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Feb. 18
Print Edition for the week of
Feb. 18 - 24, 2010
Vol. 19, No. 24
Savage Love
A Brush with Perversity
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Ask Mr. "GET A BRAIN! MORANS (Go USA)"
Film/TV
Saint John of Las Vegas
: Comedy on Klonopin
by Grant Brissey
Screw This Happily Ever After Stuff: Rarities and Rediscoveries at Noir City 2010
by Sean Axmaker
Shutter Island
: Martin Scorsese's Second Least Great Horror Movie Yet!
by Paul Constant
Concessions
God of Thunder, King of Party
by Lindy West
The Messenger
: The War at Home
by Lindy West
Art House
For the Love of Movies
by Charles Mudede
I, Anonymous
Ladies' Man
by Anonymous
Music
A Love Cry Supreme
Four Tet Makes Your Soul Dance, Blissfully
by Dave Segal
The Pains of Being Perverse at Heart
Xiu Xiu Goes to Chocolate City
by Brendan Kiley
The Magnetic Fields:
Realism
Stephin Merritt's Fond, Folky Fakery
by Chris Estey
It’s All in the Editing
An Interview with Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields
by Chris Estey
Up & Coming
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
by Stranger Staff
Grease and Cheese
An Interview with Personal of Personal & the Pizzas
by Kelly O
Fucking in the Streets
Sasquatch! 2010's Killer Lineup
by Eric Grandy
It's a Hit
Four New Dance-Music Releases
by Michaelangelo Matos
Data Breaker
SOS, a Far-Out
Cosmos
Girl
by Dave Segal
My Philosophy
The Return of Goodie Mob
by Larry Mizell Jr.
The Score
Swaggers and Fights at the Seattle Symphony
by Christopher DeLaurenti
Poster of the Week
Riot in Stereo
by Aaron Huffman
Party Crasher
Go Back to Bed's Launch Party in the Land of the Plastic People
by Sarah Anne Lloyd
Underage
Help the All-Ages Music Project Win $50,000
by Megan Seling
Theater
Glengarry Glen Ross
: A Triumph of Dysfunctional Masculine Rage
by Brendan Kiley
Trout Stanley
: Suicide and Romance by the Small-Town Dump
by Kyle Regan
The Cody Rivers Show: Where the Genius Never Stops
by Brendan Kiley
Burlesque Box
Hellfire Variety Show
by Pure Cirkus/the 4 Horsemen
by Jessica Price
Visual Art
Phantoms in the Woods
Anne Siems's Haunted Old-Time Paintings of the Young
by RACHAEL PULLIN
Books
Western
: Look at That Bug Crawling on John Wayne's Boot!
by Paul Constant
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
: A Novel About Race and Falling from a Great Height
by Paul Constant
Constant Reader
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Tequila Dreams
A Local Man's Quest to Make the World's Best Tequila
by Thadius Van Landingham III
Bar Exam
STILL Liquor Finds a Place on Capitol Hill
by Bethany Jean Clement
The Happiest Hour
The Signature on Queen Anne
by Marti Jonjak
Features
Is the Treasury Secretary Doing a Good Job?
Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner has become the government whipping boy of the financial crisis. One of his loudest critics is Senator Maria Cantwell, who has openly wondered why he still has a job. Is she on to something?
by Adam Haslett
News
It's Time
Pressure Rises to End State's Monopoly on Liquor Stores
by Cienna Madrid
News Quips: Baristas Fight Prostitution Charges, First Hill Streetcar
by Sarah Anne Lloyd and Cienna Madrid
Police Beat
Do Dinka Warriors Hate Women?
by Charles Mudede
Dear Science
Does the Funky Microwave Spread Stink?
by Jonathan Golob
Crossword Solution
Members Only (Feb. 18)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
I Love Television
What Is Funny?
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Slog
The Vaunted MoCA Collection
by Jen Graves
Headline of the Day
by Lindy West
Missing Boner
by Lindy West
"You are never going to do away with the worlds oldest profession. Washington should do like Nevada. Legalize it, tax it, and require prostitutes to be licensed and have periodic health checks."
by Dan Savage
Them's Fighting Words: Seattle vs. Portland
by Bethany Jean Clement
Today's "Favorite" "Bird" of the Day Is...
by Lindy West
When Miscarriages Are a Crime...
by Dan Savage
Pre-Afternoon News
by Grant Brissey
Metro Transit Authorities Won't Renew Private Security Contract
by Cienna Madrid
Yesterday the Stranger Suggested: the Spits, Personal & the Pizzas at Chop Suey
by Matthew Cooke
Taxis Win a Round Against the Port
by Dominic Holden
Man Says He Will "Go Columbine," Then Kicks Transient
by Sarah Anne Lloyd
The Suburbs Also Have to Take Responsibility for the Suburbs
by Dominic Holden
Whitney Biennial 2010
by Jen Graves
Lunchtime Quickie: Old Spice, Unplugged
by Kelly O
"Every little boy should be so lucky as to turn into me. That's all I have to say."
by Dan Savage
Lunchtime Quickie: AC Transit aka Epic Beard Man Speaks
by Kelly O
House Budget Plan: $857 Million in New Taxes
by Eli Sanders
Spring Books Have Sprung
by Paul Constant
Times are Tough, and Cockatoos Are Really Great
by Grant Brissey
Justice,
Dark Knight
-Style
by Paul Constant
City Hires Consultant for 520 Bridge
by Dominic Holden
If You Missed Me Last Night
by Paul Constant
Curling's Days Are Numbered
by Jen Graves
SL Letter of the Day: The Good Cheat
by Dan Savage
The Age of Consent in Vatican City—Seriously, Vatican City—is
Twelve
by Dan Savage
Useless Books I Have Gotten in the Mail, Part 19: God Made Me Do It
by Paul Constant
Some People Involuntarily Flash When Bon Jovi Takes the Stage
by Jen Graves
This Week in Film:
Saint John of Las Vegas
by Lindy West
Senate Budget Plan: $900 Million in New Taxes
by Eli Sanders
"This is what I wish burlesque were actually like."
