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    April 12, 2012

    Cleveland Will Rock: It's Always Been About the Songs

    I have a mishmash of topics that I thought should be discussed among ourselves here. We love books here-- that has become very evident. Sports? Well, some of you can get on board. There's also a happening in Cleveland this weekend. Let's start at the top: Baseball! Optimism! Hey, Seattle! Check ou ... More >>

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    March 4, 2011

    A Meeting of the Minds

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. Or sometimes Friday.​ Many of you readers of this column are also quite active in the comment area. If you are one of those people, then no doubt you are probably keenly aware of a gentleman who posts under the screen name "AxlReznor." Axl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Questions & Answers on Adversity, Buddhism, and Your Kid's First Bass

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday. Got a question for Duff? Send it to askduff@seattleweekly.com.​We are going to try something new here this week. You've sent in your questions, and I've done my very b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Upton Sinclair, Thomas Pynchon, Adam Hochschild: This Time of Year Brings Out the Book Discusser In Me

    Duff McKagan is the founder of Seattle band Loaded, and the former bassist in Guns N' Roses. His Reverb column runs every Monday and Thursday. ​Fall is suddenly upon us, and in the Northwest, all seemingly at once. I am a year-round, every-night reader, but this time of year seems to bring out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    I Have Officially Bowed to the Information Age

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Last Christmas, my wife bought me a Kindle. To be honest, I had to sort of fake that I was stoked to get this present. As most of you probably know by now, I am an old ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Read It Or Repeat It

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​The more books about history I read, the more I see history repeating itself. I have been reading fiction as of late, but it's when I read good historical nonfiction t ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 7, 2010

    Opening Nights: Ching Chong Chinaman

    An (over)assimilated family begins to crumble.

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Yes, I Want to Be Cormac McCarthy When I Grow Up

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​I am not the quickest reader in the world. Every night before bed is really the only part of the day when I have time for my nerdy passion--and so I usually only get i ... More >>

  • Arts

    March 25, 2009

    Books: Vegan Crusader

    Jeffrey Masson makes the slippery-slope argument.

  • Film

    January 2, 2008

    There Will Be Blood: Daniel Day-Lewis Devours the American West

    Jeffrey Masson makes the slippery-slope argument.

  • Film

    November 15, 2006

    Fast Food Nation

    Opens at Harvard Exit, Fri., Nov. 17. Rated R. 106 minutes.

  • News

    August 16, 2006

    The Seventh Sign

    One more sign of sanity, and a goodbye.

  • News

    December 29, 2004

    The 10 Best Films

    No list is definitive, and this year we can expect plenty of critical disagreement.

  • Film

    March 24, 2004

    This Week's Attractions

    No list is definitive, and this year we can expect plenty of critical disagreement.

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    May 16, 2001

    The Films: A-E

    No list is definitive, and this year we can expect plenty of critical disagreement.

  • Arts

    February 7, 2001

    Supersize that

    Why Americans can't get enough of what's bad for them.

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