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Some Like It Hot

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Some Like It Hot

Billy Wilder worked with Marilyn Monroe twice, which is twice as much as most directors could stand her.…

The Mary Onettes

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The Mary Onettes

Swedish bands always seem to get at the heart of music they love and amplify everything great about…

The Wedding Present

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The Wedding Present

Even though David Gedge of the Wedding Present is the stereotypical definition of a prickly British rocker, he’s…

Afroman

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Afroman

Although he’s best known as the voice behind the quasi-cautionary tale “Because I Got High” that stumbled out…

Orbiting Serenely Away

News

Orbiting Serenely Away

Dearest Uptight Seattleite, Can you pleasea explain half-assed art cars? I’m not talking about the ones with blue…

Dan Bern

Arts & Culture

Dan Bern

Dan Bern has changed since entering the public eye with his serious-minded, minimalist folk. In the late 90s,…

Shelby Lynne

Arts & Culture

Shelby Lynne

Shelby Lynne’s versatility has always been her greatest gift and exactly what fans have always loved about her.…

Deer Tick loves the American way.

Music

The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

The Song Show / Wednesday, April 21 The second episode of the quarterly Song Show (hosted by City…

Born Anchors

Arts & Culture

Born Anchors

Since the Blood Brothers broke up in 2007, there’s been a tangible shortage of smart, listenable post-punk in…

Wet Hot American Summer

Arts & Culture

Wet Hot American Summer

It’s 1981, the last day of the season at Camp Firewood, and everyone’s trying to get laid. Acquitting…

Eat Drink Toke

Barrio’s “On the Road” with whiskey from Pur Spirits. Photo by Jonas

Barrio’s “On the Road” with whiskey from Pur Spirits. Photo by Jonas Maaloe.Sure, Seattle may have a reputation…

Langdon Cook

Arts & Culture

Langdon Cook

In a region full of mushroom hunters, public-park fruit scavengers, and clam diggers, Langdon Cook is a forager’s…

Wild River

Arts & Culture

Wild River

Director Elia Kazan’s s lyrical 1962 evocation of the turbulent ‘30s has a New Dealer parachute into rural…

Glenn Rockowitz

Arts & Culture

Glenn Rockowitz

Glenn Rockowitz was a 28-year-old stand-up comic in New York, with a wife just two weeks away from…

World Voices Fiction Tour

Arts & Culture

World Voices Fiction Tour

Three international novelists read from their work. In Christos Tsiolkas’ debut novel The Slap, Australian suburbanites try to…

Der Amerikaner David Montgomery ist Bodenforscher und zurzeit in Davos

Arts & Culture

David R. Montgomery

We step in it. We plant flowers in it. Worms live in it. Some children even eat it.…

Matthew Amster-Burton

Arts & Culture

Matthew Amster-Burton

When Matthew Amster-Burton, who writes about food for The Seattle Times, Seattle magazine, and Gourmet.com, segued from reviewing…

Ludovic Morlot

Arts & Culture

Ludovic Morlot

Funny thing about the opening of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony: It’s one of the most famously assertive and arresting…

Amelia Reeber

Arts & Culture

Amelia Reeber

Amelia Reeber has an impeccable alternative dance résumé, performing with Deborah Hay and Pat Graney, co-founding Foot in…

Tuxes & Tails Gala

Arts & Culture

Tuxes & Tails Gala

Devoted dog owners—and the term excludes Paris Hilton—typically choose to spend their downtime at home rather than attending…