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2011
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Dec. 14
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 14 - 20, 2011
Vol. 21, No. 15
Savage Love
Spanked
by Dan Savage
New Column!
The Slog vs. Gawker Holiday Challenge!
I, Anonymous
Your Intolerance Is Intolerable
by Anonymous
Film/TV
Young Adult
: Surly and Refuses to Do Anything
by Anna Minard
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
: The Plot (and Wit) Thickens in a Superior Sequel
by Paul Constant
I Melt with You
: Almost the
Showgirls
of the Weekend-Warrior Set
by Paul Constant
The Catechism Cataclysm
: A Goofy Priest, a Bizarre Canoe Trip, and a Whole New Type of Comedic Weirdness
by David Schmader
Resurrect Dead
: A Fact-Finding Documentary About a Mysterious Phrase
by Charles Mudede
Outrage
: Takeshi Kitano Belatedly Completes His Yakuza Trilogy
by Charles Mudede
I Love Television
A Very Gimpy Xmas
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Music
Sound Check
The Young Evils' Troy Nelson Answering Questions Meant for Tori Amos, Axl Rose, and Prince
by Trent Moorman
Choose Wisely
Scratch Acid, Dinosaur Jr., and Wheedle's Groove Are All Playing the Same Night—What Are You Gonna Do?
by Dave Segal, Grant Brissey and Mike Nipper
Until the End of Time
On a Lifetime of Adoring Prince
by David Schmader
Up & Coming
Lose your grave wave every night this week!
by Stranger Staff
Chuckletown, USA
Shows That'll Help You Laugh at the Traveling Freak Show Your Family Becomes at Christmas
by Cienna Madrid
Data Breaker
N-Type, Hatcha, Juan Atkins, Bryan Zentz, Vance Galloway
by Dave Segal
Underage
Two Shows Well Worth Your Dime
by Brittnie Fuller
The Homosexual Agenda
Homo for the Holidays
, Dickslap, and Bless the Clueless ’80s
by Adrian Ryan
My Philosophy
New Local Releases
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Poster of the Week
Poster by Neil Campau
by Mike Force
Theater
Review of
The Man in the Newspaper Hat
at Odd Duck Studio
by Brendan Kiley
Review of
Reckless
at Theater Schmeater
by Anna Minard
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of Dec 14
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
Loose Lips
The Stranger
's Least Popular Column!
by Claude Souvenir
Church of Wax
The Listening Room
Introduces a New Kind of Meditation to SAM
by Jen Graves
Books
Let Us Now Praise Unhappy Men
Three Great Sci-Fi Writers Not Writing Science Fiction
by Paul Constant
Tiny Mammoths
From the Amazing 2,000-Pound Camera Works of Carleton Watkins
by Jen Graves
Food & Drink
Worth the Wait
From the Earth to the Plate at Terra Plata
by Bethany Jean Clement
Chow Bio
Remedial Sangria with Maggie Savarino at Madison Park Conservatory
by Sarah Galvin
Features
Jumped
I'm standing outside a jazz club. Next thing I know, I'm in the hospital.
by Nathan Quiroga
Stranger in Their Midst
I Attended a Strategy Meeting of Anti-Gay-Marriage Christians, and They Called Security to Kick Me Out When They Discovered I Was a Nonbeliever
by Dominic Holden
Of Ice and Men
There Is No Ice at the Capitol Hill Ice Rink
by Jen Graves
News
Where Do They Go Now?
With the Occupy Seattle Encampment Closed, Local Protesters Enter a New Phase of (Sometimes Violent) Direct Action
by Eli Sanders
Cornering Reichert
I Went with Occupy Protesters in DC to Confront Washington's Republican 8th District Representative in His Office
by Goldy
Sources Say
News Small Enough to Drown in a Bathtub
by Grover Norquist
Sports Blotter
Taking Care of Raheem Brock
by Goldy
Suggests
Black Cobra
by Dave Segal
‘The Adventures of Tintin’
by Paul Constant
Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs
by David Schmader
Spanish Coffee
by Bethany Jean Clement
Cafe (Un)American New Year’s Eve
by Brendan Kiley
‘Senses’
by Jen Graves
‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure’
by Paul Constant
‘Portlandia’: The Tour
by David Schmader
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of The Stranger
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Control Tower
A Pro Dom Prods Santa to Switch It Up
by Mistress Matisse
Podcasts
Savage Love Episode 270
by Dan Savage
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Worn Out
Margie Brzezinski and 1978
by Marti Jonjak