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Print Archives
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2010
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Mar. 11
Print Edition for the week of
Mar. 11 - 17, 2010
Vol. 19, No. 27
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Savage Love
The Stranger Beside Me
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Satan’s Cinema with Pastor Mark Driscoll!
Film/TV
Terribly Happy
: Mud and Cows and All There Is
by Charles Mudede
She's Out of My League
: Big Boobs and Bona Fide Dorks
by Megan Seling
Our Family Wedding
: Less Fun Than Divorce
by Brendan Kiley
The Most Dangerous Man in America
: Daniel Ellsberg's Complicated Truth
by Paul Constant
Remember Me
: This Whole Review Is One Huge Spoiler
by Lindy West
A Prophet
: Let's Go to Prison
by Grant Brissey
Green Zone
: This Movie Is Not About David Schwimmer in a Pair of Big Yellow Gloves
by ERIN SAGEN
Art House
Ajami
at the Seattle Jewish Film Festival
by Charles Mudede
Concessions
When the Levees Broke
by Lindy West
I, Anonymous
Screw You, PCC Freeloaders
by Anonymous
Music
Are We in a Music Retailspin?
Seattle Record-Store Bosses Refuse to Sing the Recession Blues
by Dave Segal
True Depression
Rocky Votolato's Hard-Won Rebirth,
True Devotion
by Eric Grandy
Download, but Not Out
An Interview with Six Seattle Record Store Heads on How Their Stores are Surviving
by Dave Segal
Up &Coming
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
by Stranger Staff
Fucking in the Streets
Pavement's
Quarantine the Past
by Eric Grandy
It's a Hit
The Semi-Demi-Hemi-Annual It's a Hit Awards!
by Michaelangelo Matos
Data Breaker
Wyndel Hunt's Grainy Ambient and Milkplant's Brainy Techno
by Dave Segal
The Score
Metaphors for Dead Pianos
at Jack Straw New Media Gallery
by Christopher DeLaurenti
My Philosophy
Natural Disasters
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Poster of the Week
Poster by Dan Paulus
by Aaron Huffman
Party Crasher
Drinking as Competitive Sport
by JON BROCK
Underage
Your 2010 Sound Off! Champions Are...
by Megan Seling
Theater
Out with the Old, In with the New
A Critique of a Locally Beloved, Celebrity-Endorsed Drag Comedian and Praise for an Obscure German Composer
by Brendan Kiley
Burlesque Box
The Life and Times of the Swedish Housewife
by Jessica Price
Visual Art
Blinding Lights
What a Camera Monster, a Lightning Field, and 19th-Century Chemicals Have in Common
by Jen Graves
Books
Fleshing Out the Narrative
On the Pleasures of Having Naked Women Read to You
by Paul Constant
Constant Reader
If You Hate Poetry, Read This Poet
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
The Most Delicious Beat Down
In Which Portland Throws Down the Gauntlet for Mobile Chowdown III
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Bar Exam
The Return of the Hard Rock Cafe
by Bethany Jean Clement
The Happiest Hour
Queen Anne’s Streamline Tavern
by Marti Jonjak
Features
Another Backward, Half-Baked Idea for Seattle Center
The Owners of the Space Needle Want a Massive Chihuly Glass Museum Next Door
by Jen Graves
News
Civility War
Is City Council Member Tim Burgess the New Mark Sidran?
by Dominic Holden
Who Would Jesus House?
Central District Neighbors Balk at Church's Housing for Ex-Convicts
by Cienna Madrid
Hello, Kitty! (Bye-Bye, News)
Seattlepi.com
, One Year Later
by Eli Sanders
Police Beat
Crime in the Age of Smartphones
by Charles Mudede
Drunk of the Week
Anita Snak
by Kelly O
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of
The Stranger
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Crossword Solution
Eff You! (March 11)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Control Tower
If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother
by Mistress Matisse
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Slog
Don't You Wish There Were a Place with Nice Big Chairs and a Fireplace Where You Could Go and Drink and Read Around Other Adults Who Were Drinking and Reading?
by Christopher Frizzelle
Amazon's Funnybook Glitch: The End?
