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May 21, 2012
WATCH NOW: Political Attack Ads Gone Wild
Let's be honest: Pretty much the only entertaining thing about election season is the political ads. And with this year's election inching ever closer, and Super PACs ready to flex their well-funded muscles, it's time to gear up for an onslaught of political propaganda the likes of which the world h ... More >>
Blogs
May 14, 2012
Tell Me About That Song: Johnny Straube, Vocalist and Guitarist of Seattle Garage Pop Band Post Adolescence
A lot went into writing your favorite song, but how much do you really know about it? This week Johnny Straube, singer and guitarist of Seattle garage pop band Political Adolescence, delves into Tea Party antics, ridiculously long song titles and Lord of the Flies. Song: "What You Would Call Social ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2012
Gun Nutty: State Pistol Permits Reportedly Hit Record Numbers, Thanks to Boogyman Barack
"The fear of not being able to buy guns," Stephen Colbert said last month, "has led to buying so many guns that now they can't buy any guns, just like they feared." He was referring to the run on guns that followed the Trayvon Martin shooting and NRA claims of a "massive Obama conspiracy" in which t ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2012
Watch the Funniest Commerical Microsoft Has Ever Made
Microsoft has set the bar pretty low for their commercials, probably peaking with getting the double rainbow guy to shill their photo-editing software. They would rather have Apple drive a hammer through their proverbial face than admitting room for improvement in their products. Which is why it's s ... 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 >>
Blogs
February 28, 2012
Post Adolescence's New Track Has Choice Words For The Tea Party
Post Adolescence Single: "What You Would Call Socialism (I Would Call Civilization)" Out now, postadolescence.com With a lyrical nod to cable's funniest news source--"the most trusted news comes from Comedy Central"--and eagle-themed cover art patriotic enough to make Stephen Colbert jealous, Seatt ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2012
Free Food for Valentine's Day! Celebrate at Qdoba on Capitol Hill and Ben & Jerry's in Green Lake
Too broke to take your sweetheart out on a Valentine's dinner date? You're in luck. Capitol Hill Seattle reports that the Qdoba on Broadway is offering buy-one-get-one free meals to customers who pucker up and give someone a kiss at the register. You can top your burrito off with dessert, too. My Gr ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2012
Occupy Seattle Follows Stephen Colbert's Lead With Citizens United Protest
After relinquishing control of his super PAC to his pal Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert is officially running for president...of South Carolina. The candidate must be busy, ahem, coordinating his campaign, because he ignored Occupy Seattle's request to appear at their demonstrations this weekend. But d ... More >>
Music
December 7, 2011
What Is Church?
Brian Eno shows us a living example.
Blogs
September 15, 2011
GOP Looks to Punish NLRB for Boeing Case by Stripping It Of Power
House GOP members are not satisfied to simply oppose the National Labor Relations Board's case against Boeing and its possibly-illegal decision to build a plant in South Carolina. They want to to strip the NLRB of its power for all labor cases.
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 >>
Blogs
February 4, 2011
Google Links Hiybbprqag.com to Jobs Page in Dick Move on Microsoft
The word "Hiybbprqag" got the Steven Colbert "Bump" this week. That's after Google said it proved that Microsoft was stealing its search results for use on Bing.com. Colbert's translation for the word: "You got served." Now, adding insult to injury, Google is seemingly using the word as a not ... More >>
Arts
December 15, 2010
Opening Nights: A Christmas Story: The Musical!
A future holiday hit in chrysalis, thanks in part to its sixth-grade star.
Blogs
November 15, 2010
Brian Baird, Departing House Rep, Burns Bridges All The Way To New District
It's possible that recently retired 3rd District Rep. Brian Baird finally feels free to speak his mind about how nobody in Washington gets it but him. What's more likely, however, is that he wants to set the tone for what may be a new future in a more conservatively matched 1st district. Eith ... More >>
Blogs
November 5, 2010
Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Dinosaurs, Guy Fieri and, Wait A Minute... Is That Tom Skerritt?
