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Aug. 1
Print Edition for the week of
Aug. 1 - 7, 2002
Vol. 11, No. 46
Savage Love
Incestathon
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Grab Bag
I, Anonymous
THINK I'M HIV-NEGATIVE? THINK AGAIN!
Film/TV
This Empty World
The Obsessions of M. Night Shyamalan
by Charles Mudede
Money Shotless
Soderbergh Fails to Deliver
by Andy Spletzer
Double Standards
Social Conservatives, Pedophilia Chic, and Tadpole
by Dan Savage
Film Shorts
This Week on TV
Movie Times
Music
Oops! Does It Again
The Punk Tour to Shake Your Shit Up
by Jennifer Maerz
All Ages Action
by Megan Seling
Q&A with Oops! founder/Skin Graft owner Mark Fischer
Steadfast Survivors
The Flaming Lips' Enduring Dream Pop
by Bradley Steinbacher
Club Directory
Burned Bridges Spark the Muse
Kind of Like Spitting's Musical Evolution
by Kathleen Wilson
Concerts
by Christopher DeLaurenti
The BAND!
Hey Chump, Act Like a Pro
by the Gloryholes
DJ Listings
by Megan Seling
NW Top Twenty
CD Review Revue
Live Music Listings
by Megan Seling
More Up & Coming
Parties Listings
by Nicolae White
The Score
by Christopher DeLaurenti
Underage
At the Sky Church
by Megan Seling
Speaker Freak
by Nicolae White
Up & Coming
Theater
Here's to Shutting Up
Ian Bell & Bald Faced Lie Go Speechless
by David Schmader
Herstory Lesson
Women With Balls Makes Its Points, Stays Fun
by Adrian Ryan
I Wanna Be Sedated
Wonderful Tennessee: Lousy Play
by Matt Fontaine
Theater Listings
by Zac Pennington
Visual Art
In Arts News
Ladies and Collectors
Visual Arts Listings
by Zac Pennington
Books
Human Firefighters
North Bend's Earl Emerson Is Too Perfect
by Trisha Ready
Readings Listings
by Zac Pennington
Food & Drink
Tai Tung
Emotional Fortitude in a Bowl
by Min Liao
La Louisiana
It's Hot
by Rachel Kessler
Bio: Chow
Kyle Welty and Eli Russell
News
GOING...GOING...GONE.
Why Can't Seattle's "Vibrant" Arts Scene Hold on to Arts Administrators or Artistic Directors?
by Emily Hall
Comparison Shopping
Light Rail Vs. Monorail Research Shows Monorail Clear Winner
by Josh Feit
Drug War
AIDS Patient Says Courts and King County Jail Forced Him to Stay on Harmful Drug
by Amy Jenniges
Stage Fright
City-Funded Youth Groups Upset About Field Trip to Religious Play
by Amy Jenniges
Sheriff Raps Rap
Gorge Shooting Prompts Talk of Hiphop Ban
by Sandeep Kaushik
Five to Four
Imploding in Seattle
by Josh Feit
D.C. Eleven
Cantwell Judges Judge
In Other News...
Police Beat
Citizen Warrant
by Charles Mudede
Letters to the Editor
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Calendar
Stranger Suggests
I Love Television
*NSYNC *NSPACE
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
It's My Party
Jet Fighters and Jerk Fighters
by Kathleen Wilson
Celebrity I Saw U
by Adrian Ryan
Obits
by Clark Humphrey
Control Tower
by Mistress Matisse
Public Editor
The Stranger: A Critical Overview
A CRITICAL OVERVIEW
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)