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2009
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Oct. 29
Print Edition for the week of
Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 2009
Vol. 19, No. 8
Savage Love
Moral Bankrupt
by Dan Savage
New Column!
HUMP! 5 Winners!
I, Anonymous
You Were Only 24
by Anonymous
Film/TV
Provocaturd
Lars von Trier's New Film Is All Stunts, No Sincerity
by Jon Frosch
Concessions
Filling in the Holes
by Lindy West
Art House
Beeswax
by Charles Mudede
Chelsea on the Rocks
: Shiftless Layabouts, Miscellaneous Bores, and No Harvey Keitel
by Grant Brissey
Music
Fright On for the Darkness
Seattle's Five Freakiest Bands to Haunt Your Halloween
by Dave Segal
Great Ghosts
Atlas Sound's and Broadcast's Hauntological Pop
by Eric Grandy
Halloween 2009
Notable Halloween Parties and Events
by Megan Seling
Data Breaker
Techno Grandes Dames Julietta and Miss Shelrawka
by Dave Segal
Fucking in the Streets
A Silent Protest Against Tom Carr
by Eric Grandy
It's a Hit
New Singles from Amerie, Duck Sauce, Eve, and More
by Michaelangelo Matos
Party Crasher
A Little Less Conversation and a Little More Action
by COREY KAHLER
My Philosophy
Pete Holmes, Holmes
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Poster of the Week
Poster by John Warner
by Aaron Huffman
The Score
Fear and Music
by Christopher DeLaurenti
Up & Coming
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
by Stranger Staff
Underage
I'll Tell You What's Scary
by Megan Seling
Theater
The Believers
: Experimental-Theater Fail
by Brendan Kiley
Measure for Pleasure
: A Sex Farce That Embraces the Garters and Eschews the Politics
by Lindy West
Zastrozzi
: Percy Shelley’s Murder-Revenge Camp
by Brendan Kiley
Bone Portraits
: Edison, the X-ray, and Ladies Buying Lead Underwear
by Paul Constant
Visual Art
Art Is Embarrassing
A Tribute to Matthew Offenbacher's Tribute to His Cat
by Jen Graves
In Art News
Special Purpose
by Jen Graves
Blart
What it is:
Untitled
(1973/75), Polaroids, by Robert Mapplethorpe; Where it is: Henry Art Gallery
by Jen Graves
Books
Finer Noble Gases
Lydia Davis, Loneliness Artist
by Brendan Kiley
Cows, Collards, and Heroin
A Brief Correspondence with Lydia Davis
by Brendan Kiley
The Atheist Soul of Neocons
A New Book Demythologizes Ayn Rand
by Paul Constant
Constant Reader
Hitchhikers and Whores
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Doing It for the People
The Many Charms of Citizen
by Bethany Jean Clement
Bar Exam
Spirits at Chapel
by Bethany Jean Clement
The Happiest Hour
Long Provincial Vietnamese Restaurant and Jelly Bar
by Marti Jonjak
Features
2009 Election Nightmare!
A Graphic Look at the Worst-Case Scenario
by Mark Kaufman
Happy Heteroween
In Defense of Sexy Pirates, Sexy Nuns, and Sexy Cadavers
by Dan Savage
The Case for Mike McGinn: Part 4
He's Got an Army, a War Room Full of Maps, and One of the Most Grassroots Campaigns in Seattle History
by Christopher Frizzelle
News
Problematic Polling
Why Has SurveyUSA Been So Wrong This Election?
by Eli Sanders
Lazy Susan
KIRO Colleagues Had Plenty of Nicknames for Susan Hutchison Before She Ran for King County Executive—None of Them Good
by Dominic Holden
Police Beat
The Freaks Come Out at Night
by Charles Mudede
Last Days
The Week in Review: Oct 19–25
by David Schmader
Suggests
Dirty Projectors
by Eric Grandy
Broadcast, Atlas Sound
by Eric Grandy
Blues Control
by Dave Segal
'Good Hair'
by Charles Mudede
'August: Osage County'
by Brendan Kiley
'Human Opera XXX'
by Jen Graves
Heather McHugh
by Brendan Kiley
Greil Marcus
by Paul Constant
I Love Television
(Lizard) Aliens, Go Home!
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
Does Statistical Significance Make Something True?
by Jonathan Golob
Crossword Solution
Rhyme Time (Oct. 29)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Crossword Puzzle
This Week's Puzzle
Rhyme Time (Oct. 29)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Illustrated Comment of the Week
by Greg Stump
Extra Edition!
by Greg Stump