In Culture News: Mad Art in South Lake Union, Jarmusch Spoilers, and a History of Trigger Warnings

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I would be more interested in a Seattle Bookstore Day than Record Store Day or Free Comic Book Day.

LMcGuff on May 5, 2014 at 7:16 PM

Counting cards is basically impossible in Strip casinos. They deal out of seven deck shoes and shuffle the whole shebang after they're only about 2-3 decks deep, making card counting a basically useless exercise - these measures were implemented after those MIT guys pantsed Vegas, and they ran a far more sophisticated operation than a single guy counting cards. He was removed for some other reason.

on May 5, 2014 at 7:17 PM

Pfff, Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai has always been and will always be Jim Jarmusch's best film.

chaseacross on May 5, 2014 at 8:23 PM

@1

I don't like Free Comic Book day either. I do hope they continue Free Comic Day. This year I got a special edition Chris Rock, a never released George Lopez, and David Goldstein specially made to stink like Horseshit.

dnt trust me on May 5, 2014 at 8:42 PM

I don't really think that the phenomenal Only Lovers Left Alive is spoilable, but that's no reason to encourage someone to read a minute-by-minute synopsis of the screenplay before seeing it. I'd save the post for later.

Josh Bis on May 5, 2014 at 10:45 PM

Agree with @5. See the film then read the post (which I enjoyed until it jumped off a "this is a film about whiteness" cliff at the end).

schmacky on May 6, 2014 at 10:37 AM

Better than Stranger than Paradise? I don't think so...

on May 6, 2014 at 9:46 PM

Saying a better actor could've convinced them he wasn't counting cards misunderstands how Vegas works. If they THINK you're counting cards, you're out. They don't have to have a real reason. Note what they said: "you're too good at this". He was performing too well, so they kicked him.

Hanoumatoi on May 7, 2014 at 1:34 PM