Issue Archive for the Week of
Aug 8 -
14,
2012
Vol. 21, No. 49
Pullout
We Love Sugar, and Sugar Slowly Kills Us
By Megan Seling
A Cookie Dough Addict Visits the Cougar Mountain Baking Company
By Cienna Madrid
The Greatness of Full Tilt Ice Cream
By Sarah Galvin
News
Federal Prosecutors in Seattle Are Dragging Activists into Grand Juries, Citing Their Social Circles and Anarchist Reading Materials
By Brendan Kiley
Snitches Get Stitches When You Squeal on the Port
By Charla Skaggs
Initiative 103 Seeks to End Corporate Personhood in Seattle, but It Also Looks Like an Unconstitutional Waste of Time
By Cienna Madrid
Who's Crazier—the People Trying to Ban Pit Bulls with a New Petition or Furious Pit Bull Owners?
By Dominic Holden
Music
Yo-haw! Country Funk
Uncovers Amazing, Unlikely Fusions
By Dave Segal
Erik Blood's New Album, Touch Screens, Celebrates Our Addiction to Dirty Pictures
By Charles Mudede
Lose your DayGlo explosion wardrobe every night this week!
By Stranger Staff
Too $hort Is a Legend, Rapping Hymnals to the Game
By Trent Moorman
News, Reviews, and Puke
By Maru
Kill Frenzy, Kid Smpl, qp, Tony Goods, Onra, Matthewdavid
By Dave Segal
Nas's Life Is Good, CopperWire, Too $hort, Onra, WD4D/JusMoni
By Larry Mizell Jr.
A Moment of Silence for the Elite; Jinkx Monsoon for Rent
By Adrian Ryan
Vancouver Invasion Annexes Blanket Truth
By Brittnie Fuller
Poster by Larry Brady
By Aaron Huffman
Film
A Foreign Affair: An Old Movie About Sexy Middle-Aged Ladies
By Charles Mudede
Shark Week? Why not "Weenie Dog Week"?
By Wm. Steven Humphrey
Cover Art
Columns
The Week in Review
By David Schmader
For the Week of August 8
By Rob Brezsny
A Critical Overview of The Stranger
By Jonah Lehrer, Disgraced New Yorker Writer
Patti Hansen: Coke Mirrors and Hot Dog Stands
By Marti Jonjak
What Your Fav Flav Says About You!
Pizza OIympics
By Kelly O
Dear Ex-Husband
By Anonymous
Back to Basketball
By Sherman Alexie
Your Part's Content
By Dan Savage
Visual Art
Ben Beres Is a Printmaking Fiend
By Jen Graves
Matthew Offenbacher Improves the Lives of Astronauts (and Others) at SOIL
By Jen Graves
The Gayness of Mitt Romney and Donkeys, A Million Bucks in Bellevue, and Occidental Square's Loneliness
By Geppetto
Books
The Dog Stars Makes the End of the World Feel Personal
By Melody Datz
Maria Semple's New Novel Is About Loathing Seattle
By Paul Constant
Theater
The Pinter Festival at ACT Theater
By Brendan Kiley
The Conflicting Desires of Turandot
By Rebecca Brown
El Ultimo Coconut at Annex Theater
By Brendan Kiley
Restaurants
The Conflicted Relationships We Have with Our Favorite Sugary Treats
By Stranger Staff