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Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. editor@thestranger.com (The Stranger Editor) webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Real Scandal Is That Apple Wasn't Cheating http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/the-real-scandal-is-that-apple-wasnt-cheating http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/the-real-scandal-is-that-apple-wasnt-cheating Goldy <p>Did Apple go through all sorts of outrageous tax avoidance contortions in order to dramatically reduce its tax liability? <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/congress-calls-apple-a-huge-tax-cheat">Absolutely.</a> But in doing so, did Apple break any actual laws? Probably not.</p> <p>Congress can get as huffy as it wants in accusing Apple of being a tax cheat, but Apple's only playing by the rules that Congress has laid down. <strong>The real scandal here is our ridiculous corporate tax code</strong> that allows this sort of shit to happen. All the time.</p> <p>Yeah, Apple jumps through hoops to avoid paying taxes. But at over $6 billion in 2012, <a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/pdf/Apple_Testimony_to_PSI.pdf">Apple claims</a> to be the largest corporate income tax payer in the US. Meanwhile, dozens of giant US corporations (including Boeing and Paccar) consistently pay a <a href="http://www.ctj.org/pdf/notax2012.pdf">negative federal income tax</a>.</p> <p>So yeah, Apple deserves to be excoriated for its accounting tricks. But it is Congress that is the enabler of all this corporate tax avoidance, and Congress that ultimately deserves the blame.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/the-real-scandal-is-that-apple-wasnt-cheating#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16827095&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Money http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/the-real-scandal-is-that-apple-wasnt-cheating?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16827095&id=comments 13 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:27:33 -0700 The Stranger Stranger Things: New NighTrain Video For "Huntress" http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/stranger-things-new-nightrain-video-for-huntress http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/stranger-things-new-nightrain-video-for-huntress Bree McKenna <p>The ladies of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NighTraiNSeattle/info">NighTrain</a> have made a video that combines sweet post-punk guitars, the cover of Billy Joel's <em>The Stranger</em> (it's those masks!) and the witchiness of <strong>The Craft</strong> for their new single "Huntress." </p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i_eIdpd6zG4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>For anyone who didn't know the band's charming back story, the four-piece originally formed for a play about a punk band called <strong>"Hot Grits,"</strong> and learned to play instruments, write songs, and play a few underground shows around Seattle to prepare for their roles in the production. Afterward, they had bonded with each other AND won so many over hearts in the music community that they ended up staying together and forming <strong>NighTrain</strong>. </p> <p>It's been so fun watching them develop their sound over the last few years...fans such as myself can also donate to their <strong>Indiegogo campaign</strong> to help fund the self-release their <strong>new album</strong> and upcoming Southern US tour <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/nightrain-s-new-full-length-album-and-southern-us-tour?c=home">here.</a></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/stranger-things-new-nightrain-video-for-huntress#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16826580&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Band Video 206 http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/stranger-things-new-nightrain-video-for-huntress?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16826580&id=comments 0 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:16:21 -0700 The Stranger Beat Connection's Foggy Dance Mess at Neumos http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/beat-connections-foggy-dance-mess-at-neumos http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/beat-connections-foggy-dance-mess-at-neumos Josh Bis <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/79bc/1369007619-09_beat_connection_9429.jpg" alt="Beat Connection at Neumos" title="Beat Connection at Neumos" width="500" height="334" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Beat Connection at Neumos</li></ul></div><br />The fog machine was up high and <strong>the lights were down low</strong> for Beat Connection's headlining set at Neumos on Friday night. Wisely, the club had relegated the legal drinkers to the mezzanine, turning the main floor over to more dance-prone all-ages set. The band, whose <em>Surf Noir EP</em> remains among my <strong>favorite local releases</strong>, started as a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrYmDbB1q94">summer-crystallizing</a> electro-duo Reed Juenger & Jordan Koplowitz on the University of Washington campus and later swelled to a four-piece with tons of guest appearances for last year's <em>Palace Garden</em>, and has since reconfigured yet again to a lean tour-friendly trio of Juenger plus acoustic drummer Jarred Katz and vocalist Tom Eddy. </p> <p>Whereas their records are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6MQikjYRbY">synesthetic computery kaleidoscopic</a> compositions, the reconfiguration to a touring trio left most of the songs feeling looser and much more centered around Eddy's vocals and guitar—the difference between a <strong>sonic beachy headphones cocoon </strong>and a loungey sunset cabana party. Or maybe it was just an effect of standing too close to the monitor. In any case, the show was incredibly fun with the full downstairs frothed into <strong>a dancing mess of revelry</strong> and crowd-planking for most of the set. It felt like celebratory send-off: Friday was apparently their last local show "for a long time." <br />After winding down a west coast tour they're planning to ship off to Laos for a couple months to dream up a follow-up full length album. Never fear, though, before leaving to write, regroup, and record, they'll be hanging out at the Barboza for a residency of summer DJ spins.<br /><em>A few more fogged-out photos after the jump.</em></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:346px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/6360/1369007505-04_beat_connection_9522.jpg" alt="04_Beat_Connection_9522.jpg" title="" width="334" height="500" /></div><br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/19/1369007705-01_beat_connection_9433.jpg" alt="01_Beat_Connection_9433.jpg" title="" width="500" height="334" /></div><br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/7ac1/1369007576-07_beat_connection_9383.jpg" alt="07_Beat_Connection_9383.jpg" title="" width="500" height="334" /></div><br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/19/1369010627-05_beat_connection_9582.jpg" alt="05_Beat_Connection_9582.jpg" title="" width="500" height="334" /></div><br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/19/1369011095-01_beat_connection_9433.jpg" alt="01_Beat_Connection_9433.jpg" title="" width="500" height="334" /></div> <br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/19/1369007666-10_beat_connection_9489.jpg" alt="10_Beat_Connection_9489.jpg" title="" width="500" height="334" /></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/beat-connections-foggy-dance-mess-at-neumos#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16815425&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Nightlife http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/beat-connections-foggy-dance-mess-at-neumos?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16815425&id=comments 0 Beat Connection's Foggy Dance Mess at Neumos Mon, 20 May 2013 16:58:31 -0700 The Stranger Congress Calls Apple a Huge Tax Cheat http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/congress-calls-apple-a-huge-tax-cheat http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/congress-calls-apple-a-huge-tax-cheat Paul Constant <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/business/apple-avoided-billions-in-taxes-congressional-panel-says.html">Nelson D. Schwartz at the <em>New York Times</em></a> explains:</p> <blockquote><p>Even as Apple became the nation’s most profitable technology company, it avoided billions in taxes in the United States and around the world through a web of subsidiaries so complex it spanned continents and surprised experts, a Congressional investigation has found...In 2011, for example, one subsidiary paid Ireland just <strong>one-twentieth of 1 percent in taxes on $22 billion</strong> on pretax earnings from various operations; another did not file a corporate tax return anywhere and has paid almost nothing on $30 billion in profits since 2009.</p> <p>“Apple wasn’t satisfied with shifting its profits to a low-tax offshore tax haven,” said Senator Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat. “Apple sought the holy grail of tax avoidance. It has created offshore entities holding tens of billions of dollars while <strong>claiming to be tax resident nowhere</strong>.”