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Mar. 27
Print Edition for the week of
Mar. 27 - Apr. 2, 2013
Vol. 22, No. 30
Savage Love
Virgin Bro
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Dear Soiled Mattress Down by the River…
I, Anonymous
Crash and Burn, Helicopter Parents
by Anonymous
Film/TV
No
: How Cheesy Commercials Brought Down a Brutal Dictator
by Charles Mudede
Sound City:
Dave Grohl's Homage to an Analog Studio
by Dave Segal
From Up on Poppy Hill
: Studio Ghibli, Without the Weirdness
by Gillian Anderson
Sushi: The Global Catch
: An Undercooked Documentary
by Bethany Jean Clement
The Silence
: A Rubik's Cube of a Crime Procedural
by Krishanu Ray
Art House
Beyond the Hills
: In the Full Time of a Slow Romanian Film
by Charles Mudede
Music
The Language of Hiphop Hands
Rappers Rap with Their Mouths and Their Hands
by Charles Mudede
Whatever Happened to Neanderfuck?
Mudhoney on Six Local Bands That Couldn't Last as Long as Mudhoney
by Megan Seling and Mudhoney
Resurrecting the Prophet
Behead the Prophet No Lord Shall Live Bring Back the Noise After 15 Years
by Emily Nokes
Up & Coming
Lose your whole ska history thing every night this week!
by Stranger Staff
Sound Check
Mike McCready on Mad Season Reissue
by Trent Moorman
Data Breaker
Mano Le Tough, Dirtyphonics, Flume, Natasha Kmeto, DJAO
by Dave Segal
My Philosophy
Hiphop's Culture of Denial
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Underage
Christopher Owens, Phoenix
by Jackson Hathorn
The Homosexual Agenda
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Tuck Rides Again, Jake Shears's Amazing Ass
by Adrian Ryan
Poster of the Week
Poster by Matt Harvey
by Aaron Huffman
Theater
Dancers Melting In and Out of the Crowd
The Formalism and Freedom of Jason Ohlberg
by Melody Datz Hansen
Political Theater
Kshama Sawant Needs More Than a Campaign Director—She Needs a Theater Director
by Brendan Kiley
Grey Gardens
Is Missing Its Heart
The Musical Gets Better as Its World Gets Worse
by Adrian Ryan
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of March 27
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
Fog and Screaming
Art That Changes as It Goes
by Jen Graves
Diet of Worms
Reading the Wordless Stories of Barbara Earl Thomas
by Jen Graves
Books
Cairo to Seattle and Back Again
Maged Zaher's Poetry Helps Make the World a Smaller Place
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Drinkening with Charlse Mudede
The Wheel of Life
by Charles Mudede
Put Your Fake Meat in My Mouth!
(I Beg You)
by Cienna Madrid
Now Open
New Places for Stuffing Faces
by Bethany Jean Clement and Kim Fu
Features
City of Secrets
Different Kinds of Silence on Top of Queen Anne Hill
by Kary Wayson
Who Would Jesus Fire?
The Religious Exemption That Allows Catholic Hospitals to Discriminate Against Employees
by Cienna Madrid
News
Sent to the Sidelines
Why Are Some Soccer Teams Getting Pushed Off Public Fields?
by Anna Minard
What Bug Sprays Are Safe to Smoke?
State and Federal Law May Require Poison-Free Pot
by Ben Livingston
Reeking of Sin
Catholic Hospital Calls Cops on a Patient for Smelling of (Legal) Marijuana
by Cienna Madrid
Sources Say
Jesus Is Coming Again
by Me, Jesus Christ
Fiction
Profile Stop
by Sherman Alexie
Worn Out
Jean Paul Gaultier's Enduring Bizarreness
by Marti Jonjak
Suggests
‘The Shining’: Forwards and Backwards
by Paul Constant
Le Fournil
by Anna Minard
‘Grey Gardens’ Mimosa Brunch
by David Schmader
‘Pieces of a Whole’
by Jen Graves
The Quiet Ones
by Megan Seling
Shawn Vestal
by Paul Constant
Trey McIntyre Project
by Brendan Kiley
Moisture Festival Vaudeville-a-Thon
by Brendan Kiley
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of
The Stranger
by Jenkiss Curtain, Mall Easter Bunny
I Love Television
Kickstarter? More Like "KickSTOPPER," Amirite? High Five.
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Podcasts
Savage Love Episode 336
by Dan Savage
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Wedding Crasher
Love, Bobbleheads, and a Sword
by Sarah Galvin