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Aug. 20
Print Edition for the week of
Aug. 20 - 26, 2009
Vol. 18, No. 49
Savage Love
Peace of Meat
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Get HUMP!ing!
I, Anonymous
Hey, Roommate...
by Anonymous
Film/TV
Inglourious Basterds
: Tarantino's Spaghetti-Western War Flick
by David Schmader
Shorts
: What if Boogers Were Person-Sized?
by MAE RICE
Concessions
Plastic in Action
by Lindy West
Cold Souls
: Existential Science-Fiction
by Paul Constant
Art & Copy
: An Homage to the Ad World
by David Schmader
X Games 3D: The Movie
: All Hail Mega Ramp
by Andrew Wright
Music
Fidelity Claws
The Intelligence's Blown-out Pop Smarts
by Dave Segal
Taking the Piss
The Loud, Messy Catharsis of Snark Rockers Pissed Jeans
by Eric Grandy
Back Home
Seattle MC Yirim Seck's Hiphop Classicism
by Charles Mudede
Up & Coming
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
by Stranger Staff
Data Breaker
Portable Morla and Eric Copeland: Seducing the Alien
by Dave Segal
Fucking in the Streets
Hair, Hoops, and Haters
by Eric Grandy
It's a Hit
New Singles from DJ Kaos and Jay-Z
by Michaelangelo Matos
Party Crasher
Sugar Ray and Sugar Free
by Eric Grandy
My Philosophy
Thee Satisfaction, J-Mar, and Massive Monkees Y'all
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Poster of the Week
Lauren Turnblomat
by Aaron Huffman
The Score
REBIRTH OF THE COOL
by Christopher DeLaurenti
Underage
Monsters of Accordion Comes to Seattle
by Megan Seling
Theater
The Importance of Being Weird
Helsinki Syndrome Goes Wilde
by Brendan Kiley
Good and Filthy
Penguins
Takes Blasphemy to a Criminal Level
by David Schmader
Visual Art
Midnight Ride-Around
Susie Lee, Hidden Cameras, and a Drunken Rickshaw Driver in the Rain
by Jen Graves
In Art News
Stand Together
by Jen Graves
Books
A Bartender Tells the Stories of Her Regulars in Photos
by Paul Constant
Nico Vassilakis Is Drawn by Disparate Magnets
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Bar Exam
Summertime Sangria
by Bethany Jean Clement
One-Hit Wonder
It's Always All Love at Rizzo's French Dip in Ballard
by Thadius Van Landingham III
The Happiest Hour
Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub
by Marti Jonjak
Features
What Are They Scared Of?
Why would anyone in Congress want to miss an opportunity to argue with teabaggers while fighting for real health-care reform? A few theories.
by Eli Sanders
News
Motel Hell
A Night on Georgetown's Seedy Strip
by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee
Why Maury Island Matters
Inside the Fight over a Vulnerable Part of Puget Sound
by Bryan T. Bissell
Tom Carr's Anti-Nightlife Crusade Continues
City Attorney Blocks Liquor Permit for Art Space
by Dominic Holden
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Suggests
'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle'
by Brendan Kiley
Garfunkel and Oates
by Brendan Kiley
Five by Scorsese
by Lindy West
'Art & Copy'
by David Schmader
'Send Me an Angel'
by Jen Graves
'The Lay of the Land'
by Jen Graves
Japanther at Mini Mart City Park
by Eric Grandy
Karl Blau
by Dave Segal
I Love Television
Your Lack of Gumption
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of
The Stranger
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Dear Science
Will the Next STD Be Deadly?
by Jonathan Golob
Crossword Solution
Musical Letters (Aug. 20)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Crossword Puzzle
This Week's Puzzle
Musical Letters (Aug. 20)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Illustrated Comment of the Week
by Greg Stump