Search Results for ""
The Short List: The Weeks Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, September 1, 2009Anamanaguchi ~ Thursday, September 3 and Sunday, September 6 With their hacked Nintendo Entertainment System consoles and Game Boys belching out squelchy, speedy soundwaves, New ... Read more
A few blind items from Craigslist, along with guesses as to which
Published 7:00am Thursday, August 27, 2009A few blind items from Craigslist, along with guesses as to which businesses they could be: 1.) A “turnkey” that’s billed as not in the ... Read more
High Crimes
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 25, 2009An Oxycontin robbery spree sheds light on Washington's status as a front-runner in prescription drug theft. Read more
Bottomfeeder: No Quit in Tukwila
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 25, 2009Seattle is not a difficult place to find a cheap taco. Tukwila is—or at least East Marginal Way was on the evening of August 4. ... Read more
It’s got to be a measure of how over 9/11 we are
Published 7:00am Monday, August 24, 2009It’s got to be a measure of how over 9/11 we are that the Seattle Art Museum can stencil the image of a boxcutter on ... Read more
The Weekly Wire: The Weeks Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 18, 2009THURSDAY 8/20 Books: Cradle to Grave Families grow old, people die, spouses cheat, and siblings lose touch for years. Bitterness and resentment can mean that ... Read more
The Weekly Wire: The Weeks Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 11, 2009THURSDAY 8/13 Books: Desert Prophet It’s a good thing that William T. Vollmann will explain his latest book tonight, so you don’t have to read ... Read more
The Short List: The Weeks Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 11, 2009Jega ~ Wednesday, August 12 Now that we’re a decade removed from the ’90s electronica boom, electronic artists seem free to create ear-pleasing fusions without ... Read more
You might walk by this deck of cards sized box of peanut
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 4, 2009You might walk by this deck of cards sized box of peanut dressing, available at Uwajimaya for $2.49 per box, a million times while you ... Read more
The Short List: This Weeks Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 4, 2009Softly Now ~ Wednesday, August 5 After McLeod Residence closed, Levi Fuller (the man who brings you Ball of Wax every three months) was forced ... Read more
Stuff White People Like: Light Rail
Published 7:00am Wednesday, July 29, 2009Caucasians are flocking to Seattles new train. Read more
Greg Nickels: Chicago-Style Bully?
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 21, 2009Opponents who paint Nickels as an employer of Windy City machine tactics clearly have never been there. Read more
The Slutty Eye: Soft Target
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 7, 2009Pouring paint into a hole in the ground? Madness! Cutting holes in the canvas—the precious, sacred canvas? Why, it’s as if they’re cutting holes in ... Read more
The Weekly Wire: The Weeks Notable Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 7, 2009THURSDAY 7/9 Visual Arts SHOT IN THE ART SAM’s big summer show is awfully specific about its themes and dates: Target Practice: Painting Under Attack ... Read more
D-O-double-G: A man for all seasons.Updated BelowThe old adage misses the mark–it’s
Published 7:00am Monday, July 6, 2009D-O-double-G: A man for all seasons.Updated BelowThe old adage misses the mark–it’s rentin’ that ain’t easy, as documented in today’s Seattle Times. First, Sanjay Bhatt ... Read more
Target Practice
Published 7:00am Thursday, July 2, 2009SAMs big summer show is awfully specific about its themes and dates: Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949-78. After the Abstract Expressionists got done gobbing ... Read more
Score! Olympia journalist-turned-novelist Jim Lynch just snagged a New York Times review
Published 7:00am Wednesday, July 1, 2009Score! Olympia journalist-turned-novelist Jim Lynch just snagged a New York Times review for his sophomore effort, Border Songs (Knopf, $25.95). Usually that’s a privilege reserved ... Read more
The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 30, 2009Stone River Boys ~ Wednesday, July 1 The Hacienda Brothers were sweet. They could achieve these peak moments (“A Lot of Days Are Gone” is ... Read more
It’s that time of week when we answer the questions you’re too
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 30, 2009It’s that time of week when we answer the questions you’re too drunk or shy to ask…This question comes from Frank: I’m 49 years old, ... Read more
A few weeks ago, James Donaldson’s campaign consultant was dumpster-diving for office
Published 7:00am Friday, June 26, 2009A few weeks ago, James Donaldson’s campaign consultant was dumpster-diving for office supplies. Today he finds himself climbing the polls in the mayoral race, right ... Read more