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Oklahoma

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Gregory's Bar & Grill Turns Karaoke Korrespondent Into a Sentimental Lady

    Situated between the Red Lion and Radisson hotels just across the street from Sea-Tac Airport (on International Blvd.) is Gregory's Bar & Grill, a Wednesday to Saturday karaoke venue that's been hosting crooners for over 20 years. A couple Saturdays ago, after stopping in and moving on from a couple ... More >>

  • 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 >>

  • Calendar

    February 15, 2012

    Oklahoma!

    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 >>

  • Film

    October 19, 2011

    Dirty Girl: Gay Teens Hightail It out of '80s Oklahoma

    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

    September 29, 2011

    Meth Cooks Already Exploiting Washington's New Cold-Medicine Tracking System in Other States

    Washington pharmacies are about to adopt a new system that tracks purchases of pseudoephedrine, a drug that makes the sniffles more bearable when found in products like Sudafed but also happens to be a key ingredient in homemade methamphetamine. Starting October 15, when a tweaker walks into the loc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    She Don't Use... Gummy Bears? The Six Weirdest, Most Unholy Band-Brand Alliances

    ​Last week we learned that the always-amusing Flaming Lips had successfully released three new songs... via a USB drive found inside a gummy fetus. Yes, you read that right. A delicious, edible, gummy fetus. If you haven't been keeping up with the latest antics of the Oklahoma psych-pop mani ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Report: Washington Has More Fat Asses Than Ever

    ​Washington has really let itself go. Sure, back in the '90s we were the fit, bike-riding, trail-hiking forest state that was chock-full of people who either exercised daily in mosh pits or did enough heroin to stay skinny. But according to a new report, we're all a bunch of Fatty McFattersons ... More >>

  • Arts

    March 2, 2011

    Opening Nights: Next to Normal

    The best rock opera since Tommy.

  • 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 >>

  • Film

    April 14, 2010

    Barking Water: Death Without Tears in Indian Country

    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

    January 11, 2010

    Health Care Scams Alive and Well in Washington

    We've all seen ads like this one. Usually they come on in the middle of the day, when only the unemployed, or those people sick enough to DVR "Judge Judy," are watching. Everything about the commercial screams "too good to be true." The greenscreened shot in front of the Capitol dome. The America ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    We're No. 36! Washington Narrowly Beats DC in National Happiness Ranking

    What's the matter, Washington? Still bummed about the election results?​Of course you are familiar with the Oswalt/Wu index of life satisfaction. The two scientists have published a paper in Science magazine (see abstract), based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    John McCain Takes Aim at Sound Transit 2

    "Go ahead," says Steve. "Make my day."​John McCain didn't fare too well in these parts last November, getting only 28% of the vote in King County. By contrast, Sound Transit did fare well, getting 60% of the vote in same. Now it looks like Mr. Unpopular wants to take down Mr. Popular (is a lig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Fun With Statistics: State School Superintendent Gets Creative to Make State #1 in Test Scores

    ​You can tell a lot of stories with numbers, and the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction just told one of them. In a release entitled, "State SAT Scores Lead the Nation Again" the office notes that, among states in which more than half of high school graduates took the SAT ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2009

    Starlight Mints

    Wednesday, July 29

  • News

    May 27, 2009

    Seahawks: Blue Jerseys, Red Politics

    Our football heroes remain true to the GOP.

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Seahawks Still Support GOP

    The GOP is at its lowest point politically since the aftermath of Watergate, or so conventional wisdom goes. Erstwhile Republicans like Colin Powell, Meghan McCain and Arlen Specter have shed the party label like so much dry skin in order to polish their tarnished historical legacy, gain a little me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Smooth Jazz Bassist Wayman Tisdale, Scheduled to Perform In Seattle Next Week, Dies

    Wayman Tisdale, the former Oklahoma basketball star and NBA veteran who started up a successful smooth jazz career, has died. He's been battling cancer for a couple years, something he wrote about openly on his Web site. Tisdale was scheduled to play a benefit concert next Friday at Benaroya Hall, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Czar Kerlikowske

    Former SPD police chief Gil Kerlikowske got confirmed by the Senate today, so he's now officially the head of the Office for National Drug Control Policy, or the Drug Czar. Kerlikowske passed by a vote of 91-1, the only nay being from Oklahoma's Tom Coburn, who deeply fears the gay agenda. (Coburn's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Your Weekend Arts Planner

    Never mind the lovely, cool weather outside right now (Friday, around 4 o'clock). It's supposed to rain, even snow, all weekend. So we've got several cultural recommendations for you, all of them safe, dry, warm, and indoors. After the jump, our writers weigh in on dinosaurs, nice Korean housewives ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Republicans in Pioneer Square?

