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Northern Ireland

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    This St. Patrick's Day, Explore Irish Whiskey

    The luck of the Irish has blessed its whiskey industry, which is experiencing a surge in popularity and sales in recent years. For St. Patrick's Day there are worse ways to celebrate than supporting the distilling industry's return to greatness (see: green beer). The smooth, easy to drink whiskey is ... More >>

  • Diversions

    November 30, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    The luck of the Irish has blessed its whiskey industry, which is experiencing a surge in popularity and sales in recent years. For St. Patrick's Day there are worse ways to celebrate than supporting the distilling industry's return to greatness (see: green beer). The smooth, easy to drink whiskey is ... More >>

  • Music

    August 10, 2011

    Sound Fest: New Punk(s)

    A Seattle festival launches in the shadow of Warped's enduring legacy.

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Today Reverb Recommends Checking Out Early Sets by The Lonely Forest and the Globes

    ​ As a recent Weekly cover story pointed out, Tuesday nights are a great time to catch up-and-coming Seattle acts. Tonight is no exception, as two young bands--one with an album released a few weeks ago and the other with a debut album on the way--are opening for more established acts from the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Listen to Mogwai's New "Rano Pano," Off Next Year's Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

    ​On February, 15, Sub Pop will release Scottish post-rockers Mogwai's seventh studio album, optimistically entitled Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. It will be the band's first release since leaving Matador Records for Sub Pop in September of this year. As a preview, Sub Pop will release ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Saying Goodbye, Pete Doherty (Naked), and a Good Book or Two

    Justin Dylan RenneyNew Loaded drummer Isaac Carpenter. Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. McKagan writes about what's circulating through his iPod every Monday.​As I stated last week, my band Loaded is back on tour and back in the UK, where we have been reasonably well receiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Decibel Fest Announces Changes to Roster

    The Decibel fest's principals recently fired off a release containing an array of additions and changes to the four-day, electronic-music event's schedule. As far as I can tell, there's way more good than bad here. Roster additions, of course, are almost always preferable to drop outs, especially th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Decibel Fest Announces Program Details

    The Decibel Fest's programmers just announced most of its event information, including the line-up for its five A/V showcases. You can review it all here, complete with links, or skim the breakdown after the jump. Among the DJs/producers I'm excited about seeing/hearing at the fest, which takes plac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    Israel, Palestine, and Southwest Washington

    Krist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly.Our world is connected as never before. People from all corners of the planet share culture and commerce at the click of a mouse. In contrast to this great convergence of humanity, Israel is building tall concrete walls while Palestinia ... More >>

  • Film

    June 25, 2008

    PICK Up the Yangtze: Progress has its way with the hapless peasants of China

    Krist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly.Our world is connected as never before. People from all corners of the planet share culture and commerce at the click of a mouse. In contrast to this great convergence of humanity, Israel is building tall concrete walls while Palestinia ... More >>

  • Film

    May 21, 2008

    Week 1 Picks & Pans

    Krist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly.Our world is connected as never before. People from all corners of the planet share culture and commerce at the click of a mouse. In contrast to this great convergence of humanity, Israel is building tall concrete walls while Palestinia ... More >>

  • News

    March 26, 2008

    It's Not Time to Leave Iraq

    Too many Americans and Iraqis have sacrificed their lives, limbs, and loved ones to just pull out because things are difficult.

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2008

    The Nationalist Tchotchke World View & Campaign '08

    Too many Americans and Iraqis have sacrificed their lives, limbs, and loved ones to just pull out because things are difficult.

  • Arts

    September 19, 2007

    Visual Arts Calendar

    Too many Americans and Iraqis have sacrificed their lives, limbs, and loved ones to just pull out because things are difficult.

  • Diversions

    November 15, 2006

    Special Tres-Question Edition

    Too many Americans and Iraqis have sacrificed their lives, limbs, and loved ones to just pull out because things are difficult.

  • News

    April 26, 2006

    Brit Lingo

    "I'll take sexless, noncrazy, positive trans characters over nutty, pedophile, mom-hating, sicko stereotypes any day."

  • News

    April 5, 2006

    Hearst Has a Heart

    Or so it claims in agreeing to arbitrate P-I-Times litigation.

  • News

    May 18, 2005

    Xenotransplantation

    May 18-24, 2005

  • Arts

    May 18, 2005

    Emio Greco | PC

    Also: Demon of the Derby, Mary McAleese, Stephen Malkmus, and Thomas Frank.

  • News

    March 16, 2005

    One to the Bee in D.C.

    March 16-22, 2005.

  • News

    September 8, 2004

    Our Obsession

    March 16-22, 2005.

  • News

    September 3, 2003

    Theocracy Democracy

    March 16-22, 2005.

  • Film

    July 9, 2003

    Cremaster 3: Matthew Barney's Three-Hour Epic

    Architects battle, cars crash, and teeth are scattered in Matthew Barney's three-hour art-film epic, but the movie is anything but torture to watch.

  • Arts

    March 5, 2003

    Dubya Is for War

    A survey of the current literature of global conflict.

  • Film

    January 1, 2003

    Weighty Picks

    My oh-so-cheerful 10 best films of 2002.

  • Arts

    December 4, 2002

    Brief Encounters

    My oh-so-cheerful 10 best films of 2002.

  • Film

    October 23, 2002

    All Over but the Shooting

    A tragic turning point in Irish history is powerfully re-created.

  • News

    May 15, 2002

    Peace now, but how?

    Desmond Tutu passed up a chance to offer solutions for the current world violence.

  • News

    August 9, 2000

    ". . . the cops were the initial aggressors. . . .The cops set the tone. And this has never been reported in the media."

    Desmond Tutu passed up a chance to offer solutions for the current world violence.

  • Arts

    August 2, 2000

    Gravely mistaken

    Martin McDonagh's new comedy hits pay dirt.

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    Boycotts

    Burma, sanctions, and the attorney general.

  • Film

    March 3, 1999

    Around the world in 8 hours

    Foreign Films Break Out All Over Town

  • Arts

    August 19, 1998

    True grit

    Foreign Films Break Out All Over Town

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