</p></blockquote> <p>This is really shitty of Apple, of course. Apple CEO Tim Cook is scheduled to address a Senate hearing tomorrow. But the question remains: Is Congress going to do anything about this?</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/congress-calls-apple-a-huge-tax-cheat#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16827018&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Money http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/congress-calls-apple-a-huge-tax-cheat?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16827018&id=comments 17 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:54:29 -0700 The Stranger It Turns Out Seattle's Greenest Council Member Must Defend His Record in Summer Primary http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/it-turns-out-seattles-greenest-council-member-must-defend-his-record-in-summer-primary http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/it-turns-out-seattles-greenest-council-member-must-defend-his-record-in-summer-primary Dominic Holden <p>Liberal Seattle City Council member <strong>Mike O'Brien</strong> and moderate <strong>Albert Shen</strong>, an engineering consultant running a well-funded challenge campaign, must unexpectedly slog through the primary election after a third, eleventh-hour candidate joined the race last Friday afternoon.</p> <p>In terms of political theater, it means O'Brien's vision of a city that invests in mass transit and bicycle lanes will enjoy a protracted clash with Shen's business-catering philosophy of <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/04/potential-mayoral-candidate-whaaaaaa-r-on-cars&view=comments">condemning bike lanes and streetcars as impediments to cars</a>. </p> <p>As of last Friday, O'Brien and Shen were in a two-man race—meaning they would only appear on the November ballot—but in the minutes before King County Elections officials shut the door on filing week, a man walked up to the counter. It was <strong>David Ishii</strong>, the zany character who had originally <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/18/holy-crap-another-candidate-for-mayor">planned to run for mayor</a>, saying that he would join O'Brien's council race instead. By adding another name to the ballot, the trio must compete in August's primary, which will advance only two candidates to the general election. </p> <p>Why would Ishii do that? Well, it turns out, according to a call he lodged to my desk after filing his paperwork, it's thanks a <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/03/13/david-ishii-wont-be-next-mayor">Slog post I wrote</a>. I'd joked that he should join the race when <strong>Sam Bellomio</strong> was running against O'Brien. Basically <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/03/26/my-ego-is-too-big-for-sam-bellomio">Seattle's version of Michele Bachmann crossed with a rabid muskox</a>, Bellomio would be high-fuckin'-larious debating Ishii, I thought. But it turns out, Bellomio switched races after I wrote that post to run against Council Member Sally Bagshaw. </p> <p>Long story short, O'Brien must fend off Shen through the summer—while Emerald City Crazy Eyes tries to get a word in—and it's <strong>basically my fault</strong>. Whoops!</p> <p>Maybe this will benefit O'Brien? He'll get more time to articulate his vision for Seattle and record on the council. He's advanced a carbon neutrality agenda, passed laws to reduce the paper and plastic waste stream, promoted affordable housing in the central city, boosted rail planning, and reformed elections to make them more accessible to folks who don't have loads of money. Speaking of which, Shen is loaded. Seattle Ethics and Elections reports show <strong>Shen has raised $73,000</strong> (including more than $11,000 from people with the last name Shen), while O'Brien has raised only $41,000.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/it-turns-out-seattles-greenest-council-member-must-defend-his-record-in-summer-primary#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16826090&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/it-turns-out-seattles-greenest-council-member-must-defend-his-record-in-summer-primary?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16826090&id=comments 13 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:45:27 -0700 The Stranger Lindy West on Vagina Power http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/lindy-west-on-vagina-power http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/lindy-west-on-vagina-power Anna Minard <p>Lindy West reports on Jezebel of the <a href="http://jezebel.com/dude-wants-to-shoot-hillary-clinton-in-the-vag-unaware-508917845">awesomeness of vaginas</a>, in response to that creepy dude who called "Miss Hillary Clinton" a "C-U-Next-Tuesday" and says he wants to <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/hillary-clinton-needs-to-be-convicted-she-needs-to-be-tried-convicted-and-shot-in-the-vagina-i-wanna-pull-the-trigger">shoot her in the vagina</a>. (Which, <em>wow</em> did that ever break my brain.)</p> <p>Lindy says:<br /><blockquote>Nausea aside, though, Santilli's words inspired an unexpected side effect in me: some real <strong>fuck-yeah Vagina Monologues girl-power shit</strong>. You want to hurt me, bro? ATTACK ME SOMEPLACE WEAK. VAGINAS ARE FUCKING BOSS.</p> <p>Vaginas are strong. Entire people come out of them. You know who came out of a vagina (probably)? Hulk Hogan, Shaq, and pretty much every horse.</p> <p>Vaginas take poundings and bangings and slammings and crushings AND THEY LOVE IT.</p> <p>Go ahead, fire your stupid figurative rage-bullet in there. <strong>Vaginas are like, "Yawn. Is it in yet?"</strong></p> <p>Just when you're feeling safe and comfy, vaginas open up and start vomiting blood everywhere like the elevator in the Shining. Vaginas are goth.</p></blockquote> <p>And thus commences the most uses of the word "vagina" in one Slog post ever. Vagina vagina. YOU'RE WELCOME.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/lindy-west-on-vagina-power#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16826830&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Politics The Ladies http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/lindy-west-on-vagina-power?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16826830&id=comments 24 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:41:13 -0700 The Stranger It's May 20th, 2013 And You're in a Rad Garage Band - The Red Squares http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/its-may-20th-2013-and-youre-in-a-rad-garage-band-the-red-squares http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/its-may-20th-2013-and-youre-in-a-rad-garage-band-the-red-squares Mike Nipper <p>For its time, the <strong>Red Squares</strong>' blazin'-tight, riff-driven "You Can Be My Baby" is an exception. It sits just beyond the edge of what the then contemporary big chord/riffy bands like the <strong>Creation</strong>, the <strong>Who</strong> and the <strong>Kinks</strong> were doing. The opening riff salvo sounds like something from the <strong>Damned</strong>'s first LP.</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/706XTa3pqhk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p><a href="http://www.redsquares.com/">The Red Squares</a> were an English band working in Denmark. That "You Can Be My Baby" is SO heavy and fast was actually a bit odd for them, as they otherwise were a <strong>4 Seasons</strong>-sounding harmony group. Oh, there are two versions: the above is the Swedish version b/w "Turning Around," and the other is what sounds like a demo; it's slower, b/w "Sherry," and was issued in Denmark. The Red Squares were popular enough, at the time. They recorded two LPs and a ton of 45s. They split in 1969, but reformed in 1989;<strong> they're still active</strong>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/its-may-20th-2013-and-youre-in-a-rad-garage-band-the-red-squares#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16793923&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> GFY I'm Still a Virgin Shit Talk http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/its-may-20th-2013-and-youre-in-a-rad-garage-band-the-red-squares?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16793923&id=comments 0 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:33:11 -0700 The Stranger Seattle's Largest Homeless Encampments Oppose Council Legislation on Encampments http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/seattles-largest-homeless-encampments-oppose-council-legislation-on-encampments http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/seattles-largest-homeless-encampments-oppose-council-legislation-on-encampments Anna Minard <p>Legislation intended to assist tent cities is meeting opposition from the very groups it's aimed at helping. I'd heard that possibility when looking into the legislation for my <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/fight-brewing-over-new-tent-cities/Content?oid=16767077">story in this week's paper</a>, and confirmed it in conversations late last week. A little background: Nick Licata will introduce legislation on Wednesday, supported by fellow council member Mike O'Brien as well as Mayor McGinn, to allow <strong>longer-term tent cities to set up on public and private land</strong> in Seattle. The measure moves beyond what is already allowed under temporary use permits (which only last six months) or the 2011 ordinance allowing encampments on religious properties. If the council doesn't go for it, there's alternate legislation planned to fund an environmental review of the current Nickelsville site so that encampment could become, perhaps more safely and healthily, an even longer-term camp than the two years it's been squatting on this city land.