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Jun. 2
Print Edition for the week of
Jun. 2 - 8, 2005
Vol. 14, No. 38
Savage Love
Dirty Danny
by Dan Savage
New Column!
New Column
I, Anonymous
RAPE MAKES PEOPLE HATE YOU
Film/TV
On Screen
This Week’s New Releases
by Andrew Wright, Annie Wagner and Bradley Steinbacher
Movie Times
Blow Up
Keeping It Local
by Andy Spletzer
SIFF Picks
For the Week of June 2–8
by Jennifer Maerz, Dain Jones and Andrew Wright
This Week on Television
Film Shorts
DVD
Late, Great
by Sean Nelson
Music
Classical & Jazz Concerts
Confusion Is Sex
The Spirit Takes Gang Gang Dance
by Dave Segal
My Philosophy
Hiphop Ya Don’t Stop
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Date, Place, Time
by Hannah Levin
All Ages Action
Border Radio
Roots & Americana
by Kurt B. Reighley
Catch a Ride
Amusement Parks On Fire Surf Walls of Sound
by Jennifer Maerz
Live Wire
Motherly Love
by Jennifer Maerz
Charming the Chaos
The National Contradict Themselves
by Manish Agarwal
Up & Coming
Loose Joints
Tussle’s Infinite Chug
by Dave Segal
Classical, Jazz, & Avant
Kurt Elling et al.
by Christopher DeLaurenti
Poster of the Week
by Corianton Hale
Data Breaker
Electronic Music Reviews
by Dave Segal
Club Directory
Underage
And Ready to Party
by Megan Seling
CD Revue
Siren Songs
The Emergency Keep It Urgent
by Jennifer Maerz
Live Music & DJ Listings
Romeo Voided
Infomatik Build Drama, Lose Guitars
by Hannah Levin
Parties
Theater
On Stage
Two Moderate Successes and One Miserable, Wretched Failure
by Lindy West, Brendan Kiley and Christopher Frizzelle
Theater News
Brandy and Ice Cream
by Brendan Kiley
Theater Listings
Visual Art
Visual Art Listings
Books
What You Don't See
Reading One Paragraph of Ian McEwan’s ‘Saturday’
by Sean Nelson
Nightstand
Explainittomeistan
by Christopher Frizzelle
Readings Listings
Food & Drink
Most Unwanted
Declaring War on Seattle’s Mushy Muffins, Sorry Scones, and Bran Briquettes
by Sara Dickerman
Bar Exam
Forgiveness
by Bethany Jean Clement
Eatin' Out
Features
Skate Mom
Kate Martin is pushing the city to build safe, centrally located skateparks for all of Seattle's skaters. Until those parks are built Martin's kids—and her neighbors' kids—skate in a park she built for them in her own front yard.
by Amy Jenniges
Sound and Fury
Air America Fights For Liberals and Other Losers.
by Emily White
News
Dino Lossi
Wenatchee Judge Thumps Republicans
by Sandeep Kaushik
Bike Messengers
Anonymous Bikers Raise Awareness of Seattle’s Danger Zones
by Amy Jenniges
Counter Intel
Honor Deep Throat: Name Names
by Josh Feit
Defying Wi-Fi
Capitol Hill Cafe Pulls the Plug on Free Internet Access
by Erica C. Barnett
Zoning For Dollars
When activists complain about density, Nickels slaps them down. When developers complain, Nickels backs down.
by Josh Feit
Sound Bite
Outsourcing Education
by Stefan Sharkansky
Letters to the Editor
Table of Contents
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Comic
Johnny Ryan
by Johnny Ryan
Control Tower
Control Tower & Kink Calendar
Anatomy of a House Party
by Mistress Matisse
Celebrity I Saw U
Cross, Thinly Veiled
by Adrian Ryan
I Love Television
I ♥ Television
Humiliation, Yay!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Suggests
‘The Ugly American’
by David Schmader
Endfest
by Jennifer Maerz
The Emergency
by Jennifer Maerz
Stop Biting
by Amy Kate Horn
‘Arcade’
by Charles Mudede
Circus Contraption
by David Schmader
‘Kontroll’
by Sean Nelson
Sean Wilsey
by Christopher Frizzelle
In the Mix
by Charles Mudede
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Shop Right
Ian
by Terry Miller