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Lauren Weedman

Elixir G, Hangover Cure

A ginger mix that's great in drinks, but better afterward.

Ginger Mix is Better Than a Greasy Burger

Although Elixir G's inventor is promoting his smooth mix of pressed ginger root, lemon juice and cane sugar as a cocktail enhancer, the liquid might be more useful after a drinking session. Bill Tocantins of Santa Monica sent me a bottle of Elixir G because the product was just picked up by Metropo ... More >>

Thanks, Guys. See You on the Road (and on Dr. Phil!)

Well, guys, your trusted scribe is heading out for his first-ever book tour (see all my the dates here)--not only here in the U.S., but also in the UK and Ireland. You are left in the trusty hands of, well, my book. Seattle Weekly will be running selected excerpts from It's So Easy (And Other Lies) ... More >>

Idaho Internet Speed Is Slowest in Nation (Partially Because of Bears)

​Bears. If they're not eating people or stealing their picnic baskets, they're apparently slowing down their Internet. In no state is the latter phenomenon more prevalent than our neighbor to the east, Idaho.

Art or War?

Seattle MCs are split over the merits of battle-rapping.

Joshua Henderson: 'Street Food Will Never Buy My Bacon Jammer Yacht'

Photo by Julien PerryThat's a Morton Salt girl tat on Josh's arm.​Four years ago, Josh Henderson started a business on wheels -- a 1960's Airstream serving "evolved" diner food to people who want good food to go. When I interviewed Henderson a month after he launched Skillet in September 2007, ... More >>

Everyone Knows "Windy"

After more than three decades out of the business, the author of the 1967 hit comes to Seattle, and the Comet, for the first time.

Detroit's 14KT Takes 2010 Red Bull Big Tune Crown at Last Night's National Final in Chicago

From 14KT's Twitter​Last night 2010's Red Bull Big Tune--the beat battle brainchild of local legends Vitamin D, J. Moore, DV One and Jake One--culminated with a final competition in Chicago. Origninally the Austin regional runner-up (behind Seattle ex-pat Budo), Ypsilanti, Mich. native 14KT to ... More >>

Dhani Harrison on Easy Street, the Family Business, and Fistful of Mercy

Dhani Harrison, with his Fistfull of Mercy bandmates Ben Harper (left), and Joseph Arthur (right).​When Dhani Harrison, Ben Harper, and Joseph Arthur appeared together on stage for their public debut in August as Fistful of Mercy, they didn't pick a spot conveniently located close to their hom ... More >>

Is Everclear Still Worth $25 a Head? What If It's at the 350-Person Columbia City Theater?

​ 90s alt-rock extraordinaires Everclear -- best known for their string of moody hit records off albums So Much for the Afterglow and Sparkle and Fade -- is still around, albeit with a different lineup. Bleach-blonde Art Alexakis is still fronting the band though, and on October 15 the band wi ... More >>

Also Tonight: The Red Bull Big Tune Producer Battle at Neumos with DJ Toomp and Nottz

​Tonight marks the sixth edition of Vitamin D, J. Moore, DV One and Jake One's Big Tune producer battle, and its fourth go-'round with Red Bull support. It's a free event if you RSVP, and any donations go to the Boys and Girls Club. I got a chance to catch up with Vita and DV One the other day ... More >>

Seattle Better Than Flint, Michigan, According to CNN

​Santa Monica makes the list. So does New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, Portland and San Francisco (twice). But in the list of the 10 best farmers markets in the United States just released today from CNN, Seattle's own Columbia City Farmers Market places 9th, just behind the Alemany Fa ... More >>

Legalized Weed Might Be Up to 80-Percent Cheaper

​There's probably not a soul in the world left who thinks locking someone up over a little dime bag is good public policy. Support for legalization is growing. But how much faster would it be growing if people knew just how goddamn cheap weed could be if it wasn't against the law?

Isaac Brock Performs First New Ugly Casanova Song in Eight Years

Ugly Casanova is for Isaac Brock what the Postal Service was for Ben Gibbard. For the better part of decade, there's been speculation about whether the Modest Mouse frontman's side project would ever release a follow-up to Sharpen Your Teeth, the band's only album to date. Originally featuring me ... More >>

If You're Craving Visqueen Everclear, There's An Irish Pub In Snoqualmie That's Your New Best Friend

Visqueen​There's an Irish pub in Snoqualmie called Finaghty's -- which I've never been to -- that's celebrating its two-year anniversary with three days of shows leading up to the Super Bowl. Saturday's lineup is one of the strangest I've ever heard, at least for an Irish pub in Snoqualmie: Vi ... More >>

It Might Get Loud Director Talks Guitar Heroes

Visqueen​There's an Irish pub in Snoqualmie called Finaghty's -- which I've never been to -- that's celebrating its two-year anniversary with three days of shows leading up to the Super Bowl. Saturday's lineup is one of the strangest I've ever heard, at least for an Irish pub in Snoqualmie: Vi ... More >>

Summer Guide: Best Bets for Outdoor Drinking

Sometimes it’s possible to get high off nature. Hedge your bets by also drinking.

