Print Edition for the week of
May. 27 - Jun. 2, 2010

Vol. 19, No. 38

Savage Love

La Cage

New Column!

Film/TV

Burkas and Birkins

I Watched 146 Minutes of Sex and the City 2 and All I Got Was This Religious Fundamentalism

Chesty Jake

Even Jake Gyllenhaal's Abs Can't Save Prince of Persia

Concessions

Art House

Susan Sontag's Promised Lands

I, Anonymous

Music

The Stranger's Encyclopedic Guide to the Sasquatch! Festival

Everything You Need to Know About Sasquatch!, from A-Trak to Z-Trip

Let's Go Swimming

Caribou's Sweetly Surprising New Dance Record

Careful with That Ax, Ezra

Psych Rockers Citay Attain Escapist Velocity

Up & Coming

It's a Hit

Redeeming Journey and "Don't Stop Believin'"

Data Breaker

Lou-Lou's Otherworldly Electro Miniatures

My Philosophy

Renaissance, Reflection Eternal, and Folklife

The Score

Coda: Departure

Party Crasher

Italian Poets Congregate in a Basement Speakeasy

Poster of the Week

Posters by Nat Damm and Chelsea Conboy

Underage

(Melody) Day & Night

An Extended Interview with Dan Snaith of Caribou

Theater

Losing Their Religion

Intiman's Documentary Drama About Seattle and God

Burlesque Box

The Hip-Punching Fuchsia FoXXX

Visual Art

If a Spotlight Is a Black Hole

The Séance for Kurt Cobain at Seattle Art Museum

Books

Cartoon City

Three Local Cartoonists Find Seattle in Strange Places

Food & Drink

All Pig, No Punches

The Scene at Cochon 555—Five Pigs, Five Chefs, Five Winemakers—Last Weekend

The Happiest Hour

Genghis Khan Restaurant

Features

SIFF Notes 2010

Full Schedule! Tons of Reviews! The Only Guide You Need!

Things I Remember About Detroit

Five Years of Abandoned Factories, Talking Cats, and Cars on Fire

SIFF 2010: The Reviews

Every Damn Review We Wrote, All on One Really Long Page

News

Swiping a Seat

Redistricting Will Likely Give Washington a New Seat in Congress

A Chicken or a Dick?

City Council President Richard Conlin Refuses to Talk About How to Keep Seattle from Paying for Tunnel Cost Overruns

Shocking Robberies

Public Editor

A Critical Overview of The Stranger

I Love Television

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

Last Days

The Week in Review

Slog

SL Letter of the Day: Dramatic Timing

Self-Publishing Just Got Even Easier

The Race Is On for Miss Cougar America

BP Is Attempting the Top Kill

The Shape of Things to Come

The Burial Ground That Is 'Kurt' at SAM, Part 5

The Five New Stadiums for the World Cup

America's Tolerance of Rape

Dept. of Unsubstantiated Rumors

Still Wondering Who Peed the Bed?

Booze Everywhere

What I Learned at Dino Rossi's Announcement Eve Financial Seminar

Seattle Is Cartoon City

New Washington Poll: A Look at Our Very Own Tea Party

Match Book: Tell Me a Scary Story

The 2010 Stanley Cup Finals Start Saturday

Currently Hanging: Name That Drag Queen!

O They Will Know We Are Christians...

You've Come a Long Way, Baby

Tuesday at 8 pm

Louise Bourgeois Is Dead

Traffic Report

Rossi: "Our country's in trouble."

Reading Tonight: You've Got Three Good Options

The Roanoke Tavern May Be SAVED!!!

Youth Pastor Watch

Today in Stupid: Woman Sues Google After Getting Herself Runover

Number of the Day: 30,000

Week in Review

Dave Reichert: Anti-Gay Bigot

"Plug The Damn Hole!"

Hankering for a Cup of Shrek's Minty Jizz?

It's Not the Dog, It's the Owners...

Illinois Republican Outed

Drill, Rossi, Drill

Why Wall Street Fails

People Didn't Stop Drinking Booze During Prohibition...

Turtle: The Incredible Journey

Launching a Mosquito Fleet to South Park is Problematic, Says County

Pridemore Withdraws, Says Give 'Em Heck in WA-03

McDonald's Is So Gay

New Muppet Video

Frenemies Fight it Out at Dawn Using Teeth, High Heel

High School Coach Fired After Sending "Lewd Video" to Student

The Sinkholes Are Coming for Us

Advocacy Groups Work to Make South Park Walkable, Bikable Once Bridge Closes

But What's The W For?

Amanda Knox's New 'Do

"Why Do They Water the Field at Sounders Games?"

SPD Hits the "Mother Load" of Pot Farms

Traffic Report

"Resigned"

This Is Probably Not the Future of Micropayments

Eastern Plays: Say It In Broken English

Reading Tonight: Tolerance, Intolerance

A Little Good News

House Votes to End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Bad News For Bottoms

Teen Pregnancies Drop In Canada

Another Gay Couple Arrested

Touche, Lindy!

Forecast: Hurricanes of Oil

Mr. Coleman

Reading Tonight: A Mystery and a Specious Argument

Calling All Illiterates

Apple Passes Microsoft to Become World's Most Valuable Technology Company

Nate Silver's Soccer Rankings

Publishers Not Paying Attention at All

Trick Question!

