December 4, 2003 – VOL. 13, NO. 12
FRONT OF BOOK Letters: A half page, including–gasp!–a retort by Eli Sanders regarding a complaint about–gasp!–an AIDS article…. Last Days: Unavailable at deadline…. NEWS For those uninterested in the news section (i.e., the bulk of Seattle), here’s rundown: an article on Mayor Nickels, an article on Howard Dean, an article on a neighborhood, and an article on the monorail. In other words, the news section from last week, the week before that, the week before that…. SHORT FEATURE A lengthy piece on George W. Bush by Sandeep Kaushik. More whining about Republicans, but a decent read…. FEATURE The Stranger‘s now annual “Strangercrombie,” wherein the paper renowned for prostituting itself one way or another chooses to be blatant about it and actually sell its pages…. THEATER Skimmed…. BOOKS Also skimmed…. ART Skimmed this as well…. FOOD Speaking of skimming…. MUSIC Yup, skimmed again…. FILM An irredeemably snide review by Bradley Steinbacher…. ETC. Theater News: Just what The Stranger needed: a new column!… In Arts News: Didn’t read…. Nightstand: After last week’s debacle of a column (a quick recap: Christopher Frizzelle stroked the ego of Stranger staffer Charles Mudede), I was unable to muster interest in reading Nightstand…. Live Wire: In a word: good…. Drunk by Noon: In two words: not good…. The Truth: Didn’t read…. Underage: Didn’t read…. Data Breaker: Didn’t read…. The Score: Didn’t read…. Some Candy Talking: Didn’t read…. Savage Love: Yet another dose of Senator Rick Santorum-bashing by Dan Savage…. I Love TV: Funny, filthy…. Control Tower: Filthy, unfunny…. Celebrity I Saw U: Too gay….