by Paul Constant
The Return of the Hard Rock Cafe
by Bethany Jean Clement
More from the Cold War
by Charles Mudede
Constance McMillen Has 100,000 Supporters
by Dan Savage
Lunchtime Quickie: Florida Vampire Running For President?
by Kelly O
Currently Hanging:
A Life
by Jen Graves
DePauw University
by Dan Savage
Man Beaten, Earring Allegedly Stolen in the ID
by Cienna Madrid
The Mountain of Mexico City
by Charles Mudede
Such Nice Birds...
by Dominic Holden
The Next Time Someone Asks You What's After Postmodernism
by Jen Graves
The Morning News
: Clarence Thomas's Wife Parties with Tea Partiers, Everybody Loves Constance, Toyotas Find New Ways to Not Stop.
by Lindy West
Mmm... Delicious... You Must Have Stepped In Vomit On Your Way to the Airport, Am I Right?
by Dan Savage
Yesterday the Stranger Suggested: Happy Home
by Nadia Abdelrhman
Reading Tonight
: Get Your Failure On
by Paul Constant
This Week in Google vs. China: The Bluff War Continues
by Grant Brissey
New Art and THEESatisfaction at pun(c)tuation Tonight
by Grant Brissey
An Illustrated Guide to Emerald City Comicon, Part 1
by Paul Constant
Re: Mmm... Delicious... You Must Have Stepped In Vomit On Your Way to the Airport, Am I Right?
by Charles Mudede
Council Member Burgess Amends Anti-Solicitation Ordinance—Again
by Dominic Holden
Combining eBooks and Video Games
by Paul Constant
Stupak Faces Challenger in August Primary
by Cienna Madrid
Discrimination is Distracting
by Dan Savage
Yesterday The Stranger Suggested: Chainsaw Thursday
by Nadia Abdelrhman
Goeiemôre Amerika
by Charles Mudede
Apple's Worms
by Paul Constant
Lunchtime Quickie: The Homemade Hybrid Hover Plane
by Kelly O
Currently Hanging:
Parallel Universe
by Jen Graves
A Local Pipeline from the Fringe to the Big Houses
by Brendan Kiley
The Tim Burton at MoMA Site
by Jen Graves
Scholarships Available for Children of Military Heroes
by Charles Mudede
Go Vote Today for King Conservation District Supervisor
by Dominic Holden
Meanwhile in New York: The Rise of the Ninety-Nine Cent Slice
by Bethany Jean Clement
Lunchtime Quickie: Every Child Deserves a Mother and a Father, the Homemade Tattoo Gun Edition
by Kelly O
Reading Tonight
: Two Geniuses, Cheap Beer, and the Odyssey
by Paul Constant
I Am Bringing Books to Slog Happy
by Paul Constant
Irishnesstimes!: The Right Honourable Desmond Guinness in the House
by Jen Graves
Yesterday the Stranger Suggested: TRUST
by Nadia Abdelrhman
What Gives, Mayor McG?
by Jen Graves
Today in Good Muppet News
by Paul Constant
The Great Virtual Wall of America Loses Funding
by Charles Mudede
Extended Legislative Session in Olympia
by Dominic Holden
Letters To The Itawamba County School District
by Dan Savage
Reading Tonight
: Finneyfrock It Up
by Paul Constant
No Horn
by Charles Mudede
Krasinski's America
by Paul Constant
Today in Baffling Ad Copy That's Been Bugging Me for Months
by David Schmader
Consumerism Today: The Real Juan Valdez Was at Westlake
by Charles Mudede
Weekly Neighborhood Blog Roundup
by Cienna Madrid
Today In Un-American Activities
by Dan Savage
Keeping Bookstores in Pioneer Square
by Paul Constant
Digital Comics Got a Lot More Real
by Paul Constant
Straight Adoptive Parents In Florida Need Their Guns...
by Dan Savage
This Week in News: Smart Phones, News Websites, Great Reverends, and Civility Laws
by Dominic Holden
Conan's Coming to Town
by Lindy West
Something Needs to Replace "Don't Stop Believin'" in the Unicorn's Jukebox
by Eric Grandy
NSFW
by Mary P. Traverse
What He Said
by Dan Savage
Judging by the Headlines...
by David Schmader
Today in Lego News
by Mary P. Traverse
Today in WTF!?
by Grant Brissey
The Only Exercise I Got...
