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Posted October 06; 10:01 AM
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Krist Novoselic: Contention & Conscious
Nostalgia As A Rhetorical Weapon
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Wisdom From the East, Palin From the West
Wednesday, October 01Dear Uptight Seattleite, People with Macintosh products tend to love them. I understand that. But why do they expect the rest of us to care?... More>> -
Can't She Finally Pay Her Own Way?
Wednesday, October 01Dear Dategirl, Why is it that career women who claim to be "independent" and "liberated" suddenly become "traditional" when the dinner check... More>> -
This Week's Horoscopes
Wednesday, October 01Libra (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) You haven't exactly pulled the sword from the stone. You have good reason to be proud of your accomplishments,... More>>
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Anti-Mexican Not a Platform For National Victory
Wednesday, October 01Dear Mexican, I'm half-Catalan, and the women on my mom's side of my family have spent most of our lives being hated by Mexicans. I've never... More>>
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SW Video: Shim at REVERBfest
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Photos: The People of REVERBfest
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Remembering REVERBfest 2008
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Album Review: After a Trip Out West, Lucinda Heads South
SW Video: Shim at REVERBfest
Riff rock and mutton chops at The Tractor.
By Darren Lund, Leif Aesoph, and Blake Dally
Voters Deserve Better Than Distractions and Rhetoric From the Candidates
Accusing Obama of “palling around with terrorists" is right out of G.W. Bush-Speak 101.
By Krist Novoselic
Restaurants
Latest Review
Is Seattle Currently Experiencing a Restaurant Bubble?
Do we have enough human resources to fuel the high-end restaurant boom?
By Jonathan Kauffman
Here's Rye in Your Eye
Folks, now here’s the story ’bout Minnie the Moocher.
Search & Distill
By Maggie Dutton
News
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Gregoire’s Red Scare
Why is an incumbent Democratic governor in a dark-blue state having such a tough time in her quest for re-election?
By Aimee Curl
Every Vote (Kind of) Counts
If the number of disqualified ballots in the August primary is any indication, King County is in for a repeat of its 2004 recount crisis.
By Rick Anderson
You Would Smoke, Too, if It Happened to You
Timothy Garon lost out on a potential liver transplant, in part because he was using pot to ease hepatitis symptoms. Now his son is being charged for growing the weed.
By Laura Onstot
Make Coffee, Not War
Tully’s founder helps local vets start some “competition.”
By Nina Shapiro
Did the Wrong Man Serve Seven Years?
Attorney: You know who pulled the trigger, and it’s not the guy behind bars.
By Rick Anderson
Did “Teflon Rob” Botch the Gas-Price Study?
His opponent says he unrightfully exonerated the industry.
By Damon Agnos
Mom: You Stole My Dead Son’s Brain
Naturally, this is what the legal system is made for.
By Laura Onstot
Music
The Triple Door Celebrates Five Years of Risky Business
It raised eyebrows when it first opened, but the intimate, swanky club might be the city’s most eclectic gin joint.
Music
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Helms Alee is Almost Famous
Music journalists hate it when our friends become successful.
Rocket Queen
By Hannah Levin
REVERBfest 2008: Ballard Comes Alive!
With 64 bands set to perform in a single day, REVERBfest is as big as mortally possible.
Reverb Bits
By Brian J Barr
Role Reversal
In an era dominated by well-produced bad rappers, Onry Ozzborn and his five personalities try the opposite.
Reverb Bits
By Kevin Capp
Interstellar Overdrive
Tad Doyle once made music heavy enough to rumble the earth. With Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, he aims to rumble the cosmos.
Reverb Bits
By Brian J Barr
Jamie Speiss Tells All
The truth hurts, but it’s essential to the music of Husbands, Love Your Wives.
Reverb Bits
By Sara Brickner
Piece Core
To a B-girl from the Central District, hip-hop offered a direction away from home.
Reverb Bits
By Erika Hobart
REVERBfest at The Sunset Tavern
Sage, Team Gina, Thee Sgt. Major III ...
REVERBfest at The Tractor Tavern
Zach Harjo, See Me River, Shim ...
REVERBfest at Market Street Athlete
Wizdom, Knox Family, Ripynt ...
