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Jun. 17
Print Edition for the week of
Jun. 17 - 23, 2010
Vol. 19, No. 41
Savage Love
Boat Party
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Slappy, the Hypochondriac Jack Russell Terrier!
Film/TV
Trash Humpers
: Harmony Korine's New Film Is a Shaky and Strung Out Nightmare
by Brendan Kiley
Play Nice
The Gang's All Back in
Toy Story 3
by Courtney Ferguson
Best Worst Movie
: A Documentary About the Best Worst Film Ever,
Troll 2
by Paul Constant
You've Got Something on Your Lip, Josh
Jonah Hex
's Mild, Mild West
by Ned Lannamann
The City of Your Final Destination
: A Famous Welshman, A Decaying Ranch, and Art-House Perfection
by Charles Mudede
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
: Joan Rivers Will Die for You
by David Schmader
Art House
Micmacs
by Charles Mudede
I, Anonymous
Dog the Virgin Hunter
by Anonymous
Music
Demonic for the People
Rangda: A Three-Headed Psych-Noise Beast
by Dave Segal
Jimmy and Me
A
Degrassi
Superfan's Guide to Drake, Lil Wayne, and Irony
by Lindy West
Fucking in the Streets
Dumb Eyes and Sleepy Eyes
by Eric Grandy
Up & Coming
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
by Stranger Staff
It's a Hit
Seriously, Pop Culture, No More Robots
by Michaelangelo Matos
Data Breaker
Matmos and So Percussion's Outlandish Exotica
by Dave Segal
My Philosophy
Dyme Def's New YUK Clothing Label
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Poster of the Week
Poster by C. M. Ruiz
by Aaron Huffman
Party Crasher
Fighting Authority, Liberating Chickens
by RACHAEL PULLIN
Underage
Videotapes Hanging in Trees Killed the Press Release
by Megan Seling
Theater
Get Off My Lawn!
An Early Morning Chat with Bill Cosby While He Takes a Break from Writing a Eulogy for His High-School Basketball Coach
by Adrian Ryan
Nasty, Brutish, and Short
A Quartet of Plays About the Banality of Evildoers
by Brendan Kiley
Burlesque Box
Jo Boobs and Deflowered Brides
by Jessica Price
Visual Art
Trashed, Burned, Abandoned
The Olympic Sculpture Park Finally Comes Alive
by Jen Graves
Books
The Curse of Dorothy Parker
Sloane Crosley Is More Than Just a Hilarious Lady
by Paul Constant
Constant Reader
Seattle Public Library Needs New Leadership
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Blue-Ribbon Batter
The Allen Brothers Bring Some Serious Golden-Fried Deliciousness to Rainier Valley
by Brendan Kiley
Bar Exam
The Sounders Guest-Bartend at Post
by Bethany Jean Clement
Chow Bio
George Coromilas of Fatty's Corner Pizzeria
by Sarah Galvin
The Happiest Hour
Blue C Sushi in Fremont
by Marti Jonjak
Features
What's wrong with art in Seattle? Our art schools, according to SAM's outgoing contemporary curator.
Michael Darling Schools the Schools
by Jen Graves
What Are You Doing?: The Innovators
The Stranger
Walks In On an Inventor, a Paleontologist, an Underwater Explorer, and a Comic Artist Who Went Viral
by Jen Graves, Charles Mudede and Megan Seling
What Do All These Drunk of the Week Photos Have in Common?
A Preview of Kelly O's Photography Show That Opens at Easy Street Records in West Seattle This Week
by Christopher Frizzelle
News
Ballot Boxing
Pissed at Lawmakers in Olympia, Washington Residents File a Record Number of Initiatives—Some Good, Some Terrifying, and Some Just Batshitcrazy
by Eli Sanders
The Insufferable Neighborhood Activists
NIMBYs Have United Across the City to Defend the Worst Town Houses
by Cienna Madrid
Police Beat
Cone Heads
by Charles Mudede
Control Tower
Spanks a Lot: BDSM Without Sex
by Mistress Matisse
I Love Television
Ten Reasons to Dislike Miley Cyrus
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of
The Stranger
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Slog
Morning News: It's Father's Day, Civil Unions Slated for Hawaii, and Rwanda Gets an Ice Cream Shop.
