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Sep. 9
Print Edition for the week of
Sep. 9 - 15, 1999
Vol. 8, No. 51
Savage Love
Pussy Galore
by Dan Savage
New Column!
WHAT'S MY GRIPE?
The Third and Final Installment of the Insanely Popular...
by Michael Stipe
Film/TV
Shop Talk and Scares
David Koepp Creates a Stir
by Steve Wiecking
Death of a Character Actor
In Memory of Brion James
by Bruce Reid
Lovely Portraits of Brutality
The Artful Violence of Takeshi Kitano
by Bruce Reid
Tragedy of the Moment
More Chaos in the Former Yugoslavia
by Charles Mudede
Best of the Best
The Top 10 of the Last 10 Decades
by Andy Spletzer
Film Shorts
This Week on TV
Movie Times
I, Anonymous
I'm with the Band
Music
Happy to Decline
Ganger Skips the Post Rock Party
by Erin Franzman
All Ages Action
Our Muse
It's a Goat, It's a Snake, It's Kristin Hersh
by Jeff DeRoche
Club Directory
Burrito Supreme
Tenacious D Will Rawk Your Socks Off
by Bradley Steinbacher
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
Actually Funny
Northwest Actors Studio Pulls One Off
by Adrian Ryan
Excruciatingly '70s
David and Lisa Koch's Disco Parody, Work of Satan
by Adrian Ryan
Theater Listings
by Traci Vogel
Visual Art
God's Own Amusement Park
You Must Be This Tall for Eternal Salvation
by Eric Fredericksen
Sign Language
Meaning and Nothingness
by Eric Fredericksen
Diversions
by Traci Vogel
Visual Arts Listings
by Meg Shiffler
Books
The Color of the Game
David Shields' Hoop Dreams
by Rick Levin
Readings Listings
by Esther Landers
Food & Drink
Aladdin Gyrocery
Gyro Worship
by Jim Anderson
News
There Goes the Neighborhood
UW Determined to Screw Up Light Rail Plan
by Ben Jacklet
Landlord Retaliation
Local Landlord Challenges City's Power to Regulate Rents
by Alexandra Liebman
ELECTION DEATH SQUAD!
Our crack team of crack-addled city council junkies take on Chong & Choe, Freeman & Carter, and Wills & Nicastro in an All-Star Primary Roundup! Clip 'n' save your primary cheat sheet!
Police Beat
Hell to Pay
by Charles Mudede
In Other News...
Letters to the Editor
Last Days
by David Schmader
Calendar
Stranger Suggests
Culture Wars
Almost Dead
by Eric Fredericksen
I Love Television
Fail at Your Peril
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
TTS!
by Shirley Rodell-Szyzmyjec
It's My Party
Rock Star Central
by Kathleen Wilson