</p> <p>There will doubtless be opposition on the council, but there's also opposition coming from a different direction: SHARE, which runs Tent City 3—a camp that shelters up to 100 otherwise shelterless people—and Nickelsville, which supports a similar number of residents.</p> <p>Why are Nickelsville and SHARE so opposed to legislation that would expand legal encampments?</p> <p>Tent City 3 is opposed, says Jarvis Capucion from SHARE, because <strong>they don't want to be restricted to locations that are zoned nonresidential</strong>, which this bill would do. They had some conversations with Licata's office about the legislation, and Capucion tells me, "We have expressed our concerns regarding the residential zoning restriction." He hadn't seen the legislation yet when we spoke, but "from what we hear... <strong>our concerns were not addressed</strong>." Barring them from residential zones blocks them from about 65 percent of the city. "If it’s allowed in a church in a residential area, why wouldn’t it be allowed in a vacant lot in the same residential area?" he asks. "Our position is: It's redlining, it's discrimination, and it plays on fears and phobias of homeless people." He also points out that other jurisdictions in the county don't have a similar restriction. "This would be a step back for us."</p> <p>For Nickelsville, at which the legislation is ostensibly aimed—Food Lifeline wants to buy the city property Nickelsville is currently using, and neighbors have been <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/04/04/neighbors-ask-the-city-to-evict-nickelsville">badgering the city to move Nickelsville out</a>—they just don't see this legislation as useful for them.</p> <p>They won't be using it, say residents, and they also want to support Tent City 3's opposition. Nickelsville wants to find a site (two sites, actually, to accomodate their ever-growing numbers) that will <strong>host them for two years</strong>; this legislation only allows encampments for up to one year. "We're going to use the religious ordinance that’s already in existence, find a religious group for our signatory, and find some land," says Nickelsville resident Trace De Garmo. "<strong>We’re not going to fight city council on this legislation</strong>," he continues, "We just let them know that we don’t support it."</p> <p>The more temporary roving camps can still use temporary use permits, say my city sources, so they're not actually losing anything with this. But there's a fear that if this legislation passes, <strong>it will become the new norm</strong>—when other jurisdictions want to update their codes or other agreements expire, it'll be a go-to idea to limit camps in residential zones.</p> <p>But not all advocates for the homeless are opposing this. Real Change director Tim Harris spoke in glowing terms, calling this legislation "groundbreaking and progressive" and "the best legislation that we can get through city council." He's aware of the opposition, but told me, "<strong>I’m not one to let perfect get in the way of good</strong>... I mean, one of Nickelsville’s complaints is that as an illegal encampment, as squatters, they’re not able to get police support, there is bureaucracy in the way of them getting the fuller support that they need. What the city is trying to do is provide options and take steps to legitimize tent cities. I hope they come around to supporting it, because it’s in their best interests."</p> <p>The weird spot this puts council members in is that people who don't have the best track record supporting the homeless (cough, cough, <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/03/28/homeless-providers-pissed-at-council-member-tim-burgess">Tim Burgess</a>) can align themselves with homeless groups to oppose the legislation.</p> <p>This fight is going to get weird and interesting fast.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/seattles-largest-homeless-encampments-oppose-council-legislation-on-encampments#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16785024&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/seattles-largest-homeless-encampments-oppose-council-legislation-on-encampments?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16785024&id=comments 5 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:08:39 -0700 The Stranger SL Letter of the Day: Did You Think I Was Going To Tell You Not To Come Out? (PLUS: Help Free Kate!) http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/sl-letter-of-the-day-did-you-think-i-was-going-to-tell-you-not-to-come-out http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/sl-letter-of-the-day-did-you-think-i-was-going-to-tell-you-not-to-come-out Dan Savage <blockquote><p>Should one come out as bisexual if 1. One has never actually had a same-sex sexual experience and 2. Is a woman married to a straight man BUT 1. Is 90% sure she would enjoy sexual experience with (particular) women and 2. Has had some same-sex fantasies and crushes (if not quite as many as on men) since 12 years old, and 3. HAS had some sexual experience with more effeminite men, one of which was partly on account of his cross-dressing (I know, I know, not the same thing, but...)</p> <p>There are several reasons (if not excuses) I've not yet had a sexual experience with another woman, including 1. UBER-Catholic upbringing, 2. Internalized homophobia, which I'm now getting over, 3. getting married young(er), a few days after I turned 25, before I fully self-realized my sexual preferences, 4. complicated living/financial situation with spouse, and 5. Spouse less sexually adventurous, but *possibly* open to my having a same-sex sexual experience if he is involved (how to make that happen in upstate South Carolina is possibly another story, and the fact that I'm not sure I want him involved is another story, too...).</p> <p>I have always felt somewhat genderqueer/bisexual/possibly pan-sexual, but didn't have names for these things (besides bi-sexuality) until graduate school. Naming these things has been a powerful step in my becoming more self-actualized, but I'm not sure what the next step(s) should be for me. Thanks,</p> <p><em>Bi/Curious?</em></p></blockquote> <p>My response after the jump...</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;">•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••</div></p> <p>We've covered this before—we've covered this at length—so I'm going to make quick work of my response to you, B/C, before moving on to a more pressing matter: Yes, B/C, one should come out as bisexual—if one is, in fact, bisexual, as the coming out of the bisexual ones reduces bisexual invisibility specifically and increases the acceptance of LGBT people generally. The more out ones—gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans—the better. So come out already.</p> <p>Okay, gang, I'm calling out the flying monkeys. Because this shit is appalling: a high-school-age girl in Florida was dating another high-school-age girl. Both were members of their school's varsity basketball team. The older girl was 17, the younger was 15. When the older girl turned 18, the younger girl's parents <strong>called the police</strong> and had their daughter's girlfriend arrested. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/19/kaitlyn-hunt-florida-teen-felony-same-sex_n_3302713.html">HuffPo</a>:</p> <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:212px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/ff93/1369091397-1369091373_tmp_freekate.jpg" alt="1369091373_tmp_freekate.jpg" title="" width="200" height="261" /></div><blockquote>Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, faces two felony counts of "lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16" after the parents of her 15-year-old girlfriend pressed charges earlier this year, according to Examiner.... According to Hunt-Smith, police arrived at the family's home Feb. 16 and put her daughter in handcuffs. Local news website TCPalm.com listed Kaitlyn Hunt's arrest for "lewd and lascivious battery" on Feb. 18, and the girl's mug shot is still easily accessible on the Internet.</p></blockquote> <p>I told you this shit was appalling: homophobic parents are using the criminal justice system to persecute their daughter's girlfriend, whom they blame for "making" their daughter gay. But having Kaitlyn—or Kate—arrested wasn't good enough for these homophobes:</p> <blockquote><p>The other girl's parents repeatedly tried to have Kaitlyn, a senior, expelled from school. Despite the Sebastian River High School administration's denial of their request, and a judge's order allowing Kaitlyn to remain in school (so long as the girls had no contact), the 15-year-old's parents successfully petitioned the school board to have Hunt removed from school weeks prior to graduation.</p></blockquote> <p>Kate now faces <em>15 years in prison</em>. But the state has offered her a deal—a terrible, no-good, rotten deal. Gawker <a href="http://gawker.com/florida-teen-faces-felony-charges-over-same-sex-relatio-508856714">sums it up</a>: </p> <blockquote><p>Kate is now faced with a Sophie's Choice: Accept Assistant State Attorney Brian Workman's plea deal, which would require her to admit to a felony, spend two years under house arrest, and possibly end up on the sex offender registry for life—or go to trial. She has until this Friday to decide.