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Dec. 9
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 9 - 15, 1999
Vol. 9, No. 12
Savage Love
Cross Your Heart
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Cop Talk
by Dan Savage
I, Anonymous
I, Landlord
Film/TV
Watch Her Walk
The Brothers Dardenne's Tough & Lovely
Rosetta
by Bruce Reid
Quiet Pleasures
Rolling with Gavin O'Connor's
Tumbleweeds
by Steve Wiecking
'Green Mile'? Green Bile!
Another Crappy Stephen King Adaptation
by Andy Spletzer
This Week on TV
Small-Town Romance
Finding Love Out of Season
by Steve Wiecking
Not Beat, Just Tired
The Source
Offers Nothing New on the Beats
by Charles Mudede
Film Shorts
Movie Times
Repertory & Revival Listings
Music
The Wistful Accordion Player
Sanford Arms Accordionist Rob Witmer Plays Sad, but Hopeful
by Kathleen Wilson
The Sweetest Evil
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Bring Southern Gothic Indie Rock to Seattle
by Erin Franzman
Up & Coming
More Up & Coming
Live Music Listings
DJ Listings
DJ Guide
All Ages Action
More Music Listings
Club Directory
Theater
Ho Ho Fucking Ho
A Man Alone Survives the Christmas Theater Onslaught
by Steve Wiecking
Theater Listings
Visual Art
Mainstage Seattle
Protest as Public Performance Isn't New to Shy-Town
by Tonia Steed
Shapely Art
Simple Tools, Big Ideas in Local Drawing Show
by Eric Fredericksen
Visual Arts Listings
Diversions
Books
The Allegorical Tourist
Jonathan Raban Straddles a Sea and Its Meanings
by Charles D'Ambrosio
Book Review Revue
Top 10 Bestsellers
Readings Listings
Food & Drink
Foody Goody
Unbearable Name, Unbeatable Food
by Jim Anderson
News
Love & War
For a brief moment last week, Seattle became a real city full of conflict, dialogue, and people without shopping bags. Then came the police.
by Matthew Stadler
Seattle's New Identity
by Charles Mudede
Bye Bye, Stamper
Seattle's Police Chief Resigns as Pissed Officers Blame Him for Everything That Went Wrong at the WTO Conference
by Phil Campbell, Josh Feit and Jennifer Vogel
Paul is Dead
Norm's Resignation Ain't Gonna Save Schell's Butt
by Dan Savage
Boarding Up Boomtown
Without 'Bad Apples,' WTO Protests Wouldn't Have Worked
by Josh Feit
A Twitch in the Body Politic
The Battle of Seattle Was the Most Encouraging Display of Outrage Americans Have Managed in a Generation
by Steve Perry
In Other News...
by Alexandra Holly-Gottlieb
Letters to the Editor
Post-Riot Depression
Last Days
by David Schmader
Calendar
Stranger Suggests
Culture Wars
Modern Primitives
by Eric Fredericksen
I Love Television
Just the Facts, Ma'am!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
TTS!
by Shirley Rodell-Szyzmyjec
It's My Party
Make That
Queen
Anne
by Kathleen Wilson
Excellent
You Don't Own Me
by Kathleen Wilson
Hey, Snob!
by Erin Franzman
See Something Different!
by Kathleen Wilson
Spirit In Spite of the Season
by Erin Franzman
Carissa's Weird
by Erin Franzman
Music for the Sensitive Loner
CD Reviews
by Min Liao
Events/New Releases
December
What's in the Box?
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Pretty On the Outside
Brainwashing
by Bradley Steinbacher
The Excellent Puzzle
The Soreheads: A Logic Problem
The Sampler
Lifetime
by Mike Vago
Reject Roundup
Good Little Monster
by Rick Levin