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December 14, 2011
The Paring-Down of Prison Dinners
The incarcerated once enjoyed boundless holiday feasts. Not anymore.
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September 28, 2011
John Lithgow
The incarcerated once enjoyed boundless holiday feasts. Not anymore.
Blogs
April 1, 2011
Also Tonight: Avatar Young Blaze and Araab Muzik Celebrate Danny Darko at HG Lodge
Still young, the Estonia-born, Central District-repping, Los Angeles-residing Avatar Young Blaze has been both wildly prolific and steadily improving. And on his latest project, Danny Darko, there are still weed anthems ("Smoke Somethin''), gun tracks ("Kalashnikov"), and the same ear for top ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2011
NYT: Oregon Scientists Fattening Morbidly Obese Monkeys for Research
Leah Nash/The New York TimesKevin L. Grove, a scientist at the Oregon National Primate Research Center tells The New York Times: "We are trying to induce the couch-potato style." He's not talking about how he spend his weekends, but how he spends his weekdays, fattening rhesus macaques to unb ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2010
We Still Owe $83 Million for the Kingdome
Even though it was demolished over a decade ago, taxpayers still owe $83 million on the debt left over from the Kingdome, a ransom that won't be paid for another six years at least. That's $17 million more than the initial $67 million it took to cost the concrete behemoth way back in 1976. Re ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2010
Happy News, Sad News, Happy News: Sufjan Stevens Delights the People, Swell Season Stage Dive is Suicide, The Thermals Make A Video
Bandcamp: Sufjan Stevens is unexpectedly streaming his brand new EP, All Delighted People, today. Both Pitchfork and Stereogum are super effing excited about it. You can listen to it right here or download it for $5. NYTimes: Best quote from this New York Times profile of Katy Perry: "I want ... More >>
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July 13, 2010
Santana Proposes to Drummer Cindy Blackman, Dr. Dog's Coming to Showbox SoDo, and PIL Gets By On Country Life Butter
Jason Nocito-- ShowboxOnline.com: Dr. Dog's coming to Showbox Sodo for an all-ages show on October 19. Tickets are $22 adv/$25 dos, and go on sale Friday. -- Rolling Stone: Carlos Santana proposed to his drummer/girlfriend, Cindy Blackman, at a show in Chicago on Friday. She said, "Give me y ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2010
Apple Vs. the Frauds and NSFW Performances at Work. Plus, Are Steep Cover Charges Keeping the Kids From Jazz?
Michael PiazzaThe tenor saxophonist Chris Potter.-- Stereophile: "Maybe it's not true that the new generation doesn't like jazz; maybe they just find it too expensive." -- Wall Street Journal: Is Apple doing enough about those pesky iTunes hackers? -- Pitchfork: Bits of the Mavis Staples/J ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2010
Lilith Fair's Still Coming to the Gorge, Reznor's Keeping Busy, and It's Summer In Cities Other Than Ours
-- NY Times: Lilith Fair has now canceled a dozen dates. However, LiveNation assures us that tomorrow's Gorge stop on the summer road trip is still a go. -- Rolling Stone: NIN may be taking a respite from the road, but Trent Reznor just keeps on shelling out the goods. He just announced that he'l ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2010
Wait, You Mean Portland is NOT an Eco- Paradise Populated by Selfless Stewards of the Planet?
