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Portable Confessional Units Have you ever confessed? If you grew up Catholic, chances are you did at least a few…
Step Cousins Northwest hip-hop supergroup? Perhaps. Step Cousins are MCs Macklemore and Xperience, who hail from Olympia and Seattle. Macklemore…
Dear Uptight Seattleite, Over the past six months, I have grown myself a nice full beard. My girlfriend at first…
Flatstock Seattle is one of the few concert-poster hubs in the country. With first-rate designers like Jeff Kleinsmith, Mike Klay,…
Ace in the Hole Criterion, $39.95 I’m not sure when the phrase “media circus” entered the language, but it was…
Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth & Collected Works (Domino) “You write the gaps as much as you write the music,”…
Weekly Cover Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment DEAR EDITOR: Criticize Greg Nickels for his policies, his goals, his WORK in…
John Vanderslice Emerald City (Barsuk) This latest disc from San Francisco singer, songwriter, and audio auteur John Vanderslice was born…
Ten years after the Yacht Rock incident, the first mashup album is here.
Dear Uptight Seattleite, For the last several months I have been siphoning the gray water out of my bathtub with…
Men = Fresh Produce? DEAR EDITOR: I read with sadness your recent article about women on the prowl [“Cougar Mountain,”…
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Ever wanted to tell Dave Mustaine what you think? Or maybe ask him a question? Here’s your chance. Mustaine is…
The Exterminating Angels Weinstein, $24.95 A better name for Jean-Claude Brisseau’s X-rated apologia might’ve been The Guy Can’t Help It….
The Arab Center of Washington hosts its biannual Arab Festival with a plethora of traditional Arabic treats that may remind…
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A word about PB Kitchen’s pork hock: Not since Babe has a pig made me so happy. The atmosphere of…
“Free Dessert,” says a little sign hanging in the window at Saigon Deli and Restaurant’s University District location. But eat…
Though Seattleites live closer to the woods than a lot of urban dwellers, every now and then one needs to…
