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2010
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Apr. 29
Print Edition for the week of
Apr. 29 - May. 5, 2010
Vol. 19, No. 34
Savage Love
Quickies
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Frank Cassano's Imbecile Parade
Film/TV
Tehran Rock City
Basements, Beats, and Beatings in
No One Knows About Persian Cats
by Eric Grandy
Roman Holiday
Four Grannies, a Motorbike, and the Bearable Lightness of Being
by Charles Mudede
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Don’t Fall Asleep!!! But Good Luck Not Falling Asleep
by Kelly O
I, Anonymous
Beware of Grandpa
by Anonymous
Music
Another Greener World
Eluvium Drops a Balm on You
by Dave Segal
Revisionist History
Everybody Was in the French Resistance... Now! Correct the Mistakes of Pop Music
by Ezra Ace Caraeff
Up & Coming
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
by Stranger Staff
Fucking in the Streets
More Sputtering Praise for Los Campesinos!
by Eric Grandy
It's a Hit
New Singles from Andrew W.K., the HotRats, and Shelby Lynne
by Michaelangelo Matos
Data Breaker
New Releases by FlyLo, Prins Thomas, Mark Van Hoen, and Vex'd
by Dave Segal
The Score
A Big Week: 35 Crashing Chords and a 12-Hour Concert
by Christopher DeLaurenti
My Philosophy
Remembering Guru of Gang Starr
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Poster of the Week
Leonardo Hartomo
by Aaron Huffman
Party Crasher
The Jobless Skool Kids Can Now Afford Booze!
by J. T. OLDFIELD
Underage
Something Endearing and Something Evil
by Megan Seling
Theater
Arid, Extra Dry
"Awesome" and the Underdeveloped
West
by David Schmader
One Week, Four Dances
Sex, Death, Party, and Forgery
by Brendan Kiley
Burlesque Box
Begging and Stealing with Ben DeLaCreme
by Jessica Price
Theater News
The Stranger
's New Pay-for-Play Theater Coverage
by Brendan Kiley
Visual Art
Where's All the Arts Patrons At?
Lawrimore Project's Troubles and the Struggle to Be Extraordinary in Seattle Art
by Jen Graves
Books
Constant Reader
An Untoward Destination
by Paul Constant
Deleted Scenes
Elaine Pagels on the Gnostic Gospels and Why the Catholic Church Causes Pedophilia
by J. T. OLDFIELD
Ten-Word Book Reviews: Comics!
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Sorrow at the Dojo
Dumpling Disappointment Is Extra Disappointing
by Lindy West
Chow Bio
Pat McCarthy of DeLaurenti's
by Steven Blum
Happiest Hour
Downtown's Gothic Noc Noc
by Marti Jonjak
Features
The Kinktrepreneurs
Seattle's Other Urban Craft Uprising
by Dan Savage
What Are You Doing? Fashion & Style Edition
The Stranger
walks in on an underwear maker, a window dresser, a dressmaker, a stripper, some nightlife freaks, a satanic-apparel designer, a buyer at Crossroads, a dead-person's-junk salesman, and others.
by Stranger Staff
News
Payday Pushback
Immigrant Workers and City Leaders Prepare to Take On Wage Thieves
by Cienna Madrid
Pay for Play
KING 5 Takes Money in Exchange for Editorial Content
by Brendan Kiley
Tax Me, I’m Rich!
An Interview with Bill Gates Sr., Promoter of Income Taxes for the Wealthy
by Eli Sanders
Clouds
asdasd
by Anthony Hecht
NO HEADLINE
by Anthony Hecht
Crossword Puzzle
Covering All the Bases
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Crossword Solution
Covering All the Bases
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Dear Science
Are Patented Genes a Good Idea?
by Jonathan Golob
Public Editor
Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
I Love Television
Disasters, Death, and You
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Suggests
'American Psycho'
by Paul Constant
'An Iliad'
by Brendan Kiley
Los Campesinos!
by Eric Grandy
Seattle Erotic Art Festival
by Kelly O
The Stranger Gong Show
by David Schmader
Leaves
by Jen Graves
Lauren Weedman
by David Schmader
Washington Hall House Party
by Brendan Kiley
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Slog
YO YO YO! Joseph Ducreux!