photo courtesy Joshua Huston "Negative Ghostrider, the pattern is full." Yes. As a matter of fact that is Tom Skerritt, who just happened to be hanging out at Il Terrazzo Carmine (reviewed this week) while Food Porn photographer Joshua Huston was there to grab a few snaps. Commander Mike Me ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
'Democrats Win, Continue in Power' - A Headline You Can't Get Anywhere Else
BoehnerEven if Patty Murray loses, even if Rick Larsen loses, even if a string of Democrat senators and congress members lose those toss-up races across the U.S., the pundits, pollsters, Fox News and the Tea Party all got it wrong: The Dems didn't lose. The New York Times also pushed the sup ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2010
The Videos: Stephen Colbert Loves Him Some McRib, Celebrates its Phoenix-Like Return
Rumors of its death have been greatly exaggerated A couple weeks ago, we discussed the (with no small amount of guilty delight) the Second Coming of the McRib sandwich at McDonald's. Or actually, I guess it was the Third Coming. Or possibly the Fifth. See, if there's one thing about the McR ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2010
Seattle "March to Keep Fear Alive" Not Likely to be Marching
If you haven't heard by now that "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" in Washington D.C. has a Seattle offshoot, then you really need to get out more. What's less known is that there is a also an Emerald City version of "The Colbert Report" host Stephen Colbert's "Mar ... More >>
Blogs
October 20, 2010
There are Three Rats for Every One Person in New York City (INFOGRAPHIC)
Lapham's Quarterly is what you might read if you think Harper's has gotten too low-brow. But that doesn't mean the pretentiously subtitled "magazine of history and ideas" (nobody ever writes about those!) doesn't occasionally dabble in the muck. After the jump, check out the eye-opening Lapha ... More >>
Blogs
October 11, 2010
Ike Ditzenberger & the Golden Age of Handicapable Athletics
Roughly a decade ago, the Comedy Central series Strangers With Candy, starring a then-unknown Stephen Colbert as a closeted, self-centered high school history teacher, featured an episode in which a blind student was allowed to play on the football team. He's permitted to carry the ball, and ... More >>
Blogs
September 24, 2010
Stephen Colbert's In-Character Congressional Testimony (VIDEO)
Because it's Friday, and because you're not going to watch anything better today, here's video of the in-character testimony Stephen Colbert gave at this morning's House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. A gold st ... More >>
News
September 22, 2010
Jon Stewart's Sanity Rally Spawns a Seattle Offshoot
And there's an unlikely local behind it.
Blogs
September 20, 2010
Can't Join Jon Stewart in D.C.? Rally in Spirit at Westlake Center Oct. 30
Update: The organizer, Jim Baum, just called back. Turns out he was once interviewed by Stephen Colbert on The Daily Show. So meta. More after the jump. The Daily Show's Jon Stewart says anyone who isn't "just, let's say, jumping up, grabbing the nearest stack of burnable holy books, strappi ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2010
Congrats Best of the Web 2010 Winners!
Seattle's web superstars shined (if the sun's not going to do it, someone has to) at last night's Seattle Weekly Best of the Web 2010 awards party. Winners, nominees, judges, good friends and Seattle Weekly staff packed into the lovely 2nd story bar of the Hard Rock Cafe to hobnob and celebrate our ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2010
Stephen Colbert Bus Stop Is Wallingford's Attempt to Capitalize on "Colbert Bump"
Fortunately, the camera angle here obstructs the real "Colbert bump."The jingoistic, proudly naive, bear-phobic character Stephen Colbert plays on his nightly news show has a way of helping find and fund lost causes. Known as "the Colbert Bump," a little attention from the Comedy Central star ... More >>
Calendar
January 20, 2010
Movits!
Fortunately, the camera angle here obstructs the real "Colbert bump."The jingoistic, proudly naive, bear-phobic character Stephen Colbert plays on his nightly news show has a way of helping find and fund lost causes. Known as "the Colbert Bump," a little attention from the Comedy Central star ... More >>
Film
September 23, 2009
PICK No Impact Man: What’s the Big To-Do About Doing With Less?
Fortunately, the camera angle here obstructs the real "Colbert bump."The jingoistic, proudly naive, bear-phobic character Stephen Colbert plays on his nightly news show has a way of helping find and fund lost causes. Known as "the Colbert Bump," a little attention from the Comedy Central star ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2009
They Should've Gone for Stephen Colbert
So Glenn Beck's scheduled to ride his Batshitmobile into Mount Vernon later this month to accept the keys to the city. (Compare Beck to another Skagit Valley native. Then wonder why Vanessa Fontana isn't getting keys too.) Having witnessed this circus, Bellingham's mayor is looking to counte ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2009
Stephen Colbert Doesn't Approve of the Gasworks Fireworks Suit
Remember Ben Schroeter's suit to stop Saturday's fireworks show? It got the Steven Colbert treatment last night: The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c4th of July Under Attackwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorJeff Goldblum
Blogs
June 10, 2009
Fort Lewis Soldier to Appear on Colbert's "Operation Iraqi Stephen"
Colbert gets his head shavedFort Lewis soldier Lt. Gen. Charles Jacoby will be on the Stephen Colbert show tonight (11:30, Comedy Central). Colbert's doing the show from Baghdad this week (it's called "Operation Iraqi Stephen") and recently had his head shaved, on the order of Barack Obama. Colbert ... More >>
Film
June 3, 2009
SIFF: Axis of the Undead: Zombies Invade Kitsap!