Image by Matt Grigsby And you always thought he was better than you.Yep, apparently we've been all wrong about Portland. All these years we've been led to believe that its thriving bookstores, dynamic, rejuvenated historic district, enlightened growth and transportation policies, and genera ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2010
New Album From The Eels, and New Arrests for Lindsay Lohan and Suge Knight
Mark Oliver Everett of The Eels.-- SPIN: Eddie Vedder joined Band of Horses on stage to perform "Act Together" from Ronnie Wood's solo record, I've Got My Own Album to Do. -- NME: The Eels will be supporting a new album, Tomorrow Morning, due Aug. 23, when they come to Seattle on October 8. ... More >>
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May 10, 2010
A.M. Music News: Pearl Jam's Bootlegs, Interpol's Bassist(s), The Black Keys' Brothers
Renee McMahonFrom the Sasquatch! 2009 archives.-- New York Times: On Sasquatch! "The West Coast's best answer to Bonnaroo, the lineup for the Sasquatch! Festival ... seems to get more impressive (and envy inducing) each year." -- NME: Interpol bassist Carlos Dengler has quit the band. The ba ... More >>
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March 17, 2010
Super Diamond
Renee McMahonFrom the Sasquatch! 2009 archives.-- New York Times: On Sasquatch! "The West Coast's best answer to Bonnaroo, the lineup for the Sasquatch! Festival ... seems to get more impressive (and envy inducing) each year." -- NME: Interpol bassist Carlos Dengler has quit the band. The ba ... More >>
Blogs
December 4, 2009
Amanda Knox Takes the Stand: The Critics Speak
Fluent in Italian, yet trembling in her defense. Now the jury will decide Knox's fate.Accused murderer Amanda Knox made a direct plea to the jury yesterday in her Perugia, Italy trial for the 2007 murder of fellow foreign exchange student Meredith Kercher. Is the 22-year-old Seattle native gu ... More >>
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December 2, 2009
A.M. Music News: Snoop Dogg, Bill Cosby, REO Speedwagon, and Other Heavies
Digital Speedwagon-- Sound on the Sound: Doh! Shane Tutmarc is moving to Nashville. -- LiveDaily: Your friend Bill Cosby is coming to Benaroya Hall on June 20. -- NME: Johnny Marr's writing the score for a film starring Antonio Banderas and Snoop Dogg. -- NME: Have you heard of Liam Galla ... More >>
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October 21, 2009
Kanye May Be a Douche, But He's Not Dead (and Other Bizarre Music Notes From the Last 39 Hours)
Pitchfork: Jack White Gives College Lecture NY Times: Run-DMC Musical Is Planned NY Times: The Beatles Rock Band not bigger than Jesus Billboard: Chris Brown Announces 'Fan Appreciation' Tour NME: 'Kanye West RIP' death hoax takes Twitter by storm LiveDaily: Wyclef lands publisher for me ... More >>
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October 21, 2009
The Food Section: Local Foods vs. European Wines, Dying Trappists
In the debate of the week, NY Times wine critic Eric Asimov challenges San Francisco restaurants: If you're so devoted to local ingredients, why are your wine lists dominated by European bottles? (The same could be said for many Seattle restaurants.) The response from one sommelier: European ... More >>
Blogs
October 20, 2009
This Friday: Kim Ricketts Launches New Bakery-Book Event
Kim Ricketts' Cooks and Books series snags every A-list food writer passing through town (coming up: former NY Times critic William Grimes, Momofuku chef David Chang, and French Laundry chef Thomas Keller) for $200-a-person dinners at Seattle's A-list restaurants. This week, she's starting up a new ... More >>
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July 1, 2009
Organic vs. Non, Food Truck Wars, and Other Food News
A few of the news stories making waves in the food world: In a fantastic essay, Russ Parsons, editor of the LA Times food section, writes that he's tired of "organic" being used as the sole measure of the worth of a fruit or vegetable. Central quote: "Certainly, there is a problem with chemical pe ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2009
The Real Speakeasy, the Real-Food Starbucks, and other Food News
Food stories plucked from the ether: Bar? What Bar? by William Grimes (NY Times): Arright, all you speakeasy wannabes -- and Grimes is talking about you, Tavern Law -- do you really want to mimic Prohibition-era bars? Kill off your patrons with rotgut and bribe your local police force. Korean Tac ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2009
Were the Feds Trying to Spy on Doc Hastings?
