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Aug. 1
Print Edition for the week of
Aug. 1 - 7, 2012
Vol. 21, No. 48
Photo by Kelly O
Savage Love
Sex Etiquette
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Ask an Ear, Nose, and Throat Hooker
by “Chantilly”
Film/TV
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
: Always Interesting, Never Insightful
by Jen Graves
Art House
The End of an Empire
by Charles Mudede
Dark Horse
: History Is Written by the Losers
by David Schmader
Dickless
The
Total Recall
Remake Needs More Drugs
by Paul Constant
Ruby Sparks
: Building the Perfect Girlfriend (with Your Brain)
by Krishanu Ray
I Love Television
Honey Boo Boo of the Apocalypse
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
I, Anonymous
Squirm, Bitches
by Anonymous
Music
Please Eat Me
An Oral History of the Greasiest Punk Fest That Ever Was
by Emily Nokes and Kelly O
John Cameron Mitchell Wants to Dance with Somebody
The Star of
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
and Director of
Shortbus
Brings His Queer Dance Party Mattachine to Seattle—One Night Only!
by Christopher Frizzelle
Up & Coming
Lose your rabid goblin every night this week!
by Stranger Staff
The World Was Their Öyster
Five Things About that Band that Wrote "(Don't Fear) the Reaper"
by Grant Brissey
Sound Check
Strong Killings Sip Apertifs, Think Funyuns
by Trent Moorman
What's Crappening?
News, Reviews, and Puke
by Than Bro
My Philosophy
The Physics, Nipsey Hussle, Flavr Blue, Elzhi, 206hopradio.com
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Data Breaker
Substrata 1.2 Fest, Parallels, dBridge
by Dave Segal
The Homosexual Agenda
John Cameron Mitchell and the Mattachines
by Adrian Ryan
Never Heard of 'Em: Brian Eno
by Anna Minard
Poster of the Week
Posters by Dax Anderson and C.M. Ruiz
by Aaron Huffman
Underage
Fang Island, Zechs Marquise, Sharon Van Etten, Tennis
by Jackson Hathorn
Theater
How Do You Solve a Problem Like
Rent
?
The Aging Musical Gets a Makeover
by Christopher Frizzelle
Heaving Bosoms in Cellblock Three!
The Femme-sploitation Prison Satire of
Kittens in a Cage
by Anna Minard
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of August 1
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
Solar Power
On Seattle's Unrequited Love for the Sun
by Jen Graves
Books
Enemies Foreign and Domestic
Dave Eggers and Ben Fountain Have Written Two of the Best Novels of the Year (So Far)
by Paul Constant
Tell Me More
And What Do You Do with Your Spare Time, Neal Stephenson?
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Happiest Hour
Mestizo Tequila Lounge and Grill
by Marti Jonjak
Going Out for Pizza
Ballard's Stylish New Outpost for the Great American Unifier
by David Schmader
Chow Bio
Nick Simonton, Owner of Nick’s Off Market
by Sarah Galvin
Features
Fear and Loving
Macklemore and Marriage Equality
by Larry Mizell Jr.
The Domestication of Downtown
What the New Target Will Do to Second and Pike
by Charles Mudede
News
Endorsements for the August 7 Primary Election (PLUS CHEAT SHEET!)
Vote Or We'll Kill You
by Stranger Election Control Board
Runaway Train
Eighteen dirty, noisy, car-stopping coal trains a day are barreling toward Seattle. And there may not be anything we can do to stop them.
by Goldy
Will the Bike Lobby Abandon the Mayor?
They Say That Under McGinn, Seattle Is "Slipping Behind" on Cycling Improvements
by Eli Sanders
SPD's Big Job Opening
The City's Next Priority Is Choosing a Trustworthy Monitor to Oversee the Cops
by Dominic Holden
2012
The New Tax Form That Might Spell Doom for Romney
by Paul Constant
Worn Out
Aubrey McMillan: Pinstripes and Firecrackers
by Marti Jonjak
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of
The Stranger
by Rudy Bixby, Chairperson, College Sophomores for Ron Paul (University of Washington Chapter)
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Slog
Neoliberalism, Ideology, and Pop Life at the Hidmo
by Charles Mudede
Podcasts
Savage Love Episode 302
by Dan Savage
Suggests
‘The Imposter’
by Gillian Anderson
‘Rent’
by Christopher Frizzelle
The Royal Room
by Charles Mudede
‘Farewell, My Queen’
by Jen Graves
Savage Love Marriage Equality Burger
by Bethany Jean Clement
Linda’s Fest
by Megan Seling
Trainwreck: Bad Celebrity Memoir
by Paul Constant
‘The Queen of Versailles’
by Alison Hallett
Slideluck Potshow
by Jen Graves
Text From South Lake Union
Hidden Halfway Houses
by Sherman Alexie