Issue Archive for the Week of
Dec 16 -
22,
2004
Vol. 14, No. 14
News
When Northgate activists used city rules to save an empty lot from smart development, Northgate resident Peter Steinbrueck fought the NIMBYs in his own neighborhood--and on the city council--to change those rules and build a smarter city.
By Josh Feit
Brown at the Edges with a Chewy White Center
By Matthew Stadler
Anti-Nickels Activists Come Up Short
By Erica C. Barnett
Drunken Santas Come to Town
By Jenn Green
Mercer Island High School Water Polo Team Takes It Off to Raise Money
By Amy Jenniges
Highbrow 'Seattle Weekly' Pushes Free Porn on Website
By Sandeep Kaushik
Suspicions About Elections Fraud Persist
By Sandeep Kaushik
All Fired Up
By Erica C. Barnett
Propaganda of the Year
By Josh Feit
Animal Laws
By Charles Mudede
Music
Local Producer Turns On, Pops Out
By Kurt B. Reighley
Ponderin' Country's Brainiest Beauty
By Hannah Levin
Portable's Fever-Dream House
By Dave Segal
Kraut-Rock Geniuses Revisited
By Dave Segal
Let's Hear It for the New Homo Hero
By Jimmy Draper
Jon Brion's Jump-Cut Genius
By Kimberly Chun
SEASON OF DANGER
By Megan Seling
Roots & Americana
By Kurt B. Reighley
TWO INSTALLATIONS
By Christopher DeLaurenti
Beatseeking Missives
By Dave Segal
Hiphop Ya Don't Stop
By Larry Mizell Jr.
She Wouldn't Suck My Dick
By Christopher Frizzelle
Film
'Amélie' Follow-Up 'Very Long' on Charm
By Sean Nelson
'KOTOR 2' Siths It Up
By John Tynes
Christmas Traditions
By Andy Spletzer
'The West Wing' Complete Third Season
By Sean Nelson
Yimou Zhang's Latest Offers Diminishing Returns
Cover Art
Columns
A Night at the Wet Spot
By Mistress Matisse
Expert, Schmexpert
By Dan Savage
The Week in Review
By David Schmader
Sweet Memories
By Wm. Steven Humphrey
Visual Art
Thom Heileson's Photographs Document Decay
By Katie Kurtz
Buck Wild
By Nate Lippens
Books
An Expletive Has Been Uttered
By Christopher Frizzelle
Theater
Scrapbook Chemistry Ghosts
By Annie Wagner
Actress Takes a Spill, Audience Gets a Scare at Brown Derby's 'Showgirls'
By David Schmader
Let it MagicSnow
By Brendan Kiley
Restaurants
A Chocolate Cake Taste-Off
By Sara Dickerman
Smoked Meat Vatican
By Scott McGeath