by Dan Savage
Attention Radiohead Fans
by David Schmader
"Best Healthy-Eater Cheater Burger?"
by Megan Seling
The Morning News
by Lara Phillips
This Week in Film: I Spoil the Ending of
Remember Me
by Lindy West
On the Occasion of the Canning of the
Wall Street Journal
's Restaurant Critic
by Bethany Jean Clement
Some Vibrators Are More Equal Than Others
by Dan Savage
A Tale of Two Press Conferences: 1
by Jen Graves
"What's a Good Day Hike With Epic Views?"
by Megan Seling
Senators give Obama a [Stupid] Bipartisan Plan on Immigration
by Charles Mudede
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom eBook Club, Day Five
by Paul Constant
Mobile Chowdown III: The Aftermath
by Bethany Jean Clement
Poster of the Day
by Dominic Holden
SL Letter of the Day: A Successful Threesome
by Dan Savage
Amazon Seeks Help for Building Web-Browsing Kindle
by Matt Hickey
The Morning News
: Aftershocks, New Police Chiefs, and You Should Hire This Guy
by Paul Constant
More Letters To The Itawamba County School District
by Dan Savage
Currently Obsessed With: Audubon's The Birds of America
by Paul Constant
So The Pope Behaved Nonresponsibly Then?
by Dan Savage
An Illustrated Guide to Emerald City Comicon, Part 2
by Paul Constant
The Black Teen/King
by Charles Mudede
Does It Come with Grace Zabriskie Shrieking on the Couch?
by David Schmader
The Future of Memory
by Charles Mudede
When Martin Bashir Met Violent J
by David Schmader
George W. Bush Ruined the Labor Department. Can Obama Fix It?
by Jake Blumgart
"This is the most important thing in my life."
by Eli Sanders
Will This Detail Redeem John Edwards For Some Women?
by Dan Savage
Seattle Bike Expo: The Photos
by Brendan Kiley
Constance McMillen Is Back in Fulton, Mississippi, Is Super Grateful for Your Support, and Wants You to Be Nice
by Dan Savage
Re: The Mysteries of DePauw University
by Jen Graves
More on Chainsaw Thursday
by Bethany Jean Clement
Society of the Spectacle
by Charles Mudede
Glenn Beckwatch: Would Jesus Boycott Glenn Beck?
by Paul Constant
SL Letter of the Day: Surprise
Party
Parting
by Dan Savage
Please Go To Reddit And...
by Dan Savage
It's Not a Bald Spot...
by Brendan Kiley
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
eBook Club, Day Two
by Paul Constant
Can They Do That?
by Dan Savage
Click Me. I'm Claire. Click Me.
by Lindy West
Lunchtime Quickie: Wall of Death
by Kelly O
You Gonna Eat That?
by Dan Savage
I Know You Got An Armpit
by Charles Mudede
The Heart of Alaska: More on the Teacher Killed by Wolves
by Charles Mudede
Welcome Back, Congressman Kucinich
by Eli Sanders
Mexican Technology
by Grant Brissey
"Correcting the Academy Awards with 20 Years of Hindsight"
by David Schmader
Who Benefits From the War On Drugs?
by Dan Savage
Seattle: Not Sick of Town Halls Yet
by Cienna Madrid
The Case for More Police Foot Patrols (and Against a New Civility Law)
by Dominic Holden
A Fresh Blast of Righteousness from
The Stranger
's Favorite "New Column!"-ist
by David Schmader
Mayor McGinn: Looming Budget Issues "Serious" Not "Dire"
by Cienna Madrid
Kiki's Talk
by Jen Graves
Currently Hanging:
Alexander Kroll
by Jen Graves
Blog-Your-Own-Adventure
by Paul Constant
CNN on Tiger Woods Returning to Golf: "We are all over this story."
by Dan Savage
Canada's
Crazy
Murderous Conservatives
by Dan Savage
Have Your Say on the Chihuly Not-Museum
by Jen Graves
Today in Multitasking
by David Schmader
Reading Today
: More Funnybook Madness
by Paul Constant
The Sad Literary Leavings of Slog Happy
by Paul Constant
Book Review:
Lost States
by Paul Constant
Meanwhile in Pakistan
by Grant Brissey
High School in Mississippi Cancels Prom to Prevent Lesbian Student from Bringing Female Date—and Potentially Incites Violence Against Lesbian Student
by Dan Savage
Everyone Still Loves Bacon, Right?
