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Print Archives
>
2010
>
May. 13
Print Edition for the week of
May. 13 - 19, 2010
Vol. 19, No. 36
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Savage Love
Bag Handlers
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Dear Soiled Mattress Down By the River
Film/TV
Robin Hood
: Origins
There's a Good Chance Ridley Scott Has Gone Senile
by Erik Henriksen
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
: Jack Abramoff Is a Supreme Dickhead
by Cienna Madrid
Princess Kaiulani
: Remedial Realism
by Charles Mudede
Ask a Dead Teenager
Letters to Juliet
: That's Amoronic!
by Dave Bow
I, Anonymous
I Had to Fire Someone Today
by Anonymous
Music
Collage of the Wild
Penetration Makes a Psychedelic Spectacle of Itself
by Dave Segal
Note by Node
Seattle Hiphop's Newest Connect: 10-4 Rog
by Charles Mudede
Up & Coming
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
by Stranger Staff
Fucking in the Streets
LCD Soundsystem's New Album,
This Is Happening
by Eric Grandy
It's a Hit
New Singles from Matthew Herbert, Hot Chip, and More
by Michaelangelo Matos
Data Breaker
Sublo Meanly Nices Up Dubstep; Hanssen Goes Raving Mad
by Dave Segal
My Philosophy
Jack the Ripper, Double Hockey Sticks, and Some Bullshit in Arizona
by Larry Mizell Jr.
The Score
A Free Erik Satie Marathon!
by Christopher DeLaurenti
Poster of the Week: Phi Nguyen
by Aaron Huffman
Party Crasher: Sexy Times at a Sexy Comic-Book Party
by Paul Constant
Underage: Black Breath's
Heavy Breathing
by Megan Seling
Theater
Pulling an Icarus
Seattle Opera Tries to Fly Directly from the 19th Century to the 21st
by Christopher DeLaurenti
Books
Living in a Sci-Fi Novel
What Do We Do Now, Cory Doctorow?
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
The Happiest Hour
Zayda Buddy's
by Marti Jonjak
Chow Bio
Russ Flint of Rain Shadow Meats
by Steven Blum
The Best of the Carrot
New Adventures in Perfection at Bisato
by Bethany Jean Clement
Features
Mystery Meat
How Organic Is Seattle's New "Organic" Butcher?
by Matthew Richter
Make Art Anyway
Okay, but Seriously, Can Music and Art Change the World?
by Jen Graves
News
The Other Side of the Story
What the
Seattle Times
Didn't Tell You in Its Story About an "Encouraging" Drug Bust in Pioneer Square
by Dominic Holden
Local Fox Affiliate Accused of Suppressing Police-Brutality Footage
Why Did Q13 Sit on a Violent Cop Video and Then Try to Keep KIRO from Airing It, Too?
by Dominic Holden
Not Your Backyards
Two Families Are Trying to Keep Portions of Volunteer Park for Their Own Private Use
by Cienna Madrid
New Arena
Judy Nicastro Is Designing an Initiative to Woo the NBA Back to Seattle Without Sticking Taxpayers with the Bill
by Dominic Holden
Crossword Puzzle
This Week's Puzzle
Well-Endowed (May 13)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Crossword Solution
Well-Endowed (May 13)
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Dear Science
What Do Oil Spills Do to the Ocean?
by Jonathan Golob
Drunk of the Week
Tranny Talk
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)
I Love Television
Don't Watch It!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Suggests
You Want a Story? I'll Show You a Story!
by Paul Constant
'Kurt'
by Kelly O
Free Cheese!
by Bethany Jean Clement
'Iron Man 2'
by Paul Constant
Cory Doctorow
by Lindy West
'To Serve and Protect'
by Jen Graves
Fuck Buttons, White Rainbow
by Dave Segal
Queen Shmooquan
by Brendan Kiley
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Slog
A Parisian Inquiry About Public Grooming
by David Schmader
Let the Children Come Unto Me...
