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The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 12, 2009Jeremy Enigk ~ Thursday, May 14 In the past 15 years, Jeremy Enigk has presented himself as a handful of different musical personalities. First there ... Read more
The Weekly Wire: This Weeks Notable Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 12, 2009WEDNESDAY 5/13 Books/Sports: Globalism Begins at Home It’s easy to talk about tolerance and world understanding when the most exotic opponents your kids face on ... Read more
Moving Beyond the Burrito
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 12, 2009Revive your interest in Mexican food with the lesser-known antojitos. Read more
Who is City Hall’s filthy-richest elected official? Tim Burgess, the onetime cop-turned-consultant,
Published 7:00am Thursday, May 7, 2009Who is City Hall’s filthy-richest elected official? Tim Burgess, the onetime cop-turned-consultant, now a first-term City Council member, is the easy winner. His latest personal ... Read more
The Short List: The Weeks Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 5, 2009Destroyer ~ Wednesday, May 6 Destroyer songwriter Dan Bejar’s flowery narrative prose wraps the nut of a song’s message in a thick layer of surrealism, ... Read more
The Weekly Wire: This Weeks Notable Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 28, 2009WEDNESDAY 4/29 Paleontology: Old Bones, New Thrills Growing up, I wanted more than anything in the world to become a paleontologist. Then I enrolled in—and ... Read more
The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 28, 2009Darrius Willrich ~ Wednesday, April 29 Keys-and-voice guy Darrius Willrich does “grown and sexy” R&B with semi-hard beats, kind of like Quiet Storm hip-hop. It’s ... Read more
More Washington Money Going to New Jersey?
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 21, 2009Our states dropped a few notches on the annual pork list. Read more
The Weekly Wire: This Weeks Notable Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 21, 2009WEDNESDAY 4/22 Music: Middle Man The son of literary lion Larry McMurtry, James McMurtry hails from Texas, and rarely leaves. If you’re a James McMurtry ... Read more
Rear Window/Vertigo
Published 7:00am Wednesday, April 15, 2009In a recession friendly double-bill, Alfred Hitchcocks 1954 masterwork Rear Window precedes the equally awesome Vertigo, both being projected digitally and both starring James Stewart. ... Read more
Seattles Best Examples of a Thai Cliché
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 14, 2009Were not lacking for options. Read more
The Weekly Wire: This Weeks Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 14, 2009THURSDAY 4/16 Film: Jimmy in High-Def In a recession-friendly double-bill, Alfred Hitchcock‘s 1954 masterwork Rear Window precedes the equally awesome Vertigo, both being projected digitally and ... Read more
Outing the Lethal Injectors
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 14, 2009Prison Legal News editor Paul Wright is looking to publish the names of executioners in Walla Walla. Read more
The March 31 resignations of a four-member execution team at the Washington
Published 7:00am Thursday, April 9, 2009The March 31 resignations of a four-member execution team at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla appeared to have been provoked by the likelihood ... Read more
Project P.U.M.A. The Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility. Apparently General Motors and
Published 7:00am Wednesday, April 8, 2009Project P.U.M.A. The Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility. Apparently General Motors and Segway have teamed up to create an electric wheelchair with a roll cage. ... Read more
Here piggy, piggy. As part of legislative reform, U.S. House members today
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 7, 2009Here piggy, piggy. As part of legislative reform, U.S. House members today were required to post the number, types and costs of earmarks they are ... Read more
The Weekly Wire: This Weeks Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 7, 2009Thursday 4/9 Film: Forever Blue-Eyed How gay is Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof? It depends which premiere of Tennessee Williams‘ 1955 play ... Read more
The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 31, 2009Weinland ~ Thursday, April 2 John Adam Weinland Shearer is a careful man. The songs he writes and performs with Weinland, his eponymous band, sound ... Read more
A weekly blog feature in which our writers walk into a bar
Published 7:00am Thursday, March 19, 2009A weekly blog feature in which our writers walk into a bar and ask the bartender to make us his or her favorite drink. Locale: ... Read more
The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 17, 2009Seattle Soundbite ~ Thursday, March 19 In celebration of the restaurant industry’s long tradition of being the bread-and-butter for struggling artists of all types—particularly musicians—Seattle ... Read more