</p></blockquote> <p>Kate has offered to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge. The state isn't budging. If Kate goes to trial and loses she faces, again, <em>15 years in prison</em>. Says Kate's dad:</p> <blockquote><p>My daughter Kaitlyn is a wonderful 18-year-old who is not guilty of anything other than a high school romance... Kaitlyn was a highly respected student at Florida’s Sebastian River High School with good grades and participation in cheerleading, basketball and chorus. She was even voted “most school spirit.” Now she’s been expelled from school and is facing serious felonies—all because she is in love. If convicted, she could end up in jail or live under house arrest, will have to register as a sex offender, and live her life as a convicted felon. Our family will do everything we can to stop these people from ruining our daughter’s promising life. This is unjust and unfair—and we need your help to stop it.</p></blockquote> <p>Here's how you can help: Kate's parents are asking people to show support for their daughter in the hope that finding himself in the national spotlight will bring Assistant State Attorney Brian Workman to his senses. They've created a "Free Kate" Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/FreeKate/">JOIN IT</a>. There's a Change.org petition calling for the charges against Kate to be dropped: <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/assistant-state-attorney-brian-workman-stop-the-prosecution-of-an-18-year-old-girl-in-a-same-sex-relationship">SIGN IT</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/sl-letter-of-the-day-did-you-think-i-was-going-to-tell-you-not-to-come-out#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16826086&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Savage Love http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/sl-letter-of-the-day-did-you-think-i-was-going-to-tell-you-not-to-come-out?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16826086&id=comments 58 SL Letter of the Day: Did You Think I Was Going To Tell You Not To Come Out? (PLUS: Help Free Kate!) Mon, 20 May 2013 15:59:40 -0700 The Stranger All You Motherfuckers Complaining That aPodments Are Too Small at 200 Square Feet http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/all-you-motherfuckers-complaining-that-apodments-are-too-small-at-200-square-feet http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/all-you-motherfuckers-complaining-that-apodments-are-too-small-at-200-square-feet Dominic Holden <p>Luke Clark Tyler lives in a <strong>78-square-foot studio in Midtown Manhattan for only $800 a month</strong>:<br /><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q4FoAr8i26g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>Here's Elizabeth A. Harris today in the <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/nyregion/gulliver-seeks-rental-the-newfound-fascination-with-tiny-dwellings.html?smid=pl-share">New York Times</a></em>:</p> <blockquote><p>Few are keen to crumple themselves and their belongings into an itty-bitty room and call it home, yet the eagerness to explore these spaces seems to spread like a determined little wildfire. Videos go viral; news media coverage quickly spans oceans; attendance is even up at a small Manhattan museum currently offering an exhibit on micro-apartments. Perhaps this voracious interest is mere curiosity about how living so small can be comfortably done. Maybe it is just voyeurism. More often, it seems, it is something else: schadenfreude, <strong>the pleasure one takes in the misfortune of others</strong>. Because, finally, somebody has an apartment smaller than yours. </p></blockquote> <p>The revolt some people feel toward small apartments is built partly on the belief that you're only human when you have a bunch of stuff, when you have lots of money, that you must live far away from other people. Huh. Monks in monasteries and nuns in convents—people who live with almost nothing in close quarters—are quite literally some of the happiest people I've ever met.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/all-you-motherfuckers-complaining-that-apodments-are-too-small-at-200-square-feet#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16825908&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Boom http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/all-you-motherfuckers-complaining-that-apodments-are-too-small-at-200-square-feet?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16825908&id=comments 91 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:54:48 -0700 The Stranger Ray Manzarek of The Doors Dead at 74 http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/ray-manzarek-of-the-doors-dead-at-74 http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/ray-manzarek-of-the-doors-dead-at-74 Derek Erdman <p>I was never really a fan of the Doors, <strong>but somehow always assumed that Ray Manzarek was an alright dude</strong>. It probably had something to do with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i19TYrxTS2A">his work with X</a> or his tumbling keyboard part being the least annoying element of "Riders on the Storm." </p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lS-af9Q-zvQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>There's more information on his life and death <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/05/20/ray-manzarek-dead-the-doors-cancer/">over here</a>. Rest in Peace, man. I hope you're able to break on through in some way or another. </p> <p>Are you a Doors fan, man? If so, now is a good time to stick your head out of the nearest open window and yell, <strong>"VIVA LA DOORS!"</strong></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/ray-manzarek-of-the-doors-dead-at-74#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16825856&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> RIP http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/ray-manzarek-of-the-doors-dead-at-74?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16825856&id=comments 3 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:37:12 -0700 The Stranger The Catholic Argument Against That Bigot Florist http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/the-catholic-argument-against-that-bigot-florist http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/the-catholic-argument-against-that-bigot-florist Dominic Holden <p>Joel Connelly doesn't call her a bigot—because he's Catholic, and he's a nice man—but he makes the case that refusing to sell flowers to a couple just because they're gay <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/connelly/article/Religious-liberty-Does-it-mean-freedom-to-4527002.php">isn't very Christian at all</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/the-catholic-argument-against-that-bigot-florist#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16825422&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/the-catholic-argument-against-that-bigot-florist?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16825422&id=comments 4 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:32:57 -0700 The Stranger Oklahoma City Suburb Hit By Huge, Terrible Tornado http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/oklahoma-city-suburb-hit-by-huge-terrible-tornado http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/oklahoma-city-suburb-hit-by-huge-terrible-tornado Paul Constant <p>Reports are still coming in. <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEVERE_WEATHER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-20-16-55-51">The AP explains</a> what's going on. The tornado reportedly struck an elementary school. To see live video and updates, visit <a href="http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/severe-storms-hit-great-plains-midwest-may-20-2013">Breaking News</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/oklahoma-city-suburb-hit-by-huge-terrible-tornado#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16825184&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Breaking News The Weather http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/oklahoma-city-suburb-hit-by-huge-terrible-tornado?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16825184&id=comments 17 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:11:18 -0700 The Stranger Patrick Swayze Rollerskating and Acting Like a Jerk in Skatetown USA http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/patrick-swayze-rollerskating-and-acting-like-a-jerk-in-skatetown-usa http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/patrick-swayze-rollerskating-and-acting-like-a-jerk-in-skatetown-usa Mike Nipper <p>Jesus Christ. Why did every last person in the '70s hafta act like a butthole!?</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xuv_YcpM4nU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>I still haven't figured out why <strong>Patrick Swayze</strong>, that is his character "Ace," <em>hasta</em> THROW HIS GODDAMN CHEWING GUM!! Like, he throws his gum as if it's some type of badassery bullshit...."HERE TAKE THIS YOU IDJITS!! <strong>I'MA WIN THIS DISCO SKATE CONTEST</strong>" (throws gum in the corner of the room) <strong>Huh?