    Never mind the lovely, cool weather outside right now (Friday, around 4 o'clock). It's supposed to rain, even snow, all weekend. So we've got several cultural recommendations for you, all of them safe, dry, warm, and indoors. After the jump, our writers weigh in on dinosaurs, nice Korean housewives ... More >>

  • Arts

    July 16, 2008

    Opening Nights: Big River

    Roger Miller's Mark Twain musical is ideal summer fare.

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2008

    Preach On

    Musical redemption from the Midwest

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2008

    Comments of the Week

    Musical redemption from the Midwest

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2008

    How Much Would You Pay to Cross the 520 Bridge?

    Musical redemption from the Midwest

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2007

    I Pity the Foo Who Don't Go See This Show

    Musical redemption from the Midwest

  • Music

    June 20, 2007

    Webber Survives Wayne Coyne's Bubble Machine En Route to Lightning Dust

    Canadians' self-titled debut seems tailor-made to fit deep inside the cavern of a broken heart.

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2007

    What it do: the Weekend

    Canadians' self-titled debut seems tailor-made to fit deep inside the cavern of a broken heart.

  • News

    October 25, 2006

    Flea in the Key

    Is Initiative 91 really a SuperSonic deal breaker?

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2006

    Tuesday Telegraph Room

    Is Initiative 91 really a SuperSonic deal breaker?

  • News

    July 19, 2006

    SuperSonics: Up in the Air

    Also: Waterfront-tunnel opposition, a new job for Paul Berendt, and a new NYT scribe is coming.

  • Music

    May 24, 2006

    Technicolor Jesus

    Daniel Smith's eccentric celebrations.

  • Arts

    December 14, 2005

    From Dust to Dust

    Timothy Egan's timely tale of the nation's worst eco-disaster.

  • Music

    December 7, 2005

    Thunder Road Revisited

    Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition.

  • Film

    November 23, 2005

    Born Into Brothels

    TH!NKFilm, $29.99.

  • News

    November 2, 2005

    Rock, Paper, Scissors

    Nov. 2-8, 2005

  • Arts

    October 19, 2005

    Of Monologues and Men

    Intiman gives Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath a speech-free staging.

  • Arts

    March 2, 2005

    The River Wild

    Florencia's daring exoticism beguiles the ear at Seattle Opera.

  • News

    November 19, 2003

    35-14: Code for 'Whew'

    Finally, a runaway Seahawks win. At 7-3, they need to start doing that on the road.

  • Music

    November 20, 2002

    Arlo brawls; Black Heart rocks; and we bid a sad farewell to Michael Jackson's mug.

    Finally, a runaway Seahawks win. At 7-3, they need to start doing that on the road.

  • Music

    August 14, 2002

    Local label makers; news on the Pistols, Lips, and more.

    Finally, a runaway Seahawks win. At 7-3, they need to start doing that on the road.

  • Music

    August 7, 2002

    Rhymes with Seltzer

    Finally, a runaway Seahawks win. At 7-3, they need to start doing that on the road.

  • News

    July 31, 2002

    Rogue Who?

    Finally, a runaway Seahawks win. At 7-3, they need to start doing that on the road.

  • Music

    June 19, 2002

    Days of our nights

    Finally, a runaway Seahawks win. At 7-3, they need to start doing that on the road.

  • Music

    February 20, 2002

    Deutsche Fever

    Finally, a runaway Seahawks win. At 7-3, they need to start doing that on the road.

  • Music

    November 29, 2000

    Fred & Courtney.

    Finally, a runaway Seahawks win. At 7-3, they need to start doing that on the road.

  • Music

    August 30, 2000

    The All American

    Finally, a runaway Seahawks win. At 7-3, they need to start doing that on the road.

  • Music

    June 23, 1999

    Red Snapper, Flaming Lips, and more

    Finally, a runaway Seahawks win. At 7-3, they need to start doing that on the road.

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