Last year, Barack Obama won over civil libertarians by dissing George Bush's executive power and domestic spying policies. Then he went and supported pretty much the same policies himself. One of those policies is the National Security Administration's surveillance of American communications; basica ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2009
The Next Punchline in the Culture Wars: Doga
Remember in 2003, when Howard Dean was running for President and was all the rage in our neck of the woods, how those plutocrats at the Club for Growth ran that famous ad in which an elderly couple inveighs that Dean should take his "tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, Sushi-eating, Vo ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2009
Anal-Retentive Recyclers, Food Allergies, and Other Food News
Food news that caught my eye this week:Swinery Update by Rebekah Denn (PI): More on what's happening with Culinary Communion/Gabe Claycamp's Swinery, the cured-meat business that was set to start appearing at farmers markets before the health department put Claycamp's plans on hold. It's all about p ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2009
From New York to Seattle, With a Layover in the Hudson
That jet that crashed in the Hudson was on its way to Seattle:"At the airport in Charlotte, where the flight was scheduled to arrive at 5:16 p.m. and then depart for Seattle at 6:10, the arrival board said the plane was still expected to arrive on time late into the afternoon."The flight was downed ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2009
I Need a New Spy Phone
I have a first-generation Blackberry Pearl that I've basically loved to death (OK, dropped), and the photos it takes look like I'm shooting through a dirty handkerchief. This year, I promised I would buy a cell phone with a decent camera. Normal people would simply bring along a camera and take pho ... More >>
Blogs
January 7, 2009
Morning Links
Salt won't help with this: Flooding predictedSchools chief finalizes list of recommended closures.That's as good as money, sir--those are IOUs: Obama warns of trillion dollar deficits.Iraqi patriotism on the rise. (h/t Matthew Yglesias)Grand jury charges local couple with gay asylum fraud. RNC hopef ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2008
Edith Macefield, Novelist
When I saw the late Edith Macefield's little house on the first page of the New York Times' National section this morning, I expected Bill Yardley's piece to be the typical bureau chief's reheating of a story that'd been thoroughly vetted by local press. But Yardley's piece, which is centered on a p ... More >>
Blogs
December 24, 2008
A Few Christmas Eve Food Stories
A few news stories from the food sections of the world:Nancy Leson gets the details on the new pizza place opening up on Rainier near the border of Renton. It's Pizzeria Pulcinella, from the owners of Vince's.Punch...It's Not Just for the Holidays by Steven Stern (NY Times): The advance guard of the ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2008
Washington State Can't Do Corruption With the Big Boys
Blago says: You punks aren't worthy to lick the dirt off my dollars. In response to the national Blago-mania, the New York Times posted several charts measuring the corruption of the states of the union. As Laura Onstot could have told us, Washington ranks among the least corrupt. Only five states h ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2008
The Perfidious Whole Foods, Redistribution of Party Snacks, and Other Food News
Some food news stories from the week:Politics of the Plate: Market Forces by Barry Eastabrook (Gourmet.com): If you've ever spent time in Portland, you're probably a fan of the local New Seasons chain. Now the litigation-loving Whole Foods is forcing New Seasons to hand over confidential financial i ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2008
Zig Zag's Murray Stenson Makes the NYT
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Blogs
November 12, 2008
Afternoon Edition: Real Headlines, Fake News
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Blogs
October 22, 2008
Pyramids for Children, Small-Batch Soy Sauce, and Other Food News
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Blogs
October 22, 2008
For Lease: 10,000 Sq Ft Office Space (Dreams of Prosperity and Growth Incl.)
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Blogs
October 15, 2008
Food News This Week: Make-Your-Own Edition
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Blogs
August 31, 2008
Bumberbreak: NYT On Vinyl Sales
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Blogs
June 11, 2008
This Week's Food News, Special Meat Edition
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Blogs
May 6, 2008
This Just In, Really
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Blogs
March 12, 2008
Nerd Fight: Silicon Valley v. Emerald City
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Blogs
February 28, 2008
Nobody Reads the Seattle Times
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Blogs
December 13, 2007
Schwarz and the Symphony: Soon to Get a New Drubbing in the Press?
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Diversions
October 3, 2007
Passive Aggressive in the Workplace
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Blogs
September 13, 2007
Sorry, I just had to spew
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Blogs
June 27, 2007
Food Section: June 27, 2007
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Blogs
March 21, 2007
Eat Food, Mostly Plants
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Blogs
February 26, 2007
Times Does Stooges
It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.
Arts
October 13, 2004
Red and Blue Ink
Bush and Kerry aren't just fighting it out at the polls.
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August 28, 2002
Sports Guy
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January 9, 2002
News Clips— Needle Exchange
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September 29, 1999
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