</strong> Nice moves, tho', I guess...is that a ribbon or a key chain he's whipping around?! Also included in this <em>all-star cast of casts</em>: <strong>Scott Baio</strong> and <strong>Flip Wilson</strong>.</p> <p>If you wanna watch the entire movie, you CAN: <a href="http://youtu.be/nB8gxBIDKEM">right here</a>!</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/patrick-swayze-rollerskating-and-acting-like-a-jerk-in-skatetown-usa#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16776504&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> ??!! 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Here's the cartoon video that was made of his career-defining song, which was broadcast on <em>The Sonny and Cher Show</em>. Also, today is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher">Cher's birthday</a>. Anyway, please enjoy the cartoon "Angie Baby." (And if you need more Angie, don't miss this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg9U-jQjYlU">great live performance</a> and this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuNYEUYtD8c">unnerving computer animation</a>.)</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JeAcjRLLjnw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>RIP, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-0520-passings1-20130520,0,3271010.story">Alan O'Day</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/i-will-never-waste-an-opportunity-to-post-the-cartton-video-for-angie-baby#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16824214&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Death Music TV http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/i-will-never-waste-an-opportunity-to-post-the-cartton-video-for-angie-baby?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16824214&id=comments 8 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:10 -0700 The Stranger Obama Administration Described a Reporter Just Doing His Job as Probable "Aider, Abettor, and/or Co-Conspirator" in a Crime http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/obama-administration-described-a-reporter-just-doing-his-job-as-probable-aider-abettor-andor-co-conspirator-in-a-crime http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/obama-administration-described-a-reporter-just-doing-his-job-as-probable-aider-abettor-andor-co-conspirator-in-a-crime Christopher Frizzelle <p>Man, it's rare day that I agree with Karl Rove and Marco Rubio about anything, but they're totally right on the <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/05/the-doj-versus-journalist-gmail.html">Justice Department's ridiculous overreaching</a> in their pursuit of Fox News reporter James Rosen. <a href="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/karl-rove-white-house-surveilling-fox-reporter-is">Karl Rove says it's "chilling"</a> and "beyond the pale" and adds that in the Bush administration, "There were leaks of classified information and in each and every instance, the focus was on the potential leak, not the reporter who received it." <a href="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rubio-very-concerned-that-obama-admin-targeted-fox">And Rubio says:</a></p> <blockquote><p>I am very concerned by reports the Obama Administration targeted a FOX News reporter for <strong>possible criminal prosecution</strong> for doing what appears to be normal news-gathering protected by the First Amendment. The sort of reporting by James Rosen detailed in the report is the same sort of reporting that helped Mr. Rosen aggressively pursue questions about the Administration’s handling of Benghazi. National security leaks are criminal and put American lives on the line, and federal prosecutors should, of course, vigorously investigate. But we expect that they do so within the bounds of the law, and that the investigations focus on the leakers within the government – <strong>not on media organizations that have First Amendment protections and serve vital function in our democracy.</strong> We must insist that federal agents not use legitimate investigations as an excuse to harass journalists they deem unfriendly to the President or the Administration. We shouldn’t even have to ask if our government would do such a thing, but unfortunately as the unfolding IRS scandal shows, this White House has created a culture where we do have to explicitly make these kinds of requests.</p></blockquote> <p>As Ryan Lizza writes on <em>The New Yorker</em>'s website: "It is <strong>unprecedented</strong> for the government, in an official court document, to accuse a reporter of breaking the law for conducting the routine business of reporting on government secrets." </p> <p>Here's the <a href="http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/702199/d-o-j-versus-james-rosen.pdf">PDF of the Justice Department's application for a search warrant of Rosen's email account,</a> with several instances of statements like this:</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/664f/1369080975-screen_shot_2013-05-20_at_1.15.41_pm.png" alt="Screen_Shot_2013-05-20_at_1.15.41_PM.png" title="" width="500" height="172" /></div></p> <p>Can you imagine if this were a Republican administration targeting, say, an MSNBC reporter? On Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanLizza">Lizza</a> described today's White House briefing as "surreal":</p> <p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Today's WH briefing is surreal. Reporters can't get @<a href="https://twitter.com/presssec">presssec</a> to garner a shred of concern about DOJ calling James Rosen a criminal.</p>— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanLizza/status/336553699306508290">May 20, 2013</a></blockquote><br /><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>Meanwhile, Lizza's Twitter bio has changed to "Washington Correspondent for The New Yorker, Contributor for CNN, aider, abettor and/or co-conspirator."</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/obama-administration-described-a-reporter-just-doing-his-job-as-probable-aider-abettor-andor-co-conspirator-in-a-crime#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16823794&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Politics http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/obama-administration-described-a-reporter-just-doing-his-job-as-probable-aider-abettor-andor-co-conspirator-in-a-crime?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16823794&id=comments 22 Obama Administration Described a Reporter Just Doing His Job as Probable "Aider, Abettor, and/or Co-Conspirator" in a Crime Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:43 -0700 The Stranger What You're Not Wearing: The Eagle Edition!! http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/what-youre-not-wearing-the-eagle-edition http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/what-youre-not-wearing-the-eagle-edition Timothy Rysdyke <p>This singlet:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/ddc9/1369079286-img_2850.jpg" alt="IMG_2850.JPG" title="" width="500" height="333" /></div></p> <p><a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/what-youre-not-wearing-the-eagle-edition">See more fashionable men at the Eagle right over here!</a></p> Fashion http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/what-youre-not-wearing-the-eagle-edition?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16823817&id=comments 0 What You're Not Wearing: The Eagle Edition!! Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:12 -0700 The Stranger "Hillary Clinton needs to be convicted, she needs to be tried, convicted and shot in the vagina. I wanna pull the trigger." http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/hillary-clinton-needs-to-be-convicted-she-needs-to-be-tried-convicted-and-shot-in-the-vagina-i-wanna-pull-the-trigger http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/hillary-clinton-needs-to-be-convicted-she-needs-to-be-tried-convicted-and-shot-in-the-vagina-i-wanna-pull-the-trigger Dan Savage <p>A rightwing Internet radio host is gonna get <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/05/secret-service-looking-into-radio-host-after-graphic-violent-comments-about-obama-hillary-clinton.php?ref=fpa">a visit from the Secret Service</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/hillary-clinton-needs-to-be-convicted-she-needs-to-be-tried-convicted-and-shot-in-the-vagina-i-wanna-pull-the-trigger#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16824699&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Politics http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/hillary-clinton-needs-to-be-convicted-she-needs-to-be-tried-convicted-and-shot-in-the-vagina-i-wanna-pull-the-trigger?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16824699&id=comments 10 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:34:20 -0700 The Stranger We Say Stop the Coal Trains http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/we-say-stop-the-coal-trains http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/we-say-stop-the-coal-trains Mike McGinn <p><small><em>This guest post is by 17 leaders from across the state who oppose the expansion of coal exports. </em></small></p> <p>The fight against dramatically expanding coal exports scored a victory this month when three proposed coal port sites were abandoned by Houston-based Kinder Morgan Co. However, two proposed coal export sites remain in Washington State: Gateway Pacific Terminal at Cherry Point and Millennium Bulk Terminals in Longview. That is why the newly launched <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LeadershipAllianceAgainstCoal?ref=ts&fref=ts">Leadership Alliance Against Coal</a> will continue to work to oppose coal trains and exports to protect our communities.