by Jen Graves
Reading Tonight
: One "G" Silent, One "G" Loud
by Paul Constant
LOST Art
by Mary P. Traverse
Currently Hanging
: Sean Alexander
by Jen Graves
Point Break
Tonight at Central Cinema
by Lindy West
What's for Dinner Tonight?
by Bethany Jean Clement
Get Your Ass Off the Couch
by Lara Phillips
For Your Stomach's and Your Ears' Consideration: Free Food, Free Show
by Bethany Jean Clement
Carissa's Wierd Reunion Scheduled for July 9th at the Showbox!
by Eric Grandy
Seattle Erotic Arts Festival
by Dan Savage
ACLU and Host of Other Legal Groups to Sue Over Racial Profiling Law
by Cienna Madrid
Jennifer Coolidge Coming to the Triple Door
by David Schmader
Real Change Move to Pioneer Square Set for May 21
by Cienna Madrid
The Internet Is Made of Cats
by Mary P. Traverse
The Villain Owns the Art
by Jen Graves
SL Letter of the Day: The Leverage You Have
by Dan Savage
Lunchtime Quickie: Honest to Goodness Gotdamn Honesty
by Kelly O
This Has Been Everywhere Today—Except Slog
by Dan Savage
Friskies: Now Featuring LSD
by David Schmader
If You're a Writer, You Might Want to Know About These Upcoming Events
by Paul Constant
Depressing Book News
by Paul Constant
Teens and Sexting in Illinois
by Dan Savage
Today in Anonymous Gratitude to Foxy Public Servants
by David Schmader
Northwest Noir: The Son of Satan Lives in Oregon
by Charles Mudede
GOP Lawmaker Caught Looking At Porn During Abortion Debate
by Dan Savage
Inspirational Quote of the Day
by Megan Seling
Reagan Dunn's Big Gay House
by Dan Savage
The Morning News
by Lara Phillips
Arizona: The Hits Keep Coming
by Anthony Hecht
Give a Mushroom, Win a Pizza
by Megan Seling
Jason Wilson Wins a James Beard Award, Finally
by Bethany Jean Clement
Reading Tonight
: The Angle of the Dangle
by Paul Constant
Street Vendors = Street Safety?
by Eli Sanders
Seattle Center Master Plan Designers to Evaluate Chihuly Museum and Other Public Proposals
by Cienna Madrid
Did You Buy a Lottery Ticket at the South Broadway Foodmart in Everett Last November?
by Dominic Holden
"A White Male in His 40s"
by Paul Constant
Not His Preferred Alternative: The Mayor's Response to Gregoire's 520 Bridge Plan
by Erika Broad
SL Letter of the Day: You Gonna Eat That?
by Dan Savage
Corey Haim...
by Grant Brissey
Exercising Your Lady Bits
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
The Politics of the Los Suns
by Charles Mudede
Oklahoma, Florida, and Nebraska: Aggressively Attacking Women's Rights
by Cienna Madrid
Color Theory
by Mary P. Traverse
Meanwhile in Florida
by Dan Savage
Mysterious Email of the Day: Fail? or Big Win?
by Bethany Jean Clement
The Morning News
by Grant Brissey
You Should Dance So Good
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Get Your Ass Off the Couch
by Lara Phillips
"It's the Problem in the Marriage Bed No One Likes to Talk About..."
by David Schmader
Today in Anonymous Dissing of the Goddess
by David Schmader
All You Other Really Old Pieces of Wisconsin Toast Need to Step Off
by Lindy West
Whatever Lifts Your Luggage, George
by Dan Savage
The Time Has Come to Discuss the Finale of
RuPaul's Drag Race
Season 2
by David Schmader
Mother's Day is 6 Days Away...
by Kelly O
Good Luck With That
by Dan Savage
Pretzel m&ms!! Or: Dear m&m's, You Are Forgiven
by Megan Seling
Reading Today
: You Are the Griddle/I Am the Meat
by Paul Constant
Lunchtime Quickie: In Finland, They Have Haaawt Cats
by Kelly O
This Weekend in Fuck Yeah
by David Schmader
The World of Ahmadinejad
by Charles Mudede
Are Video Games Art?
by Jen Graves
Big, Bad Meatpackers
by Bethany Jean Clement
Doe v. Reed
: Inside the Oral Arguments
by Jake Blumgart
Is Apple the New Microsoft?