Prescription Heroin

Dear Holden Caulfield: Please Don't Ever Read The Fountainhead. Love, Me

Get Your Ass Off the Couch

Maps Are Cool

Gored Matador

Lest Memorial Day Pass By Unmentioned

It's Not You, It's Us

Seattle Photographer Daniel Beltra Is in the Gulf

Dear A-Team: Stop Screaming at Me

U.S. Official on Israel: "We're the only ones who believe them"

Field Guide to November Days and the Regressors

Dear Local Retail Establishments,

O They Will Know We Are Christians...

Groin-Punching is Unhealthy

Marco Roth Reviews David Shields

Re: Booze Everywhere

Reading Tonight: A Walker, a Novelist and a Native American Lawyer

Dennis Hopper's Screen Test

Al and Tipper Gore No More

Overrated, Underrated, or Rated: Zoos

Lindy Wins!

The Morning News: Oily Tampons, Space Planes, and 25 Cents

On Translating Bolano's Sex Scenes

Gulf of Mexico: Today Is the Big Day! (Only it's Probably Not)

THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME!!!

Bumbershoot's 2010 Line-Up Announced

How Is Your Sasquatch!?

Hideaway

The Morning News: Top Kill, Hammer Kill, Train Kill, Kill, Kill, KILL!

Gulf of Mexico: Obama's Speech

Lunchtime Quickie: Bear Week Continues

The Morning News: The Oil Leak Still Isn't Fixed, Sarah Palin Wants to Know If You Get It, and Bounty Hunters Are Looking for That Local Kid Who Stole Rich People's Stuff

Currently Hanging: Isabel Samaras

Entering the Twilight of American Christianity

Reading Today: Cooking in the Northwest

Maybe Soldiers Should Be Armed Then?

Big Dog Now Little, Still Scary

Reading Tonight: Sexy Vampire Hunting

Wanna Read all the Stranger's Coverage of the Sasquatch! Festival in One Convenient Location?

Marwencol

Today in Vegan

Chihuahua Mauls, Kills Toddler

Lunchtime Quickie: Bear Week, Part III

Full Charge Ahead

Need Some Expert Advice About Your Pet?

The Morning News: Tropical Storm Agatha Hits Central America, BP Loses Billions in First Day of Trading Since the Top Kill Failed, and a New Vaccine "Could Eliminate" Breast Cancer

While Slog Was Dead...

What SIFF Movies Should You See This Year?

Rossi Attacks Via Twitter

The Internet as a Force for Meaningful Change

Book Expo America, Over the Years

Oil Board Director Co-Chairs Oil Spill Oversight

Grey Gallery to Close Current Location

Police Beat: Falling Down Stairs

Better Know a District

Seattle Art Museum Cuts 15 Positions, Announces 2011 Furlough

Technical Difficulties - Bot Attack

Facebook Is Discussing Your Privacy Right Now

Only the Weird Die Old

Hugo House Cuts Belltown Writers-in-Residence Program

Dennis Hopper...

Sunken Koreas

I Apologize For Posting About Female Genital Mutilation Before Noon

You See This Chair?

Gay Republican Group...

Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Eight Nameless Meerkats, 30 Somali Protesters, and One Soggy Baby

The Morning News

We Should Do this in Seattle

Reading Today: Scaredy-Cat Authors

Do All the Rossi Challengers Add Up to a Problem for Him?

Have You Read Lindy West's Review of Sex and the City 2 Yet?

Reading Tonight: In Soviet Russia, Comics Read You!

Lunchtime Quickie: UW "Librarians Do Gaga"

Dog in a Grocery

Census Vs. Island Rules

On This Grey Day....

SL Letter of the Day: You're All Deputized!

Rained Out

Guns and Testicles

Giant C.H.U.D. Hole Found in Guatemala

No Nyucks for Oil

Flickr Photo(s) of the Day

"What's Your Favorite Cheap Wine?"

Flickr Photo of the Day

DADT Deal: The Beginning of the End

Seattle Meets Its Police Chief Finalists This Week

Woman Tracks Down Alleged Purse Thief to Taco Bell, Reclaims Purse

Howard House Is Closing

"Heavy boots of lead/Fills his victims full of dread"

7-Word Sounders Match Review

Boycott BP

Today in "Ways to be Cool"

What He Said

The Morning News

House to Vote on Repealing DADT

To Quote My Mother...

A Brief History of Civil Disobedience and the Gay Rights Movement

Whoops

The Oil Disaster: Third World America

Julie Taymor's Spider Man: A Flop in the Making

Thanks again Seattle!

Reported Murder-Suicide in Ballard

Ideology Today: Boyz II Death

Have You Read Kelly O's Piece About Detroit Yet?

So Much Dead Pig, You Can't Even Believe It

One Way to Ruin a Sexy Getup?

SIFF Review: Splice

The Morning News: The Top Kill Didn't Work, Germany's President Has Resigned, and Salt Companies Try to Re-Invent Their Product by Using Terms Like "Briny Kiss"

Reading Today: Do-It-Yourself Reading

If You're Happy and You Know It...

The Human Olive Centipede

Live-Action Suicide Food

The CEO of BP Wants Something

Ten Random Thoughts From Chicago

Suggests

Buzzcocks

'Restrepo'

'The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle'

Barça Ham Grab

Cheap Wine & Poetry

'Nietzsche! The Musical'

'Marwencol'

Caribou

Dear Science

Oil-Spill Chemistry