</p> <p>Washington residents live in a state that is beautiful, prosperous, and bountiful with natural resources. As Washington leaders of cities and tribal nations, we have <strong>an obligation and fiduciary responsibility</strong> to protect our environment, natural resources, economies, and the health of our residents. Together, we are building a future that ensures generations from now still will call Washington State the best place to make a home and raise their children.</p> <p>That is why we oppose the proposals to build coal export terminals on the Puget Sound, and to send as many as 18 coal trains per day, each over a mile long, through our state to and from these terminals. These coal trains threaten the health of our communities, the strength of our economies, and the environmental and cultural heritage we share.</p> <p>In our cities, these coal trains will create unacceptably long delays for residents, visitors, freight, first responders, and others who are trying to cross the busy rail corridor. The City of Seattle conducted a study that found coal trains could add an <strong>additional two hours of gate downtime at major street crossings</strong> of the railway by 2025. Similar delays are likely in cities large and small along the proposed route of these trains.</p> <p>On Washington State tribal lands, coal trains will cause those same disruptions, but will also do additional <strong>damage to treaty rights and cultural heritage</strong>. The proposed Gateway Terminal located at Cherry Point is proposed to be built on sacred ground of the Lummi Nation. It is no different than if someone proposed to build a coal terminal at Arlington National Cemetery. For generations, the Native Americans have witnessed and experienced devastation of cultural heritage, health and ancestral lands. We don’t need to see any more.</p> <p>To add insult to injury, all of us will face the environmental impact of this exported coal being returned to the Pacific Northwest in the form of more air pollution, increased carbon emissions, and rising seas. Residents of Washington State are already paying the price of industrial pollution. In the past four years taxpayers have invested over 70 million dollars to clean up Puget Sound. That work could be undermined by <strong>pollution from coal dust</strong>, an increase of vessel traffic in the Puget Sound, the Salish Sea and the Pacific Ocean, and the impact of open coal exposed on shorelines at the terminals. Washington State would have more difficulty fulfilling its responsibilities to the federal government and to our communities in restoring these damaged waters, habitat, and resources.</p> <p><strong>We are not seeking another route for these coal trains.</strong> No other community should have to deal with these impacts. Our cities and Washington Tribes are standing together in an alliance to stop these coal trains from dividing our communities and destroying the heritage of Washington State.</p> <p>We call for agencies to work together to explore the impacts of coal dust to the health of people living near the rail tracks and the coal terminals. We call for a joint plan to <strong>urge state and federal agencies to deny these coal export proposals</strong> as their proposed benefits do not outweigh the likely costs to our economies, our health, and our natural environment.</p> <p>We encourage others in Washington State and around the Pacific Northwest to stand with us. Cities and tribal nations in Oregon, along with Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, have also been voicing their concerns about this proposal. Members of the public turned out in great numbers last fall to voice their opposition to coal trains and coal exports at hearings across the state.</p> <p>We will stand united against coal exports and protect our beautiful landscapes, our neighborhoods, our businesses, and our shared heritage.</p> <p><em><div style="text-align:center;"><strong>This guest post is by:</strong></p> <p>Mayor Mike McGinn, Seattle<br />Mayor Steve Bonkowski, Bainbridge Island<br />Mayor Jon Nehring, Marysville<br />Mayor Stephen H. Buxbaum, Olympia<br />Mayor Keith McGlashan, Shoreline<br />Mayor Dave Earling, Edmonds<br />Chairman Melvin Sheldon, Jr., Tulalip Tribes<br />Chairman Rudy Peone, Spokane Tribe<br />Chairman Brian Cladoosby, Swinomish Tribe<br />State Representative Reuven Carlyle<br />Councilmember Larry Phillips, King County<br />Council President Ben Stuckart, Spokane<br />Councilmember Mike O’Brien, Seattle<br />Councilmember Kristen Hytopoulos, Bainbridge Island<br />Councilmember Chris Eggen, Shoreline<br />Councilmember Strom Peterson, Edmonds<br />Councilmember Nancy M. Dumas, Sumner</div></em></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/we-say-stop-the-coal-trains#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16822231&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Enviro http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/we-say-stop-the-coal-trains?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16822231&id=comments 22 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:00 -0700 The Stranger This Week in Alleged Teenage Gang Rapes That End Up on Social Media http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/this-week-in-alleged-teenage-gang-rapes-that-end-up-on-social-media http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/this-week-in-alleged-teenage-gang-rapes-that-end-up-on-social-media Anna Minard <p>BECAUSE THAT IS JUST A <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/04/12/another-teenage-girl-takes-her-own-life-after-photos-of-her-rape-are-distributed-online&view=comments">REGULAR THING</a> THAT <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/04/10/and-another-teenager-kills-herself-after-being-bullied">HAPPENS NOW</a>. WTF.</p> <p>From the <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/20178826-418/three-teens-charged-with-raping-girl-posting-video-on-facebook.html"><em>Chicago Sun-Times</em></a>:</p> <blockquote><p>The girl had walked to Fritz’ home to meet with him, and when she arrived, Fritz allegedly took the girl down to the basement and sexually assaulted her despite her resistance and demands to stop...</p> <p>Brown and Applewhite then sexually assaulted the girl while Fritz videotaped the rape, according to court documents. <strong>Fritz was identified in the video because at one point he turned the camera towards his face</strong>, authorities said...</p> <p>Two days later, the video of the attack was <strong>posted on Brown’s Facebook account</strong>, according to court documents. The video was also allegedly later posted on Fritz and Applewhite’s Facebook pages.</p></blockquote> <p>Here's the <a href="http://jezebel.com/teens-allegedly-gang-raped-a-girl-posted-it-on-faceboo-508879252">Jezebel post about it</a>, which I'm linking to only because half the comments are just GIFs and pictures of kittens, which you might need, because <strong>this shit is unbearably grim</strong>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/this-week-in-alleged-teenage-gang-rapes-that-end-up-on-social-media#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16823915&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Crime The Ladies Teh Internets http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/this-week-in-alleged-teenage-gang-rapes-that-end-up-on-social-media?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16823915&id=comments 6 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:22:10 -0700 The Stranger Youth Pastor Watch http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/youth-pastor-watch http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/youth-pastor-watch Dan Savage <blockquote><p><div class="blogImageLeft" style="width:112px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/0324/1369081094-1369081074_tmp_ypwyoon.jpg" alt="1369081074_tmp_YPWYoon.jpg" title="" width="100" height="159" /></div><a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Leandro-Youth-Minister-Arrested-in-Florida-Prostitution-Bust-207766001.html">CALIFORNIA</a>: A San Leandro youth pastor was among dozens arrested during a massive prostitution sweep last week in Florida, who was in Orlando for a ministers conference. Samuel Yoon, 45, who works at New Community Mission Church, a Southern Baptist church in San Mateo, was arrested May 8 as part of an undercover sting in Polk County, Fla. In all, 92 people were arrested in a span of four days. Sheriff's deputies said Yoon responded to an ad posted by an undercover detective offering women for sale. Authorities say that he was looking to have sex with who he thought was a 14-year-old girl. He was in Orlando at the time, authorities said, to attend a youth ministry conference.</p></blockquote> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/youth-pastor-watch#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16824091&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Religion http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/youth-pastor-watch?