by Cienna Madrid
Uh-Oh, Marie Callender's
by Bethany Jean Clement
Lunchtime Quickie: Rocket Tooth
by Kelly O
Shadow School Board Votes No Confidence in Seattle Public School Superintendant
by Cienna Madrid
Saddlebacking in the News
by Dan Savage
Full TILT
by Brendan Kiley
Reading Tonight
: You Should Feel Totally Overwhelmed
by Paul Constant
Second-Most Attractive Obama Cabinet Official Leaving White House
by Christopher Frizzelle
The Weather Could Be Worse...
by Dan Savage
Every Child Deserves a Mother and a Father
by Dan Savage
Holmes Charges Jaywalker Involved in Cop-Punch Incident
by Dominic Holden
Top Republican Apologizes to BP for Obama's Action
by Dominic Holden
Up In The Air
by Dan Savage
Morning News
by Brendan Kiley
Lawn Care in Los Angeles
by Dan Savage
Death Threats Aren't Helpful
by Dan Savage
Lunchtime Quickie: Khloe Kardashian's Hairy Situation
by Kelly O
The Art of the City
by Charles Mudede
Visualizing the Drug War
by Brendan Kiley
Guns Today
by Charles Mudede
Eminem Comes Out...
by Dominic Holden
"Significant Announcement" Coming Regarding South Park Bridge
by David Schmader
Shamwow! + Eminem!
by Grant Brissey
World Cupdate: Their Long, Gallic Nightmare Is Finally Over
by Brendan Kiley
Straight Parents Never Have Threeways
by Dan Savage
The Artist's Statement of a Subway Sandwich
by Jen Graves
A Little Good News
by Dan Savage
Sarah Palin Doesn't Want Pot Smokers Arrested
by Dominic Holden
Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Puts Playwrights on the Payroll
by Brendan Kiley
Lunchtime Quickie: Everybody Loves a Lesbian
by Kelly O
Right Said
Red Dead Redemption
by The Stranger Testing Department
Mayor Picks Ex-Judge as New Civilian Police Auditor
by Riya Bhattacharjee
This Food is Terrible! And Such Small Portions!
by David Schmader
Liveslogging Slovenia vs USA at
The 5 Point
an Undisclosed Location Where We're Late and the Internet Hates Us
by Anthony Hecht
Week in Review
by Eli Sanders
On Abortion, Many Questions That Dino Rossi Still Won't Answer
by Eli Sanders
Nature Abhors a Vacuum: The Design Commission Entertains Temporary Proposals for Vacant Places
by Jen Graves
Closing Arguments in the Prop 8 Trial
by Dominic Holden
The Historic INS Building Wakes Up Again
by Jen Graves
The Ick Factor
by Dan Savage
Yes? No?
by Dan Savage
This Shit Is Really Getting To Me
by Dan Savage
Chloe Sevigny's Summer Plans
by David Schmader
And Another Thing About Rossi v. Murray
by Eli Sanders
What's for Lunch?
by Bethany Jean Clement
American Press Stressing that BP Is a British Company
by Charles Mudede
Today in Appropriate Penis Mutilation
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
American Fucking Meets American Breastfeeding
by Charles Mudede
What Song Is In Your Head Today?
by Grant Brissey
Joe Barton Would Like to Apologize To...
by Brendan Kiley
Capitol Hill Acquires a New Park
by Cienna Madrid
In the 34th, a Clash of Generations and Endorsements
by Eli Sanders
David Mamet on The Colbert Report: "Is Theater a Creep Magnet?"
by Brendan Kiley
iOS 4 Update
by Anthony Hecht
New Microsoft Office Kinda Weird
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Mariners v. Cubs
by Chicago Fan
Palin: Government Not Solving Your Oil Spill Problems? Try God!
