How to please the insufferable gearheads in your life
Best Local Corporation MICROSOFT No, it’s not the high-paying, cubicle- imprisoning contract work that makes Microsoft king of Seattle companies….
Bash a gimp. Steal the cane from a blind man and hit him upside the head with it. Talk dirty…
Mos Def and company transition from hip-hop to Hendrix, but can it be done?
ELVIS COSTELLO North (Deutsche Grammophon) Much of Elvis Costello’s oeuvre is built upon the look of love from across the…
Why head for the slopes when winter sports await so close to home?
The Times seeks a reporter to write about a one-newspaper town.
Criminally bad cop flick features a lard-ass De Niro.
LAS MARGARITAS Downtown tends to be vacant and gray around 5 o’clock on an autumn evening. Then there’s Las Margaritas….
KNIFE IN THE WATER, Red River (Overcoat)—Texas’ peculiar musical patchwork encompasses country, blues, punk, and psychedelic rock, styles ill-suited for…
I have this recurring nightmare. Vanity Fair has hired me to profile Madonna. I’m sitting in the Material Girl’s Manhattan…
Also: Caterina in the Big City, The Chumscrubber, The Edukators, Saint Ralph, and Save the Green Planet.
David Rakoff and Benjamin Kunkel.
What made George Harrison cool.
Also: Lola Ray, Doctor Alimantado
Diana Ross, Brotherhood of Breath, Maher Shalal Hash Baz.
Events of note for the week of May 15-23, 2006.
In a familiar-sounding case of mayoral assertiveness, the state fines Seattle, citing Greg Nickels’ interference in the Station 31 health probe.
ATTENTION injured Wal-Mart workers: You will remain at the mercy of your employer a little longer. As reported in Seattle…
Police intelligence officers personally briefed mayor on protesters’ WTO plans.