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16824091&id=comments 4 Youth Pastor Watch Mon, 20 May 2013 13:21:44 -0700 The Stranger Wicked Clown Countdown: Juggalo Army Set to Invade Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/wicked-clown-countdown-juggalo-army-set-to-invade-seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/wicked-clown-countdown-juggalo-army-set-to-invade-seattle Kelly O <p>Hide yo' kids, hide yo' wife... <a href="http://www.elcorazonseattle.com/index.html">THEY'RE coming!</a> Soon Seattle will be crawling with the foot soldiers of a very powerful and evil army. Here is your official Wicked Clown Countdown™ that you never wanted, nor asked for, SLOG. <br /><strong>You have only 4 days to prepare</strong>.</p> <p>Clown'mageddon Helpful Hint #1: You can buy Faygo at <a href="http://www.ezellschicken.com/">Ezell's Chicken on 23rd</a>. Stick to <em>Rock & Rye</em>, or <em>Redpop</em>. They look the most like blood.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/two-nights-at-the-gathering/Content?oid=4687491"><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/3f96/1369080830-juggalo-01-570.jpg" alt="Juggalo-01-570.jpg" title="" width="500" height="456" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O / The Gathering of the Juggalos, 2010</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></a></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/wicked-clown-countdown-juggalo-army-set-to-invade-seattle#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16823971&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Horrors http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/wicked-clown-countdown-juggalo-army-set-to-invade-seattle?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16823971&id=comments 12 Wicked Clown Countdown: Juggalo Army Set to Invade Seattle Kelly O / The Gathering of the Juggalos, 2010 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:20:51 -0700 The Stranger Tay Sean Remixes Kid Smpl's "Guardian" http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/tay-sean-remixes-kid-smpls-guardian http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/tay-sean-remixes-kid-smpls-guardian Larry Mizell, Jr. <p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F93016522%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-fGnZE"></iframe></p> <p>Seattle-based producer <a href="https://soundcloud.com/kidsimpledubs">Kid Smpl</a> and his label <a href="http://www.hushhushseattle.com">Hush Hush</a> (headed up by KEXP's razor-sharp <strong>Alex Ruder</strong>) have been kicking ass over the course of the last few:</p> <blockquote><p>Hush Hush Records' flagship artist Kid Smpl (22 year-old, Seattle-based producer Joey Butler) had a breakout year in 2012, highlighted by an acceptance to Red Bull Music Academy, the release of his debut album <em>Skylight</em>, and a recent Bubblin' Up feature on <em>XLR8R</em>.</p> <p><strong>In anticipation of his upcoming Armour EP, due out July 2013, Hush Hush reached out to 20 friends to interpret his blissful atmospheric ambient/bass tracks for the 2-volume <em>Skylight Remixes</em> collection.</strong> We're thrilled with the diverse results from both established names and emerging artists and excited to share them with the world starting on May 28th.</p></blockquote> <p>This tasty selection of remixes features luminescent luminaries like <strong>IG88</strong>, <strong>WD4D</strong>, and <strong>Jerome LOL</strong>; the first taste, however, bears the soulful imprint of <a href="http://cloudnice.com">Cloud Nice</a>/<a href="http://kingdomcrumbs.com">Kingdom Crumbs</a>' light source <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tay-sean-brown">Tay Sean</a>. Click the player, player, and peep: lovely, languid crystalline space-funk awaits you. <em>Skylight Remixes, Volume 1</em> will be up for free download this Thursday, May 28th (with Volume 2 due in June).</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/tay-sean-remixes-kid-smpls-guardian#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16822795&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Song http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/tay-sean-remixes-kid-smpls-guardian?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16822795&id=comments 0 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:37 -0700 The Stranger Soldiers are Superheroes, Kids! http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/soldiers-are-superheroes-kids http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/soldiers-are-superheroes-kids Unpaid Intern <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/c980/1369078459-977580_10201281713184050_1117465298_o.jpg" alt="977580_10201281713184050_1117465298_o.jpg" title="" width="500" height="256" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Hart Viges</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p><em>Posted by news intern Ansel Herz</em></p> <p>Slog tipper Hart Viges, an Iraq War vet, sends this photo of a National Guard recruitment effort at the Great Urban Race near Denny Triangle on Saturday. The big red banner <strong>shows the Superman and National Guard logos together</strong>—in between it says, "One American icon inspires another." Later, I saw runners on Capitol Hill wearing red capes emblazoned with the two logos. The joint Man of Steel movie and National Guard promotion is called Soldier of Steel.</p> <p>As the Soldier of Steel <a href="http://www.soldierofsteel.com/">website</a> says, "Superman's worldwide heroics are invaluable. But he can't be everywhere at once. <strong>The National Guard needs recruits like you</strong>."</p> <p>Puke. </p> <p>To make matters worse, Cracked breaks down a hokey new National Guard/Man of Steel commercial and says it depicts Superman "<a href="http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/3-ridiculous-moments-from-new-man-steel-ad">as one big crazy jackass</a>."</p> <p>Viges says he approached the recruiters holding the banner in his Iraq Veterans Against the War hoodie—he's a member of the anti-war group who's been tabling at local high schools promoting <strong>alternatives to military service.</strong> Viges says he tried to explain that Lex Luthor, Superman's arch-nemesis, was an arms dealer, corporate executive, and US president, and they're twisting the hero's narrative.</p> <p>Obvious question: If it's not okay to use comic book characters to sell cigarettes, why is it okay to use them to sell war?</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/soldiers-are-superheroes-kids#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16805466&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> War http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/soldiers-are-superheroes-kids?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16805466&id=comments 22 Soldiers are Superheroes, Kids! Hart Viges Mon, 20 May 2013 12:37:27 -0700 The Stranger The City of Portland, Oregon Should Run for Washington Lieutenant Governor http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/the-city-of-portland-oregon-should-run-for-washington-lieutenant-governor http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/the-city-of-portland-oregon-should-run-for-washington-lieutenant-governor Goldy <p>On tomorrow's ballot, the city of Portland, Oregon will decide whether to <strong>fluoridate its drinking water supply</strong>, a measure that a recent SurveyUSA poll suggests is <a href="http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=d4aa1413-868f-45d1-b2a7-824cd3024535">losing by a double-digit margin</a>. Good news for dentists, but fucking crazy. So crazy, in fact, that it qualifies the entire city of Portland to win the <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/vote-or-well-kill-you/Content?oid=14208972">SECB endorsement for Lieutenant Governor</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/the-city-of-portland-oregon-should-run-for-washington-lieutenant-governor#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16823168&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> ??!! Election http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/the-city-of-portland-oregon-should-run-for-washington-lieutenant-governor?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16823168&id=comments 30 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:36:52 -0700 The Stranger What You're Not Wearing: The Eagle Edition! http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/what-youre-not-wearing-the-eagle-edition http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/what-youre-not-wearing-the-eagle-edition Timothy Rysdyke <p>This singlet:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/0bad/1369074845-img_2850.jpg" alt="IMG_2850.JPG" title="" width="500" height="333" /></div></p> <p>These breasts:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/8ccc/1369074941-img_2903.jpg" alt="IMG_2903.JPG" title="" width="500" height="333" /></div></p> <p>These tanks:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/3f26/1369075012-img_2929.jpg" alt="IMG_2929.JPG" title="" width="500" height="333" /></div></p> <p>These sideburns:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/20/1369075173-img_2861.jpg" alt="IMG_2861.JPG" title="" width="500" height="333" /></div></p> <p>These suspenders:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/20/1369075276-img_2873.jpg" alt="IMG_2873.JPG" title="" width="500" height="333" /></div></p> <p>These heels:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/20/1369075317-img_2871.jpg" alt="IMG_2871.jpg" title="" width="500" height="750" /></div></p> <p>These sailboats:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/20/1369075357-img_2885.jpg" alt="IMG_2885.JPG" title="" width="500" height="333" /></div></p> <p>This 'stache:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/20/1369075401-img_2920.jpg" alt="IMG_2920.jpg" title="" width="500" height="750" /></div></p> <p>These headphones:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/20/1369075445-img_2865.jpg" alt="IMG_2865.JPG" title="" width="500" height="333" /></div></p> <p>These jackets:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/20/1369075516-img_2939.jpg" alt="IMG_2939.JPG" title="" width="500" height="333" /></div></p> <p>This Sputnik shirt:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/20/1369075682-img_2948.jpg" alt="IMG_2948.JPG" title="" width="500" height="333" /></div></p> <p>This underwear:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/20/1369075759-img_2962.jpg" alt="IMG_2962.jpg" title="" width="500" height="750" /></div></p> <p>These sex toys:<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/20/1369075798-img_2945.jpg" alt="IMG_2945.JPG" title="" width="500" height="333" /></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/what-youre-not-wearing-the-eagle-edition#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16822476&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Fashion http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/what-youre-not-wearing-the-eagle-edition?