The Stranger

American Football:

Seattle is leading the charge to make soccer into an American sport. If "we" don't do it, who will?

How Long Has This Been Going On?:

The Incredible Shrinking Decade Brings Back the 45-Minute Album

Gimme That Old-Time Innovation:

The Garage-Soul-Blues Gospel According to Night Beats

Up & Coming:

This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties

Party Crasher:

A South Beach Thunderstorm

The Score:

Gird Thyself

Data Breaker:

Amon Tobin and Jega: Return of the Abstract

Fucking in the Streets:

Everything Counts in Small Amounts

It's a Hit:

New Singles from Ben Kweller, Muse, Kings of Leon, and Lil Wayne

My Philosophy:

Blue Scholars Stop Chasing That Big Record-Deal Unicorn

Poster of the Week:

Jill Labieniec

Underage:

The Best Band Name Ever

A Perfect Getaway: Dead Solid

Julie & Julia: Half Terrible and Half Marvelous

The Cove: Seriously, Dolphins, Just Swim Somewhere Else

Ex Drummer: Dumb and Drummer

A Review of The Garden

Concessions:

Paper Heart

This Week's Puzzle:

At the Crossroads (August 6)

Crossword Solution:

At the Crossroads (August 6)

Dear Science:

Heat Makes You, Objectively, Dumb

Last Days:

The Week in Review

Public Editor:

The Stranger a Critical Overview

I Love Television:

Dick Tank!

I, Anonymous:

Self-Love Affair

Drunk of the Week:

Look at This Asshat

Savage Love:

Skin-to-Skin Contact

New Column!:

Hot New Conspiracy Theories!

In Art News:

New Smartness

YouCubism:

Notes Toward a Review of Zach Rockhill's Videocollage Performance

Fuck the Man:

Two New Anticorporate Books

Remembering Merce:

Artists, Academics, and a Philanthropist on Merce Cunningham

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do:

A Cure for Pain

Cri de Cool:

John Longenbaugh's Sweet, Sloppy Time Capsule

Bar Exam:

Drinking in Style

The Endearing Shoestring:

Me and You and Everyone We Know Should Go to A Caprice Kitchen

The Happiest Hour:

Palomino