by Anthony Hecht
This Week in Film:
The City of Your Final Destination
by Lindy West
Ladies and Gentlemen, I Give You the Tongue
by Brendan Kiley
Vuvuzela-Be-Gone!
by Eli Sanders
First They Came For Our Salt Shakers
by Dan Savage
Upskirt Update
by David Schmader
K-Strass on His Dark Past
by Grant Brissey
The Progressive Slate for the Primary Election
by Dominic Holden
Hardware Retailer Exposes Gays to Temptations of Home Improvement
by Dominic Holden
Clean Energy Legislation, Made Simple
by Eli Sanders
The Texan Taliban
by Dan Savage
SL Letter of the Day: One From the Archives...
by Dan Savage
Last Night's "Work of Art" on Bravo
by Jen Graves
Headline of the Day
by Bethany Jean Clement
Female Genital Mutilation at Cornell University
by Dan Savage
My Head Has Exploded
by Mary P. Traverse
Until The Sexbots Come Along...
by Dan Savage
The Punched Jaywalker Apologizes
by Bethany Jean Clement
Sharks!
by Mary P. Traverse
The GOP's Misconstrued Misconstruction
by Charles Mudede
New Taxes Save State Budget
by Dominic Holden
Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous, love is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offense, it is not resentful...
by Dan Savage
It Takes a Big Man to Hilariously Mock a Teenage Girl
by David Schmader
Today in Sentences That Will Send Your Hat Flying Upwards from Your Head in Surprise
by David Schmader
Got a Question for the Gays?
by David Schmader
Bias Attacks in Seattle Target Racial Minorities, Gays
by Riya Bhattacharjee
If His Son Is Happy...
by Dan Savage
This Week in Film:
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
by Lindy West
More Bad News From/For The Gulf
by Dan Savage
How to Ruin A City
by Jen Graves
This Week in Questionland: Gays!
by David Schmader
Super Dave's Super Sushi Is Coming to Capitol Hill
by Bethany Jean Clement
Nice Day...
by Dan Savage
Today's Agenda
by Dan Savage
Get Your Ass Off the Couch
by Lara Phillips
All Vuvuzela, All the Time
by Eli Sanders
County Officials Dispute Information in Unflattering State Audit
by Riya Bhattacharjee
"La Toya Jackson + Bubbles the Chimp = Holy Shiiii..."
by Grant Brissey
Space Shuttle May Be Entombed in Seattle
by Riya Bhattacharjee
The World Cup Matches We'll Be Covering on Slog This Week
by Christopher Frizzelle
Morning News: The Brain in God's Neck; Seal Pups Aren't Your Play Things; Water Takes Its Revenge
by Cienna Madrid
Morning News: Taiwan Faces Baby Deficit; Novelist Wakes up Illiterate; and the Ocean is Still Broke but BP Isn't (Yet)
by Cienna Madrid
Flames At Sea
by Dan Savage
What Did You Dream About Last Night?
by Megan Seling
Viagra Doesn't Increase Desire
by Charles Mudede
Belltown Residents, Business Owners Skeptical of SPD's Plan to Improve Nightlife
by Cienna Madrid
What I Learned at Dino Rossi's Second Financial Seminar
by Cienna Madrid
Could A Democrat...
by Dan Savage
Blacks and BP
by Charles Mudede
Who Do These Sounders Like to Win the World Cup?
by Bethany Jean Clement
Strap-On Tools
by Dan Savage
Nothing Can Make Female Genital Mutilation at Cornell University Less Horrifying
by David Schmader
"Human Rights Are Gay Rights and Gay Rights Are Human Rights"
by Dominic Holden
I Have Been to the New Olympic Sculpture Park, and the New Olympic Sculpture Park Is Good
by Jen Graves
Maybe We Should Offer BP A Tax Break To Drill & Spill In Lake Union
by Dan Savage
SL Letter of the Day: Don't Hate the Player...
by Dan Savage
Liquor-Law Backers Ready to Turn In Petitions
by Dominic Holden
Last Call
by Dan Savage
Discovering How Enormous Your Interior Is
by Jen Graves
Not
The Onion
by Dan Savage
Reagan, Objectively, Ruined This Country...