by Dan Savage
The Capitol Hill Block Party Wants to Add a Third Day
by Eric Grandy
UW Refuses Proceeds from Cop Video T-Shirts
by Dominic Holden
This Really Has to Be One of the Worst Ways to Apprehend a Suspect
by Dominic Holden
SL Letter of the Day: Have The Threesome
by Dan Savage
Married in Portugal, Persecuted in Malawi
by Dan Savage
McGinn Challenges Conlin to a Tunnel Debate
by Eli Sanders
Slog Happy Is Tomorrow!
by Megan Seling
What He Said
by Dan Savage
A "Confrontation" Over "Natural Marriage"
by Dominic Holden
18 for 18: A Follow-Up to the Bill the Butcher Story
by Matthew Richter
180 Degrees South
: Lindy, Do I Really Have to Review This Movie?
by Christopher Frizzelle
The Publishing Industry Does Not Want Your "Good Press"
by Paul Constant
Practical Math
by Paul Constant
Last Call for Angie's in Columbia City?
by Bethany Jean Clement
Two Things I Read Today
by Charles Mudede
The Burial Ground That Is 'Kurt' at SAM, Part 3
by Jen Graves
Seattle Police to Ramp Up Partnership With Mental Health Workers
by Eli Sanders
"The Meal Between Dinner & Breakfast"
by Dominic Holden
Be Glad We Didn't Elect Susan Hutchison
by Dominic Holden
Give 'Em Crabs
by Brendan Kiley
Guy Who's Been Leading the Seattle Repertory Theater for Awhile Will Keep Leading It
by Brendan Kiley
This Weekend I'm Making Cafe Minnie's Really Delicious Tomato Basil Soup
by Megan Seling
Revenge of the Labor Council
by Eli Sanders
The Roanoke Tavern Is Closing
by Bethany Jean Clement
How to Resuscitate One's Boner
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
George Rekers Is Completely Heterosexual
by Dan Savage
Junior Homophobes Enjoy Responsible Gaming
by The Stranger Testing Department
Senator Patty Murray Has a Private Meeting With Elena Kagan Tomorrow. What Questions Should She Ask?
by Eli Sanders
The Beauty of Offshore Drilling Platforms
by Charles Mudede
Rep. Kenney "Sad" About 46th District Switcheroo
by Eli Sanders
What, No Drive Shaft Poster?
by Aaron Huffman
Today in Insanity
by Grant Brissey
Balls
by Bethany Jean Clement
Half of Everyone Wants an E-Reader
by Paul Constant
Something to Remember as the College Admission (and Rejection) Letters Come Rolling In
by Brendan Kiley
Currently Hanging
: Patti Warashina
by Jen Graves
SL Letter of the Day: How Much Is Too Much?
by Dan Savage
Reading Tonight
: Being Fat, Being Silent, Being Fearful
by Paul Constant
"Kill Me Dead With Ice Cream"
by Megan Seling
Questionable Sanity Loose on Denny
by Grant Brissey
I'll Probably Ask Him About This Tonight
by Paul Constant
Coding Black Skin
by Charles Mudede
This Juice Needs More Booze
by Paul Constant
"Whatever lifts your luggage."
by Dan Savage
Headline of the Day
by Dan Savage
Moving Can Be Overwhelming, Questionland Is Here to Help
by Megan Seling
The City We Imagine
by Eli Sanders
BREAKING: Pike Place Market Kind of Gritty
by Dominic Holden
Bad News, Good News: Local Comics Author Edition
by Paul Constant
Every Child Deserves a Mother and a Father
by Dan Savage
A Gusher
by Anthony Hecht
Slog Did Some Good This Week
by Paul Constant
Glenn Beckwatch
: Nazi Tourette's
by Paul Constant
Diaz Won't Withdraw From Running for Chief
by Dominic Holden
Thanks to Everyone Who Came Out for Verse Chapter Verse
by Paul Constant
Which Candidate Is Worse?
