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2014
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Dec. 24
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 24 - 30, 2014
Vol. 24, No. 17
Savage Love
Only the Lonely
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Returning Column!
One Hulk's Opinion
Film/TV
The Gambler
: Wahlberg Is No Caan
by Paul Constant
Benedict Cumberbatch Can't Quite Save
The Imitation Game
WWII Code Breaker Biopic Could Be Wonkier
by Alison Hallett
Johnny Depp Can't Quite Ruin
Into the Woods
Because Meryl Streep, Obviously
by Christopher Frizzelle
Sony Has No Balls and Kim Jong-un Has No Anus, a Review of
The Interview
Inside the Film North Korea (or Disgruntled Nerds Pretending to Be North Korea) Won't Let You See
by David Manning
I, Anonymous
Why I Won't Date You
by Anonymous
Music
Seattle Hiphop: 2014 in Review
Featuring J. Pinder, Shabazz Palaces, Porter Ray, and Lots More
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Everything Is Still Temporary: A Very Personal Year in Music
Our Intrepid Music Editor on the "Emotional Highlights" of the Past 12 Months
by Emily Nokes
Data Breaker
Best Seattle Releases of 2014
by Dave Segal
Three Snapshots of Close Encounters with 206 Hiphop in 2014
Seattle May Be Growing, but It's Still a Small Town
by Charles Mudede
Ridiculous Questions for Important Musicians (and Others)
The 2014 Highlight Reel, from Sharon Van Etten to 2Chainz, and Everyone in Between
by Trent Moorman
The Homosexual Agenda
2014, Homosexually
by Adrian Ryan
Poster of the Week
by Aaron Huffman
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of Dec 24
by Rob Brezsny
Theater
Brett Love Saw 270 Seattle Theater and Dance Performances in 2014. By Choice.
What the Hell Is His Problem?
by Brendan Kiley
Visual Art
How to Tell Your Children They Are Not Artists
It's Time to Have the Talk
by Charles Mudede
Books
Jeff Chang's
Who We Be
Offers a Brief History of Race Representation in Art and Ads, from
Family Circus
to Trayvon Martin
A Brilliant, Incomplete Look at America's Racial Divide
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
It's Time for Holiday Sweets, Whether You Like Them or Not
The Pros and Cons of Filipino Polvorón, Mexican Capirotada, and Norwegian Krumkaker
by Angela Garbes
Lunchtime!
It Takes a Village to Raise a Sandwich
by Paul Constant
Where to Eat for New Year's Eve, and a New Grading System for Restaurants
This Week's Eater's Digest
by Angela Garbes
Features
Top 10 Albums of 2014
Top 10 Singles of 2014
Top 10 Music Videos of 2014
Top Ten List Explosion!
by Stranger Staff
Top 10 Seattle Albums of 2014
Top 10 Albums We Would Have Included in Our Top 10 Seattle Albums of 2014 if Our Top 10 Seattle Albums of 2014 Could Have Had 20 Albums in It
Top 10 Albums We're Supposed to Include in Our Top 10 Albums of 2014 That Are Good but They're Just Records—God, You're Not My Real Dad, Anyway, of 2014
Top 10 Albums We Pretended Not to Be Bummed Out By for a Week Then Tacitly Agreed Never to Speak of Again of 2014
Top 10 Artists You Have to Act Like You Take Seriously or Else the Internet Gets All Finger-Pointy and Double-Reverse Fake Snob All Over You of 2014
Top 10 Electronic-Music Albums of 2014
by Dave Segal
Paul Constant's Top 10 Complaints About Year-End Lists of 2014
by Paul Constant
Top 10 Jay Z Music Videos from October 1996 to September 11, 2001, of 2014
by Paul Constant
Top 10 Sexiest Rockstar Attitudes of 2014
by Krishanu Ray
Top 10 Songs on Kate Bush's
The Dreaming
in 2014
by David Schmader
Top 10 Butts in "The Year of the Booty," Which Makes Me Uncomfortable, So I Threw in a Token Dude Butt So It Doesn't Seem Like All I Do Is Perv on Lady Butts, of 2014
by Kelly O
Top 10 Un-Copyedited Metal Band Descriptions from the Bands' Bios of 2014
by Kathleen Richards
Top 10 Shows at Studio 7 I'm Glad I Didn't Attend in 2014 Based on the Lineup Names
by Emily Nokes
Top 10 Lyrics in Beyoncé's "7/11" of 2014
by Paul Constant
Top 10 Times I Found Myself Worried About Solange Knowles (But Then Immediately Relaxed Because of Course Solange Can Handle It) in 2014
by Angela Garbes
Top 10 Albums and Songs Not Released in 2014 That I Heard for the First Time in 2014
by Mike Nipper
Top 10 Songs Seattle Bars and Cafes Are Hereby Encouraged to Retire from Their Playlists of 2014
by Brendan Kiley
Top 10 New-Wave Songs I Didn't Fully Appreciate Until 2014 of 2014
by David Schmader
Top 10 Queer Bands/Artists of 2014
by Kelly O
Top 10 Words Meryl Streep Sings Differently on the 2014
Into the Woods
Movie Soundtrack Than Bernadette Peters Sang Them on the 1987
Into the Woods
Original Cast Recording
by Christopher Frizzelle
Top 10 Electronic-Music Shows I Saw in 2014
by Dave Segal
Top 10 Shows I Wish I'd Gone to in 2014 but I Had Social Anxiety, Excuse Me for Living
by Emily Nokes
Top 10 Least Portable Instruments of 2014
by Krishanu Ray
Top 10 Songs I Heard Coming out of Other People's Ear Buds Commuting to and from Sodo in 2014
by Kyle Fleck
Top 10 Songs I Heard Played Incessantly on Movin' FM in 2014
by David Schmader
Top 10 Songs I Bet My Asshole Neighbor Loved in 2014
by Emily Nokes
Top 10 Songs I Listened to While Reporting on the Meteoric Fall of Mars Hill Church and Pastor Mark Driscoll in 2014
by Brendan Kiley
Top 10 Actual Sentences From E-mails Sent by Music Columnist Trent Moorman to
Stranger
Editors in 2014
by Emily Nokes
Top 10 Releases of 2014 Guaranteed to Stump Shazam
by Dave Segal
Top 10, No, 15 Times
Rolling Stone
, in Fucking 2014, Wrote About Led Zeppelin
by Emily Nokes
Top 10 Michael Jackson Songs I Listened to When I Missed Michael Jackson in 2014
by David Schmader
Top 10 Comments Pope Francis Made About Music in 2014
by Krishanu Ray
The 2014 Kesha Timeline, or, In Like a Ke$ha, Out Like a Kesha
A Timeline of Kesha's Very Bad Year, and a Prediction for the Year in Kesha to Come
by Paul Constant
News
The Stranger
's Staff Argues Over Whether You Should Wear a Bike Helmet
And a Few Doctors and Other Experts Join the Debate
Last Days
Last Days: The Week in Review
Welcome, North Korean Hacker Overlords!
by David Schmader
I Love Television
The Year in "JUST SHUT UP"
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Comic
Comic by Zac Boetes