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KMIH, Mercer Island High School's student-run radio station, is about to get a lesson in brutal capitalism.

The student radio station, which grosses $8,000 to $10,000 per year and specializes in hiphop music and high-school sports, is struggling with a May 29 FCC ruling that permits adult contemporary station KMCQ to move its transmitter from Dalles, Oregon, to Covington, Washington. KMCQ, owned by $300,000 Mid-Columbia Broadcasting, Inc., broadcasts on the same frequency as KMIH, and unless the high-school station can convince the FCC to reverse its preliminary ruling, KMCQ's proposed 25,000-watt transmitter will blast Mercer Island and their 30 watts right out of the water. BROOK ADAM

Faux Homeless

On Sunday evening, July 7, two Seattle men "abandoned" their homes, money, friends, and family to spend a week on the streets, Survivor-style. They brought along audio equipment and a digital camera to record their adventure, and they'll be stopping in an Internet cafe to post entries on their website, www.homelessweek.com.

It seems the "adventure" lost much of its charm after the first rainy night. Both Scotty Weeks and Derrick Clark--respectively, a 25-year-old web designer and a 24-year-old multimedia director--spent Sunday evening scrounging for change near Denny and Aurora, before sleeping near a Queen Anne church. Despite the hunger and cold, the pair plans to slum it for a week, making scheduled stops at places like the Ave, Westlake Plaza, and Capitol Hill's Four Columns Park. But unlike the truly homeless, they get to go home to their warm and dry beds on Sunday, July 14 at 6:00 p.m. AMY JENNIGES

Steinbrueck Isn't Invited

Rock promoter David Meinert has put together a smashing lineup for the Capitol Hill Block Party that includes Sleater-Kinney, the Catheters, 764-HERO, Pretty Girls Make Graves, the Long Winters, Jackie Hell & Ursula Android, and sheesh, Mudhoney!

Meinert, however, is even more psyched about a local celeb who's not appearing on the bill: City Council President Peter Steinbrueck.

Meinert, an anti-Teen Dance Ordinance advocate, has grown frustrated with Steinbrueck's inscrutable, standoffish belligerence on the issue. (Steinbrueck, who voted yes twice in 2000's failed effort to repeal the TDO, has a stick up his butt about the issue now, and has refused to meet with Meinert for months.)

So, Meinert saved speaking spots for anti-TDO politicians such as Nick Licata, Judy Nicastro, Heidi Wills, and Mayor Greg Nickels, while nixing Steinbrueck. JOSH FEIT