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2009
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Dec. 24
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 24 - 30, 2009
Vol. 19, No. 16
Savage Love
Gift Parade
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Children's Letters to Santa—Answered
I, Anonymous
Thanks, Wanker
by Anonymous
Film/TV
Concessions
Sherlock Holmes, Be My Wife
by Lindy West
The Young Victoria
: A Sickly Teen Queen
by Charles Mudede
A Single Man
Is a Meticulous Triumph
by David Schmader
Nine
: All Fosse All the Time
by Dan Savage
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
: I Don’t Like It, I Will Not Put a Ring on It
by Megan Seling
Broken Embraces
: Not Enough Vampire Boners
by Sean Axmaker
Music
Sonic Bloom
Wild Orchid Children's Grateful Shred
by Dave Segal
Underage
by Megan Seling
The Best of 2009
A Noncomprehensive, Highly Subjective List of the Year's Best Local Musical Happenings, Offered in No Particular Order
by Eric Grandy and Dave Segal
Up & Coming
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
by Stranger Staff
Party Crasher
Every Day Is Christmas in July
by JON BROCK
Data Breaker
2009's Top Overlooked Releases
by Dave Segal
Fucking in the Streets
A Two-Block-Hack Holiday Party at the Showbox
by Eric Grandy
It's a Hit
Overlooked 2009
by Michaelangelo Matos
My Philosophy
Remembering the Fallen, Celebrating the Living
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Poster of the Week
Poster by Kenneth Piekarski
by Aaron Huffman
The Score
Glitch, a Sonic Snow
by Christopher DeLaurenti
Theater
The King, the Tyrant
Why Does the Estate of Elvis Presley Hate Freedom?
by Brendan Kiley
Visual Art
Polaroids in Pairs
Mapplethorpe's Souvenirs of Foreplay After the Fact
by Jen Graves
In Art News
TARL Is the Future
by Jen Graves
Books
Reviving Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Future of Publishing Is at Third Place Books
by Paul Constant
Constant Reader
Read All About It
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Where 7-Eleven Meets Southern India
Dosas, Cigarettes, and General Awesomeness at Chili's Deli & Mart on the Ave
by David Schmader
Bar Exam
by Bethany Jean Clement
The Happiest Hour
The University District's Cafe Racer
by Marti Jonjak
Chow Bio
Alex Pitts of Avila Restaurant
by Steven Blum
Features
Sugar Rush
I've never smoked cigarettes, I've never smoked pot, I've never had a drink. But I definitely have a substance-abuse problem.
by Megan Seling
Love Letters to a Wildrose
Seattle's Only Lesbian Bar Turns 25 This Week
by Adrian Ryan
News
The Weakest Link
Seattle Truckers Are Getting Screwed in the Global Supply Chain
by Jake Blumgart
Police Beat
Dicks at Dick's
by Charles Mudede
Last Days
The Week in Review: Dec 14–20
by David Schmader
Suggests
Murder City Devils
by Eric Grandy
Daniel Carroll
by David Schmader
'A Single Man'
by David Schmader
'Open Roads and Bedside Tables'
by Jen Graves
'Bad Santa'
by Lindy West
'Twelfth Night'
by Brendan Kiley
'Serenity'
by Paul Constant
'Avatar'
by Lindy West
I Love Television
Christmas Witches
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
PC Puzzle (Dec. 24)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Crossword Puzzle
This Week's Puzzle
PC Puzzle (Dec. 24)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley