Issue Archive for the Week of
Aug 29 -
Sep 4,
2012
Vol. 21, No. 52
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The Stranger's 2012 Bumbershoot Guide!:
Here's What We Think of Every Damn Thing Happening at This Year's Festival (BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE!)
Touch Me, I'm Sub Pop's Warehouse Manager:
Mudhoney's Mark Arm Hurt His Left One Fulfilling Record Store Orders
I'm More Than Hair:
An Interview with Skrillex's Haircut
Ask a Musicologist:
Why Is That Gotye Song So Catchy?
Listening to the Pharmacy After Having Taken a Pharmacy's Worth of Drugs:
It's a Little Discursive, But We Get There Eventually
Are You Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino?:
Take This Quiz and Find Out!
Face Dances:
The Head-Bending Pleasures of Cherdonna and Lou
Brought to You by Jane's Addiction:
A Brief History of the Band That Is Responsible for Everything
Meet Christopher Martin Hoff:
He Painted the City Where You Live
El Diablo in Disguise:
Robert "El Vez" Lopez and His Journey from Punker to Elvis Impersonator
Mistakes Were Made:
A (Probably Partial) List of Corrigenda for How to Be a Person
The Fall and Fall of a Great Band:
Why Aren't Fishbone as Big as Red Hot Chili Peppers?
Fast, Loose Radio Theater:
Opening the Throttle at Sandbox Radio Live!
The Vaselines Are Back Together:
Now Let's Get Them Back Together
Happiness Is All the Rage:
The Promise Ring and I Finally Meet After Several Years Filled with Boys, Breakups, and Misunderstandings
Worn Out:
Beauty Marks and Dirty Bath Mats: The Fashions of John Waters
Features
News
Stuck in a Room with Mitt Romney:
What It’s Like to Be Trapped with 50,000 Republicans at the RNC
Presto Change-o!:
Is One Tim Eyman Campaign Secretly Funding Another?
What Would Jesus Say About Election-Law Violations?:
A Catholic Bishop's Attempt to Fund an Anti-Gay Election PAC Goes Too Far, the State Says
Sources Say:
Where the Best News Goes to See and Be Seen
Music
What's Crappening?:
News, Reviews, and Puke
The Stranger's 2012 Bumbershoot Guide!:
Here's What We Think of Every Damn Thing Happening at This Year's Festival (BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE!)
Up & Coming:
Lose your serious chicken every night this week!
Doom Not to Repeat History:
Samothrace Survive Drug Addiction and Lineup Changes to Keep Reinventing Themselves
My Philosophy:
Art Vandelay's Breaking Bad Tribute, Eighty4 Fly, and More
Data Breaker:
Maga Bo, Amon Tobin's ISAM, Holy Other, Freaky Flow
Underage:
Divine Fits, Yeasayer, Daughn Gibson
Poster of the Week:
Flatstock at Bumbershoot
The Homosexual Agenda:
Solomon "Coco-Nips" Georgio Returns, One Night Only
Film
Phone-Sex Sisters:
For a Good Time, Call... Is Thelma and Louise Without the Suicide Pact
Mike Birbiglia Is a Real Person:
Storytelling, Night Terrors, and Sleepwalk with Me
Bootlegging for Fun and Profit:
Blood and Booze in John Hillcoat’s Lawless
Art House:
Side by Side: The Never-Ending End of Cinema
Cover Art
ElvisElvis Green Orange Gold by Ron English
On display at Elvistravaganza at Bumbershoot, Sept 1–3. See more of Ron’s work at www.popaganda.com.



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