Issue Archive for the Week of
Dec 23, 2008 -
Jan 7,
2009
Vol. 18, No. 16
Features
The Year in Mistakes, Misspellings, and Miscellaneous Moronism
By Stranger Staff
I Regret Ever Writing Those Columns for
The Stranger
By Governor Sarah Palin
My Year-End Thoughts
By Ron Sims
I Regret Axl Rose's Head
By the Noble and Ancient Technology Known as Braiding
A Night of Elation, Confusion, and Regret
By David Schmader
Do I Regret This?
By Monica Guzman
News
Local Hip-Hop Artist, Two Others Shot at Chop Suey
By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee
Details Emerge about New Year’s Shooting by SPD
By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee
We're So Over You, You're So Over: A Compendium of Last Gasps
By Erica C. Barnett, Dominic Holden, Eli Sanders and Jonah Spangenthal-Lee
Once-Pricey Condos Are Suddenly a Steal
By Dominic Holden
New DUI Law Doesn't Go Far Enough
By Erica C. Barnett
Music
How I Lost Most of My Music Collection—and Nearly My Mind
By Dave Segal
The Seattle Music Scene's Year in Regrets
The Dreaded Best of 2008 Lists
By Eric Grandy
This Week's Notable Shows and Parties
By Stranger Staff
New Year’s Eve Parties & Events
By Grant Brissey and Megan Seling
Hiphop Ya Don't Stop
By Larry Mizell Jr.
Jonathan Richman and an All-Ages
Regret
By Casey Catherwood
Bambi vs. Drunkzilla
By Paul Constant
Beat-Seeking Missives
By Dave Segal
Regrettably
Overlooked Singles, Remixes & MP3s
By Michaelangelo Matos
Stellar Movements
By Christopher DeLaurenti
Film
Regrettable
By Lindy West
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: He's His Own Grandpa
By Paul Constant
Valkyrie: The Plot to Assassinate Tom Cruise's Eyepatch
By Eli Sanders
The Abiding Darkness of a Capra Classic
By Sean Nelson
Revolutionary Road: Ripping the Mask Off of Suburbia. Again.
By Paul Constant
Frost/Nixon: A Presidential Reckoning
By Eli Sanders
Get Off My Lawn! Gran Torino's Old White Rage
By Charles Mudede
The Spirit: Frank Miller's Cinematic Hate Fuck
By Paul Constant
Bedtime Stories: Oh, and He Farts at the End
By EVAN STEWART
The Reader is Holocaust Erotica
By Jen Graves
Review of The Tale of Despereaux
By Megan Seling
Cover Art
Cover art by Josh Bis. Check out more of Josh’s work at sciencevsromance.net.
Columns
Tiny Joints (Dec. 24)
By Brendan Emmett Quigley
A Critical Overview of The Stranger
By A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
A Year of New Column! Regrets
Special Two-Week Edition!
By David Schmader
Saddlebacking?
By Dan Savage
Christmas Wishes
By Mistress Matisse
Tiny Joints (Dec. 24)
By Brendan Emmett Quigley
Grant from the Second Floor
By Kelly O
I Want Your Hands on Me (or, An Invitation to Molestation)
By A Young Lady Client Dying to Fuck You
Pee-Hole of the Year!
By Wm. Steven Humphrey
DTMFA-a-Thon
By Dan Savage
Visual Art
The Top 10 Art Exhibitions of 2008
By Jen Graves
Books
Mistakes Were Made
By Paul Constant
Two Cookbooks That Merge Music and Food
By Megan Seling
Books About Paraplegics, Tourism, and Killing Baby Hitler
By RAYNE Demartini and Paul Constant
Theater
Race Matters
By Brendan Kiley
Seattle Theater-Makers Rue 2008
Restaurants
The Totally Regrettable (If Not Outright Tragic) End of World Class Chili
By Dominic Holden
The Drink Undrunk
By Bethany Jean Clement
Maxine Holtzman: Hostess, Serafina Restaurant
By Steven Blum
Cafe Metropolitain
By Marti Jonjak