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Aug. 29
Print Edition for the week of
Aug. 29 - Sep. 4, 2012
Vol. 21, No. 52
Savage Love
Sleepfuckers
by Dan Savage
New Column!
HUMP! 2012: Call for Entries
I, Anonymous
Hard Ginger Bullshit
by Anonymous
Film/TV
Mike Birbiglia Is a Real Person
Storytelling, Night Terrors, and
Sleepwalk with Me
by Alison Hallett
Phone-Sex Sisters
For a Good Time, Call
... Is
Thelma and Louise
Without the Suicide Pact
by Cienna Madrid
Robot & Frank
: A Great New Sci-Fi Flick Set in the Present
by Paul Constant
Bootlegging for Fun and Profit
Blood and Booze in John Hillcoat’s
Lawless
by Erik Henriksen
Art House
Side by Side
: The Never-Ending End of Cinema
by Charles Mudede
Music
Up & Coming
Lose your serious chicken every night this week!
by Stranger Staff
Doom Not to Repeat History
Samothrace Survive Drug Addiction and Lineup Changes to Keep Reinventing Themselves
by Grant Brissey
What's Crappening?
News, Reviews, and Puke
by Avril Kroeger
My Philosophy
Art Vandelay's
Breaking Bad
Tribute, Eighty4 Fly, and More
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Data Breaker
Maga Bo, Amon Tobin's ISAM, Holy Other, Freaky Flow
by Dave Segal
The Homosexual Agenda
Solomon "Coco-Nips" Georgio Returns, One Night Only
by Adrian Ryan
Underage
Divine Fits, Yeasayer, Daughn Gibson
by Jackson Hathorn
Poster of the Week
Flatstock at Bumbershoot
by Aaron Huffman
Theater
Lo-Fi Lepers
Art vs. Nature: Round Six
by Brendan Kiley
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of August 29
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
You Design the Top of the Space Needle (Really)
Plus, the Epic Search for the 1962 Orange
by Jen Graves
Scared?
Jonathan Wakuda Fischer's Shape-Shifting
Digital Superstitions
by Jen Graves
Loose Lips
Chinese Cadavers at Internment Sites, Street Fights, and Tiny Spaces
by Frank Lloyd Wright
Books
The Little Prince
Nicholson Baker's Microscope Is Telescopic
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Bee-Attracting Sandwiches and PCP Cookies in the U-District
Fat Ducks Offers One-Stop Shopping for Both These Things
by Paul Constant and Megan Seling
Now Open
New Places for Stuffing Faces
by Bethany Jean Clement and Hannah Wilson
Features
He's Back!
by Eli Sanders
News
Presto Change-o!
Is One Tim Eyman Campaign Secretly Funding Another?
by Goldy
Stuck in a Room with Mitt Romney
What It’s Like to Be Trapped with 50,000 Republicans at the RNC
by Paul Constant
What Would Jesus Say About Election-Law Violations?
A Catholic Bishop's Attempt to Fund an Anti-Gay Election PAC Goes Too Far, the State Says
by Dominic Holden
Sources Say
Where the Best News Goes to See and Be Seen
by Laura Lockard
Fiction
Fast
by Sherman Alexie
Worn Out
Gei Chan: Rickrack and Tambourines
by Marti Jonjak
Suggests
‘Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present’
by David Schmader
Velocity Kickoff
by Brendan Kiley
Christian Rizzo and Sophie Laly
by Brendan Kiley
‘Old ghost ranges, sunken rivers, come again’
by Jen Graves
Bob’s Quality Meats
by Charles Mudede
The Importance of Being Genius
by Paul Constant
Animal Collective, Micachu & the Shapes
by Emily Nokes
Atmosphere
by Cienna Madrid
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of
The Stranger
by Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
I Love Television
Self-Induced Comas: Give 'Em a Chance!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Podcasts
Savage Love Episode 306
by Dan Savage
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Bumbershoot Guide
The Stranger
's 2012 Bumbershoot Guide!
Here's What We Think of Every Damn Thing Happening at This Year's Festival (
BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE!
)
by Stranger Staff
Touch Me, I'm Sub Pop's Warehouse Manager
Mudhoney's Mark Arm Hurt His Left One Fulfilling Record Store Orders
by Dave Segal
I'm More Than Hair
An Interview with Skrillex's Haircut
by Trent Moorman and Lindy West
Listening to the Pharmacy After Having Taken a Pharmacy's Worth of Drugs
It's a Little Discursive, But We Get There Eventually
by Brendan Kiley
Ask a Musicologist
Why Is That Gotye Song So Catchy?
by Jen Graves
Are You Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino?
Take This Quiz and Find Out!
Face Dances
The Head-Bending Pleasures of Cherdonna and Lou
by David Schmader
Meet Christopher Martin Hoff
He Painted the City Where You Live
by Jen Graves
Brought to You by Jane's Addiction
A Brief History of the Band That Is Responsible for Everything
by Adrian Ryan
Mistakes Were Made
A (Probably Partial) List of Corrigenda for
How to Be a Person
by Bethany Jean Clement
El Diablo in Disguise
Robert "El Vez" Lopez and His Journey from Punker to Elvis Impersonator
by Derek Erdman
The Fall and Fall of a Great Band
Why Aren't Fishbone as Big as Red Hot Chili Peppers?
by Charles Mudede
Fast, Loose Radio Theater
Opening the Throttle at Sandbox Radio Live!
by Brendan Kiley
Happiness Is All the Rage
The Promise Ring and I Finally Meet After Several Years Filled with Boys, Breakups, and Misunderstandings
by Megan Seling
The Vaselines Are Back Together
Now Let's Get Them Back
Together
by Emily Nokes
Never Heard of 'Em: Tony Bennett
by Anna Minard
Worn Out
Beauty Marks and Dirty Bath Mats: The Fashions of John Waters
by Marti Jonjak