An update of Paul Allen’s world: pipelines, insurance, and maybe some bankruptcy.
Also: Movement on the affordable-housing fee to be charged downtown developers.
Accused of uncharitable acts of discrimination, a troubled Millionair Club pays off ex-workers.
(Scribners, $40)
Judging books (and CDs) by their attention-getting covers.
Singular selections for the indie-hearted
No list is definitive, and this year we can expect plenty of critical disagreement.
Teen dream
A historic visit from Japan’s leading Kabuki troupe may not be as stuffy as you think.
COSMOPOLITAN to the core, 53-year-old Edward Yang, who’s now based in Taipei, is drawn to modern stories set in large…
Here’s next year’s gift-giving issue
Top-Selling Records at Local Record Stores10.WEDDING PRESENT Take Fountain (Manifesto)9.POSTAL SERVICE We Will Become Silhouettes (Sub Pop)8.GREEN DAY American Idiot…
Ex-Wilco axman emerges with new partner and a familiar sound.
Top-Selling Records at Local Record Stores10.ANI DIFRANCO Knuckle Down (Righteous Babe)9.M83 Before the Dawn Heals Us (Mute)8.THE SHINS Oh, Inverted…
SO WHO SPENT big money trying to influence the outcome of our state government races in this past week’s election?…
NO LONG SHOTThanks for the informative article on Phil Talmadge [“Tough-Guy Talmadge,” Jan. 8]. I think George Howland covered the…
The government has jailed family-supporting, lifelong U.S. residents who seem as American as the next person—but can’t prove it.
I’ve gotta differ with my distinguished colleagues who’ve assailed the canonization of the late Seattle Schools super John Stanford. What’s…
Street workers, views, and developers collide in Belltown.
A new DVD and book detail the rise of Pink Floyd’s early and middle years.
