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May. 7
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
Shoegays Rock and the Pop Narcotic
Erik Blood's Sonic Valentines to the World
by Dave Segal
Strange Brew
The Extrafine Grind of Local Hiphop Duo Fresh Espresso
by Charles Mudede
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
Snoutbreak
What We Learned from the Swine-Flu Panic
by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee
Concrete Jungle
Mariners Claim Parking Lots and Overpasses Are Parks and Open Space
by Dominic Holden
Gone the Way of the SUV
Malls Have No Place in Seattle's Urban Landscape
by Dominic Holden
A
Stranger
Q&A with King County Executive candidate Fred Jarrett
by Erica C. Barnett
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
'High Living'
by Jen Graves
Iain Pears
by Paul Constant
The Vaselines
by Eric Grandy
Stranger Gong Show
by Brendan Kiley
'Goodbye Solo'
by Charles Mudede
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
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