Slush Pile for the Holidays!

How many shopping days are left? It'll take approximately the same amount of time to dig my office out from beneath the seasonal onslaught of gift books, many of them coffee table photo books for which I, humble journalist, have no coffee table. Thus, leaping from title to title, we start the emerge ... More >>

The Dukes: An Old Tune, Professionally Sung

How many shopping days are left? It'll take approximately the same amount of time to dig my office out from beneath the seasonal onslaught of gift books, many of them coffee table photo books for which I, humble journalist, have no coffee table. Thus, leaping from title to title, we start the emerge ... More >>

Big Fish Catches Record Revenues During Recession

A casual video-game company offers an escape from work and expensive PlayStation alternatives.

Not All Companies Are Having the Most Desperate Black Friday Ever

This year, even good little boys and girls can hardly expect better than coal in their stockings. Unemployment is up and home values are down--if you're lucky enough to keep yours. According to rumors, Santa is considering massive layoffs at his North Pole plant. A Merry Christmas indeed. It's no s ... More >>

PICK Chris & Don: A Love Story: A May-December gay romance

This year, even good little boys and girls can hardly expect better than coal in their stockings. Unemployment is up and home values are down--if you're lucky enough to keep yours. According to rumors, Santa is considering massive layoffs at his North Pole plant. A Merry Christmas indeed. It's no s ... More >>

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired: Was the fugitive rapist actually a victim?

This year, even good little boys and girls can hardly expect better than coal in their stockings. Unemployment is up and home values are down--if you're lucky enough to keep yours. According to rumors, Santa is considering massive layoffs at his North Pole plant. A Merry Christmas indeed. It's no s ... More >>

Week 1 Picks & Pans

This year, even good little boys and girls can hardly expect better than coal in their stockings. Unemployment is up and home values are down--if you're lucky enough to keep yours. According to rumors, Santa is considering massive layoffs at his North Pole plant. A Merry Christmas indeed. It's no s ... More >>

Real Busey Discovers Fake Busey

Hollywood B. considers legal action against better-looking Seattleite.

Threesomes, Hookers, and Keeping Internet Porn Away From My Kid--A Savage Uptight

Hollywood B. considers legal action against better-looking Seattleite.

Worst Records Ever

Ten albums that stank up 2006.

Like Austen in L.A.

Absent a marriage plot, or any real plot, Nicole Holofcener dissects the manners of matrons and maids.

Ask the Dust

Opens at Uptown, Fri., March 17. Rated R. 117 minutes.

Mazel Tofu

How to do Christmas the Jewish way, even if you're not.

Broken Flowers

Also: Caterina in the Big City, The Chumscrubber, The Edukators, Saint Ralph, and Save the Green Planet.

State Politics, Local Politics, Media, and Current Affairs

Also: Caterina in the Big City, The Chumscrubber, The Edukators, Saint Ralph, and Save the Green Planet.

Heartbeat

How Norm Durkee drives the ZinZanni engine from the keyboard.

Vollmann in One Volume

Just in time for Fallujah, the famously brave, verbose writer has condensed his epic rumination on violence—although hearing him explain it may still be preferable to actually reading it.

Downtown Kirkland

Just in time for Fallujah, the famously brave, verbose writer has condensed his epic rumination on violence—although hearing him explain it may still be preferable to actually reading it.

Hot Dish

Just in time for Fallujah, the famously brave, verbose writer has condensed his epic rumination on violence—although hearing him explain it may still be preferable to actually reading it.

Eastside Oasis

Two Seattle partisans go on a forced odyssey across the lake, discover that all roads lead to . . . Kirkland?

The endless summer

Skateboarders explain the art of "the asphalt wave."

California eatin'

Kirkland's Lake Street strip makes way for a Magnolia mainstay.

The Hot Sheet

What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

Animal boy

In the wake of his former bandmate's death, Dee Dee Ramone embarks on a difficult tour.

Crime boss

Local journalist Jack Olsen chronicles one man's quest for justice.

Steinbrueck donnybrook

Activists feud with City Council member over housing issues.

Cackling in Tongues

In a new humor anthology, the wordplay's the thing.

Winner
Jim Compton—
the biggest deficit spender.

In a new humor anthology, the wordplay's the thing.

Books Quarterly: Why We Sold Our Bookstore

It's not so easy carrying out a labor of love when your industry is out to kill you.

I hate Hollywood, but I love LA

A celebration and dissection of the Hollywood novel.

Experience This!

As Paul Allen and Jody Patton's mulitimedia museum at Seattle Center takes shape, a design is emerging that may define the architecture of the next millenium.