by Jonathan Golob
The Thing I Didn't Mention in My Review of Harmony Korine's New Movie "Trash Humpers"...
by Brendan Kiley
It's Going To Be Beautiful Tomorrow Night...
by Dan Savage
There's a Silent Reading Party Tonight
by Christopher Frizzelle
SL Letter of the Day: Sucks To Be You?
by Dan Savage
Lunchtime Quickie: The Breakfast Club XXX Remake
by Kelly O
SL Letter of the Day: Lying Low
by Dan Savage
An Eye For Life on Earth
by Charles Mudede
Liveslogging France vs. Mexico (with Grant Cogswell) at Cafe Presse, Where the Lady Next to Me Just Yelled "It's Too Loud in Here!"
by Christopher Frizzelle
Today in Making Light of Ongoing Tragedies for Fun and Profit
by David Schmader
Dino Rossi's Web Site: Still No Issues.
by Eli Sanders
Currently Hanging
: Martha Colburn
by Jen Graves
Council Changing Its Position on the Tunnel?
by Dominic Holden
A Nighttime Request
by Grant Brissey
The Spaceman Across the Street Still Haunts Me
by Grant Brissey
Youth Pastor Watch
by Dan Savage
Finally, a Suitable Replacement for the Vuvuzela
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Seattle Cop Punch Goes Worldwide
by Bethany Jean Clement
More Than This
by Charles Mudede
Fangirl Elena Kagan Backs "Religious Liberty" Over Anti-Discrimination Laws
by Dan Savage
Screw the World Cup and Happy Father's Day!
by Chicago Fan
Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Dog-Hating A-Holes, Creeps With Goatees, Carnival Queers
by Erika Broad
I'm Feeling Sexually Attracted to Ted Danson Today. How Are You?
by Lindy West
Morning News
by Brendan Kiley
New Seattle Nightlife Safety Plan Puts 20 More Officers on Patrol Downtown
by Cienna Madrid
Obama to Back Family Leave for Gays
by Dominic Holden
Throwing a Pride Party?
by Megan Seling
Tunnel Graffiti
by Charles Mudede
"Burqavaganza": Satire Banned in Pakistan
by Brendan Kiley
I Never Even Knew This Song Existed
by Megan Seling
Where Bad Books Come to Die
by Cienna Madrid
Re: Female Genital Mutilation at Cornell University
by Alice Dreger
World Cup: USA vs. Algeria
by Dan Savage
June 18 Memorial Service for Fremont Fire Victims
by Cienna Madrid
Possible Graffiti = 911 Emergency
by Dominic Holden
Get Your Ass Off the Couch
by Lara Phillips
McKenna Backs "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repeal
by Eli Sanders
Graffiti and Tubs!!!
by Grant Brissey
Whoever Let Me Go an Entire Day Without Hearing This Story Is BEYOND FIRED.
by Lindy West
Notes from the Prayer Warrior
by Eli Sanders
It's the New Trailer for
The Smurfs
, Guys! (What Do You Mean, 'You Don't Care'?)
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
In Case You Were Doing Some Ralph Macchio Research But Having Trouble Pronouncing "Ralph Macchio"
by Lindy West
Art Fight: Are Seattle's Art Schools Good Enough?
by Jen Graves
Hey, Your Mom's Getting Drunk in the Park, and It Ain't Pretty
by Kelly O
The Night Museum
by Jen Graves
Greek Active Macbeth
by Brendan Kiley
The USA Is Playing in the World Cup Tomorrow Morning at 7 am...
by Christopher Frizzelle
Morning News
by Brendan Kiley
Geek Love
by David Schmader
McChrystal's Out
by Jen Graves
Totally SFW Pin-Ups!