by Mary P. Traverse
Click Me. I'm a Loofah. Click the Loofah. Click It.
by Lindy West
The Morning News
by Lara Phillips
City's Budget Shortfall Could Hinder Bike and Ped Improvements
by Cienna Madrid
Night at the Auction
by Jen Graves
Black America Today
by Charles Mudede
Irish Heritage Club Loses Giant Stick, Again
by Sarah Anne Lloyd
City Running More Than $100 Million Deficit
by Dominic Holden
Reading Today
: Get Your Funnybook Nerd On
by Paul Constant
Constance McMillen Update
by Dan Savage
The Anti-Candy Man
by Dan Savage
And the Runner Up for the Darwin Award Goes To...
by Dominic Holden
Pictures of the Chihuly Museum
by Jen Graves
Consumerism Today
by Charles Mudede
There's Just No End to the Hate
by Dan Savage
In the U.S., This Video Might Have Earned Its Star a Spot on
RuPaul's Drag Race
by David Schmader
Yesterday the Stranger Suggested:
Fat Pig
by Nadia Abdelrhman
If A Painting Walks By
by Jen Graves
On Breasts and Reading
by Paul Constant
What He Said
by Dan Savage
SL Letter of the Day: The Boy In Question...
by Dan Savage
"The direction in my life right now that I'm trying to, uh, I guess, proceed with in the business, is gradually from being the little boy, from the younger brother, trying to get to be the older brother or the ONLY brother."
by Lindy West
Constance McMillen on CBS This Morning
by Dan Savage
Details on This Morning's Downtown Bomb Threat
by Cienna Madrid
"You Have the Charisma of a Damp Rag."
by Lindy West
Woman of the Year!
by Jen Graves
Uncluttering the Language Around Health Care Reform
by Cienna Madrid
A Correction: Concern About Panhandling
by Dominic Holden
A Few Words About Google Biking
by Cienna Madrid
Mission Accomplished: Lesbian Student Blamed, Ostracized By Other Students for School Board's Decision to Cancel Prom
by Dan Savage
Write a Haiku, Win
Bodies
Tickets!
by Lindy West
Meanwhile On Teresa McNeece's Facebook Page...
by Dan Savage
Farce Advocacy
by Dan Savage
Reading Tonight
: All Roads Lead to Pioneer Square
by Paul Constant
The Mysteries of DePauw University
by Dan Savage
750 Words
by Paul Constant
City Allows Dredging Around Beaver Lodge
by Dominic Holden
The Morning News
: The Lehman Brothers, Under God
by Paul Constant
Name This Band!
by Grant Brissey
John Edwards' Baby Mama Speaks Up
by Cienna Madrid
They Don't Mention If They Took Her Kid From Her...
by Dan Savage
Say It Ain't So:
Drugstore Cowboy 2
by Brendan Kiley
Senate Passes Jobs Bill
by Grant Brissey
Bad Obama Paintings
by Jen Graves
Re: The Tim Burton at MoMA Site
by Mary P. Traverse
Thanks for Coming to Slog Happy!
by Megan Seling
Lustmord
by Brendan Kiley
"Where Can I Get a Physical If I Have No Health Insurance?"
by Megan Seling
Quigley Preparatory Seminary
by Dan Savage
Need More Reasons to Not Do Meth?
by Grant Brissey
Pluto IS a Planet Protest March and Rally
by Gillian Anderson
Slog Happy Is Tonight!
by Megan Seling
One More Letter To The Itawamba County School District
by Dan Savage
The Leap
by Jen Graves
250,000
by Dan Savage
Today in eBooks
by Paul Constant
"Where Should I Go to Get Corned Beef & Cabbage for St. Patrick's Day?"
by Megan Seling
When Your Classmates Do Not Care What Happened to You
by Grant Brissey
The Evolution of Culture
by Charles Mudede
Yesterday The Stranger Suggested: Seattle Bike Expo
by Nadia Abdelrhman
The Morning News
: Jerusalem Tensions, Michael Jackson's Unlimited Future, and Gallons of Monk Blood
by Lindy West
All Of This Has Happened Before
by Mary P. Traverse
The Time Has Come to Discuss the Most Recent Episode of
RuPaul's Drag Race
....
