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    Articles by Roger Downey
    You are here
    You are here
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    GPS means never having to say “Where the fuck are we?”

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    Darwin hits back
    Darwin hits back
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    WE SEATTLEITES are suckers for national media attention, but even the most boosterish among us may admit to qualms about…

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    Back to that cabaret
    Back to that cabaret
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    When other University of Washington acting grads were typing up r鳵m鳠and getting head shots, Norman Langill was shopping for a…

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    Tokyo Calling
    Tokyo Calling
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The year’s best anime on DVD.

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    Sips
    Sips
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Roast your own

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    Seattle pays for ‘Rent’
    Seattle pays for ‘Rent’
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    All dialogue guaranteed to be completely imaginary—but true.

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    Sips
    Sips
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Let them drink wine

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    In Seattle, the police wore masks during the great 1918–19 flu pandemic, which killed 1,600 here, 600,000–700,000 in the U.S., and 20 million worldwide.
    Fatal Flu
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    A historic pandemic like that of 1918 is likely, perhaps as soon as this winter, and unless you’re a health or government worker, no one’s planning to save you.

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    Box Score
    Box Score
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Now that “box wine” is beginning to shed its low-rent image, consumers are faced with a problem: The price is…

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    The Hot Sheet
    The Hot Sheet
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    What’s in, what’s fresh, what’s cooking

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    Bite me!
    Viscera
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Animated gore isn’t visceral enough.

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    Chard Reconfigured
    Chard Reconfigured
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Among the many perks that go with my job, probably the most valuable is the opportunity to sit down one-on-one…

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    Sips
    Sips
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Off the tux

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    Mojito Cafe
    Mojito Cafe
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Mojito Cafe is a great spot for a happy hour. Too bad they don’t really have one. Oh, you can…

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    In-sufi-cient
    In-sufi-cient
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Translating Rumi’s verse into the stuff of self-help books.

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    A little off the top
    A little off the top
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Seattle’s Paramount Theatre and its 143 seats that aren’t there.

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    Pas de perfection: Barker and Milov.
    Jewels Reset
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    PNB dancers and distinguished ghosts take the stage together.

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    Looking like a million
    Looking like a million
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The first public concert in the Seattle Symphony’s Benaroya Hall isn’t till this weekend, but the gossip factory’s already working…

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    Whose art is it anyway?
    Whose art is it anyway?
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    You wouldn’t think a straightforward chronological exhibition of 200 years of Northwest Coast Native American art could be controversial. But…

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    The Real Dr. Food
    The Real Dr. Food
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Alton Brown makes cooking shows useful again.

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