Issue Archive for the Week of
Oct 29 -
Nov 4,
2009
Vol. 19, No. 8
Features
A Graphic Look at the Worst-Case Scenario
By Mark Kaufman
In Defense of Sexy Pirates, Sexy Nuns, and Sexy Cadavers
By Dan Savage
He's Got an Army, a War Room Full of Maps, and One of the Most Grassroots Campaigns in Seattle History
By Christopher Frizzelle
News
By Stranger Election Control Board
Seattle Police Officer Gunned Down Halloween Night
By Eli Sanders
KIRO Colleagues Had Plenty of Nicknames for Susan Hutchison Before She Ran for King County Executive—None of Them Good
By Dominic Holden
Why Has SurveyUSA Been So Wrong This Election?
By Eli Sanders
The Freaks Come Out at Night
By Charles Mudede
King County Executive Candidate Dow Constantine Answers Your Questions (And Susan Hutchison Ignores Them)
Music
Pete Holmes, Holmes
By Larry Mizell Jr.
Seattle's Five Freakiest Bands to Haunt Your Halloween
By Dave Segal
Atlas Sound's and Broadcast's Hauntological Pop
By Eric Grandy
Notable Halloween Parties and Events
By Megan Seling
Techno Grandes Dames Julietta and Miss Shelrawka
By Dave Segal
A Silent Protest Against Tom Carr
By Eric Grandy
New Singles from Amerie, Duck Sauce, Eve, and More
By Michaelangelo Matos
A Little Less Conversation and a Little More Action
By COREY KAHLER
Poster by John Warner
By Aaron Huffman
Fear and Music
By Christopher DeLaurenti
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
By Stranger Staff
I'll Tell You What's Scary
By Megan Seling
Film
Lars von Trier's New Film Is All Stunts, No Sincerity
By Jon Frosch
Filling in the Holes
By Lindy West
Beeswax
By Charles Mudede
Cover Art
Columns
A Critical Overview of The Stranger
By A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Rhyme Time (Oct. 29)
By Brendan Emmett Quigley
Does Statistical Significance Make Something True?
By Jonathan Golob
(Lizard) Aliens, Go Home!
By Wm. Steven Humphrey
The Week in Review: Oct 19–25
By David Schmader
Rhyme Time (Oct. 29)
By Brendan Emmett Quigley
Extra Edition!
By Greg Stump
Moral Bankrupt
By Dan Savage
You Were Only 24
By Anonymous
Scotch vs Bourbon
By Kelly O
Visual Art
A Tribute to Matthew Offenbacher's Tribute to His Cat
By Jen Graves
Special Purpose
By Jen Graves
What it is: Untitled (1973/75), Polaroids, by Robert Mapplethorpe; Where it is: Henry Art Gallery
By Jen Graves
Books
Hitchhikers and Whores
By Paul Constant
Lydia Davis, Loneliness Artist
By Brendan Kiley
A Brief Correspondence with Lydia Davis
By Brendan Kiley
A New Book Demythologizes Ayn Rand
By Paul Constant
Restaurants
The Many Charms of Citizen
By Bethany Jean Clement
Spirits at Chapel
By Bethany Jean Clement
Long Provincial Vietnamese Restaurant and Jelly Bar
By Marti Jonjak