by David Schmader
This Week in Concessions: I Still Can't Stop Yelling About Whoopi Goldberg's Urine
by Lindy West
Breast Milk Cheese: It's What's for Dinner!
by Kelly O
This Week in Film:
She's Out of My League
by Lindy West
Meanwhile in Mexico
by Christopher Frizzelle
Nice Rack!
by Jen Graves
Village Voice Media Declared in Default on $80 Million Loan
by Eli Sanders
But Is It Kosher?
by Jesse Vernon
A Tale of Two Press Conferences: 2
by Jen Graves
Bad Art of the Week Winner
by Jen Graves
Angry TV Reporters: They're
Funny
!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Up In The Air
by Dan Savage
Suspending Your Animation Until Things Blow Over
by Paul Constant
Last Night Gay Me and My Gay Husband...
by Dan Savage
Currently Hanging:
Gretchen Bennett, Cat Power, and an Orchid
by Jen Graves
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
eBook Club, Day Three
by Paul Constant
Burning Question
by Paul Constant
Google vs. China: An Impasse?
by Grant Brissey
Flickr Photo of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
Sassy Gay Friend
by Mary P. Traverse
Moneychangers
by Jen Graves
It's No Secret...
by David Schmader
Yesterday the Stranger Suggested:
Locrian Invocation
at TARL
by Nadia Abdelrhman
Too Early?
by Dan Savage
A Spattering of Ball Haiku
by Lindy West
Reading Tonight
: Sudden Wisdom
by Paul Constant
Seal: It's What's for Lunch
by Bethany Jean Clement
Tomorrow Is a Brighter Day: Robot Farmers
by Charles Mudede
Remember How Your Old Airport Parking Spot Would Never Give You a Blowjob?
by Lindy West
Click Me. I'm Denethor. No, Seriously, Click Me.
by Lindy West
Whitey and the Moon
by Charles Mudede
Imperiling the Electorate
by Andrew Wright
The City Animal
by Charles Mudede
Meanwhile at DePauw
by Dan Savage
Molly Moon's Going Mobile
by Gillian Anderson
I Miss Battlestar Galactica
by Mary P. Traverse
Today in Bears As Our Fecal Avatars
by David Schmader
Those Were the Days, My Friends
by Brendan Kiley
Wolf Attack!
by Lindy West
If You Are a Lego-Maniac...
by Mary P. Traverse
An Open Letter to the Olympia Kiwanis Club
by Bethany Jean Clement
Forty Feet From Hot Topic
by Dominic Holden
But Won't It Confuse The Children?
by Dan Savage
McNeece Family Values
by Dan Savage
Itawamba School Superintendent Teresa McNeece's Facebook Page
by Dan Savage
Stick Found, a City Exhales
by Cienna Madrid
Lots of Shitty Buses
by Dominic Holden
How You Will Read Books and Magazines in the Future (Maybe)
by Paul Constant
The Morning News
: Republicans Kill Their Parents, Texans Lie to Their Children, and Corey Feldman Can't Even Bother to Show Up
by Lindy West
Yesterday the Stranger Suggested: Michael Chabon
by Nadia Abdelrhman
Canada's Amazon Controversy
by Paul Constant
Who Is this Mario Alessi?
by Charles Mudede
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom eBook Club, Day Four
by Paul Constant
A Teacher in Alaska Killed by Wolves
by Charles Mudede
Ancient Wisdom from the Far East
by Eric Grandy
Putting Bacon on Your Face for Fun and Profit; or, Today in Laborious Web Promotions
by David Schmader
Fun With Graphs
by Paul Constant
Suggests
Blood Squad Presents 'Leprechaun'
by Lindy West
Jay Steensma, Ree Brown
by Jen Graves
'Fat Pig'
by Paul Constant
'Happy Home'
by Eric Grandy
Chainsaw Thursday
by Bethany Jean Clement
Seattle Bike Expo
by Cienna Madrid
TRUST First Anniversary
by Dave Segal
Crossword Puzzle
This Week's Puzzle
Eff You! (March 11)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley