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Print Archives
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2010
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Aug. 19
Print Edition for the week of
Aug. 19 - 25, 2010
Vol. 19, No. 50
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Savage Love
Quickies
by Dan Savage
New Column!
New Column
Hunting the Wild
Twilight
Cougar
Film/TV
China Is for Insects; America Is for Winners!
Mao's Last Dancer
's Tired Old Mythology
by Charles Mudede
Curse You, Decimal Points!
A Swedish Comedy About Two (Gay) Men and a (Teenage, Homophobic) Baby
by ERNIE PIPER IV
Art House
Two in the Wave
by Charles Mudede
I, Anonymous
Only One Way to Find Out
by Anonymous
Music
Take On the World
Wavves' Post-Meltdown Makeover
King of the Beach
by Eric Grandy
Knight on the Town
The Adventures and Secret History of Sir Thomas Gray
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Up & Coming
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
by Stranger Staff
Fucking in the Streets
"The gayest I've seen Neumos since it was ARO.space. Or something."
by Eric Grandy
Overkiller Queen
How an Inexhaustible Wannabe Became the World's Biggest Pop Star
by David Schmader
It's a Hit
A Summer Speed Round of Headphone Dubstep
by Michaelangelo Matos
Data Breaker
Greg Davis's Buddhist Bliss Tones, Twitch's Disco Diversity
by Dave Segal
My Philosophy
Digable Planets, Xperience, and LaRue
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Underage
Say Hi, Head Like a Kite, and Puppies
by Megan Seling
Sound Check
DV One: On Mixtapes and Roulette
by Trent Moorman
Poster of the Week
Poster by Chanda Helzer
by Aaron Huffman
The Homosexual Agenda
NX Weekend,
Saturday Night Fever
, and Trouble Dicso
by Adrian Ryan
Party Crasher
Everyone Get in My Mom's Prom Dress!
by MATTHEW BATHAN
Theater
Come Again?
Frankenocchio
and
Amniotes
—Double Takes Don't Help
by Brendan Kiley
Burlesque Box
The Heavenly Spies Find the Balance Between Artful and Raunchy
by Jessica Price
Visual Art
Open Wide and Say "Oh!"
A Still Life That Won't Hold Still
by Jen Graves
In Art News
Hey,
Twilight
, the Quileutes Aren't Werewolves
by Jen Graves
Books
Dueling Jesuses
Big Atheist Philip Pullman Blurbs Himself
by Paul Constant
Stronger Than Fiction
Dennis Cooper's Essays Trump His Snuff Novels
by Brendan Kiley
Food & Drink
Really, Really Good Fried Chicken
Where to Get the Bird That Will Make You Very, Very Happy
by Stranger Staff
Features
The Mystery of the Tainted Cocaine
What's a drug used to deworm livestock—a drug that can obliterate your immune system—doing in your cocaine? Nobody knows.
by Brendan Kiley
Pot Paradox
Seattle Is at the Vanguard of Legalizing Pot, So Why Are arrest levels Worse Than Ever?
by Dominic Holden
Two Nights at The Gathering
My Summer Vacation with the Juggalos
by Kelly O
News
Stoner Mistake
How Dino Rossi's Attack on a WSU Cannabis Researcher Backfired
by Eli Sanders
Sour Grapes
Gallery Owners Incensed After Liquor Board Cracks Down at Art Walk
by Cienna Madrid
Police Beat
A Rash of Necklace Crimes
by Charles Mudede
Maakies
by Tony Millionaire
Illustrated Comment of the Week
by Greg Stump
Dear Science
Are Vaccinated Illnesses Extinct in the U.S.?
by Jonathan Golob
Drunk of the Week
Corn-dogged!