by Charles Mudede
Demanding Systemic Change
by Erika Broad
It's Easy to Help Town Hall
by Paul Constant
Regional Jail Plan Eliminates Need for New Jail in NE King County
by Cienna Madrid
IFL Update
by Grant Brissey
Use More Paper, Dickwads
by Paul Constant
Pioneer Square Group Escalates Legal Effort to Block
Real Change
Office
by Dominic Holden
Article Asking for More Comprehensive Sex Education Cut from Catholic-School Newspaper
by Brendan Kiley
Learning About Abstinence From The Expert
by Dan Savage
Antonin Scalia—Sex Maniac?
by Dan Savage
Flickr Photo of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
I Am Bringing Free Books to Slog Happy
by Paul Constant
I Beg to Differ
by Dominic Holden
Friday Afternoon Reading
by Dominic Holden
City Council Will Vote on Arizona Boycott
by Dominic Holden
So Long, Fucker
by Dominic Holden
Flickr Photo of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
Currently Hanging
: The Art of Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes and Friends
by Jen Graves
Suspects Allegedly Use Potato in Drive-By Assault
by Cienna Madrid
Q13 News Director Who Sat on Cop Video Resigns
by Dominic Holden
The Sad Literary Leavings of Slog Happy
by Paul Constant
The Morning News
: GM Up, King County and Everyone Else Down
by Paul Constant
Revolting Against a Post-Narrative World
by Paul Constant
More About the Detroit Police Raid Story
by Paul Constant
Primary Delights
by Dan Savage
"Yes, he can talk to fish. But that's not all he can do, folks!"
by Paul Constant
The Pope Is Projecting
by Dan Savage
Reading Today
: Women We Love
by Paul Constant
Also Tonight and Also Tomorrow Night: Paul F. Tompkins!
by Lindy West
The Other Way of Going Postal: Tubs of Letters
by Charles Mudede
Graduation Season!
by Jen Graves
Maybe He Can Join Bristol Palin On the Lecture Circuit
by Dan Savage
Deep Thought (Inspired By the Mighty-O
Cupcakes
Donuts Someone Sent
The Stranger
Today)
by Christopher Frizzelle
Lunchtime Quickie: Pussy Tongue
by Kelly O
Humans Married By Robot
by Charles Mudede
Is This the Best They Got?
by Dominic Holden
El Centro Calls for More Police Accountability, Rallies Behind Chief Diaz
by Cienna Madrid
Coming Out To Your Parents?
by Dan Savage
Get Your Ass Off the Couch
by Lara Phillips
Today in It Thinks It's People
by David Schmader
Butt-Slap Friday Is Not a Real Holiday
by Cienna Madrid
The Best Thing I've Put in My Mouth in Weeks
by Christopher Frizzelle
Screw Journalism—I've Found My Calling
by Lindy West
Currently Hanging
: Matt Browning
by Jen Graves
Meanwhile in Portland: Fistfights Over Pigs
by Bethany Jean Clement
Ex-Mariners update
by Chicago Fan
Reason #4853 That I Am Glad I Am Not a Teenager
by David Schmader
30 Years Ago Today - Mt. St. Helens
by Anthony Hecht
Brasa Reportedly Closed
by Bethany Jean Clement
I'll Show You a Story
by Cienna Madrid
Most People in Seattle Would Support Sports Arena That Doesn't Rely on Taxes
by Dominic Holden
SL Letter of the Day: Boy Toys
by Dan Savage
It's Friday, and You Probably Aren't Getting Any Work Done Anyway
by Grant Brissey
Reading Tonight
: Cloudy With a Chance of Folk Music
by Paul Constant
Today in "Truth": Mousetrap Never Works
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Today in Writing as an Immediate Artform
by Paul Constant
I'm Not Into Fly Sex or Anything
by Christopher Frizzelle
This Week in
The Stranger
by Christopher Frizzelle
SL Letter of the Day: Unfriend the Bigot
by Dan Savage
There's a Right Way and a Wrong Way to Interview Justin Bieber
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
The Morning News
by Lara Phillips
These Things Make Me Sad
by Dan Savage
Today in Anonymous Lipstick Lesbian Rage
by David Schmader
Today in Irony
by Bethany Jean Clement
Last Night: the Unicorn Barfed Rainbows
by Eric Grandy
Starting Tonight: The Seattle Transgender Film Festival
by David Schmader
"It was Obvious the Suspect Went Straight for the Cigarette Shelf."
