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Jul. 18
Print Edition for the week of
Jul. 18 - 24, 2012
Vol. 21, No. 46
Savage Love
Destructive Criticism
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Block Party Bingo!
Film/TV
Crazy Eyes
: One Long, Boring Rape Joke
by Krishanu Ray
End Game
Christopher Nolan Brings His Batman Trilogy to a Smashing Close
by Paul Constant
Trishna
: A Brutal Thomas Hardy Reboot in Mumbai
by Jen Graves
The Well Digger's Daughter
: Waving Grass, Foreboding Music, and Deep Boredom—en Francais!
by Bethany Jean Clement
I Love Television
Hiring? Give a ninja a chance!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Art House
I Want My Name Back
by Charles Mudede
I, Anonymous
Beggars Can't Be Choosers (Especially These Days)
by Anonymous
Music
The Best Concert That Ever Will Be
Salt-N-Pepa, En Vogue, Boyz II Men, Insane Shoes, and Making Out at Tulalip Casino
by Anna Minard
Up & Coming
Lose your jiggly ass every night this week!
by Stranger Staff
Data Breaker
Jaymz Nylon, Rick Preston, Megalodon, New Retic Album
by Dave Segal
The Homosexual Agenda
Waxie Moons, Big Freedia Bounces, Comeback's 100th Happens
by Adrian Ryan
My Philosophy
Block Party Rap Wrap-Up, Dark Time Sunshine, Snoop Dogg
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Sound Check
Vox Mod's Astral Electronic Bombast
by Trent Moorman
Underage
Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak, SpaceGhostPurrp, Trash Talk
by Jackson Hathorn
Poster of the Week
Poster by David Gallo
by Aaron Huffman
New Column!
If He Had Lived
by Derek Erdman
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of July 18
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
Smart Museum
SAM’s New Director Is a Star
by Jen Graves
Loose Lips
Musical Chairs, Dour Teenagers, Traitors, and 12th Avenue Arts
by Louise Bourgeois
Money, Maleness, and Fear
Mike Simi's Vague Menace
by Jen Graves
Books
A Failure to Communicate
A Comedian and John McCain's Daughter Try to Fix America
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Orchids at the Labor Temple
The New Edition of Green Leaf Is Even Better
by Bethany Jean Clement
Chow Bio
Zac Johnson, Owner of Meaty Johnson’s
by Sarah Galvin
Happiest Hour
C.S. Finnegan's Irish House
by Marti Jonjak
Now Closed
Recent Restaurant RIPs
by Bethany Jean Clement
Features
Intiman’s Big Opening
A Theater in Crisis Bounces Back with Four Plays at Once
by Anna Minard, Brendan Kiley, Charles Mudede and Sarah Galvin
Suggests
The Pinter Festival
by Brendan Kiley
‘The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl’
by Jen Graves
oOoOO
by Dave Segal
Christopher Martin Hoff
The Wurst Place
by Paul Constant
Maged Zaher
by Paul Constant
‘How to Be a Person’ Book Release
by Bethany Jean Clement
‘Short Cuts’
by David Schmader
Text From South Lake Union
What About the Children?
by Sherman Alexie
Worn Out
Value Village Tours: Blackness and Shoulder Pads
by Marti Jonjak
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of
The Stranger
by Maxwell Burniss, Seattle’s Only Republican
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Podcasts
Savage Love Episode 300
by Dan Savage
Block Party
Capitol Hill Block Party 2012
What We Think of Every Single Band Playing This Year's Festival
by Stranger Staff
Laughing at Life's Dark Shit
Blue Sky Black Death and Nacho Picasso Keep It 100
by Larry Mizell Jr.
The Schedule
Who's Playing Where and When?
Sublime Cacophony
The Psychic Paramount Is One of the World's Greatest Rock Bands
by Dave Segal
Adding Visuals to the Audio
For the First Time Ever, There's Art at Block Party
by Jen Graves
The Map
Don't Get Lost at the Block Party