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  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    The Story Behind Elvis' World's Fair Ham

    Among the revelations in KCTS's new documentary When Seattle Invented the Future: The 1962's World's Fair is the provenance of the ham that Elvis Presley famously gifted Gov. Albert Rosellini. The ham didn't come from Presley's own smokehouse, as has sometimes been reported, nor did it even come fro ... More >>

  • Arts

    August 24, 2011

    The Fussy Eye: Blue Bird

    This bird don't fly.

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Amazon's Sweetheart Tax Deal in Tennessee Makes Strange Bedfellows of Walmart and Mom-and-Pops

    ​It's hard to feel sorry for Walmart. But when it comes to the collection of sales tax, and how they have to do it at their stores while Amazon mostly avoids doing it on its website, it does seem a bit unfair.

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Bobby Bare Jr. at the Top of His Game: Drunk and Funny at the Tractor Last Night

    Toby WoodruffBobby Bare Jr. having a serious moment.​Bobby Bare Jr. Tractor Tavern Thursday, March 24 For Bobby Bare Jr., the son of Nashville country singer Bobby Bare Sr., the shadow of his father is just that--a shadow. They're both from Nashville and play country music, but Bare Jr.'s row ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Is Justin Bieber Going to Win an Academy Award? (Please, God, Yes)

    ​The Academy appears to have Bieber Fever. This morning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their short list of 41 songs in the running for the the Best Original Song award at the 83rd Academy Awards. Among the notables include Christina Aguilera's "Bound to You" from Bur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Secrets of a Food Writer's Fridge: What the EGG is Rotting in There?!

    © Siiri Sampson 2010.All this food is for one person. What the cheese was I thinking?!​ Name of food writer: Siiri Sampson Position: Voracious Blogger for The Eatside Shame factor: Depends on who's around. If alone=zero, around friends=low, around parents=moderate. Contents of note: It's har ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    New Music From Ryan Adams, New Lawsuits From Adam Clayton, and Primus' Upcoming WaMu Theatre Show

    ​-- NY Times: On Tennessee's massive Bonnaroo music festival, which wrapped over the weekend: "Bonnaroo's setup, on 650 acres owned by the festival's promoters, pays tribute to hippie nostalgia, with a rainbow-shaped entrance gate and tall bobble-head statues of figures like Jerry Garcia. Exhi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Ben Gibbard Does Simon & Garfunkel, Radiohead Goes to School, and Reggie Watts As 2010's Galifianakis

    Renee McMahonDeath Cab for Cutie at Bumbershoot 2008.​-- Pitchfork: Menomena -- whose next Barsuk release, Mines, drops on July 27 -- will support the album with a Sept. 10 at Showbox at the Market. -- Rolling Stone: It appears that Bristow, Virginia is the only city in the country's not comp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    America Dominates Supercomputing, Seattle Dominates American-Built Supercomputers

    ​ According to tech blog Gizmodo, this is a breakdown of supercomputing power throughout the world. Each square represents one supercomputer, which are those big black boxes that fill up an entire room in movies like War Games. The United States has more supercomputing power than every other ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2010

    Wild River

    ​ According to tech blog Gizmodo, this is a breakdown of supercomputing power throughout the world. Each square represents one supercomputer, which are those big black boxes that fill up an entire room in movies like War Games. The United States has more supercomputing power than every other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Adopted Boy Returned to Russia Came From Renton Agency

    A Renton adoption agency has been dragged into the middle of an international brouhaha after a Tennessee woman tried to return her adopted son back to Russia. Nancy Hansen of Shelbyville, Tennessee is the adoptive grandmother of Artyom Savelyev, a 7-year-old boy who her daughter brought to Americ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Signs Mac Laptop

    It's 5 p.m. on a Friday. GO HOME. But before you do, check out Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer signing the laptop of a Trevecca Nazarene University student in Nashville, Tennessee. (Hey, he's a good sport!) And for a close-up of the signature, click that little line thingy below. Have a great weekend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Want to Be Finding Truffles, Ergo Need Dog

    ​If you don't have a dog, kidnap someone else's and bring that dog down to hunt in Oregon, just for the weekend of January 29-30th. Hunt truffles, that is. Black and white gold. French umami. Foodie crack. The truffle dog training seminar happening during the Oregon Truffle Festival is sold ou ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 18, 2009

    Those Darlins

    ​If you don't have a dog, kidnap someone else's and bring that dog down to hunt in Oregon, just for the weekend of January 29-30th. Hunt truffles, that is. Black and white gold. French umami. Foodie crack. The truffle dog training seminar happening during the Oregon Truffle Festival is sold ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Mt. St. Helens Bonnaroo Band