by Paul Constant
The Red Flag
by Dan Savage
Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
by Lara Phillips
Microsoft Aborts Rumored iPad Killer
by Anthony Hecht
What Are They Feeding Those (White) Kids?
by Bethany Jean Clement
This Weekend: The Things Your Mouth Wants You to Do
by Leda Perticone
He's A Middle-Aged Man...
by Dan Savage
The Morning News
by David Schmader
Rape Victim "Collaborated" With Rapist
by Dan Savage
SDOT Reassesses Burke Gilman Trail's Missing Link
by Cienna Madrid
A Few Thoughts on Free Comic Book Day
by Paul Constant
Cascade Bicycle Club Takes the Green Bike Project to SE Seattle
by Cienna Madrid
This Week in Film:
No One Knows About Persian Cats
by Lindy West
You Learn Something New Every Day
by Brendan Kiley
SL Email Exchange of the Day
by Dan Savage
Clearly a Lover, Not a Fighter
by Cienna Madrid
Happy Star Wars Day!
by Mary P. Traverse
Lunchtime Quickie: Screw Lions, Squirrels are King
by Kelly O
This Is A Test
by Dan Savage
The Morning News
by Lara Phillips
Open Up: Seattle Erotic Art Festival Is On
by Jen Graves
Flickr Photo of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
City Budget Hearing—Live!
by Dominic Holden
Pay for Play: The Response
by Brendan Kiley
Port Trucking Reform Finally Reaches Congress
by Jake Blumgart
Glenn Beckwatch
: The Beginning of the End?
by Paul Constant
A Perfect Space for Words and Ten Word Book Reviews
by Paul Constant
Leaving Arizona
by Dan Savage
Sally Bagshaw—Blogger!
by Dominic Holden
The Stranger Gong Show 2010
by David Schmader
America Is Writing Its Own Self-Help Book
by Paul Constant
The Morning News
by David Schmader
Muni Court Throws Tantrum Over Budget Cuts
by Dominic Holden
Dino Rossi's Latest Problem: Unpaid Taxes
by Eli Sanders
Lunchtime Quickie: What's German?
by Kelly O
Today in Fast-Food Advertising Copy
by Paul Constant
Thirty Business Groups Unite Against City Tax Hikes, Call for "Efficiencies"
by Dominic Holden
Lynn Redgrave...
by Dan Savage
Gold Star Comment
by David Schmader
Gay Couples and Families Included In Immigration Reform—For Now
by Dan Savage
Reading Today
: Get Your Free Comic Books
by Paul Constant
John Paul Stevens's Final Question
by Jake Blumgart
It's a Mystery
by Paul Constant
Gold Star Comment
by David Schmader
Today in Arizona
by Anthony Hecht
Today in Ancient Rumors
by Eli Sanders
Ideology Today: Wall Street's View of Right and Wrong
by Charles Mudede
This Week in Film:
A Nightmare on Elm Street
by Lindy West
Flickr Photo of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
Killing iPad Killers
by Paul Constant
A Few Words on Seattle Police Chief Contender Anne Kirkpatrick
by Cienna Madrid
Do You Want to Raise King County's Sales Tax?
by Dominic Holden
This Saturday at the Crocodile: The Stranger Gong Show!
by David Schmader
Deep Thought
by Brendan Kiley
Tomorrow Is a Brighter Day: Future Offshore Wind Farm
by Charles Mudede
Good News for Patty Murray
by Eli Sanders
"Make It Work..."
by Mary P. Traverse
Headline of the Day/Today in Bowels
by Lindy West
Gawker's Guide to Boycotting Arizona
by David Schmader
Glenn Beckwatch
: He's Right...and Right
by Paul Constant
Modern and Contemporary Curator Leaving SAM
by Jen Graves
Pope o' the Mornin' to Ya!
by Lindy West
Um... Because He Comes In Them?
by Dan Savage
Pedestrian Dies After Being Hit by Truck on Sidewalk
by Cienna Madrid
Oh, Oops! The Best Thing Ever Happened!
by Lindy West
White Comedians I Have Seen at the Airport: A Retrospective
by Lindy West
Seattle Erotic Art Fest 2010, in Photos
by Kelly O
Slog Commenter Book Report: Enigma's Cavalcade of Comics
by Paul Constant
This Saturday Night: The Stranger Gong Show
by David Schmader
Bad Man of the Day
by Jen Graves
Gregoire Unveils Her "Preferred Alternative." (Or, "520 is Ready for Light Rail. Light Rail is Not Ready for 520.")