by Lindy West
Twitter: Get Used to It
by Anthony Hecht
I Will Read You a Bedtime Story Tonight
by Paul Constant
You Gonna Eat That?
by Dan Savage
Another Day, Another Major Factual Error in a Book
by Paul Constant
The Morning News*
by Grant Brissey
Currently Hanging
: Mandy Greer at OHGE Ltd.
by Jen Graves
Coming Thursday to Daytime Television
by Eli Sanders
"She couldn't entertain a dead rat, to be honest."
by Christopher Frizzelle
Confidential to Barack Obama
by Dan Savage
Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla Has a New Major Label Imprint
by Megan Seling
Bill Gates Versus Microsoft
by Dominic Holden
Reading Tonight
: Job, Geek, or Sex?
by Paul Constant
Hope Is That Place with Peacocks
by Jen Graves
Flickr Photo of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
The NSFW Typeface You've Been Waiting For
by Dan Savage
Bob Dole Says Bob Dole Caught Pneumonia and Needed Leg Surgery, but that Bob Dole Is Getting Better
by Grant Brissey
Gun Kills Groom
by Charles Mudede
Sacred Temple Alleged Madam Charged
by Lindy West
An Interview with Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields
by Eric Grandy
Love It
by Jen Graves
The Overrepresentated Tea People
by Charles Mudede
Sexy Curling
by Charles Mudede
Required Viewing: Elimination Hockey Wednesday
by Courtney Kelly
SL Letter of the Day: Should I Risk Destroying My Parents' Marriage Over Third-Hand Information?
by Dan Savage
From Conservative Hero To Conservative Zero...
by Dan Savage
Flickr Photo(s) of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
Reading Tonight
: Silence, Reality, and China
by Paul Constant
This Is Not What Our Country Needs
by Bethany Jean Clement
Hollywood Investing in White Women
by Charles Mudede
The Unstoppable Insanity of Wall Street
by Charles Mudede
Yesterday The Stranger Suggested:
Unmistaken Child
by Matthew Cooke
When Neo-Nazis Wax Poetic
by Cienna Madrid
The Future of Retail
by Charles Mudede
City Council Priorities for 2010
by Dominic Holden
Perhaps They Could Come in a Suppository Form?
by Dan Savage
Seattle Art Barter
by Jen Graves
No More Arts at Magnuson Park?
by Jen Graves
Fun While It Lasted
by Dan Savage
Glenn Beckwatch: "I Went to the Library, Where Books Are Free"
by Paul Constant
A Proposed Moratorium
by Dominic Holden
This Week in Film:
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
by Lindy West
Re: Overheard in the Office
by Lindy West
This Week in Film:
Shutter Island
by Lindy West
The (Great) Rush Experiment
by Eric Grandy
The Dalai Lama Puts It in Perspective
by Christopher Frizzelle
Food Stamps in Los Angeles
by Bethany Jean Clement
You Gonna Rent That?
by Dan Savage
Snookered By an E-Reader
by Paul Constant
Virginia Lawmaker Limply Apologizes for Pronouncing Handicapped Children God's Vengeance for Abortion
by Cienna Madrid
And My New Favorite Bird Of the Day Is...
by Lindy West
Top Three Skyscrapers of 2009
by Jen Graves
Something for Everyone
by Paul Constant
They Say This Fountain Causes Weeping
by Jen Graves
Credit Card Reform
by Dan Savage
Overheard in the Office
by Christopher Frizzelle
Meat Is the Next Tobacco?
by Charles Mudede
Um...
What
?
by Dan Savage
Found in a Seattle Parking Lot
by Brendan Kiley
Re: Reading Tonight: Sex (and Cupcakes)
by Bethany Jean Clement
Lent is Here
by Mary P. Traverse
Reading Tonight
: Science!
by Paul Constant
Here We Go Again
by Dan Savage
US Fish and Wildlife Auctioning off Confiscated Goods
by Cienna Madrid
Man Stuck in Chimney Charged With Burglary
by Sarah Anne Lloyd
'We Shit Disturb': The Olympics and the Arts Cuts
by Jen Graves
Youth Pastor Watch: Jonathan Hartman, Jonathan Hartman
by Dan Savage
Re: A Pain in the Chest
by Grant Brissey
The Bloom Box
by Paul Constant
A Pain in the Chest
by Dominic Holden
Karl and Michael Are Getting Married
by Paul Constant
The New Credit Card Responsibility Act
by Eli Sanders
Thomas Pynchon Would Prefer Not To
by Paul Constant
Jeff Weinstein on Larry Sultan
by Jen Graves
Give The Customer What He Wants...
by Dan Savage
What To Expect From A Friendly President (Very, Very Little)
by Jake Blumgart
Don't Tread on Me
by Grant Brissey
Currently Hanging
: Robert Longo at Wright Exhibition Space
by Jen Graves
Just Because Some People Can't Handle Their Porn...
by Dan Savage
Suggests
David Shields
by Paul Constant
'De Kooning's Women'
by Jen Graves
The Spits' Last Annual Midwinter Chinese New Year Blazing Blowout
by Kelly O
The Magnetic Fields
by David Schmader
Claudia Fitch
by Jen Graves
'Unmistaken Child'
by Gillian Anderson
Moon Duo
by Dave Segal
Tinariwen
by Dave Segal
Crossword Puzzle
This Week's Puzzle
Members Only (Feb. 18)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley