Arts & Culture
Jen Mills
Until you actually see Jen Mills room-filling installation, the promised bowls of salt in You Only Have What…
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Marina & the Diamonds
Marina and the Diamonds is not a band, but a Welsh-bred singer-songwriter (real name: Marina Diamandis). Admittedly, its…
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The Tallest Man on Earth
According to Google, the tallest man in the world is the 85 Ukrainian veterinarian Leonid Stadnyk. He is…
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Magic Kids
Magic Kids debut album, Memphis, came out just a few weeks ago with not a hint of the…
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JaK’s Happy Hour
A pioneer in the West Seattle Junctions renaissance, this venerable steakhouse situated on the neighborhoods main drag has…
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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Earlier this summer, Owen Ashworth announced that he would be retiring his longtime stage project, Casiotone for the…
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Il Fornaio Happy Hour
Admittedly, Il Fornaio comes off a bit stuffy. But dont let the spiral staircase, classical music, and overwhelming…
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State of the Artist
Hailing from the north, south and west of Seattle, the colorful trio of S.O.T.A. Boys might be young,…
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Thee Oh Sees
If there’s anything plaguing contemporary art punk bands invoking the fuzzy garage-psych sound of the ’60s, it’s that…
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The Smashing Pumpkins
On one hand, Billy Corgan is as lame as Courtney Love and Axl Rose for continuing to record…
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The Wizard of Oz
Family flick, gay cult movie, midnight stoner jamboreeit doesnt really matter how you categorize this 1939 classic. It…
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The Warriors
One of the most weirdly, lastingly influential films of the 70s, Walter Hills 1979 street-gang odyssey is loosely…
Music
The Short List: The Week’s Recommmended Shows
Shonen Knife / Wednesday, September 8 Japan’s long-running all-girl trio Shonen Knife is down to one original member,…
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Jennifer Jordan
In the literature of mountaineering, there are few stories greater than the 1953 U.S. attempt on K2, when…
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Le Amiche
Excavated from the deep ’50s, Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1955 Le Amiche (known in English as The Girlfriends) is an…
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Richard LeMieux
Breakfast at Sally‘s was written on a cast-off manual typewriter while the author was living in his van.…
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Adam Carolla
The Hammer is a 2007 film written by and starring Adam Carolla. It is the story of a…
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God
How to explain Klaus Kinski to Americans unfamiliar with the dead German actor? Think of him as a…
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The Capitol Club Happy Hour
The Capitol Club is a rare creature in a neighborhood crowded with hipster hangouts and gay dance clubs.…
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Burn the Floor
Dance doesnt make it to television very often, so the recent flurry of televised competitions has the dance…