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May. 1
Print Edition for the week of
May. 1 - 7, 2013
Vol. 22, No. 35
Savage Love
Move On
by Dan Savage
New Column!
God Answers Readers’ Questions
by God
I, Anonymous
Registered Text Offender
by Anonymous
Film/TV
A Fairy Tale of Criminals and Whiskey
Ken Loach Makes a Scottish Slumdog Millionaire
by Charles Mudede
Back in the Game
Iron Man 3
Kills
Iron Man 2
Dead
by Paul Constant
Festive
Seattle True Independent Film Festival 2013
by David Schmader
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
: A Political Thriller, an Economic Critique, and a Masterpiece
by Charles Mudede
Renoir
: An Artful Film About a Wildly Uneven Artist
by Jen Graves
No Place on Earth
: An Amazing Tale of Surviving the Holocaust in an Underground Cave
by Gillian Anderson
Simon Killer
: An Insidious Thriller About an Exasperating Man-Child
by Krishanu Ray
Music
Bleached Bring the Sun
Checking in with the Clavin Sisters on Tour
by Emily Nokes
Sound Check
Save Seattle Drum School
by Trent Moorman
A Partial Guide to Debacle Fest’s Highlights
by Dave Segal
Up & Coming
Lose one of your virginities every night this week!
by Stranger Staff
New Column!
Name That Band
by Derek Erdman
Take a Vacation from Mundane Sounds
Debacle Fest Is Experimental Music's Ultimate Spring Break
by Dave Segal
Data Breaker
Bonobo, Bok Bok, Jimi Jaxon, Stacian, Samantha Glass
by Dave Segal
Underage
Land of Pines, Special Explosion, Jad Fair
by Brittnie Fuller
My Philosophy
Life on Tour, CyHi the Prynce, Q Dot
by Larry Mizell Jr.
What's Crappening?
News, Reviews, and Teens
by You Rule, Jason Collins
The Homosexual Agenda
Jinkx Won (Right?), The Grill (& Bacon Strip) Die, Cock and Bull
by Adrian Ryan
Poster of the Week
Poster by Smokey Brights
by Aaron Huffman
Theater
Taming of the Shrew
Poor People Are Hilarious!
by Cienna Madrid
Live Fast, Die Young, Save Social Security
Assisted Living
Rages Against the Dying of the Light by Brendan Kiley
by Brendan Kiley
Black Watch
A Legendary Scottish Regiment Goes to Iraq
by Brendan Kiley
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of May 1
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
Cents and Sensibility
Where the Poetry Is in the Physics
by Jen Graves
Books
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
How Do We Get Books into the Hands of King County Jail Inmates?
by Molly Morrow
Food & Drink
Freak Out!
Mai Thaiku in Phinney Is Different Than the Old Thaiku in Ballard
by Bethany Jean Clement
Drunkening with Charlse Mudede
America Is for Africans
by Charles Mudede
Chow Bio
The Quintessential Waiter at the Queen City Grill
by Sarah Galvin
Now Open
New Places for Stuffing Faces
by Bethany Jean Clement and Kim Fu
Features
Real-World Horror, Film-World Triumph
Megan Griffiths's Brilliant
Eden
Makes Humane Art Out of Inhumanity
by David Schmader
Jason Collins Is the Envy of Straight Men Everywhere
That's What Makes the Homophobes So Uncomfortable
by Sherman Alexie
You Know a May Day Protest Was Successful When…
The FBI Is Still Following People Around a Year Later
by Brendan Kiley
News
Our Stupid Fucking Pointless Legislative Session
Governor Inslee Calls a Special Session After the Legislature Fails to Pass a Budget (or Do Much of Anything)
by Goldy
Brian Carver Wants to Be the City's Youngest Council Member
He's Challenging Four-Term Fixture Richard Conlin
by Cienna Madrid
How Should Legal Pot Be Labeled?
We Want to Know More Than Just the Potency
by Ben Livingston
Sources Say
News That Gay People Should Go Write for Themselves
by Senator Mike Hewitt
Last Days
The Week in Review
by Cienna Madrid
Podcasts
Savage Love Episode 341
by Dan Savage
I Love Television
I Love TV
Remind Me Never to Fly on Rihanna's Plane
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of
The Stranger
by David Stern, NBA Commissioner
Suggests
‘Professor Blastoff’
by Cienna Madrid
Mike Birbiglia
by David Schmader
Food Truck Roundup
by Kim Fu
Yo La Tengo
by Megan Seling
Kay Ryan
by Paul Constant
Black Moth Super Rainbow
by Dave Segal
Saint Genet
by Brendan Kiley
Late-Night at SAM
by Jen Graves
Worn Out
Nail Salons and the Enduring Legacy of Patrick Nagel
by Marti Jonjak
Wedding Crasher
A Metal Wedding
by Sarah Galvin