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16822476&id=comments 6 What You're Not Wearing: The Eagle Edition! Mon, 20 May 2013 12:30:34 -0700 The Stranger Double Depressing http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/double-depressing http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/double-depressing Charles Mudede <p>Capitalism all around... <br /><blockquote>Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability (David Owen)<br />- Highlight on Page 191 | Loc. 2280-84 | Added on Sunday, May 19, 2013, 03:59 PM</p> <p>In 2006, a researcher at the University of Montana, in a study based on satellite data collected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, determined that <strong>the nation’s largest irrigated crop is cultivated grass</strong>, which covers more than 32 million acres in the continental United States. (The second largest irrigated crop, at roughly 10 million acres, is corn.) Homeowners spend more than $40 billion a year on their lawns, and they use approximately a hundred... (<strong>You have reached the clipping limit for this item</strong>)</blockquote><br />A room with a view of America's top crop...<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:412px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/dc54/1369079157-20121202_111648.jpg" alt="20121202_111648.jpg" title="" width="400" height="275" /></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/double-depressing#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16823130&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Enviro http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/double-depressing?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16823130&id=comments 5 Double Depressing Mon, 20 May 2013 12:27:08 -0700 The Stranger Saint Genet Re-Creates "Shoot" http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/saint-genet-re-creates-chris-burdens-shoot http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/saint-genet-re-creates-chris-burdens-shoot Brendan Kiley <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/239c/1369076419-pre-shot.jpg" alt="Before the shot." title="Before the shot." width="500" height="334" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">SG</li><li class="imageCaption">Before the shot.</li></ul></div></p> <p>At dawn yesterday morning, in a remote and wooded area of Seattle, Saint Genet company director Ryan Mitchell re-created <a href="http://www.transpositions.co.uk/2012/10/risk-to-life-ethics-of-chris-burdens-shoot/">Chris Burden's notorious 1971 artwork <em>Shoot</em>.</a> In the original, Burden was shot in the arm with a .22 rifle in a gallery and called it sculpture. Ryan was shot in the arm with a .22 rifle, then walked approximately ten miles to the theater, and called it performance.</p> <p><div class="blogImageLeft" style="width:207px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/20/1369077519-walkuse.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/20/thumb-1369077519-walkuse.jpg" alt="Walking." title="Walking." width="195" height="253" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Walking.</li></ul></div></p> <p>I walked with him. I was not exactly thrilled to be in the situation, but if it was going to happen anyway, I felt a duty to witness.</p> <p>That was the beginning of Saint Genet's closing-night performance of <a href="http://www.ontheboards.org/performances/paradisiacal-rites"><em>Paradisiacal Rites</em></a> at On the Boards. The top-two activities for Seattle just after dawn were jogging and homelessness.</p> <p>There's a photo of the wound—for your own verification purposes—below the jump. More coming in next week's paper.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/05/20/1369077645-shotuse.jpg" alt="Clean shot." title="Clean shot." width="500" height="667" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Clean shot.</li></ul></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/saint-genet-re-creates-chris-burdens-shoot#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16822780&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Theater http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/saint-genet-re-creates-chris-burdens-shoot?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16822780&id=comments 35 Saint Genet Re-Creates "Shoot" Before the shot. SG Mon, 20 May 2013 12:11:39 -0700 The Stranger McGinn Leads in New KING-5 Poll http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/mcginn-leads-in-new-king-5-poll http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/mcginn-leads-in-new-king-5-poll Goldy <p>A new poll in Seattle's mayoral race conducted this weekend on behalf of KING-5 News, shows <a href="http://www.king5.com/news/cities/seattle/McGinn-leads-Seattle-mayor-poll-208158311.html">Mayor Mike McGinn retaining a slight lead</a> in his hotly contested fight to retain his office.</p> <p><table><tr><td>Mike McGinn</td><td>22 percent</td></tr><tr><td>Peter Steinbrueck</td><td>17 percent</td></tr><tr><td>Ed Murray</td><td>15 percent</td></tr><tr><td>Bruce Harrell</td><td>12 percent</td></tr><tr><td>Kate Martin</td><td>4 percent</td></tr><tr><td>Charlie Staadecker</td><td>4 percent</td></tr><tr><td>Mary Martin</td><td>3 percent</td></tr><tr><td>Undecided</td><td>23 percent</td></tr></table></p> <p>The survey of 522 registered voters was conducted after Seattle City Council member Tim Burgess dropped out of the race.</p> <p>The good news for McGinn is that despite the many reporters of his political death, he continues to lead the field. <a href="mailto:http://www.king5.com/news/cities/seattle/Poll-Seattle-mayor-in-tight-race-for-re-election-196072651.html">A previous KING5/SurveyUSA poll</a> from March also showed McGinn with a small lead over declared challengers. The bad news for McGinn is that after nearly four years in office, he still trails "Undecided."</p> <p>Objectively, <strong>22 percent is a pretty shitty number for an incumbent</strong>. Then again, the closer we get to the primary, McGinn's numbers don't look all that bad as long he remains in the top two.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/mcginn-leads-in-new-king-5-poll#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16822804&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Who's the Boss? http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/20/mcginn-leads-in-new-king-5-poll?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16822804&id=comments 29 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:10:11 -0700 The Stranger Best Show Promo Video of the Year (So Far) http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/best-show-promo-video-of-the-year-so-far http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/best-show-promo-video-of-the-year-so-far Dave Segal <p><a href="http://thebismarck.bandcamp.com/">The Bismarck</a>, <strong>SEMINARS</strong>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wakozo">KOZO</a> have a show coming up at the <a href="http://www.jewelboxtheater.com/calendar.html">Rendezvous</a> Friday May 31. To alert you to this momentous occasion, somebody in SEMINARS scripted a video to that infamous movie, <em>Der Untergang</em> (2004), which has been the basis for a series of thigh-slappingly funny <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/downfall-hitler-reacts">"Hitler Reacts To" parodies</a>. Bonus: Shots fired at <em>The Stranger</em>. </p> <p>Tip: <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/chris-jury/Author?oid=13184522">Chris Jury</a></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LZ52bOhI2-0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/best-show-promo-video-of-the-year-so-far#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16822748&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Upcoming Video 206 http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/best-show-promo-video-of-the-year-so-far?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16822748&id=comments 0 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:09:56 -0700 The Stranger