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Aug. 27
Print Edition for the week of
Aug. 27 - Sep. 2, 2014
Vol. 23, No. 52
Savage Love
Working Out the Kinks
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Dear God: How Do I Help Improve the World?
I, Anonymous
Lend Them Your Ears, Bitch
by Anonymous
Film/TV
The Huge Life of Afrobeat God Fela Kuti
Witness the Unbelievable Existence of a Revolutionary African Musician in
Finding Fela
by Dave Segal
A Five Star Life
Lived in Hotels, An
Expedition to the End of the World
,
The Trip to Italy
, and a
Song of the New Earth
Tripping Out with Four Films Opening Friday, August 29
Music
Enough About Their Rapping, How About Their Food?
Six Local Rappers Cheffing Up Something Marvelous
by Andrew Matson and Larry Mizell Jr.
Scene and Heard
Music News from the 206 and Beyond
by Dave Segal
ALBUM REVIEWS
by Mike Ramos, ERIC WILLIGER and Kelly O
My Philosophy
Summer Don't Love Me No More
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Data Breaker
by Dave Segal
Underage
by Brittnie Fuller
The Homosexual Agenda
by Adrian Ryan
Poster of the Week
by Aaron Huffman
Theater
Black Comedy
Requires Actors to Walk into Walls and Fall a Lot
Strawberry Theatre Workshop Does Peter Shaffer’s 1965 Slapstick, with a Lights-Out Premise and a Hilarious Theatrical History
by Brendan Kiley
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of August 27
by Rob Brezsny
Books
Can Haruki Murakami Learn New Tricks?
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki
Is an Emotional Milestone
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Ivar's Versus Ethan Stowell
The Fish 'n' Chips Face-Off
by Bethany Jean Clement
Shift Drink
Two Great Bars, Two Blocks Apart
by Clare Gordon
Features
Behind-the-Scenes Photos of a Bunch of Marijuana Grows
Fifteen Photos of the Things You Need to Make a Pot Farm Run Right: Surveillance Equipment, Lighting, Fences, Monitoring Appliances, Ventilation, and Ladybugs—Yeah, Ladybugs
by Dominic Holden and Kelly O
News
Religious Fanatic Claims to Have Murdered Gay Men
Ali Muhammad Brown Says He Shot Dwone Anderson-Young and Ahmed Said Because the US Is "Evil"
by Ansel Herz
Last Days
The Week in Review, August 18–24
by David Schmader
Punitive Poles, Judicial Jujitsu, and Honest-to God Good News
by David Schmader
I Love Television
Damned by the Bell
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Comic
Comic by Natalie Dupille
Suggests
Nights of Genius
by Jen Graves
Nights of Genius
by Bethany Jean Clement
The Numero Group
by Dave Segal
Vikram Chandra
by Paul Constant
‘Richard Renaldi: Touching Strangers’
by Jen Graves
Katy Perry
by Emily Nokes
Walden
by Bethany Jean Clement
Lil Wayne vs. Drake
by Emily Nokes
An Excerpt from ‘Happy Days’
by Bethany Jean Clement
‘Love Is Strange’
by David Schmader
Bumbershoot 2014
The Convoluted State of the Wu-Tang Clan
What's Become of the Hiphop Dream Dynasty?
by Larry Mizell Jr.
A Master Class in Comedy with the
Onion
,
The Simpsons
, and More
Bumbershoot Is Funnier (and Smarter About Being Funny) This Year Than Ever Before
by Paul Constant
The Afghan Whigs Are Back with a Magnificent Beast
Greg Dulli on the Band's New Album and the Wraiths in Us All
by Trent Moorman
An Illustrated Guide to Elvis Costello
by Emily Nokes
LOL-apalooza! A Guide to Bumbershoot's Comedy Offerings
The Lineup Is So Good, It Makes Up for That Crappy Headline
by Johnny Haha
Disorienting, Hilarious Negativland Will Dazzle and Enlighten You
An Interview with a God-Agitating Member of the Highly Experimental Group
by Dave Segal
Shabazz Palaces' Tendai Maraire Keeps Zimbabwe's War for Independence Alive
His Project Chimurenga Renaissance Is Revolutionary
by Charles Mudede
Maybe Don't Wear a Warbonnet to the First-Ever All-Native Art Exhibit at Bumbershoot
And Don't Trip Over Custer
by Jen Graves
An Illustrated Guide to the Replacements
by Emily Nokes
An Illustrated Guide to Jonathan Richman
by Emily Nokes
Comedian Pete Holmes Versus Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes
Which One Is Funnier?
by Brendan Kiley
The New Age of New Age
Julianna Barwick Makes Ambient Music Human
by Kyle Fleck
Never Heard of 'Em vs. Heard of 'Em
Our City Hall Reporter Listens to Big Star for the First Time and Our Biggest Music Nerd Responds
by Anna Minard and Dave Segal
My Best Friend's Little Sister Still Likes Panic! at the Disco
Here, She Tells Us All Why
by Robin Edwards
Match the Best/Worst/Weirdest Rap Lyrics You'll Hear at Bumbershoot with the Rapper Who Will Rap Them at You