Issue Archive for the Week of
Jul 23 -
29,
2009
Vol. 18, No. 45
Features
A Confession
By Charles Mudede
News
Mayoral Candidate Mike McGinn Is Quite Contrary—and His Contrary Positions Are Really Smart
By Dominic Holden
Light Rail Has Shown Me Things I Never Knew Existed
By Steven Blum
Were the South Park Stabbings a Hate Crime?
By Garrett McCulloch and Eli Sanders
Political Newcomer Jessie
Israel's Brazen Campaign
to Unseat Popular Lefty Nick Licata
By Bryan T. Bissell
Music
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's Indie-Pop Perfection
By Eric Grandy
An Interview with Freaky Punk Party Animal Nobunny
By Kelly O
A Sonic Youth Mixtape That Takes the Scenic Way to Yr Skull
By Dave Segal
An Interview with David Yow of the Jesus Lizard
By Jeff Kirby
The Long, Strange Trip of (the) Gossip, That's Only Just Begun
By David Schmader
Micachu & the Shapes Build Their Own Brand of Avant-Pop
By Michaelangelo Matos
Future of the Left's Andy Falkous Says Some Things He's Going to Regret
By Megan Seling
An Extended Interview with the Pains of Being Pure at Heart
By Eric Grandy
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
By Stranger Staff
The Gods Must Be Crazy
By Chris Govella
Relcad and Potato-Finger's Challenging New Discs
By Dave Segal
Block Party and Breakfast Blunts
By Larry Mizell Jr.
The New (Old) Turntablism
By Christopher DeLaurenti
Saying Good-bye
By Casey Catherwood
Film
BadMovieArt
By Lindy West
French Movies Are Always Better
Than Transformers, but This Is Not Always Enough
By Jon Frosch
Cover Art
Cover art by Mike Wilkes. See more at www.mikewilkes.net.
Columns
The Stranger: A Critical Overview
By A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Nine Across (July 23)
By Brendan Emmett Quigley
Nine Across (July 23)
By Brendan Emmett Quigley
2 Phat 4 TV
By Wm. Steven Humphrey
Word of Mouth
By Dan Savage
"You're" "an" "Idiot"
By Anonymous
The Sister-in-Law
By Kelly O
Visual Art
Yeah, It Is
By Jen Graves
Bitches, Bitchez! Why a 30-Year-Old Vulva Can't Do It All
By Jen Graves
Zoe Scofield in the Urban Forest
By Jen Graves
Books
Henry Waxman's New Book Should Be Fascinating—It Isn't
By Paul Constant
Restaurants
Dear Seattle: Please Stop Opening Cupcake, Ice-Cream, Chocolate, and Candy Shops
By Megan Seling
9 Million Etc.
By Bethany Jean Clement
Cafe Venus and the Mars Bar
By Marti Jonjak