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Jun. 9
Print Edition for the week of
Jun. 9 - 15, 2005
Vol. 14, No. 39
Savage Love
Feet First
by Dan Savage
New Column!
New Column
I, Anonymous
WAR IS NOT FUN
Film/TV
Pretty, Awful
‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Is Worse Than You’ve Heard
by Bradley Steinbacher
Movie Times
Blow Up
Locals and Visions
by Andy Spletzer
SIFF Picks
For the Week of June 9-15
by Charles Mudede and Sean Nelson
Off Day
Miyazaki's Latest Feels a Little Familiar
by Andrew Wright
This Week on Television
Film Shorts
Games
Shut Up and Play
by John Tynes
On Screen
This Week's New Releases
Music
Party Crasher
Nerd Alert!
by Ari Spool
Salvation Is Near
All Hail the Hold Steady
by Hannah Levin
Club Directory
All Ages Action
by Megan Seling
Northwest Top 20
Weepin' Willowz
Don't Cry For Anaheim's Problem Child
by Jennifer Maerz
Live Wire
Lost, Found, and Lost Again
by Jennifer Maerz
Voodoo You
Thee Missouri's Heart of Darkness
by David Slatton
Classical, Jazz & Avant Concerts
by Christopher DeLaurenti
Pop Life
Feist Crosses Borders, Styles
by Kurt B. Reighley
My Philosophy
Hiphop Ya Don’t Stop
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Chameleon Chemistry
Electrelane Rock with the Changes
by Andrew Miller
Poster of the Week
by Corianton Hale
Date, Place, Time
by Hannah Levin
Border Radio
Roots & Americana
by Kurt B. Reighley
Underage
NWHARDCORE.COM
by Megan Seling
CD Reviews
Data Breaker
Beatseeking Missives
by Dave Segal
Jesus Loves You
But Deicide Want You to Keep It to Yourself
by J. Bennett
Up & Coming
Negativeland
Headphones Keeps with Bazan's Dark Side
by Adam Bregman
Classical, Jazz, & Avant
ARVO PÄRT
by Christopher DeLaurenti
Jack of All Trades
Synthesizing Meat Beat Manifesto
by Dave Segal
Live Music & DJ Listings
Theater
On Stage
Drowning Women, Neo-Vaudeville, and Sexy Mormons
by Annie Wagner, Brendan Kiley and Lindy West
Theater News
Taxing Theater
by Brendan Kiley
Theater Listings
Books
Occidental Blindness
Theroux Goes Down South
by Charles Mudede
Readings Listings
Food & Drink
My Thai Breakthrough
The Gang Ped Ped Yang Made My Head Spin
by Sara Dickerman
Bar Exam
Getting Saved
by Bethany Jean Clement
Eatin' Out
Features
When Puppets Go Bad
An Interview with the Creators of the Most Offensive (and Hilarious) Show on Television, ‘Wonder Showzen’
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Lessons Learned
Red States May Be Outbreeding Blue States, but Blue Cities—Particularly Blue College Towns—Can Help Turn the Tide
by Bill Savage
News
Dino Lossi
Wenatchee Judge Thumps Republicans
Police Beat
The Body of the Building
by Charles Mudede
Great Heights
Capitol Hill Upzone Renews Hopes for Broadway Revival
by Erica C. Barnett
Pregnancy Scare Tactics
Teens Sound Alarm on Anti-Choice Clinics
by Amy Jenniges
In the Hall
Testing the Waters
by Erica C. Barnett
The New Deal
Monorail Agency Completes Negotiations With Cascadia
by Erica C. Barnett
Counter Intel
Blue Balls
by Josh Feit
Sound Bite
Gregoire Didn't Win Either
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
Control Tower
Control Tower & Kink Calendar
Ladies Day
by Mistress Matisse
Celebrity I Saw U
Cankered, Christy, SIFF!
by Adrian Ryan
I Love Television
I ♥ Television
Gimmee Dat Humpy!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Suggests
‘Death and the Ploughman’
Oliver Herring
‘Memories of Murder’
Aesop Rock
‘Pulgasari’
'Police Beat'
Salvador Plascencia
Flying Fish
The Hold Steady
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Shop Right
Blackbird
by Terry Miller