing Americans really ready for a grand compromise?

  • News

    July 20, 2005

    Bill Gates' Guinea Pigs

    The Gates Foundation wants to remake American education, and ground zero for their billion-dollar experiment is Mountlake Terrace High School. Results so far? It's been a learning experience.

  • Film

    November 3, 2004

    Born Rich

    Shout! Factory, $19.98

  • Music

    February 4, 2004

    Behind the Bombs

    A volatile region is better understood through some valuable films.

  • Film

    January 21, 2004

    Sundance Confidential

    Forget the big picturethat'll come next week. Here's the dirt from my first five days in Park City.

  • Music

    April 11, 2001

    The last dons?

    Forget the big picturethat'll come next week. Here's the dirt from my first five days in Park City.

  • Arts

    December 27, 2000

    New Balance

    A publisher from the heyday of 'zine culture reemerges with the book-style

  • Film

    September 27, 2000

    In this corner

    Girlfight director Karyn Kusama interviewed at SIFF.

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Resistance is fertile!

    After the WTO, Electrohippies plan online "hacktivism" against biotech targets.

  • Film

    September 1, 1999

    Rarereels

    Prepare for blasphemous animation and irresistible shorts.

  • Film

    September 1, 1999

    1 Reel Film Festival

    Official Seattle Weekly Guide

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