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Star Trek

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Nick Musser: Icon Grill's Music Man

    Ever wonder what chefs do in the limited spare time they have? Welcome to Counter Balance, a new weekly Voracious column dedicated to the sans-kitchen interests of local chefs. Whether it's fundraising for a personal cause, playing in a rock band, or collecting fingernail clippings for collages, thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Nashville Rockers The Features' Prog-New Wave Take on the iTunes Questionnaire

    As opposed to our favorite songs, or songs we'd like to think define our listening habits, taking a look at what a person actually listens to can be far more revealing. With that in mind, every so often we'll ask an artist to take a look at the most-played songs in their iTunes libraries and share w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Family Bands, Church Choirs, and Ill-Advised Male Nudity: The 15 Most Awkward Album Covers of All Time

    ​ Lots of album covers are bad, but not all bad album covers are awkward. Bad album covers run the gamut from cheesy photoshopped space scenes to overwrought hair-metal machismo, but an awkward album cover should exhibit some combination of bad judgment, bad lighting, and bad fashion sense. I ... More >>

  • Diversions

    September 7, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    ​ Lots of album covers are bad, but not all bad album covers are awkward. Bad album covers run the gamut from cheesy photoshopped space scenes to overwrought hair-metal machismo, but an awkward album cover should exhibit some combination of bad judgment, bad lighting, and bad fashion sense. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Lunchbox Laboratory and Star Trek: TNG Improve With Age, Different Perspective

    Sarah Anne Lloyd, 2011.Make it so... I can't eat it without closing an artery.​ The Night-In: Custom-Built Burger with Tater Tots and Buff Pops at Lunchbox Laboratory to be eaten in front of Star Trek: The Next Generation on Netflix Instant Queue. The Cuisine: Lunchbox Laboratory built a loy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Ra Ra Riot Jams In Outer Space In New Video For "Too Dramatic"

    Ra Ra Riot premiered a new music video today for the bubbly "Too Dramatic," one of the only songs I liked off their second record, last year's The Orchard. The clip was directed by Andrew Thomas Huang, who also did that gorgeous Avi Buffalo video last year. In the video, Ra Ra Riot starts out in a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Ken Jennings is Too Charming and Intelligent to be Human

    ​Two humans and one machine are scheduled to resume their intellectual duel-to-the-death tonight on Jeopardy. Or is it two robots and one human? After the live chat Seattle brainiac Ken Jennings just gave on The Washington Post forum, it's starting to look like Jennings may in fact be a machin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Geeking Out With Bin on the Lake's Chef Paul Hyman

    I love discovering that someone is secretly a geek. I love it even more when that person also happens to be a chef. I had the recent pleasure of dining at Kirkland's lowercase waterfront hotspot bin on the lake, and I got to spend some time chatting with the newly arrived chef Paul Hyman (disc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2011

    W. Kamau Bell

    I love discovering that someone is secretly a geek. I love it even more when that person also happens to be a chef. I had the recent pleasure of dining at Kirkland's lowercase waterfront hotspot bin on the lake, and I got to spend some time chatting with the newly arrived chef Paul Hyman (disc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Pumpkin Carving for Geeks

    I am a pumpkin carving geek.  I can't get enough of it!  As soon as October rolls around, there's nothing I want to do more than buy a dozen of the largest pumpkins Fred Meyer carries and sit at home with my pairing knife whittling away at orange flesh.  [Tip: Fred Meyer's scales ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    In Case You Missed It: Timecrowave!

    ​Four minutes just too long to wait for that plastic-wrapped, frozen roast beef dinner? Well have no fear, the Timecrowave is here! Gram Lampton has invented the first commercially available microwave with "time travel capabilities," allowing you to have your dinner when YOU want it. Provided ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Blue Moon to Debut Tuesday Night Film Series, Happy Hour on Jan. 19

    ​On Jan. 19, the U-District's historic (and historically free-spirited) Blue Moon (712 NE 45th St) will begin hosting Tuesday double features, along with a late-night happy hour featuring $2 Miller pints, and $3.50 well drinks beginning once the evening's second reel starts spinning around 10 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    What Amazon's Bestselling Items Say About America

    She's popular, sure. But not as popular as flat-screen TV sets.​It's Black Friday, and the malls are full of shoppers. Meanwhile, online, to close off an already strong year for Seattle-based Amazon.com, the Internet retailer announced on Monday a special Black Friday Deals Page. The company s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    A Message from the Print Edition

    You're reading this on your computer screen, so I'm not sure you love me anymore. But you should, because I'm beautiful, namely due to glorious photographs and the graphic design acumen of one Jane Sherman. I'm the print edition of Seattle Weekly, and here's (some of) what's in me this week: A Bel ... More >>