by Mary P. Traverse
FBI Destroyed Hiphop!, Schoolly D's Birthday, and the Chemical Brothers' "Where Do I Begin?" Revisited
by Grant Brissey
Dedicated Cycle Tracks Proposed for Dexter Avenue North
by Cienna Madrid
Wayne Rooney
by David Schmader
Convincing People to Drink Less Soda
by Dan Savage
Mayor Won't Re-Open Seattle Police Chief Search
by Cienna Madrid
All Apologies
by Eli Sanders
A Exciting Note About Two Useful Words
by Dominic Holden
The Best Sentence I Have Read All Year
by Brendan Kiley
Anthony Bourdain's Nasty Bits
by Bethany Jean Clement
Currently Hanging
: Bad Renoirs
by Jen Graves
To the Person or People Giving the Squirrel Nuts: Please Stop
by Bethany Jean Clement
Bill Cosby on His
Stranger
Interview
by Eli Sanders
19-Year-Old Attacked For Being Directionless
by Erika Broad
Shamwow + Eminem, Hanson Fans Riot!!!, a Nicolas Cage Cartoon, Norse Horse,
Another
Worst Song of 2010 (So Far), an HOLY SHIT JEN GRAVES MAKES A LINE OUT POST.
by Grant Brissey
It's a Fine Day for a Fro-Turd*
by Lindy West
The Continuing Tragedy of Boy A
by Brendan Kiley
Dueling Booze Initiatives Could Each Cost the State Millions
by Cienna Madrid
Anything Is Possible Through God
by Dan Savage
China Shows Confidence in Obama
by Charles Mudede
Twittered to Death
by Cienna Madrid
Shockingly, a Woman is Mistaken for Justin Bieber
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Dems to Force Vote on Stricter Campaign Financing
by Dominic Holden
Morning News: Mike Huckabee Makes a Joke.
by Cienna Madrid
What UW Students Need to Know About Drugs
by Dominic Holden
Apple is the New Mantracker
by Cienna Madrid
God Isn't the First Fictional Character...
by David Schmader
More Bad Music!
by Grant Brissey
More Jaywalker Punch Fallout: Police Guild Throws Tantrum at City Attorney
by Dominic Holden
The Ultimate Gun Lover
by Charles Mudede
Yes We Can (Barely Meet the Minimum Requirement to Stay in the World Cup)!
by Brendan Kiley
Youthful Pastor Watch
by Dan Savage
Jamaican Drug Lord Is Captured
by Charles Mudede
GOAL!:
Argentina Futbol Club
Is A Movie You Will Love
by Jen Graves
Georgetown, Belltown Residents Confront Cops on Recent Neighborhood Shootings
by Cienna Madrid
The Many Uses of Twitter
by Brendan Kiley
"The Spectacle" Is Coming Tomorrow
by Jen Graves
Recreation Minister Watch
by Dan Savage
The Man and Amanda Knox
by Charles Mudede
Man Robbed of $1,375 at ATM
by Erika Broad
In Case You Missed It...
by Anthony Hecht
The Didier Bubble, as Inflated by Didier
by Eli Sanders
Lunchtime Quickie: Salma Hayek's Boo, I Mean, Bugs
by Kelly O
What's That Stench?!
by Mary P. Traverse
What Is the Worst Song EVER?
by Megan Seling
Uh-Oh, SpaghettiOs
by Bethany Jean Clement
The New UK Is an Ugly UK
by Charles Mudede
Why
The Stranger
Accepted the Ad on Page 15 of This Week's Paper
by Eli Sanders
Florida Less Hot on Drilling Somehow
by Dominic Holden
Slamming!
by Dan Savage
SL Letter of the Day: Big Lies, Small Dick
by Dan Savage
Morning News: Dino Rossi, Rat Poison, Tony Hayward, Golf Clubs, and Other Assaults on Decency
by Cienna Madrid
Suggests
'Save Face'
by Jen Graves
'Splice'
by Paul Constant
Matt Browning, Andrew Dadson, Peter Sutherland
by Jen Graves
Mamma's Rock & Roll Circus
by Dave Segal
'Paved Paradise: Redux'
by David Schmader
Beer & Bingo
by David Schmader
Matmos and So Percussion
by Eric Grandy
Colson Whitehead
by Paul Constant