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"Microsoft's products are conceived . . . as weapons to be used against competitors rather than effective tools for customers."

This Week's Reads

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This Week’s Reads

Adam Langer and David Brock.

Eat Drink Toke

Servers strike back!

Following two weeks of readers’ additions to Kathryn Robinson’s “Are you being served? Ten things I wish every…

Chet Baker

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Chet Baker

Also: The Rough Guide to Boogaloo, Do the Bambi, Stereo Total, Mike Jones, Mariah Carey, and Goldie Lookin'…

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WedLive MusicBenaroya Hall The Forgotten Carols at 7:30 p.m. $12-$18 200 University

WedLive MusicBenaroya Hall The Forgotten Carols at 7:30 p.m. $12-$18 200 University St., 215-4800.Cafe Bella Satellite Affair, Van…

House of Fun

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House of Fun

At any given time in any given city, there must be at least one punk-rock club where underground…

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1998 Bumbershoot Picks: Books

“Bumbershoot!” “Bless you.” It’s easy to see how our most hallowed of local festivals could be likened to…

Bright Eyes

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Bright Eyes

Also: Bettie Serveert, Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower, Live From the Morning Alternative, and the Marshall…

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Buzz

Strippergate Evidently, the irony was lost on the Seattle City Council. On Monday, June 7, it confirmed Perkins…

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The Wild, Wild West

Coals for Jim West Seattle Weekly, along with all the rest of the media, is overlooking the real…

Lee Hye-yeong (left) and Jeon Do-yeon in the South Korean No Blood No Tears.

Film

Movies A-E: From Abouna to the Eye

The laughter! The tears! The pathos! The incomprehensible Czech documentaries! Our critics sat through 89 such festival titles…

Trite and "True"

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Trite and “True”

Microsoft as utopia, the tech word as dystopia

This Week's Critics' Picks

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This Week’s Critics’ Picks

Sound artist Trimpin, writer Rebecca Brown, outdoor theater, and Thievery Corporation top our list.

Daffy and Fraser in Action.

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This Week’s Attractions

LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION Opens Fri., Nov. 14, at Metro and others The Looney Tunes gang survives…

The Meat Purveyors

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Wednesday, June 22Diane Schuur and the Caribbean Jazz ProjectThe MOR favorite gets

Wednesday, June 22Diane Schuur and the Caribbean Jazz ProjectThe MOR favorite gets a little spicy for her current…

CD Reviews

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CD Reviews

THE GENTLE WAVES, Swansong for You (Jeepster) Belle and Sebastian cellist Isobel Campbell holds back for over 30…

Aretha Franklin

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Aretha Franklin

Plus CD Reviews of King Curtis, Fingletoad, Strange & Siho, Beauregard Ajax, Edip Akbayram, and Mark Knopfler &…

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Numbers of the Week

47,625 Median income in dollars for an individual in Seattle. 409 Affordable rent in dollars for a very-low-income…

Arts & Culture

Visual Arts Calendar

Lectures and Events LECTURE: ELIZABETH SANDVIG The Seattle painter talks about her approach to art. 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.,…

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Best New Thing You Discovered in the Last Year

Here’s a partial list of your discoveries difficult to categorize, but no less worthy of mention. In alphabetical…