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Zac Pennington

editor@thestranger.com

Articles by Zac Pennington

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Books (59)
- Readings Listings (59)
Features (1)
Film (5)
Music (23)
Pullout (1)
Theater (70)
- Theater Listings (70)
Visual Art (61)
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2010 (2)
2006 (1)
2005 (9)
2004 (3)
2003 (129)
2002 (73)

Film
The Bling Ring: Sofia Coppola's Latest Designer Dud
The Bling Ring: Sofia Coppola's Latest Designer Dud
Posted on 06/19/2013
Film
Welcome Back, Jar Jar!
Mars Needs Moms: Blame Robert Zemeckis
Posted on 03/09/2011
Film
Cedar Rapids: Can Anyone Else Smell the Comedic Desperation Coming Off of Ed Helms?
Cedar Rapids: Can Anyone Else Smell the Comedic Desperation Coming Off of Ed Helms?
Posted on 02/17/2011
Film
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger: The Annual Woody Allen Rebrand
Posted on 10/14/2010
Film
The Polanski Problem
Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer is no Chinatown.
Posted on 03/04/2010
Music
CD Reviews
In the wake of punk rock's latest boom, seemingly every band with a modicum of influence is reforming, rereleasing, and rehashing the music that made them famous. On this summer's Warped Tour alone, you can catch a Darby Crash-less Germs or emo trailblazers Lifetime—all of which makes Mission of Burma's latest release so refreshing.
Posted on 05/18/2006
Features
Buried Alive
Mother, I Can Feel the Soil Falling over My Head
Posted on 11/03/2005
Music
Smoky Shroud
Over the course of two full-lengths and an EP, Baltimore's Cass McCombs has crafted a fine, if incredibly ambiguous, discography. The cloudy, opiated reverb
Posted on 08/18/2005
Music
Camping with Calvin
LOCATED 18 MILES south of Olympia, Washington, on the banks of the Chehalis River, the Helsing Junction Farm has spent
Posted on 08/11/2005
Music
Wicked Awesome!
Music Video Roundup
Posted on 08/04/2005
Music
Viva Italia!
Were I given the editorial luxury of summarizing every band I write about in a single, incredibly
Posted on 07/21/2005
Music
Pop Snobbery
It's All Jens Lekman's Fault
Posted on 02/24/2005
Music
It's Totally Bob Dylan
Fabricating the Great Indie Rock Hope
Posted on 02/17/2005
Music
Cruel Story of Youth
Die Monitr Batss' No-Wave Contortions
Posted on 01/27/2005
Music
Scrabble Board Scholastic
Colin Meloy's Dashboard Confessionals
Posted on 01/13/2005
Music
Seeing Other People
Camera Obscura Do Belle & Sebastian Better
Posted on 07/15/2004
Music
Mutually Inclusive
Tracy + the Plastics Keep It Subtle, Stupid
Posted on 04/15/2004
Music
Mutually Inclusive
Tracy + the Plastics Keep It Subtle, Stupid
Posted on 04/05/2004
Theater Column
Theater Listings
Posted on 11/20/2003
Theater Column
Theater Listings
Posted on 11/13/2003