Issue Archive for the Week of
Aug 14 -
20,
2003
Vol. 12, No. 48
News
Nine years ago a high-school dropout and daily pot smoker attended his first Hempfest. That teenager, Dominic Holden, got involved and helped turn a backwater hippie smoke-out into the largest marijuana-law reform rally in the world. So how come Holden is
R.E.M.'s Peter Buck interviews one of his musical heroes, the Zombies' Rod Argent, on the brink of the British musician's historical Seattle stop.
Two South End Cops Facing a Potential Lawsuit over Alleged Harassment
By Amy Jenniges
Why Was Gay City's Fred Swanson Shocked to Learn That HIV Infection Rates Were Rising?
Bush's Policies Mimic '80s Reaganomics. Anti-Bush Activists Hope to Mimic '80s Punk Rock Tactics.
Monorail Agency Faces Multimillion-Dollar Shortfall
By Erica C. Barnett
Strip Clubs, Jean Godden, and What Judy Will Do If She Gets Reelected
By Josh Feit
Senator Spins Herself as Indie Democrat
By Sandeep Kaushik
Music
Hypatia Lake's Fictions and Fantasies
BMG of Ectomorph
By Dave Segal
Helio Sequence Broaden Rock's Boundaries
By Kathleen Wilson
Joel R. L. Phelps' Blackbird Deserves Another Listen
By Kathleen Wilson
By Christopher DeLaurenti
?uestlove brings the beats
At the Brick House
By Megan Seling
Parsifal
By Christopher DeLaurenti
Film
John + John + Movie = Gigantic!
By Sean Nelson
Maya Deren Documentary Mostly Succeeds
By Charles Mudede
New Releases for the Week of August 14-20
Cover Art
Columns
The Week in Review
By David Schmader
By A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Visual Art
Mark Mothersbaugh Can't Turn His Brain Off
Books
You Must Allow Novelist Norman Rush a Few Extra Pages
Other Takes on the Lazy Left
By Charles Mudede
Theater
What's Going Down at Seattle's Most Talked-About Performance Venue
Schmeater's Amusing Gargoyle and Three Other Shows We Wished We Liked More
Restaurants
Taking a Seat at the Market
The Whole Experience
By Emily Hall