    Jared Price Over the weekend, Seattle's own Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band played a show at Bonnaroo and further got their name out there as one of the city's most prominent indie bands on the rise. I remember hanging with this five-person ensemble fairly tough at Sasquatch almost a month ago -- so I'm ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2009

    Justin Bond

    Jared Price Over the weekend, Seattle's own Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band played a show at Bonnaroo and further got their name out there as one of the city's most prominent indie bands on the rise. I remember hanging with this five-person ensemble fairly tough at Sasquatch almost a month ago -- so I'm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    A YouTube Glimpse at Next Year's Huskies

    Saturday's loss to Purdue was a bummer, though for all their heart, this year's Dawgs didn't quite have the talent to run with the nation's elite. Next year may be different, however. The talented Quincy Pondexter has regained his confidence and improved his game to the point where an NBA career o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2009

    Abraham Verghese

    Saturday's loss to Purdue was a bummer, though for all their heart, this year's Dawgs didn't quite have the talent to run with the nation's elite. Next year may be different, however. The talented Quincy Pondexter has regained his confidence and improved his game to the point where an NBA career o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Life, Death, Obama

    Saturday's loss to Purdue was a bummer, though for all their heart, this year's Dawgs didn't quite have the talent to run with the nation's elite. Next year may be different, however. The talented Quincy Pondexter has regained his confidence and improved his game to the point where an NBA career o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2008

    Greg Melville

    Saturday's loss to Purdue was a bummer, though for all their heart, this year's Dawgs didn't quite have the talent to run with the nation's elite. Next year may be different, however. The talented Quincy Pondexter has regained his confidence and improved his game to the point where an NBA career o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2008

    Caitlin Wheeler: Ador/Armor

    Saturday's loss to Purdue was a bummer, though for all their heart, this year's Dawgs didn't quite have the talent to run with the nation's elite. Next year may be different, however. The talented Quincy Pondexter has regained his confidence and improved his game to the point where an NBA career o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    Last Night: Silver Jews and Monotonix in Portland

    Saturday's loss to Purdue was a bummer, though for all their heart, this year's Dawgs didn't quite have the talent to run with the nation's elite. Next year may be different, however. The talented Quincy Pondexter has regained his confidence and improved his game to the point where an NBA career o ... More >>

  • Food

    October 1, 2008

    Here's Rye in Your Eye

    Folks, now here’s the story ’bout Minnie the Moocher.

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    August 13, 2008
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    May 24, 2008
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    April 16, 2008

    David Hajdu

    Southern charms.

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    March 14, 2008
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    January 25, 2008
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    December 26, 2007
  • News

    November 7, 2007

    Inslee's Hot for Change; Local Soldiers Lost in the Other War

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2007

    Philippines: A Re-return

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

  • Film

    July 11, 2007

    Southern Melodrama Meets Japanese Ghosts

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2007

    No, No, Please God, No

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2007

    And It Burned, Burned, Burned...

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

  • Film

    April 19, 2006

    Naked Before God

    Biopic leaves '50s bondage queen a mystery. If you don't see her appeal, you'll have to take it on faith.

  • News

    February 22, 2006

    The Elephant Turf War

    Humans are rushing to the aid of captive pachyderms, and Woodland Park Zoo is in the path of the stampede.

  • Arts

    October 6, 2004

    He Sees Dead People

    Troy Mink finds life in the ghosts of Appalachia.

  • Food

    October 29, 2003

    Food & Beverage News

    Troy Mink finds life in the ghosts of Appalachia.

  • Food

    June 25, 2003

    Food & Beverage News

    Troy Mink finds life in the ghosts of Appalachia.

  • Film

    January 22, 2003

    Victimless

    An honest, painful portrayal of a GI baby's Vietnam homecoming.

  • Music

    August 7, 2002

    Songwriting With Superdrag

    An honest, painful portrayal of a GI baby's Vietnam homecoming.

  • Music

    August 7, 2002

    Rhymes with Seltzer

    An honest, painful portrayal of a GI baby's Vietnam homecoming.

  • News

    January 24, 2001

    The longest sit

    An honest, painful portrayal of a GI baby's Vietnam homecoming.

  • Music

    November 29, 2000

    Fred & Courtney.

    An honest, painful portrayal of a GI baby's Vietnam homecoming.

  • News

    October 11, 2000

    A bitter pill

    An honest, painful portrayal of a GI baby's Vietnam homecoming.

  • News

    September 13, 2000

    The tankers

    These candidates are going down fighting.

  • Arts

    September 13, 2000

    The core of Gore

    A biography shows that Al's more complex than you'd think.

  • News

    January 6, 1999

    Nukes, no hoops, for Christmas

    A biography shows that Al's more complex than you'd think.

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