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2009
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Sep. 3
Print Edition for the week of
Sep. 3 - 9, 2009
Vol. 18, No. 51
Savage Love
Sorority Girls
by Dan Savage
New Column!
HUMP!ing Bumbershoot
Film/TV
Extract
: Kinder, Gentler
by Andrew Wright
Il Divo
: Ill Communication
by Andrew Wright
My One and Only
: Look at the Cute Dresses!
by Lindy West
Concessions
EXTRA-LONG THINGS-I-RECOMMEND-AND-THINGS-I-DON'T-AND-THINGS-IN-BETWEEN EDITION!
by Lindy West
I, Anonymous
DO YOU REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FACE?
by Anonymous
Music
Barton Funk in the Soundgarden of Eden
How Wheedle's Groove Revived Old-School Seattle Soul
by Dave Segal
Forget Me Not
Singer-Songwriter Cass McCombs's Underrated Brilliance
by Travis Ritter
Party Crasher
Swing Your Partner, Not Your Beer
by COREY KAHLER
Data Breaker
Dialing In's Dirty, Divine (De)compositions
by Dave Segal
Fucking in the Streets
Modest Mouse: Objectively Great
by Eric Grandy
It's a Hit
New Singles from Ne-Yo, Vibes, Heartland, and More
by Michaelangelo Matos
My Philosophy
Who Is Victor Shade?
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Poster of the Week
Protey Temen at the Seattle-Moscow Poster Show
by Aaron Huffman
The Score
WE WANT YOU, ROBERTSON
by Christopher DeLaurenti
Up & Coming
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
by Stranger Staff
Underage
Best of Bumbershoot
by Megan Seling
Visual Art
The Son of N. C. Wyeth and Some Lady
Andrew Wyeth Is, Pervertedly (Not Prettily), Just Like Us
by Lindy West
Yeats Motel
Cornish College of the Arts Finally Has Dorms—in Those Creepy Old Motels in Denny Triangle
by Jen Graves
Books
Constant Reader
Original Gangster
by Paul Constant
Foucault Versus the Teabaggers
What a New Book of Old Lectures Says About America's Health-Care Freak-out
by Charles Mudede
Food & Drink
Happiest Hour
Capitol Hill's 611 Supreme
by Marti Jonjak
'Top Chef': An Interview
Branzino's Ashley Merriman on Being Horrified, Making Mistakes, the Rumors, the Other Chefs, and Why This Season Kicks Ass
by Bethany Jean Clement
Features
"Why Do You Hate Me?"
What happens when a faggot asks people who gave time and money to support anti-gay Referendum 71 the most basic question?
by Dominic Holden
News
Postmortem
How the Mayor Blew It on Youth Violence
by Claudia Rowe
Coke, Cops, and 23rd Avenue
Is the City's New Initiative for Drug Dealers Working?
by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee
Tim Eyman's Latest Attempt to Fuck Over the State
Initiative 1033 Sounds Good, but Its Consequences Would Be Disastrous
by Dominic Holden
Powder Panic
Deadly Cocaine Turning Up in Seattle
by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee
Crossword Solution
Fill 'Er Up (Sept. 3)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Crossword Puzzle
This Week's Puzzle
Fill 'Er Up (Sept. 3)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Illustrated Comment of the Week
by Greg Stump
Dear Science
The Best Way to Clean Your Hands
by Jonathan Golob
Public Editor
The Stranger
: A Critical Overview
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
I Love Television
Good vs. Eeeeeevil
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Last Days
The Week in Review
by Ann Romano
Suggests
Electric Boat Ride
by Gillian Anderson
Daniel Johnston
by David Schmader
Outrageous Cherry
by Dave Segal
'District 9'
by Paul Constant
3-Day Novel Contest
by Paul Constant
Bumbershoot
by Eric Grandy
'American Beauty'
by Jen Graves
Paul and Richard
by Jen Graves
Bumbershoot Guide
Previews of Every Single Thing Happening at the Festival
by Stranger Staff
Bumbershoot 2009
An Overview
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Emerald Shitty
What Makes U.S.E—the World's Happiest Band—Frown?
by Dave Segal
De La Soul for Life
The Enduring Holy Trinity of Hiphop
by David Schmader
Surviving a Nuclear Winter
The Lonely Forest's Year of Magical Singing
by Megan Seling
Weird to Your Mother
You Owe It to Yourself to See Gang Gang Dance and Holy Fuck
by Dave Segal
Hawthorne Heights
The Surprising Soul of Mayer Hawthorne
by Larry Mizell Jr.
What the Hell Is the Black Atom!?
The Whore Moans Attempt to Explain Their Vaudeville Garage-Punk Soul Revue
by Chris Estey
Everything Goes Just Wrong Enough
Vivian Girls' Dreamy, Divisive Garage-Pop Racket
by Michaelangelo Matos
Our Jamaican Guys
Singing the Praises of the Prolific Sly & Robbie Is the Easiest Thing in the World
by Charles Mudede
White Noise
Five Theses on Stuff White People Like
by Charles Mudede
Imagine There's No Judgment
The Art Grants That Yield the Most Art Ever
by Jen Graves