  • Film

    May 6, 2009

    [PICK]Star Trek: You Don’t Have to Be a Trekkie to Love It

    You're reading this on your computer screen, so I'm not sure you love me anymore. But you should, because I'm beautiful, namely due to glorious photographs and the graphic design acumen of one Jane Sherman. I'm the print edition of Seattle Weekly, and here's (some of) what's in me this week: A Bel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Live Music Round-Up: Monday, April 20

    Unwigged & Unplugged (aka Christoper Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer of Spinal Tap fame) at the Paramount Theatre, $32-$52, all ages When I first saw This Is Spinal Tap in high school, I thought it was an actual documentary. Seeing it again today, I cringe at the obliviousness of my youth. A ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2009

    Protest The Hero

    Monday, April 20

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Snowbody Shows Up At Mayor's Winter Storm Town Hall Meeting

      Well almost snowbody at any rate. With all the howling and gnashing of teeth over the City's response to last month's two-week long snow event, you'd have thought more than a dozen people would have shown up on a Tuesday night at the Green Lake Community Center to voice their grie ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2008

    Rossi Puts the Viaduct Back in Play

    Here’s a look at some alternatives that didn’t make the cut.

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2008

    Rossi's Got Your Transit Solution Right Here

    Here’s a look at some alternatives that didn’t make the cut.

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    MMM... Compost

    Here’s a look at some alternatives that didn’t make the cut.

  • News

    March 28, 2007

    From Hell's Heart, I Litigate at Thee!

    A sci-fi legend declares war on scrappy local publisher Fantagraphics. But in the battle of comix versus futurists, who's the bigger bully?

  • Film

    October 4, 2006

    Mad Cowgirl

    Runs at Grand Illusion, Fri., Oct. 6– Thurs., Oct. 12. Not rated. 89 minutes.

  • Arts

    September 20, 2006

    Cuisine/Art

    A satirical history of food, seen from an imaginary future.

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2006

    Yet another reason to love Viet Wah

    A satirical history of food, seen from an imaginary future.

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    Bones and Blonds

    Kennewick Man serves as a reminder to separate fantasy and science.

  • Film

    December 7, 2005

    Dec. 7, 2005

    Kennewick Man serves as a reminder to separate fantasy and science.

  • Diversions

    September 1, 2004

    Sept. 1-7, 2004

    Kennewick Man serves as a reminder to separate fantasy and science.

  • Arts

    June 16, 2004

    Arts Picks

    Kennewick Man serves as a reminder to separate fantasy and science.

  • Diversions

    June 4, 2003
  • Film

    April 30, 2003

    X-Men 2: Hugh Jackman in Coasting Mode

    Comic-book sequel can't change its shape.

  • Film

    December 19, 2001

    The quest

    Tolkien's Fellowship begins a work of transition—our own.

  • Diversions

    November 28, 2001

    Lose the virginity—A How-To

    Tolkien's Fellowship begins a work of transition—our own.

  • News

    November 28, 2001

    Ground Control

    Buying presents for the entire family—at Sea-Tac.

  • News

    November 21, 2001

    The boiling point

    Beating the winter blues at 103 degrees.

  • Film

    July 18, 2001

    Evolution

    Another contest to see who belongs at the top of the food chain.

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    Geek Box

    Space: 1999

  • Arts

    January 17, 2001

    Free and clear plan

    Lunch breaks and vacations barely exist in this tech-mad era—unless you unplug.

  • Food

    December 20, 2000

    Eating green

    It's not so easy, but at Ambrosia it tastes quite good.

  • Food

    April 19, 2000

    Counterculture

    Stool-hopping at local countertops.

  • Arts

    March 1, 2000

    Zez Confrey

    Stool-hopping at local countertops.

  • Music

    January 12, 2000

    CDs by Tricky's pals and Harmony Korine

    Stool-hopping at local countertops.

  • Arts

    December 29, 1999

    Good-time capsule

    It's loaded with civilization as I know it.

  • Food

    November 10, 1999

    Manray

    It's loaded with civilization as I know it.

  • News

    June 2, 1999

    What a long strange 'Trek' it's been

    It's loaded with civilization as I know it.

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    Gated com.munities

    It's loaded with civilization as I know it.

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Mixed paper, bottles, and Bradys

    Instant Nostalgia issue

  • Film

    December 16, 1998

    Star Drek

    Oldly going where many men have gone before.

  • Arts

    September 30, 1998

    True confession: I like musicals

    I don't love them. I don't hate them. Is that so wrong?

  • News

    March 25, 1998

    Net result

    I don't love them. I don't hate them. Is that so wrong?

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