by Cienna Madrid
Musical Chairs in the 46th Following Jacobsen's Retirement Announcement
by Eli Sanders
Lunchtime Quickie: Trying to Go Viral, Phat Gay Kid
by Kelly O
Do You Like to Watch People Do Acting?
by David Schmader
Re: Free Pizza in Georgetown
by Jesse Vernon
Chavez on Twitter: "I'm afraid to inform you..."
by Charles Mudede
Police Chief Candidates: New Direction or Stay the Course?
by Cienna Madrid
Local Support Drops for Offshore Drilling
by Dominic Holden
The Size of the Spill
by Dominic Holden
Come On Baby, Light My Fire
by Dan Savage
Don't Fall For "The Wink and The Nod"
by Dan Savage
Rush Limbaugh Hates Comic Books
by Paul Constant
Morning News: Arizona, Oil Spill, Facebook Vie for Title of Supreme Drama Queen
by Cienna Madrid
Christian Wants To Pump You Up
by Dan Savage
An Arab Is the Most Beautiful Woman in America
by Charles Mudede
Chihuly Museum Faces Scores of Competitors for Fun Forest Site
by Cienna Madrid
Would You Like Face Time with the Mayor's Honey-Baked Hams?
by Cienna Madrid
Shit The
New York Times
Won't Print
by Dan Savage
I am Appalled and Impressed.
by Cienna Madrid
Regarding All the Single Ladies
by Cienna Madrid
Pry Your Buttocks From the Love Seat
by Lara Phillips
This Week in Burglary, Small Potatoes Edition
by Lara Phillips
The Truth Is Out There, in a Blown Microphone or Something
by Paul Constant
The Morning News
: Elections, Jury Selections, and Republican Erections
by Paul Constant
"Freedom From Porn"
by Dan Savage
Crack Allegedly Found in Mugger's Crack
by Erika Broad
Reading Tonight
: Guns, Vampires, and Gynecological Shenanigans
by Paul Constant
This Weekend: The Things Your Mouth Wants You to Do
by MATTHEW BATHAN
The Uncertain Future for Gasoline?
by Charles Mudede
Dutch Rush Hour
by Dominic Holden
The Burial Ground That Is 'Kurt' at SAM, Part 4
by Jen Graves
You Can't Make This Stuff Up
by David Schmader
Britons Spending More Time Online?
by Charles Mudede
Free Pizza in Georgetown
by Bethany Jean Clement
Pretty, Educational
by Cienna Madrid
Reading Today
: The Big Cheese
by Paul Constant
Overseen in the Office
by Dominic Holden
Currently Hanging
: The Burial Ground That Is 'Kurt' at SAM, Part 2
by Jen Graves
Seattle Residents Oppose Arizona Boycott
by Dominic Holden
Seattle Is Full of Hills...
by Megan Seling
Playing It Straight
by David Schmader
Olympia Man Charged With Making 1,500 Obscene Phone Calls
by Cienna Madrid
It Is Allergy Season
by Megan Seling
I Am Moving to Alabama
by David Schmader
Update on My Excommunication
by Paul Constant
Reading Tonight
: Dead Poets, Talking Dogs, and Vietnam
by Paul Constant
Megalomaniacal Dictators Bearing Arks
by Grant Brissey
How Did You Find Me Here?
by Paul Constant
Lunchtime Quickie: Is This Worst Wedding DJ Ever?
by Kelly O
Reading Tonight
: I Can't Be Impartial
by Paul Constant
Name This Band!: Special REname This Band Edition!
by Grant Brissey
Should Gregoire Take the Solicitor General Job?
by Eli Sanders
Sex Slavery Running Rampant in Portland!
by Charles Mudede
The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow
by Paul Constant
Insanity: For the Record
by Dominic Holden
Seattle Senator Ken Jacobsen Is Retiring
by Eli Sanders
Wait, Guns
Do
Kill People
by Dominic Holden
I Was Drawn In by the USA Today Headline
by David Schmader
Good Dick?
