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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
Opening Nights: Domestic Comedy, Domestic Tragedy, and the Iraq War in Dance
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 5, 2009The Marriage of Figaro McCaw Hall, Seattle Center, 389-7676, www.seattleopera.org. $25–$177. 7:30 p.m. Wed., Fri., Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends May 16. The niftiest bit ... Read more
Beyonce Knowles is easily one of the 32 best-looking female celebrities on
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 28, 2009Beyonce Knowles is easily one of the 32 best-looking female celebrities on earth, right? Not according to the early results of KJR-AM’s “Bigger Dance,” the ... Read more
Seattles Free Public Art Safari
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 28, 2009Al fresco art-viewingfrom the sublime to the forgotten. Read more
We’re going to keep throwing these out at you; so don’t say
Published 7:00am Monday, April 27, 2009We’re going to keep throwing these out at you; so don’t say we didn’t warn you if some of these events sell out:Friday, May 8th, ... Read more
A film crew from the Discovery Channel was in town last week,
Published 7:00am Monday, April 27, 2009A film crew from the Discovery Channel was in town last week, doing background interviews and filming crime scenes. The sordid attraction was Barbara Opel, ... Read more
The Booby Traps, Sonic Youth, and the Notorious BIG. By canine commentator
Published 7:00am Wednesday, April 22, 2009The Booby Traps, Sonic Youth, and the Notorious BIG. By canine commentator Charlie Watts LaVassar Greetings Homosaipens!It’s cool, After all, I owe my female human ... Read more
Now that the NCAA tourney is over, Seattleites can turn their attention
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 7, 2009Now that the NCAA tourney is over, Seattleites can turn their attention to a more politically incorrect bracket tradition: KJR’s Bigger Dance, which pits 64 ... Read more
Screams the headline on a just-received press release from Intiman:”SEATTLE– On Wednesday,
Published 7:00am Wednesday, April 1, 2009Screams the headline on a just-received press release from Intiman:”SEATTLE– On Wednesday, April 1, the Hammering Man, one of Seattle’s most beloved icons, shocked onlookers ... Read more
Students Pitch Budget Cuts to Gregoire
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 31, 2009Their message: Cut your friends, not our schools. Read more
A Tour of Seattles 10 Most Intimidating Dive Bars
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 24, 2009Notes from a guy who literally wrote the book on the subject. Read more
Duff McKagan’s column runs every Thursday on Reverb.In an attempt to flesh
Published 7:00am Thursday, March 19, 2009Duff McKagan’s column runs every Thursday on Reverb.In an attempt to flesh out some stories that may one day become a gateway to a larger ... Read more
William Kentridge: the Opera
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 17, 2009The music is glorious, but the puppets just get in the way. Read more
The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 8:00am Tuesday, March 3, 2009Clues ~ Wednesday, March 4 It’s hard to fathom the influence MySpace has as a promotional tool in the music world. On an average day, ... Read more
It’s trivial and meaningless, but it’s also scientific: Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology has
Published 8:00am Monday, March 2, 2009It’s trivial and meaningless, but it’s also scientific: Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology has the Dawgs as a #3 seed–their highest since ’05–and, more importantly, a first-round ... Read more
My first city election here, in November 2007, seemed a bit of
Published 8:00am Wednesday, February 18, 2009My first city election here, in November 2007, seemed a bit of a snoozer. Tom Rasmussen ran unopposed, Sally Clark might as well have, and ... Read more
The U.S. Senate passed its version of the stimulus package as pushed
Published 8:00am Tuesday, February 10, 2009The U.S. Senate passed its version of the stimulus package as pushed by the Obama Administration. It was no surprise that both of Washington’s Democratic ... Read more
I really wanted to hate the movie Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist,
Published 8:00am Thursday, February 5, 2009I really wanted to hate the movie Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, despite the fact that I really like Michael Cera. The whole premise — ... Read more
The Whitest Kids U Know
Published 8:00am Wednesday, February 4, 2009Like most bunch-of-guys comedy troupes, The Whitest Kids U Know suffer from serious dick-joke overload. But at their best, they can be brilliant and juvenile ... Read more
Today was a doozy for earnings releases–the quarterly reports companies have to
Published 8:00am Wednesday, January 28, 2009Today was a doozy for earnings releases–the quarterly reports companies have to give stockholders to show how well they are, or in this case aren’t, ... Read more