Print Archives > 2009 > Jul. 16

Print Edition for the week of
Jul. 16 - 22, 2009

Vol. 18, No. 44

Savage Love

Pray Away

by Dan Savage

Film/TV

Concessions

Hogwarts and All

by Lindy West

(500) Days of Summer: Killing with Quirkiness

by Lindy West

$9.99: Fallen Angels and Stop-Motion Melancholy

by Lindy West

The Stoning of Soraya M.: A True Story, Kind of

by Lindy West

Unmistaken Child: A Monk's Search for His Reincarnated Master

by Gillian Anderson

I, Anonymous

Don't Pee Where I Eat

by Anonymous

Music

Renewed School

Why Local Hiphop in 2009 Is the Best Seattle's Had in Years

by Charles Mudede

Half Metal Racket—and Half Something Much Stranger

Wildildlife's Heavy Revel

by Dave Segal

Data Breaker

Gel-Sol Approaches Orblivion

by Dave Segal

Fucking in the Streets

Abodox Art Heist Busted at the Blue Moon

by Eric Grandy

It's A Hit

Singles, Remixes & MP3

by Michaelangelo Matos

Party Crasher

You Can't Choose Them

by Alexander P. Brown

My Philosophy

Stop the Presses!

by Larry Mizell Jr.

Poster of the Week

Martin Ontiveros

by Aaron Huffman

The Score

Unorthodox Transducer Departs

by Christopher DeLaurenti

Underage

Summer Cats' Sunny Indie Pop

by Casey Catherwood

Up & Coming

This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties

by Stranger Staff

Theater

Shrews, Tamed and Otherwise

It's Shakespeare-in-the-park time, bitchez! Who's ready for some leg cramps?

by Lindy West

Black Man's Burden

A Funny Thing Happened to Othello on the Way to Seattle

by Brendan Kiley

Spoiler Alert: He Dies at the End

The Elephant Man Is Sweet but Slow

by Brendan Kiley

Visual Art

In Art News

The 21st-Century Intensity

by Jen Graves

Just Across That Stand of Trees

Lake Burien, Posters, Hooch, Google Earth, and How to Make Art of Land

by Jen Graves

Books

The Shadow Knows

A Brief History of the Blues, from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Rebecca Brown

by Brendan Kiley

Sleeper: Superhero Crime with Training Wheels

by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

Food & Drink

Giving the People What They Want

Inside Ballard's Sweet New Bodega

by David Schmader

Bar Exam

It's a Dive and It's Good

by Bethany Jean Clement

The Happiest Hour

People's Pub

by Marti Jonjak

Chow Bio

Zack Bolotin of Porchlight Coffee

by Steven Blum

Features

The Mansion Family

Inside the Beta Society's Creative Fraternity (and Hot Tub)

by Lindy West

News

Burglary Boom

Home Break-ins—One of the Most Difficult Crimes to Solve—Are on the Rise

by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

Who to Blame from Washington State if Real Health-Care Reform Fails

(And Who to Thank if It Succeeds, and Who to Call Right Now)

by Eli Sanders

Suggests

Son Volt

by Dave Segal

'Mater Matrix Mother and Medium'

by Jen Graves

A-Trak

by Eric Grandy

Hot Chips

The Weakerthans

by Eric Grandy

'The War of the Worlds'

by Paul Constant

'Business as Usual: New Video from China'

by Jen Graves

'Audience of One'

by Paul Constant

Last Days

The Week in Review

by David Schmader

I Love Television

Kids Books: I Can Write Those!

by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey

Control Tower

Market Penetration

by Mistress Matisse

Public Editor

The Stranger: A Critical Overview

by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)

Drunk of the Week

Ronald McFondle

by Kelly O

Crossword Solution

Central Intelligence (July 16)

by Brendan Emmett Quigley

Crossword Puzzle

This Week's Puzzle

Central Intelligence (July 16)

by Brendan Emmett Quigley

Illustrated Comment of the Week

by Greg Stump