by Paul Constant
Currently Hanging
: The Burial Ground That Is 'Kurt' at SAM, Part I
by Jen Graves
Get Your Face and Book Back
by Grant Brissey
More Google Jobs in Seattle
by Dominic Holden
A Thought Experiment...
by Dan Savage
Currently Hanging
: Warhol
by Jen Graves
DANGER! PELIGRO! SLOG BABIES UNDER ATTACK!!!
by Lindy West
Morning News: Violence, Opium, And Your Mother's Gluten Allergy
by Cienna Madrid
Save Kiana Firouz
by Dan Savage
Journalism Think Tank Asks if Q13 Was "Too Cozy with Police."
by Dominic Holden
Profile in Hypocrisy: Clint Didier
by Eli Sanders
Hooray for Ellen Forney!
by Paul Constant
Lunchtime Quickie: Japanese Boob Rice
by Kelly O
Are You a Musician Who's Looking for Some Good Advice?
by Megan Seling
Police Beating and Q13 Mocking, the T-Shirts!
by Dominic Holden
The Don't-Show-Me State
by Dan Savage
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
by Dan Savage
Argentina Tries to Fall In Love With Books Again
by Paul Constant
Latino Community Leaders Demand Stronger Punishment for SPD Officers
by Eli Sanders
Three On the Great Oil Catastrophe
by Charles Mudede
Mac Gaming Gets a Little Less Lame Today
by The Stranger Testing Department
Today in Cheap Culinary Miracles
by David Schmader
Me on Too Beautiful to Live Today
by Lindy West
The Morning News
by Lara Phillips
Raging Against Rossi
by Eli Sanders
SL Letter of the Day: Whatever Lifts Your Luggage
by Dan Savage
I (Heart) La Casa del Mojito
by Paul Constant
News From India
by Charles Mudede
Conservatives Mad at Tax Cuts, for Once
by Paul Constant
Stupid Fucking Credulous Hack of the Day: Meg Jones of the
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
by Dan Savage
Portugal Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
by Dan Savage
Capitol Hill Block Party Adds Third Day
by Eric Grandy
What Happened In Pennsylvania Yesterday
by Dan Savage
Gov. Gregoire May Replace Kagan as Solicitor General
by Dominic Holden
Marxism and Insects: Slave-Making Ants
by Charles Mudede
"Ex-Gay Freeze Tag"
by Dan Savage
Where's the Beef (From)?
by Bethany Jean Clement
It's Syttende Mai! Have You Hugged Your Favorite Norwegian Today?
by Lindy West
Every Child Deserves a Mother and a Father
by Dan Savage
Today in the Harrowing Adventures of Suburbia
by Grant Brissey
City Considers Stronger Rental Housing Inspection Program
by Dominic Holden
Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Bathtub Stolen, Urn Returned, Middle School Sleepover Totally Ruined
by Erika Broad
Today in Marquee ZINGS!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Meanwhile in Thailand
by Brendan Kiley
Urban Images
by Charles Mudede
It's Bike Week in Questionland!
by Megan Seling
Does Mayor McGinn Have Confidence in the Way Interim Chief Diaz is Handling the Apparent Assault of a Latino Man by SPD Officers?
by Eli Sanders
The Morning News
: Primaries, Foreign Unrest, and Websites from the Past
by Paul Constant
ACLU Calls for Videotaped SPD Officer to Be Investigated for Hate Crime
by Dominic Holden
I Hope You'll Come to See Cory Doctorow and Pillow Army at the Sunset Tomorrow
by Paul Constant
Every Child Deserves a Mother and a Father
by Dan Savage
Homeless Deaths in Anchorage
by Charles Mudede
Do You Like Vampire Weekend?
by Megan Seling
Required Reading: Americablog Rips Apart Obama's Gay Rights "Accomplishments"
by Dan Savage
The Logical Conclusion of Birthers
by Paul Constant
Illustrated Comment of the Week
by Greg Stump