by Eli Sanders
The Morning News
by Grant Brissey
The Spy Who Pretended to Love Me
by Brendan Kiley
Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Murder, Suicide, and Theft
by Erika Broad
The Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal Gets a Sex Tape
by David Schmader
City Council May Boycott Arizona
by Dominic Holden
In Case You Missed It...
by Dan Savage
Lunchtime Quickie: Today in Bad Taxidermy
by Kelly O
The Pope Is Really Very Seriously Thinking About Maybe Someday Kinda Sorta Apologizing To All Those Kids His Priests Raped (Some With His Help)
by Dan Savage
Must Like Cheerios
by Dan Savage
The
New York Times
Takes a While to Get the Joke
by Paul Constant
This Will Be a Reasonable and Organized Discussion
by Paul Constant
Prosecutors Won't Seek the Death Penalty for Isaiah Kalebu in the South Park Rapes and Murder
by Eli Sanders
SL Letter of the Day: This One's For The Normal Guys
by Dan Savage
They Like To Gripe About Mean Atheists...
by Dan Savage
"Are There Third Pronouns in Foreign Languages?"
by Megan Seling
This Is Me in Five Years
by Lindy West
This Man Is Not Happy With Gregoire's 520 Plan
by Eli Sanders
"Go black people!!"
by Charles Mudede
Where Do You Drink Before Going to a Mariners Game?
by Megan Seling
Keep Digging, GOP, Keep Digging...
by Dan Savage
What If You Threw An Anti-Gay Rally...
by Dan Savage
What He Said
by Dan Savage
Mr. Stickney Goes to Washington. (And Furiously Calls Out
The Stranger
on the Steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.)
by Jake Blumgart
Achuta!*
by Mary P. Traverse
The Best Shopping List in The History of the World
by Kelly O
Andrew Keating, Still Beating
by Jen Graves
I'm Starting to Feel Bad for Toyota
by Christopher Frizzelle
Headline of the Day
by Dan Savage
Drill, Baby, Dr... Oh, Wait.
by Dominic Holden
This Week in Film:
The Back-Up Plan
by Lindy West
Look at These Amazing Photos of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Exploding
by Christopher Frizzelle
SL Letter of the Day: When Does The "Friends Rule" Kick In?
by Dan Savage
Amazon Plays Rough With Penguin
by Paul Constant
Have a Drink, Eat a Hot Pepper
by Bethany Jean Clement
A Fundraiser to Consider
by Jen Graves
Dear Parents of Students Enrolled in a Publicly-Funded "Private" Catholic High School In Canada
by Dan Savage
The Morning News
by Grant Brissey
Where Are You Safer: At Church Or In A Strip Club?
by Dan Savage
So It Looks Like Sex Toys Are "Natural" Too
by Dan Savage
Reading Last Night
: On the Shame of Being From Arizona, and Murdering Rats
by Paul Constant
Council Will Seek Funding for Streetcar Extension to Aloha Street
by Dominic Holden
What Are You Doing? Overseen in the Office Edition!
by Eric Grandy
Cat Stevens Will Not Be Adjusted!
by Grant Brissey
A Dog Owner's Lament
by Dan Savage
This Thursday's Artwalk (INCLUDING FREE PARKING!)
by Jen Graves
A Dead Mother and Her Dead Babies
by Charles Mudede
Reading Tonight
: Mostly Good Titles
by Paul Constant
Stone Age Funnies
by Paul Constant
A Charitable Donation in Ayn Rand's Name
by Paul Constant
Mockery Has a Role To Play, Nick
by Dan Savage
Comic Sans Is a Cancer: City of Seattle Edition
by Paul Constant
Here Comes Our 51st State?
by Paul Constant
Meet George Reker's Luggage Lifter
by Dan Savage
Gregoire on McGinn (And McGinn on Gregoire)
by Eli Sanders
You Gotta Love the Soda Industry Flacks
by Dan Savage
Your Post-Lunchtime Game Diversion
by Paul Constant
Google to Start Selling E-books This Summer
by Paul Constant
McGinn Will (Personally) Boycott Arizona
by Eli Sanders
Bare-Breasted Women Tearing Up Tyranny (Again)
by Cienna Madrid
The Huge Star Coming Out In the May 5 Issue of
People
...
