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In defense of Tim Eyman
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006MAYBE IT’S THE contrarian in me. But I’m finding the enormous brouhaha this past week over Tim Eyman’s profit-sharing plan to be just a tad, ... Read more
N.Y.C. invades Seattle; Easy Street welcomes some local notables; plus news on Pearl Jam, Sonic Youth, etc.
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006If you get caught between the moon and New York City (I know it’s crazy, but it’s true), the best that you can do is ... Read more
This Week’s Reads
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Loving Che By Ana Menéndez (Atlantic Monthly Press, $22) ¡Dios mio! This three-part epistolary debut novel by Ana Menéndez—author of the exalted 2001 short-story collection ... Read more
Visual Arts Listing
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006An opinionated guide to this week's gallery and museum shows. Read more
“In the circuslike setting of Las Vegas, [the monorail] is appropriate, but not in a real city like Seattle.”
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006HOOD DOES GOOD If all reporters and editors could produce stories with the same level of sensitivity and gripping language with which the story about ... Read more
The Meritage Lounge
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006The Meritage Lounge in the Redmond Marriot Hotel seems caught in a stylistic tussle with itself: too classy for hipsters, too suburban for Seattlelites, too ... Read more
Microsoft, Election 2005, Media
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Microsoft Depending on who tells the story, Microsoft either chickened out when threatened with a Christian boycott of its software or chickened out long before ... Read more
May
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Walking inside May‘s dimly lit lounge, it’s hard to focus on just one element. Beautiful red and gold Thai lanterns seem to float from the ... Read more
National Politics, Media, Employment
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006National Politics It’s not just the ethically challenged Texas Rep. Tom DeLay or Republicans who accept special-interest travel funds. In the past five years, says ... Read more
Carol of the bulls
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006While at the Pacific Place Pottery Barn on November 1, I overheard a fellow shopper berating the clerk. “Why do you have the Christmas decorations ... Read more
Happy hour: a survivor’s story
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006A young man sets out in a city filled with empty midday dives waiting to plow him with cheap Pabst and fried things. Read more
Click Here for Revenge!
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Pissed off about impeachment? Channel your anger over the Internet and throw the bums out. Read more
Miso in the mainstream
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Pan-Asian for everyone at the new Uwajimaya. Read more
Party Mixes for Shut-Ins
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Navigating the poposphere now, totally. Read more
Happy Hour!
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Peso’s Happy hour means cheap drinks, right? You might be disappointed to hear that Peso’s happy hour (3–6 p.m. and 10 p.m.–1 a.m. daily) doesn’t ... Read more
What Is Fun?
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Ramones, “Chain Saw” (Sire; 1977). The Clean, “Thumbs Off” (Flying Nun; 1981). Franz Ferdinand, “Sexy Boy” (MP3; 2005). The Clouds, “Get Out of My Dream” ... Read more
Neither Dead nor Alive
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006The Seattle Monorail Project is on the ballot for a fifth time because of political and financial miscalculations by a divided board with a mess ... Read more
The Pet Lady
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006DEAR PET LADY, I have an adorable cream-colored rat named Karmen who won’t stop destroying her enclosure. I bought her a big spacious three-story house, ... Read more
Freed Spirits in Ballard
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Conor Byrne wins, for now, a fight with Kathy and John Casey. Read more
Mystery Meat
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006If you want to learn the truth about almost any aspect of commercial life, never mind general-interest journals like the one you’re holding. For the ... Read more