Subject:

Walter Cronkite

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Mourning the Loss of Naked Came the Stranger Mastermind Mike McGrady

    Former Newsday reporter and author Mike McGrady died Sunday in Shelton. He was 78, having lived a life like few journalists in history. Known as the "mastermind" behind the 1969 cult classic Naked Came the Stranger, a literary hoax and genius bit of shit-lit that changed the world, McGrady's place i ... More >>

  • Music

    March 7, 2012

    Duff McKagan: War's Horror Stories

    And why I can't look away.

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    War's Storytellers, and Why I Can't Turn Away

    This column today, is dedicated in memory of Lynn D. 'Buck' Compton. I first read about Buck and the World War II exploits of his Easy Company, in Stephen Ambrose's Band Of Brothers. Buck Compton died this week at the age of 90...at his home in Burlington, Washington. ----------- If you were a to ... More >>

  • Arts

    July 22, 2009

    Television: Why Is Cronkite Giving Me the Stinkeye?

    Close encounters with a journalism icon.

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Cocktail in Memorium: Walter Cronkite

    Walter Cronkite, the anchorman's anchorman. So I was thinking, instead of reinventing the wheel (cocktail?), a classic should be renamed for him because Cronkite was a class act. He's a part of our history, like 40 years ago today, when we landed on the moon. He's tied to that event and many more, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Thanksgiving with Cronkite: SW's Theater Critic Remembers

    Writer Kevin Phinney, who reviews theater for Seattle Weekly, lived for years in Austin, where he wrote the book Souled American: How Black Music Transformed White Culture--and also made the acquaintance of Walter Cronkite. Here's Kevin's reminiscence of the great newsman: I met Walter Cronkite wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2009

    Walter and Me

    I watched a little bit of the Walter Cronkite coverage last night. Don Hewitt sounded out of it on the Larry King Show, and Larry didn't sound too sharp either. At one point Hewitt was asked to reflect on the moon landing coverage. HEWITT: One of the singular moments in television was Walter's m ... More >>

  • Arts

    February 25, 2009

    I Saw This: Over and Over-Exposed

    Claudia X. Valdes at Lawrimore Project.

  • Music

    October 1, 2008

    Helms Alee is Almost Famous

    Music journalists hate it when our friends become successful.

  • Film

    July 2, 2008

    Sputnik Mania: Tin can in orbit causes terrestrial terror!

    Music journalists hate it when our friends become successful.

  • Film

    May 30, 2007

    SIFF Week Two: Picks and Pans

    Music journalists hate it when our friends become successful.

  • Film

    March 8, 2006

    Seattle Weekly PickOscar-Nominated Short Documentaries

    Showing at Northwest Film Forum, Fri., March 10–Thurs., March 16. Not rated. 75 and 60 minutes.

  • Music

    August 24, 2005

    David S. Ware and William Parker

    Also: The Magik Markers, John Vanderslice, A Band of Bees, and Brian Eno.

  • News

    June 15, 2005

    That Elusive Outrage

    The media are reporting plenty of scandals, but no one seems to care.

  • Arts

    March 31, 2004

    Crass Act

    A dirty book is back in print with a timely reminder of how decades before Jayson Blair, 25 'distinguished' journalists once hoaxed the publishing world.

  • Arts

    January 21, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    Mark Kurlansky, Leslie Miller, and John Pollack.

  • Music

    May 17, 2000

    Turning the turntables

    A young Canadian DJ zooms from the underground with a playful perspective.

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