REVERBfest at Salmon Bay Eagles Club
Panda & Angel, Black Wales, BOAT...
REVERBfest at Hattie’s Hat
Ian Moore, Herman Jolly, Sweet Potatoes ...
REVERBfest at Lock and Keel
The Little Penguins, Red Jacket Mine, Trombone Cake ...
REVERBfest at Conor Byrne’s
The Crying Shame, The Rainieros, Hazelwood Motel ...
REVERBfest at The Bit Saloon
Emeralds, Guns & Rossetti, the Valkyries ...
REVERBfest at Mr. Spot’s Chai House
Husbands, Love Your Wives, Man Plus, Pufferfish ...
Movies
Allah Made Me Funny: “Bomb Me if You’ve Heard This One Before….”
By J. Hoberman
Appaloosa: Viggo Mortensen Will Shoot You Now
By Chuck Wilson
Blindness: Somebody Get Julianne Moore Out of This Movie!
PICK My Father, My Lord: A Boy Is Torn Between Faith and Family
By Ella Taylor
Flash of Genius: Ford Motor Co. Declares War on Greg Kinnear
By Robert Wilonsky
PICK A Girl Cut in Two: Claude Chabrol Isn’t Done With Adultery and Murder
By J. Hoberman
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People: Simon Pegg Is No Cary Grant
I.O.U.S.A.: Our National Debt Is Just as Bad as the Mortgage Mess
By Michelle Orange
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist: We Expect Better of Michael Cera
By Robert Wilonsky
More >>In Theaters
- All the President's Men
- Allah Made Me Funny
- An American Carol
- Appaloosa
- Battle in Seattle
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua
- Blindness
- Burn After Reading
- Call + Response
- The Candidate (Le Candidat)
- Choke
- The Dark Knight
- The Duchess
- Eagle Eye
- The Exiles
- The Express
- Film Festival
- Fireproof
- Flash of Genius
- Get Smart
- Ghost Town
- Girl Cut in Two (La Fille coupee en deux)
- GO: The Schools for Schools Documentary
- The Godfather
- Hamlet (1948)
- Happy-Go-Lucky (Natsu jikan no otonatachi)
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- The House Bunny
- How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
- I Am So Proud of You
- I.O.U.S.A.
- Igor
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
- Lakeview Terrace
- Looking for Richard
- Macbeth
- Mamma Mia!
- Man on Wire
- Miracle at St. Anna
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
- My Best Friend's Girl
- My Father My Lord (Hofshat Kaits)
- My Own Private Idaho
- Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
- Nights in Rodanthe
- Othello (1952)
- Pineapple Express
- Religulous
- Richard 3
- Righteous Kill
- Rome, Open City (Roma, citta aperta)
- Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli)
- Secrecy
- Space Chimps
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Step Brothers
- Sukiyaki Western Django
- Tell No One
- Tempest
- Traitor
- Transsiberian
- Tropic Thunder
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- The Women
Tue Oct 7, 11:58 AM
How Low Can CAA Go At Bonus Time...
On the heels of the William Morris layoffs, I'm hearing that CAA's bonuses this year are way,... More >>
Arts
Red Herring Alert
In Silent Steps, subplots get in the way of the romance.
Opening Nights
By BRENT ARONOWITZ
The Proselytizer in the Drawing Room
Susan and God is a stylish comedy about religious obsessiveness.
Opening Nights
By Kevin Phinney
A Furry Squeeze
John Grade at the Bellevue Arts Museum.
I Saw This
By Adriana Grant
That Time of the Month
Spin the Bottle: quirky spectacle with a dash of smut.
Longenbaugh on Theater
By John Longenbaugh
Tuesday, October 7
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Liz Phair
Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville is, hands down, one of the most awesome albums of all time.... More>>
Showbox at the Market, Tue., October 7, 8:00pm, -
Terry Tempest Williams
Finding Beauty in a Broken World is the latest work from the noted ecology writer and... More>>
Benaroya Hall, Tue., October 7, 7:30pm, $10-$50 -
Dan Clowes
Maybe, for a certain kind of reader, it took the presence of Scarlett Johansson in the movie... More>>
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., August 29 until Tue., October 7, 6:00pm, - 99 more things to do today >>
