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2009
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Jun. 11
Print Edition for the week of
Jun. 11 - 17, 2009
Vol. 18, No. 39
Savage Love
Shock and Ew
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Hey Look, There's Tom Skerritt
I, Anonymous
I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again
by Anonymous
Film/TV
Beyond
The Matrix
The Best Science Fiction of the Decade Is About Mexican Labor in the 21st Century
by Charles Mudede
Empty Motherfuckers
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Can Lick My Bumhole
by Paul Constant
Another Fine Mess
Is
Away We Go
for You?
by Paul Constant
In a Dream
: The Art and Love of Isaiah Zagar
by Lindy West
Hal Ashby, Daddy Warbucks, and George W. Bush
Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida Discuss Writing
Away We Go
Concessions
STIFF 2009: Movie Review Massacre!
by Lindy West
Music
Lucky Accidents and Drugs
Thee Oh Sees' John Dwyer Dissects His Twisted Rock Artistry
by Dave Segal
Do You Like Pop Music?
Art Brut’s Eddie Argos on Frank Black, Alcoholism, DC Comics, Summer Jobs, Public Transportation, and Satan
by Eric Grandy
The Rise of Afro-Eccentricism
Hiphop Innovators Shabazz Palaces and the Cult of Anti-Personality
by Dave Segal
Up & Coming
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
by Stranger Staff
Fucking in the Streets
Falling for 'Two Weeks'
by Eric Grandy
Underage
The Lonely Forest and KTUB's Bluefish Festival
by Casey Catherwood
Data Breaker
IDM Collides with Black Metal
by Dave Segal
It's a Hit
A Spring-Cleaning Speed Round
by Michaelangelo Matos
The Score
Firebird Reborn
by Christopher DeLaurenti
Party Crasher
Sarahbrate Good Times
by Charles Mudede
My Philosophy
ALL4SHO
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Poster of the Week
by Aaron Huffman
Theater
Northwest New Works: Queen Shmooquan Finally Wins Us Over
by Brendan Kiley
Night Flight
: Cool, French, and Sometimes Boring
by Lindy West
The Tempest
: Now with More Witchiness and Music
by Charles Mudede
Visual Art
Do-Over on the 28th Floor
What Do You Do When Public Art Is Too Powerful to Be Ignored?
by Jen Graves
In Art News
What’s Fair
by Jen Graves
Books
Assassinating William Shakespeare
Joyce's
Ulysses
Is an Act of Terrorism Against the English
by Charles Mudede
The Evolution of Aleksandar Hemon
by Paul Constant
If Charlie Chaplin Were Dog-Faced, He'd Be in This Book
by Paul Constant
Constant Reader
Bring On the Big Show
by Paul Constant
Alan Furst Will Not Write Chick Lit
The Best-Selling Historical Espionage Author on Living in Seattle, What the Internet Can't Do, and Fighting Nazis
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Aspirational Vegetarian
Seventeen Years Later, Cafe Flora Gets a Makeover
by David Schmader
Bar Exam
At Home at Azzurri
by Bethany Jean Clement
The Happiest Hour
Shiku Sushi
by Marti Jonjak
Features
The Slow, Moronic Death of Books (as We Know Them)
Thousands of people scavenged the bones of the publishing industry in New York City two weeks ago. Here’s a report from the funeral.
by Paul Constant
Seven Things We Learned While Riding Light Rail for the First Time
(With a Bunch of Sound Transit Employees and a Few Self-Congratulating Politicians)
by Dominic Holden and Jonah Spangenthal-Lee
News
The Accidental AWOL
A Capitol Hill Man Claims Military Injustice
by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee
Hard to Please
Why Greenwood's Complaints About a New Fred Meyer Are Ridiculous
by Dominic Holden
Missionary Imposition
Two Crazy Churches Try to Convert the Heathens
by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee
Courting Disaster
Local Attorney Vows to Take Same-Sex Marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court
by Dominic Holden
God's Rejects
Fag-Hating Freaks Target Seattle's Gays, Jews, and Sane People
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Suggests
'Blowing Up Demographics'
by Jen Graves
Shellac
by Dave Segal
'Poppy Shakespeare'
by David Schmader
'Vehicle'
by Jen Graves
Art Brut
by Eric Grandy
The Cartoons of Bugs Bunny
by Paul Constant
Joe Meno, Ryan Boudinot, Matthew Simmons
by Paul Constant
Shmootzi the Clod
by Brendan Kiley
I Love Television
Vampire Boyfriend
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Public Editor
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Dear Science
by Jonathan Golob
Crossword Solution
In 56 Words or Less (June 11)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Crossword Puzzle
This Week's Puzzle
In 56 Words or Less (June 11)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Illustrated Comment of the Week
by Greg Stump