Issue Archive for the Week of
Nov 5 -
11,
2009
Vol. 19, No. 9
Features
Richard Conlin, the city council president, is now the most powerful politician in Seattle. What's he going to do about it?
By Dominic Holden
The Dying Theater Industry Stages a Play About the Dying Newspaper Industry
By Brendan Kiley
News
Sgt. Pendergrass
By Charles Mudede
Why the Company Is Really Ditching Washington Workers
By Jake Blumgart
The First Few Days in the Search for
the Killer of a Seattle Police Officer
By Eli Sanders
Follow Our Continued Coverage of the 2009 Election
On November 4 at Noon, the Frontrunner in the Mayor's Race Reflects on the 910-Vote Margin in His Race, His Campaign's Unusually Productive Election-Night Party, and the Transition Team He Hopes to Build
By Christopher Frizzelle
Music
Losing Your Religion (and Looking for It Again) with the Mountain Goats and David Bazan
By Eric Grandy
Devo's Duty Now for the Past
By Dave Segal
How Canadian Hiphop Crew Swollen Members Hit Bottom and Bounced Back
By Andrea Woo
You Can't Spell "Halloween" Without "Sexy"
By BONNIE MATTSON
Mem1, Sun Circle, DJ T.
By Dave Segal
Halloween with Broadcast and Atlas Sound
By Eric Grandy
An Oracle, Gone
By Christopher DeLaurenti
Poster by J. D. Fanning
By Aaron Huffman
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
By Stranger Staff
S.A.D. Songs (Say So Much)recommended all-ages shows
By Megan Seling
Lil Wayne, Larue, and Second Family
By Larry Mizell Jr.
Film
The Room Comes to Seattle
By Lindy West
The Men Who Stare at Goats Makes the Iraq War Hilarious
By Paul Constant
Claire Denis Explores the Modern Urban Family
By Charles Mudede
Sam Neill's Skin
By Charles Mudede
Cover Art
Columns
Working Out Some Kinks
By Mistress Matisse
A Critical Overview of The Stranger
By A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Freestyling (Nov. 5)
By Brendan Emmett Quigley
Freestyling (Nov. 5)
By Brendan Emmett Quigley
The Week in Review
By David Schmader
Five Things I've Learned from Mad Men
By Wm. Steven Humphrey
Girl Seeking Girl
By Dan Savage
Cougin' Out, with Gloria Trout
Visual Art
Urgency Emergency
By Jen Graves
Grappling with the Good Cheer of the Maker of the Mobile
By Jen Graves
Books
A Professional Cook Explains How to Read Cookbooks
By COREY KAHLER
A Most Successful Businessman
By Paul Constant
Theater
A New Musical About Obama Fails
By Eli Sanders
The Dying Theater Industry Stages a Play About the Dying Newspaper Industry
By Brendan Kiley
Restaurants
Pasties at Pampas
By Bethany Jean Clement
White Center's Got a Lot Going for It
By Laurel Miller
The Waterwheel Lounge
By Marti Jonjak