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SIFF Week Two: Picks and Pans

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Angel-A What if you took It’s a Wonderful Life and replaced George Bailey with a scruffy Parisian con man and swapped Henry Travers’ doddering guardian ... Read more

Steel City: Ugly Betty Tries Kitchen-Sink Drama

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Textured with the smoggy grays and troubadour blues of his provincial Illinois homeland, writer-director Brian Jun’s likable, downbeat debut proves that it takes a mighty ... Read more

Pearl Jam’s Fan Herder May Be Used, But He’s a 10

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Meet the man in charge of the fan club for Seattle's biggest band. Read more

Brother Ali Tells No Lies

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Montaigne may have started the movement, but Brother Ali has the better distribution deal. Read more

First Strawberries of the Season, Blind Wine Tasting, and Other Food Events

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 29, 2007

FARM FRESH Three Saturday farmers markets open this weekend, in Magnolia, Des Moines, and Kent. At the stalls this week, expect to find the first ... Read more

Be Sure to Ask for a “Flaming Homer” at Moe Bar

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 29, 2007

A classic—and Aerosmith favorite—since 1991. Read more

Cheetos for Children

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Dear Mexican, Has the 1965 Immigration Act proved to be a good thing or bad thing for America, and has the recent unprecedented flood of ... Read more

One Man’s Brutal Encounter With Sexual Abuse In the Mormon Church

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Transgressions involving Mormons, Scouts, and children remain a well-kept secret. Read more

-Chris Garneau, J. Tillman, Levi Fuller hit the stage at the Crocodile

Published 7:00am Monday, May 28, 2007

-Chris Garneau, J. Tillman, Levi Fuller hit the stage at the Crocodile Cafe.-The Philadelphia Orchestra plays Benaroya Hall, for classical music lovers. -Lacuna Coil, the ... Read more

SIFF Week One: Picks and Pans

Published 7:00am Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Aachi & Ssipak Is Aachi & Ssipak a good movie? Not really. Is it awesome and worthwhile in an “I can’t believe what I’m seeing!” ... Read more

Rockin’ the Foam Plugs, Another Year at War, and a New Strummer

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Dinosaur Jr. ripped their way through an hour-plus set, sending plenty of people running back into the showroom for encore "Freak Scene." Read more

HEY LADIES! Cancel your camping arrangements and avoid maxing out your credit

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 22, 2007

HEY LADIES! Cancel your camping arrangements and avoid maxing out your credit card on $10 beers at this weekend’s much talked-about Sasquatch Music Festival. NYC’s ... Read more

Mamma Casserole’s Résumé Includes Go-Go Dancer, Talent Coordinator, and Five-Star Chef

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Now she turns out night after night of piping-hot rock shows. Read more

Who Needs a Bachelor’s in Chicano Studies?

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Dear Mexican, I was going through a local state college’s academic program the other day and found that they offer a bachelor’s degree in Chicano ... Read more

A Shameless Björk Fan on Iceland’s Greatest Export

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 22, 2007

It's not perfect, but Volta packs electrical wattage like nothing she's done since 1995's Post and the 2002 single "It's in Our Hands." Read more

Blue Moon Tavern Is a Home Away From Home to All Kinds

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 22, 2007

The regulars alone could carry the place to 2034 and then some. Read more

Lights. Camera. Beach House.

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 22, 2007

The sounds of Beach House are washed and lightly brushed with visual delight. Read more

In the Kafka Colony Treats All Things Kafkaesque With a Light Touch

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Few writers seem as possessed by genius as Franz Kafka, the Austrian insurance-company clerk whose nightly expeditions into the recesses of bureaucratic madness and erotic ... Read more

You’d Appreciate Pissed Jeans, Too, If You Were a Pennsylvanian

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Actually, if you grew up in some stupid town anywhere, you can probably relate. Read more

The Page Turner: Don’t Bury Claude Chabrol Just Yet

Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Sure The Page Turner looks and sounds like an NPR junkie’s idea of thrill-crazy hothouse fare, but the title of Denis Dercourt’s cold-to-the-touch suspenser nods ... Read more