Issue Archive for the Week of
Oct 1 -
7,
2009
Vol. 19, No. 4
Features
(With Footnotes by a Straight Man)*
By Lindy West
News
Without You, Referendum 71 Could Lose in the Election
(but Helping Defend Gay Rights Is Easy—Here's How)
By Dominic Holden
After Not Saying Much All Summer,
the Senator Comes Out Swinging for
Real Health-Insurance Reform
By Eli Sanders
The City Attorney Candidates' Responses to Your Questions About Pot, Nightlife, the Future of the City, and More
Music
Fall Falling
By Larry Mizell Jr.
With a New Album on Her New Label, Visqueen's
Rachel Flotard Honors the Man Who Made Her
By David Schmader
Indie-Rap Bruiser Brother Ali
Looks Outside Himself on Us
By Michaelangelo Matos
Polvo's In Prism Refracts a Radiant Glow
By Dave Segal
Deadmau5's Severely Uneven
For Lack of a Better Name
By Eric Grandy
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
By Stranger Staff
TECHNO PODCASTS, AN ELECTRO OUTCAST: M>L>A>T, YA NO MAS
By Dave Segal
Decibel Festival Highlights
By Eric Grandy
Jazz and the French Horn
By Christopher DeLaurenti
The Coffee Buzz
By Grant Brissey
Poster by Aaron Johnson
By Aaron Huffman
Unbroken Un-Break Up
By Megan Seling
Film
Rome Is Burning
By Lindy West
Capitalism: A Love Story Gets America Right
By Charles Mudede
Drew Barrymore's Whip It Is Delightful
By Courtney Ferguson
Cover Art
Cover Art by Kyle Johnson
To see more of his work, go to www.kjphotos.com.
Columns
The Week in Review
By David Schmader
The Stranger: A Critical Overview
By A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Running the Gamut (Oct. 1)
By Brendan Emmett Quigley
Running the Gamut (Oct. 1)
By Brendan Emmett Quigley
Interview with a Stargate Nerd
By Wm. Steven Humphrey
You've Walked In on This Guy—What Do You Do?
By Kelly O
Hurler's Remorse
By Anonymous
Cougin' Out with Gloria Trout
Visual Art
Leo Saul Berk and the Obscenity of Data
By Jen Graves
Less Frisson
By Jen Graves
Books
Reading the Three Highest-Profile Books of 2009
By Paul Constant
Theater
Horror Theater, Soggy with Clichés
By Brendan Kiley
Restaurants
Why You Should Go to the Fightin' Cock Roaster
as Soon as Humanly Possible
By Thadius Van Landingham III
Voyage of the Jolly Roger
By Bethany Jean Clement