News
“In three months’ time we’ll look back and realize how lucky we are — Seattle is on the map.”
We received hundreds of letters about the WTO and regret we don’t have space to print them all.…
Arts & Culture
Kurt Cobain’s a Doll
New action figure immortalizes the rock star in plastic. Plus: Compendium closes, and festival news.
Film
Demonlover, New Suit, and More
DEMONLOVER Runs Fri., Oct. 3-Thurs., Oct. 9, at Varsity Olivier Assayas has several engaging qualities as a film…
Arts & Culture
Performance Picks
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PNB’s current triple bill may be a tribute to the work of George Balanchine, but…
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Here’s the Beef
ON THE PLATE Through January Can the mad cow jokes. Yarrow Bay Beach Caf頩s serving up 16 ounces…
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Aug. 31, 2005
NEWS Confidential to all Francophiles left wondering where in the world they’d get their cassoulet after Wallingford’s Au…
Music
Previews
REVEREND HORTON HEAT Showbox at 8 p.m. Fri., Sept. 12, with the Blasters and BR5-49. $22 adv./$25. Rockabilly…
Music
Wednesday, June 8The National + Menomena + TalkdemonicNot so sure about the
Wednesday, June 8The National + Menomena + TalkdemonicNot so sure about the headliner, but the middle band’s been…
Music
Ellen Allien, Cave In, and More
ELLEN ALLIEN Berlinette (Bpitch Control) On any given Saturday night, stateside techno music slips deeper into a holding…
Arts & Culture
This Week’s Reads
Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett By Jennifer Gonnerman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $24)…
Music
Rinocerose, Blond Redhead, and more.
RINOCEROSE, Installation Sonore (V2) For dancers, “acid” refers not to phased, overdriven rock ‘n’ roll but to anything…
Arts & Culture
Arts Picks
SATURDAY JAZZ RASHIED ALI QUINTET Here’s the intergenerational wild-card jazz concert of the season. Ali is the famed…
News
News Clips— Rising/Falling
Rising Falling Pink-slip king Jeff Bezos earned raves from The Economist, which claims Amazon.com has turned the corner…
News
“. . . the cops were the initial aggressors. . . .The cops set the tone. And this has never been reported in the media.”
WTO: What really went down! Your story on the WTO debacle [8/3] was probably the most comprehensive and…
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Capitol Hill
CAPITOL HILL I have a love/hate relationship with Capitol Hill. I love that it’s the most diverse part…