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Dec. 15
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 15 - 21, 2005
Vol. 15, No. 14
Savage Love
Ford Puff
by Dan Savage
New Column!
I, Anonymous
YOU SCUM-SUCKING SCOURGE
Film/TV
Movie Times
Aping a Classic
Peter Jackson Makes Good on His Dream
by Andrew Wright
Bareback Mountin'
Critics Fumble the Gay Cowboy Movie
by Annie Wagner
DVD
Ghosts in the Machine
by Andrew Wright
This Week on Television
Ritual and Catfights
Memoirs of an Anglophone Chinese Geisha
by Annie Wagner
Hokey for the Holidays
A Hellish Family with a Dreamy Dad
by Andrew Wright
Film Shorts
Games
Slice and Dice
by Bradley Steinbacher
Music
The Score
Kelley Johnson
Border Radio
Roots & Americana
by Kurt B. Reighley
Data Breaker
Breakestra
by Dave Segal
Ray of Light
Silver Sunshine's Cosmic Pop
by Jennifer Maerz
Up & Coming
Who? Where? When?
My Philosophy
Hiphop Ya Don't Stop
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Poster of the Week
Club Directory
Underage
The Nostalgia
CD Reviews
Of Friends and Fairy Tales
Cuddling Up to El Olio Wolof
by Brian J. Barr
Homo-a-Gogo!
Jake Shears Chats Up Kiki & Herb
by Jake Shears
Live Wire
Freeloadin'
by Jennifer Maerz
All Ages Action
Party Crasher
Cos and Effect
by Paul Constant
Classical, Jazz, & Avant Concerts
Haunted Heads
Spook the Horse Set the Mood
by Kurt B. Reighley
Hammy Holidays
Christmas Chaos with 'The Stranger'
Live Music & DJ Listings
Parties Listings
Theater
Now Without Smallpox
Lots of Error, Little Comedy
by Annie Wagner
Theater Listings
Theater News
Christmas Smoke Break
by Brendan Kiley
Mice and Nightmares
How One Little Girl's Christmas Horror Spawned a Holiday Heartwarmer
by David Schmader
Visual Art
Visual Arts Listings
On Exhibit
Information Society
Books
Nightstand
Jackets and Soup
by Christopher Frizzelle
A Desire Called Utopia
Fredric Jameson Gets to the Bottom of Science Fiction
by Steven Shaviro
Readings Listings
A Rock and a Rural Place
Growing Up in America with a Black Adopted Brother, Racist Parents, and Christian Signs Along the Highway
by Gillian Rose
Food & Drink
BAR EXAM
Stripe of Magic
by Bethany Jean Clement
Chow Bio
Nko
Style to Spare
Veil Brings Lush Food and Fussy Design to Queen Anne
by Sara Dickerman
Eatin' Out
Features
Strangercrombie 2005
Final Hours! Bid Now or Never!
Hurry Up and Date
How I Scored with 11 Men in Under an Hour
by Cienna Madrid
Take It Outside
In Praise of the Smoking Ban
by Dave Segal
A View From the Stage
Notes on the Smoking Ban from a Musician
by Sean Nelson
News
Counter Intel
$50,000 Questions
by Josh Feit
Battle Lines
Activist High Schoolers Frame the Debate
by Thomas Francis
In Other News
Unhappy Guest
by Stranger Staff
Driving Lessons
City Council Treks to San Francisco, Checks Out Possible Alternative to the Mayor's Viaduct Tunnel
by Erica C. Barnett
In the Hall
Noise Annoys
by Erica C. Barnett
Police Beat
The Animal Madman
by Charles Mudede
Extras
Virgin Horror Stories
by Dan Savage
Strangercrombie Item of the Day
Ira Glass Interviews You: Ira Glass Will Record a Conversation with You Via Phone and Send You That and a Bunch of Cool
This American Life
Swag
Strangercrombie Item of the Day
A Strangercrombie Tradition: The Easy Street Records Shopping Spree! Grab up to $500 of Music in Two-Minutes
Table of Contents
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Comic
Control Tower
She's Got Him Pegged
by Mistress Matisse
Celebrity I Saw U
Breeders, Baby, Dead
by Adrian Ryan
I Love Television
I ♥ Television
Sorry, God (Happy?)
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Suggests
'Brokeback Mountain'
Strangercrombie Holiday Blowout
Waxwing
I Heart Rummage
Breakestra
'Dark States'
Turbo Tabla
Singles Going Steady Xmas
'Wonderful Life'
Last Days
This Week in Review
by David Schmader
Letters to the Editor
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