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Posted May 16; 03:00 pm

Reverb Music & Nightlife

Too Many Shows Tonight
Posted May 16; 01:56 pm

Voracious Food News and Reviews

What's Better Than One Award-Winning Brewer?
Posted May 16; 04:11 pm

Thread Count Arts, People, and Style

Why We Need Daily Newspaper Arts Coverage
Posted May 16; 08:48 pm

Buzzer Beater Seattle Sports

Don't Drink And Drive a Golf Cart
Posted May 16; 05:51 pm

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Seattle People in Green Lake: Cinco de Mayo

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Krist Novoselic
Candidate Nominations are a New Experience for Major Parties

Uptight Seattleite
Am I a Karma Hog?

Ask A Mexican
The Scots Fire Back
By Gustavo Arellano

Dategirl
Heartwarming Freaks
By Judy McGuire

Sign Language
This Week's Horoscopes

Free Classifieds Seattle, WA

Yearly Archive

2008 (14 articles)
2007 (37 articles)
2006 (52 articles)
2005 (52 articles)
2004 (52 articles)
2003 (53 articles)
2002 (52 articles)
2001 (52 articles)
2000 (51 articles)
1999 (52 articles)
1998 (23 articles)

News for the Uptight Seattleite - Dec 27, 2006
"Real Change is not just for nervous liberals. We are also enjoyed by overeducated professionals, despair-ridden environmentalists...and long-suffering suburban commuters."

The Cosby Effect - Dec 20, 2006
"[T]he great ideas from the street have been snagged by designers for quite some time, and the creatives who inspire don’t often get the rewards."

In Too Deep - Dec 13, 2006
"My feelings were that euphoria based upon the joy of what they were doing caused the tragic deaths."

Soldiers of Fortune - Dec 6, 2006
"The accused were obviously weak in character and somehow slipped through the small cracks of the Ranger selection process."

AIDS Evangelists, Willie Nelson, and a Missing Mexican - Nov 22, 2006
"Stop pandering to the PC crybabies and get some cojones!"

The Last Boy Scout - Nov 15, 2006
"The moment [Tyrone Willingham] first got off the plane at Sea-Tac, he was walking more than talking.

Coming Clean on Smooth Jazz - Nov 8, 2006
"Please tell me that 'Greg Nickels’ Quiet Storm' was a wonderful piece of Halloween fiction by Mike Seely."

Props to the Uptight Seattleite - Nov 1, 2006
"Uptight and self-righteous, your NPR tote-ing, organic-drinking ghost-columnist is a perfect rendition."

Hazard Lights - Oct 25, 2006
"Sometimes drivers are oblivious, sometimes homicidal, but either way you have to assume there’s a vehicular assault in your future."

Classic Platters - Oct 18, 2006
"I have feasted on classic Italian dishes...while watching a naked man writhe with his pet python on the dining room swing!"

The Phantom Menace - Oct 11, 2006
"John Lennon once sang that 'instant karma is going to get you,' and in the case of John Guth, it did."

Fall Fashion - Oct 4, 2006
"[M]iddle-aged women from Ohio break out their cameras, bartenders dole out free drinks, and stylish, beautiful women...ask me about my underwear."

Time to Deal - Sep 27, 2006
"To equate alcohol to another industry like buying clothing or cars is a ridiculous premise. This is alcohol! Demon rum!"

Flower Fan Club - Sep 20, 2006
"We are sorry to hear that Judy McGuire has had some less than notable experiences with floral gifts."

Letters to the Editor - Sep 13, 2006

Metro Maps - Sep 6, 2006
Many are lost; few are shown

Letters to the Editor - Aug 30, 2006

Letters to the Editor - Aug 23, 2006

The Rat Patrol - Aug 16, 2006

Best of Seattle - Aug 9, 2006
"People in this town wouldn’t know a good bakery if it ran up and kicked them in the goolies."

Breaking the Vicious Cycle - Aug 2, 2006
"The article extensively talked about the frustrations of bicycle commuting. . . . But the reality is, it isn't frustrating to ride. It's liberating."

The New Meth - Jul 26, 2006
"It is high time we rediscover other yardsticks against which to measure ourselves besides dollar signs."

Schwinn City - Jul 19, 2006
"[T]he reason I drive a Jaguar today is that it is the closest I’ve come to re-creating the feeling of having my very own Schwinn."

The Revolution of Everyday Life - Jul 12, 2006
"I guess it's nice to know that life in 'the new society' is just as bleak and depressing as it is here in the hegemonic monolith of Amazon.com America."

