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Growing up, my parents bought a side of beef every fall and
Published 7:00am Thursday, October 29, 2009Growing up, my parents bought a side of beef every fall and stocked the deep freezer with white packets, pulling them out one by one ... Read more
The state, country, and city are all cutting services, and if Initiative
Published 7:00am Thursday, October 29, 2009The state, country, and city are all cutting services, and if Initiative 1033 passes, we citizens may be driving our own Metro buses. But the ... Read more
Steve Martin
Published 7:00am Wednesday, October 28, 2009In his fine memoir Born Standing Up, Steve Martin writes at length about the total lack of interest he has in performing stand-up ever again. ... Read more
Robert Mapplethorpe
Published 7:00am Wednesday, October 28, 2009Shooting with a Polaroid, as Robert Mapplethorpe gradually learned photography in the early 70s, meant that his first draft was the final draft, his sketch ... Read more
Rocket Queen: Bleach Bond
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 27, 2009Nirvana's influence is prevalent even among SoCal stoner-rockers. Read more
The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 27, 2009Lucero ~ Thursday, October 29 Some styles of music just don’t fit with storytelling. Others require it. For this group, made up of backstreet bards ... Read more
The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 27, 2009WEDNESDAY 10/28 Cycling/Civics: Slow-Rolling Change Copenhagen! It’s the Valhalla of bicycle advocates. Some 36 percent of commuters there ride bikes to work! (It’s less than ... Read more
Hard Times at Elliott Bay Bookstore
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 27, 2009Unlike thriving Amazon, Seattle's favorite wood-floored temple of books faces some possibly unsurmountable challenges. Read more
Seattle’s Happy-Hour Hall of Fame
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 27, 2009For some restaurants, it's a promotion. For others, a way of life. Read more
Halloween DVD Roundup: Looking for Horror in the 1980s
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 27, 2009Apart from the stray slasher flick, Halloween is traditionally a dead spot on the Hollywood calendar. This week’s big release? The Michael Jackson tribute film ... Read more
Visual Arts: Star Systems
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 27, 2009Childlike joy and the search for certainty at SAM. Read more
Big ups to the svelte, sexy and whipsmart Holly Deye of the
Published 7:00am Wednesday, October 21, 2009Big ups to the svelte, sexy and whipsmart Holly Deye of the Sunset for turning me on to the Clean. This Australian proto-punk/pop outfit first ... Read more
On Monday, Seattle magazine reported that Skillet Street Food had just posted
Published 7:00am Wednesday, October 21, 2009On Monday, Seattle magazine reported that Skillet Street Food had just posted a new notice on its website: Owner Joshua Henderson was dropping his trucks’ ... Read more
The Weekly Wire: This Weeks Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 20, 2009WEDNESDAY 10/21 Photography: Streetwise Cori Chandler-Pepelnjak recalls being mesmerized the moment she laid eyes on the girl smoking on the steps of New York’s Union ... Read more
Nostalgia, Fantasy, and Questionable Taste Collide
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 20, 2009A look inside Seattle's yoshoku dens. Read more
Opera Review: Breathless Love?
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 20, 2009At Seattle Opera, a courtesan declares her independence. Maybe. Read more
Tom Arnold
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 20, 2009David Letterman, naturally, put it best when he said: One thing about Tom Arnold hes nuts. This is true. But he is also very funny, which ... Read more
The Short List: This Weeks Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 20, 2009Times New Viking ~ Thursday, October 22 Ah, Times New Viking—they haven’t changed a bit. Born Again Revisited may be the Ohio trio’s fourth album, ... Read more
CD Reviews: Blake Lewis and Josh Ottum
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 20, 2009Josh Ottum Like the Season (Cheap Lullaby) Josh Ottum, formerly of Friends for Heroes, is all over the place in the finest sense of the ... Read more
Ed Viesturs
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 20, 2009To assess the risks in climbing a mountain whose name is partly a number, lets consider these numbers: On Everest, where commercially guided parties abound ... Read more