by Dan Savage
The Internet Is Made of Cats: UPDATE
by Mary P. Traverse
Do People in New Orleans Really Need More Character-Building?
by Bethany Jean Clement
Week in Review
by Eli Sanders
Reading Tonight
:
Stranger
-related Events Everywhere!
by Paul Constant
All You Other Large Irish Viking Necklaces Need to Step Off
by Lindy West
Flickr Photo(s) of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
Laura Bush Feels Guilty (No, Not About That)
by Paul Constant
How Many Nuclear Warheads Does the U.S. Have?
by Eli Sanders
Reading Tonight
: The Doctor and the Fisherman
by Paul Constant
RIP Leslie Buck
by Mary P. Traverse
Keep Digging, Arizona
by Anthony Hecht
ArtsJournal Hacked
by Brendan Kiley
Where Is Seattle's Embarrassing 1970s Side?
by Jen Graves
Catholic Priests: They're Not All Child Rapists
by Dan Savage
Acting Parks Superintendent Has Cancer
by Dominic Holden
I Missed The Stranger Gong Show Last Weekend
by Cienna Madrid
A Review of the Blurbs on the Box of the DVD Release of
The Descent Part 2
by Paul Constant
Jizzy Tissues or Germy Donuts: Which Is Grosser?
by Dan Savage
New Logo of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
The Immediate Meaning of Shanghai Expo 2010
by Charles Mudede
Guilty: The New York Police Officer Who Allegedly Shoved a Critical Mass Rider
by Eli Sanders
Film Footage of a Five-Year-Old Flannery O'Connor (Plus Some Crap about the Tony Awards)
by Brendan Kiley
Kleenex Hand Towels: That Sound Is Trees Crying
by Bethany Jean Clement
Alleged Times Square Bombing Failure Identified
by Grant Brissey
Keep Digging, GOP, Keep Digging
by Dan Savage
Black Comedians I Have Seen at the Airport: A Retrospective
by Lindy West
Isn't It Awful When The Authorities Stereotype A Breed Like That?
by Dan Savage
The iPad Inspires a Few Dozen New Book Pirates
by Paul Constant
Clip Art of the Day
by Mary P. Traverse
Happy 50th Birthday, the Pill
by Cienna Madrid
It's Not The Dog, It's The Owner
by Dan Savage
The Problem With Seeing Pollution
by Charles Mudede
Anti-Arizona Protests
by Chicago Fan
One Way to Plug an Undersea Oil Leak: Nuke It.
by Eli Sanders
"How to Write Like Lindy West"
by Lindy West
2012: Nerdvana!
by Paul Constant
Poisoned Kids Meds: Not Just for China Anymore
by Jonathan Golob
Greenwood Arsonist Pleads Guilty
by Cienna Madrid
The End of the Seattle Mystery Bookshop Sign Dispute
by Paul Constant
Finance Director Sets Targets for City Budget Cuts: “We are looking at a bunch of really bad choices.”
by Dominic Holden
Think I'll Wait a Bit Before I Put That Diamond-Encrusted Ring on Craigslist
by Dan Savage
The Arts Politic
by Jen Graves
Currently Hanging
: Eli Hansen
by Jen Graves
Is
Every
Right-Wing, Anti-Gay Christian Bigot Sucking Off Rent Boys?
by Dan Savage
John Mayer Thinks He's a Taste-Maker
by Paul Constant
You Have No Privacy on a Kindle
by Paul Constant
Youth Pastor Watch
by Dan Savage
May Day Rally In Support of Progressive Immigration Reform
by Jake Blumgart
Radical Environmentalist Blew Up Oil Rig
by Charles Mudede
From Foreclosure to Terror
by Charles Mudede
How Do You Convince Frank Blethen That an Income Tax Is a Good Idea?
by Eli Sanders
Today in City Press Releases That Could Really Use a Dose of Comic Sans
by David Schmader
Today in Things That Would Have Made Jesus' Life Much More Pleasant
by David Schmader
It's Not About Politics, or Religion, or the Economy
by Eli Sanders
Currently Hanging Out in Questionland
by Jen Graves
Feminist Sympathizing For Dummies
by Eric Grandy