Circling the Square - Jul 5, 2006
"Why are bums and winos given de facto control of valuable real estate in every large city in the nation?"

The End of Pride - Jun 28, 2006
"Pride parades don't seem like much other than an excuse to get inebriated and find a new hookup."

Full Moon Fever - Jun 21, 2006
"Bummer to see the beloved Blue Moon force-fed a rectal thermometer by the city, when the fever is emanating from King Nickels' office."

Seattle's Bold Bioneers - Jun 14, 2006
"[M]ooching a ride accomplishes what the city has been attempting to do for years...which is to get more than one butt in the car."

Dumbing Down Racism - Jun 7, 2006
"[T]he dice have always been loaded in this country, and...people who pass as white live different lives because of it."

A Case of Caseys - May 31, 2006
"If I continually tried to provoke my landlord, a lot of crap would hit the fan."

Lunar Eclipse - May 24, 2006
"If they can save the pink Toe Truck, surely—surely!—something can be done to save our [Blue] Moon."

Rachel Corrie's Legacy - May 17, 2006
"[Rachel Corrie] was used by pro-Palestinian groups in life and continues to be used by them in death, and now her parents are falling into the same trap."

The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea - May 10, 2006
"There's more to sail racing than midlife crisis...."

They Could Be Citizens and They Might Be Deported - May 3, 2006
"This is not a big human-interest 'touchy-feely' story. It is a simple legal matter. ... Do not reward those who break the law."

Brit Lingo - Apr 26, 2006
"I'll take sexless, noncrazy, positive trans characters over nutty, pedophile, mom-hating, sicko stereotypes any day."

Tangled Webb - Apr 19, 2006
"Looks like I will have to settle with listening to Air America until somebody takes over KIRO and turns it around."

Aaron Dixon's Voting Record - Apr 12, 2006
"Maybe it's true that nobody in Congress has ever driven without insurance or gotten behind on child-support payments, but it would surprise me...."

Capitol Hill Massacre - Apr 5, 2006
"Using the concept of evil to explain a deed is an intellectual cop-out...."

Courtney Love - Mar 29, 2006
"What the hell is Tim what's-his-name's obsession with dissing Courtney Love? He puts out a rerun of this story biyearly, it seems."

Microsoft's Big Bet: Win With the Web - Mar 22, 2006
Microsoft's Vista, assisted suicide, and a new waterfront solution.

The Plan to Nowhere? - Mar 15, 2006
"All of us involved are doing what we can to help end homelessness, but we need the city's help."

No Peace in the Parks - Mar 8, 2006
"I wish every person who loves Seattle parks would listen a little more carefully to the needs and concerns of other users."

The Elephant Turf War - Mar 1, 2006
"...[P]eople are not inspired by seeing unhealthy, neurotic elephants in tiny zoo enclosures."

SW Needs a New Arena - Feb 22, 2006
"...[T]his state is run by money-hungry, big-government liberals that Seattle Weekly promotes and advocates."

Super Bowl Sound-Off - Feb 15, 2006
"Are the officials to blame for missing two field goals, botching the end-of-the-half time management, and holding on three occasions?"

The Muhammad Cartoon War - Feb 15, 2006
"Get real. The reason that publications in the West have reprinted cartoons of the prophet Muhammad is because, in today's political climate, it is OK (in some circles) to attack Muslims and Arabs."

Discovery's Creation - Feb 8, 2006
"It's unlikely that any U.S. public-school student is not aware (in a land known for fundamentalist zeal) of creationist alternatives to Darwinism."

Arson as Political Speech - Feb 1, 2006

Seattle Responds to Big Nanny - Jan 25, 2006

The Sheriff and the Serial Killer - Jan 18, 2006
"... I don't think there's any perfect manual on how to obtain data from a crazy criminal psyche. ..."

Strongman of the North - Jan 11, 2006

2005 Media Follies! - Jan 4, 2006

To Do List

Saturday, May 17

Dead Meadow, SubArachnoid Space, Whalebones, Patrol
Man, the stoners haven't had a pairing this perfect since Comets on Fire pl... More>>
El Corazon, Sat., May 17, 7:00pm, $10 adv./$12

Peter Bagge
Artist Peter Bagge will show off a form of panels from Hate, his pioneering... More>>
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, Sat., May 17, 6:00pm-9:00pm

Thee Emergency (CD release), the Valley, the Hands
With Dita Vox at the helm, Seattle garage-rock band Thee Emergency speciali... More>>
King Cobra, Sat., May 17, 8:00pm

174 more things to do today>>