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Aug. 26
Print Edition for the week of
Aug. 26 - Sep. 1, 1999
Vol. 8, No. 49
Savage Love
Dogs, Poo, and Promises
by Dan Savage
New Column!
WHAT'S MY GRIPE?
by Michael Stipe
I, Anonymous
"I Am Kurt Cobain!"
Film/TV
A Schmuck with Ideals
Albert Brooks and the Genius of Humiliation
by Steve Wiecking
Lesbian Film Gets Funny
A Chat About Better Than Chocolate....
by Gillian G. Gaar
This Week on TV
One of a Kind
A Great Film about a Great Writer
by Charles Mudede
Movie Times
Film Shorts
Music
We Are So Shtick
Shticking It to Northwest Bands
by Lois Maffeo
Under the Bridge
The Truly Independent A.I.M.
by Kathleen Wilson
All Ages Action
No Hippies Allowed
Horns and Vinyl is a Hiphop Jam
by Redeye
Verbena's Sexy Hotpants
Just Don't Ask Them about Dave Grohl
by Kathleen Wilson
Club Directory
Good Show, Shit Night
Smoke and Hormones at the Breakroom
by Erin Franzman
DJ Guide
by Courtney Reimer
DJ Listings
by Traci Vogel
More Up & Coming
Live Music Listings
by Traci Vogel
More Music Listings
by Bruce Reid
Up & Coming
Theater
Where's the Beef?
Temporary Help Needs Some
by Steve Wiecking
Theater Listings
by Traci Vogel
Visual Art
Money Buys Manifesto
Local Union 608's Revolutionary Theater
by Traci Vogel
Oh Those Kids!
Joe Parks Serious Laffs
by Eric Fredericksen
Diversions
by Traci Vogel
Visual Arts Listings
by Meg Shiffler
Books
Book Reviews:
Zealand
by Rebecca Byrkit,
Actual Air
by David Berman, and
Ask the Dust
by John Fante
Top 10 Bestsellers
Fire and Carnage
Deran Ludd's Vision Really Burns
by Rebecca Brown
Readings Listings
by Traci Vogel
Food & Drink
Beach House Italian Cafe
Lip-Scalding Goodness
by Jim Anderson
Where To Eat, What To Eat
News
You're Under Arrest!
So what if there's never a cop around when you need one. If some yahoo needs to feel the sting of the law, just take matters into your hands and say...
by Jim Anderson
Fogeys for Justice
They show up at protests, fists in the air, hollering about everything from police brutality to depleted salmon. So, who put a bee in their Metamucil?
by Samantha M. Shapiro
Drug Scam
Federal Survey Comes to Seattle
by Trisha Ready
Towing the Line
Funny Business in Schell's Rainier Valley Screw-Up?
by Josh Feit
Dead Man Walking
by Alex Steffen
Police Beat
by Charles Mudede
In Other News...
by Ben Jacklet
Letters to the Editor
Last Days
by David Schmader
Calendar
Stranger Suggests
Culture Wars
Library Dreams
by Eric Fredericksen
I Love Television
What I Deserve
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
TTS!
by Shirley Rodell-Szyzmyjec
It's My Party
The Secret Word
by Kathleen Wilson
Autumn Almanac
Reasons to Live
Fight Club
dir. David Fincher
by Charles Mudede
Being John Malkovich
dir. Spike Jonze
by Bradley Steinbacher
Fall Trends in Porn
Butts, Squirts, & Gang-Bangs
by Charles E. Treacle
Film Calendar
by Bradley Steinbacher
Passage to Juneau:
A Sea and Its Meanings by Jonathan Raban
(Pantheon, November 1999) $26.50
by Charles Mudede
The Remains of River Names
by Matt Briggs
(Black Heron Press, October 1999) $22.95
by Traci Vogel
Prisoners
by Jerome Gold
(Black Heron Press) $12.95
by Rebecca Brown
Books Calendar
Wit
Seattle Repertory Theater
Oct 11-Nov 20
by Steve Wiecking
70 Scenes of Halloween
Hyperion Theatre at Freehold's East Hall Theater
October
by Tonia Steed
Theater at Home!
Your Place
by Adrian Ryan
Art Online
Cyberspace Galleries
by Eric Fredericksen
Theater Calendar
Visual Arts Calendar
Ronnie Spector
On Kill Rock Stars
by Gillian G. Gaar
DJ Eva
The Truth Hurts
by Courtney Reimer
Wha'choo Lookin' At?!?
The 1999 Fall TV Season
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Diversions
by Min Liao
Grounded!
Staying In With New Fall CDs
by Philip Guichard
CD Release Calendar
Inside Out
New Chinese Art at the Henry Art Gallery and Tacoma Art Museum
Nov 18-March 5
by Eric Fredericksen
Houston
907 E Pike St
by Meg Shiffler