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Print Edition for the week of
May. 7 - 13, 2009

Vol. 18, No. 34

Savage Love

Bliss Con

by Dan Savage

New Column!

Get HUMP!ing!

I, Anonymous

You Literally Stink

by Anonymous

Film/TV

On Screen

Star Trek: Almost as Good as Wrath of Khan!

by Paul Constant

On Screen

The Limits of Control: Jim Jarmusch's Existential Spy Thriller

by Paul Constant

On Screen

Goodbye Solo: Global Cinema in the American South

by Charles Mudede

On Screen

Lymelife: Ticked Off in Suburbia

by Lindy West

Concessions

Quotes of Girlfriends Past

by Lindy West

Music

Album Review

The Vaselines: Enter the Vaselines

by Eric Grandy

Strange Brew

The Extrafine Grind of Local Hiphop Duo Fresh Espresso

by Charles Mudede

Shoegays Rock and the Pop Narcotic

Erik Blood's Sonic Valentines to the World

by Dave Segal

Up & Coming

This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties

by Stranger Staff

Fucking in the Streets

Three Shows vs. My MBV Hangover

by Eric Grandy

Album Review

Magik Markers: Balf Quarry

by Dave Segal

Data Breaker

Dietrich Schoenemann and Erictronic

by Dave Segal

It's a Hit

New Singles from Slumberland Records

by Michaelangelo Matos

Party Crasher

Celebrity Monsoon

by RAYNE Demartini

My Philosophy

Rude Rejuvenation

by Larry Mizell Jr.

Poster of the Week

by Aaron Huffman

The Score

Bollocks on the Pulitzer

by Christopher DeLaurenti

Underage

POP425 Showcases the Eastside's Emerging Talent

by Casey Catherwood

New Column!

Eat a Bag of Dicks, by American Idol's Taylor Hicks

Theater

Why Not Us?

Two of the country's smartest, weirdest, sexiest festivals happen in small cities: Portland and Austin. Seattle has no excuse.

by Brendan Kiley

Visual Art

Communication Breakdown

A Recent Debacle in Olympia Illustrates How Not to Pick Public Art

by Jen Graves

In Art News

The American Prospect

by Jen Graves

Books

New in Books

Karate Bride Kicks Poetry's Ass

by Paul Constant

New in Books

Subway Art: A Giant, and Great, Artifact

by Charles Mudede

New in Books

Love as Always, Kurt: The Secret Vonnegut Is the Public Vonnegut

by AARON PICKUS

Food & Drink

The End of Baconmania

Our Long Coronary Nightmare Is Almost Over

by Erica C. Barnett

Bar Exam

American Frontier

by Bethany Jean Clement

The Happiest Hour

Charlie's Bar and Grill

by Marti Jonjak

Features

Conspicuous Consumption

How I Became the Sort of Person Who Can Eat 23 Spring Rolls in Two Minutes

by Paul Constant

News

Gone the Way of the SUV

Malls Have No Place in Seattle's Urban Landscape

by Dominic Holden

Snoutbreak

What We Learned from the Swine-Flu Panic

by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

A Stranger Q&A with King County Executive candidate Fred Jarrett

by Erica C. Barnett

Concrete Jungle

Mariners Claim Parking Lots and Overpasses Are Parks and Open Space

by Dominic Holden

A Stranger Q&A with King County Executive candidate Ross Hunter

by Erica C. Barnett

Last Gasp

Conservatives Opposed to the Domestic-Partnership Bill Make It Official

by Dominic Holden

First to the Panic Button

The Kirkland Start-Up That Sounded the Swine-Flu Alarm

by Eli Sanders

Re: Circulation

What Do the New Seattle Times Circulation Numbers Mean?

by Eli Sanders

In the Hall

East End Boys

by Erica C. Barnett

Last Days

The Week in Review

by David Schmader

Suggests

Flight of the Conchords

by Dave Segal

'This American Life—Live!'

by Lindy West

'Goodbye Solo'

by Charles Mudede

The Vaselines

by Eric Grandy

'High Living'

by Jen Graves

Stranger Gong Show

by Brendan Kiley

Iain Pears

by Paul Constant

Giant Magnet International Variety Show

by David Schmader

I Love Television

Farewell, Sweet Mustache

by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey

Control Tower

Kink Bloopers

by Mistress Matisse

Public Editor

The Stranger: A Critical Overview

Drunk of the Week

The Mean, Green Fairy

by Kelly O

Crossword Solution

To the Nines (May 7)

by Brendan Emmett Quigley

Crossword Puzzle

This Week's Puzzle

To the Nines (May 7)

by Brendan Emmett Quigley

Illustrated Comment of the Week

by Greg Stump