How an Oscar-nominated producer and first-time director made a gore-soaked satire of post-9/11 America.
Blogs
May 29, 2009
Live Music Roundup: Friday, May 29
Holy shit, people. Good luck figuring out your plans for the evening. Firstly, there's the John in the Morning at Night show at Neumos, which will feature Pela, U.S.E., Iran and Throw Me The Statue. It's $18 advance, and doors are at 8 p.m. Chain and the Gang, Hive Dwellers, Wallpaper at the Ver ... More >>
Calendar
May 27, 2009
Chain and the Gang
Friday, May 29
Film
May 27, 2009
Axis of the Undead
How an Oscar-nominated producer and first-time director made a gore-soaked satire of post-9/11 America on the Kitsap Peninsula. With zombies!
Blogs
April 6, 2009
The Venture Brothers, Season 3: The 1,283th Time Around, It's Still Hilarious
DVD: The Venture Brothers, Season 3 Release date: March 24 Cost: $24 on the [adult swim] site, but I've seen it for $17.99 and cheaper online. I've been getting really impatient for the fourth season of [adult swim]'s best show, The Venture Brothers, to come out. Unfortunately, that's not happenin ... More >>
Blogs
November 21, 2008
Oh My God! A Bear Ate Elvis Costello!
We find Stephen Colbert the night of his Christmas Special taping putting the final touches on his own set of Christmas carols in a woodsy cabin, presumably somewhere in upstate New York. "Boy... what rhymes with boy." Stephen wants all new songs for his special because every time someone plays Wh ... More >>
Blogs
November 5, 2008
West Seattle On Election Night
We find Stephen Colbert the night of his Christmas Special taping putting the final touches on his own set of Christmas carols in a woodsy cabin, presumably somewhere in upstate New York. "Boy... what rhymes with boy." Stephen wants all new songs for his special because every time someone plays Wh ... More >>
Calendar
October 29, 2008
Second City Comedy Tour
We find Stephen Colbert the night of his Christmas Special taping putting the final touches on his own set of Christmas carols in a woodsy cabin, presumably somewhere in upstate New York. "Boy... what rhymes with boy." Stephen wants all new songs for his special because every time someone plays Wh ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2008
Last Night: Mountain Goats and Kaki King at the Showbox
We find Stephen Colbert the night of his Christmas Special taping putting the final touches on his own set of Christmas carols in a woodsy cabin, presumably somewhere in upstate New York. "Boy... what rhymes with boy." Stephen wants all new songs for his special because every time someone plays Wh ... More >>
Calendar
March 26, 2008
Eric Alterman
A guide to arguing back at Coulter & Co.
Arts
February 20, 2008
Austen Adaptations Mostly Persuade
Book-It nails the tone, and Attic trips on the irony.
Blogs
September 12, 2007
Indie Rock Resort
Book-It nails the tone, and Attic trips on the irony.
Music
January 10, 2007
Moonlighting
After surviving an inaugural tour with the Decemberists, Talkdemonic's Lisa Molinaro returns to her day job.
News
January 3, 2007
Happy News Year
The year in review, slightly askew.
News
December 27, 2006
Happy News Year
The year in review, slightly askew.
Blogs
December 21, 2006
Colbert Comes Alive
The year in review, slightly askew.
Blogs
December 14, 2006
Colbert vs. The Decemberists
The year in review, slightly askew.
Film
November 22, 2006
The Pusher trilogy and more
All the Danish hoodlums you can handle.
Arts
October 4, 2006
Operation Smoke and Mirrors
Frank Rich takes a damning peek backstage, neglects to review the audience.
Film
July 5, 2006
Strangers With Candy
Showing at Varsity, Fri., July 7–Thurs., July 13. Rated R. 85 minutes.
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