The hills are alive, with the sound of . . . the Pixies! Yep, it’s official—Frank Black (a.k.a. Black Francis,…
Top Selling Records at Local Record Stores 10. TORTOISE It’s All Around You (Thrill Jockey) 9. ERIC CLAPTON Me &…
AS REPORTED IN the June 14 Seattle Times, the controversial, long-delayed, and much-litigated plan to dispose of 3,500 nonmigratory Canada…
Daniel Blum’s dictionary make culinary adventuring easy.
KCMU becomes KEXP as a university-run station partners with Paul Allen’s rock museum.
Playing gospel behind enemy lines.
Would you vote for a new monorail if it meant tearing down the old one? A group of preservation advocates…
A media insider samples how the other half works.
To end litigation by Pierce County over premature discharges by Western State Hospital, the state has agreed to pay $2.5 million per year.
RADIOHEAD Amnesiac(Capitol) Rock’s reluctant heroes forget that they’ve already released their difficult electronic album. Radiohead caused quite the stir with…
Two weeks ago (Dategirl, July 2), I answered a letter from a woman who was wondering why men are such…
Once upon a time, when the world was neither more nor less dangerous than it is now, awful things happened…
Under the radar, an oddball fest returns.
Taking On Monomania Jason Osgood and Ricky Sadler, protesting Knute Berger’s comments on Monorail Recall’s Initiative 83, misstate and ignore…
Media Many predicted an early death for the liberal talk network Air America when it debuted this year, but it…
TRAITOR JIMMY I read with disappointment Knute Berger’s “Baghdad Jimmy” [Mossback, Oct. 2]. Jim McDermott, an embarrassment for the citizens…
Rick’s Good Read I deeply appreciated Rick Anderson’s story on the governor’s election [“The Latest Returns,” April 27]. Thorough, readable,…
Top-selling records at local independent record stores
A young woman arrived at the Paramount Theatre on Wednesday, May 4, wearing furry black boots and a zebra-print dress,…
When Paul Schell won the job of Seattle mayor last November, arts buffs ’round town were filled with hope. This…
