Give Yourself Over to Absolute Pleasure at These ‘Rocky Horror’ Screenings
Tim Curry, known for his legendary performances in It, Clue, Home Alone 2, Legend, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, died Tuesday night in his Los Angeles home. He was 80, and along with Dolly Parton, one of two gay icons to leave this world in a single day. Like countless others, my strongest connection…
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Right-Wing Radio Host Ari Hoffman Files Political Finance Complaints Against the Seattle Times
Radio host Ari Hoffman of KVI AM 570 news radio fired the first shot Aug.18 in a barrage of complaints to the state government that allege “the legacy media” is cheating on Washington’s campaign finance laws. His target? The Seattle Times and its opposition to a failed 2024 ballot measure to repeal a new industrial…
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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Aug 28–30, 2026
This week was a bit of a downer, so seek out some joy and community this weekend at events from the Cal Anderson “NO HATE in WA State” Carnival to Linda’s Fest and from the Seattle Black Nerd Festival to the Waterfront Block Party. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week.…
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Slog AM: Katie Wilson Recall Withdrawn, Fare Gates for Light Rail, 550 Dead and More Than 2,000 Missing After Nepal Floods
Recall recalled: The married Bruce Harrell voters who filed a petition to recall Mayor Katie Wilson for “misfeasance” have asked a King County Superior Court judge to dismiss their petition. According to KUOW, the pair had a hard time finding a lawyer to represent them and, when they did, the lawyer advised them to file…
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Ticket Alert: Ms. Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean, Jessie Reyez, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week
Summer isn’t quite over yet, but we’re here to help you make plans for a fun fall. Ms. Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean reunite for an arena show celebrating the 30th anniversary of the iconic, genre-bending Fugees album, The Score. Canadian R&B singer Jessie Reyez goes on tour this fall in support of her new…
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Slog AM: Teachers Authorize Strike, Infinity Mirrors Artist Dies at 97, Number of Dead and Missing Rises in Nepal Floods
This morning, I have no bad news concerning the departure of a beloved pop culture icon from this world to wherever next is or might be or might not be. Now, there’s a powerful Ghanaian novel by Ayi Kwei Armah called The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born. It was published in 1968, near the…
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Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): On the sci‑fi TV show Stargate SG‑1, benevolent aliens known as the Asgard visit Earth to seek assistance from a secret US government team. The ultra-advanced, hyper-intelligent Asgard have been unable to defeat their great nemesis, another alien species called the Replicators. Their hope is that their primitive partners, the humans,…
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I, Anonymous
To adults riding their bike in a public space who would rather yell at children and crash their bike than slow down, Please slow the fuck down. “On your left!” does not absolve you from the need to be aware of other people in a shared walking and bike path in a public park. No…
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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson Signs Order on Traffic Safety
Last week Seattle politicians spent a whole lot of time talking about public safety, but one actually did something about it. The big news came on Friday when Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson signed an executive order on Vision Zero, the city’s goal to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries to zero by 2030. Numbers have…
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Seattle Copes with Dolly Parton’s Death
Around 10:53 am on Tuesday, August 25, news broke that Dolly Parton, the Queen of Country, died in Nashville at 80. I raced to Scarecrow Video and scrambled upstairs to the Musicals section to grab a copy of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas before it was gone. On the television above the register, Rhinestone,…
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Pop Loser: RIP ZZ Top Drummer Frank Beard, Sub Pop Expands Retail Empire, a Troubling Exposé of Ex-Maktub Frontman Reggie Watts
Welcome back to Pop Loser. I’m filling in for Audrey Vann again. In this week’s column, we mourn the sad passing of ZZ Top’s drummer since 1969, Frank Beard, note the expansion of Sub Pop Records’ retail empire, discuss King Youngblood leader Cameron Lavi-Jones’s newly launched youth voter outreach program, and recoil in horror at…
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Slog AM: Dolly Parton Died, Tim Curry Died, I’m Too Sad to Do the Real News
Yesterday, Dolly Parton died. I can’t think of another person who was so widely beloved. It felt like a global day of mourning as thousands of tributes poured in from every direction. I loved her, too. So yes, we’ll do the news this morning, but let’s also remember just a few of the ways in…
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