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
In Defense of Bush
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Suggests
Ensalada Fresca
by Megan Seling
Kalup Linzy
by Jen Graves
'The Room'
by Lindy West
'The Expendables'
by Lindy West
Digable Planets
by Charles Mudede
Bad Bugs Bunny
by Paul Constant
Hempfest
by Dominic Holden
Stacey Levine & Friends
by Paul Constant
Last Days
Week in Review
by Ann Romano
Slog
Court Lets ACLU Argue in Amazon Customer Privacy Lawsuit
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Life Imitates Onion
by Anthony Hecht
My Stupid Lawyers
by Dan Savage
Really, Really Good Fried Chicken
by Bethany Jean Clement
The Morning News
by Logan Gowdey
Is It Necrophilia If You Fuck a Zombie?
by Paul Constant
Drunken Idiot Boyfriend at the Concert I, Anonymous!
by Grant Brissey
Why Have We Been Worrying So Much About Robots? THEY'RE ROBO-TARDED!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Black Swan
Trailer: A Bit of a Boner Pincher!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
"I feel shitty about it, but voted quickly and ignorant."
by Eli Sanders
A Second Helping of Second Guessing
by Dan Savage
Caption Yet Another God Damned Picture of Justin Beiber!!!
by Grant Brissey
Plaudits to the Seattle Police
by Dominic Holden
Seattle's Nightlife Throwdown
by Cienna Madrid
Meanwhile in New York: The Taxing of the Slicing
by Bethany Jean Clement
Rapture of the Deep:
Piranha 3D
by Andrew Wright
The Morning News
by Logan Gowdey
Please Stop Making Cupcake-Flavored Everything
by Megan Seling
Special Horror
by Jen Graves
Louisiana Primary Results Good News For Diaper-Wearing Whoremongers
by Dan Savage
Three Sentences from
Cook to Bang
by Paul Constant
Rumbaugh: More on What Happened.
by Eli Sanders
Graham Crackers
by Dan Savage
Looks Like They've Finally Found a Way to Stop Straight-Identified Men From Having Sex With Other Straight-Identified Men in Public Parks
by Dan Savage
Rumbaugh: "This election should be a huge warning shot to the progressive community.”
by Eli Sanders
Reading Tonight
: Totem Pole Fantasy
by Paul Constant
Make Porn For Seattle City Light: A HUMP! Challenge!
by Dan Savage
Soda Lobby Dumps $7 Million More into State to Defend Junk Food
by Dominic Holden
Goldy al-Hmār
by Dan Savage
Get Great Parenting Advice From the Experts
by Megan Seling
The Joke's on Hitler
by Paul Constant
Let's Talk About
Sex
Dark Energy
by Charles Mudede
Housing Authority Screws Tenants Six Ways to Sunday, Lawsuit Charges
by Cienna Madrid
Hate Registration
: Faith 103 at Glenn Beck University
by Paul Constant
The Morning News
: The Oil Spill Is Still in the Gulf (Duh!), Pakistan Accepts Help from India (Wow!), and Seattle Might Make Ice Cream Trucks Legal (Yay!)
by Megan Seling
Lunchtime Quickie: We've Got to Stop the Mosque at Ground Zero
by Kelly O
There Are No Elderly Homosexual Fact Checkers at
Mother Jones
by Dan Savage
Another Train Related Death
by Charles Mudede
SL Letter of the Day: Sounds Like the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship
by Dan Savage
This Year's Hempfest Poster
by Dominic Holden
Glenn Beckwatch
: Fox News Money Runs Like a River
by Paul Constant
Reading Today
: Pilot Books, All Day Long
by Paul Constant
SL Letter of the Day: But Some Women Can't Handle the Truth (Some Men Too)
by Dan Savage
Something About The Juxtaposition
by Dan Savage
Warhol in Kazakhstan and Staring Down the Beast That Is Bravo TV: Two Brain-Moving Art Events in the Last Two Days
by Jen Graves
More Election Results: Fitzgibbon Leads in 34th (Eeeeeeeeeee!)
by Dominic Holden
Clint Didier's Complicated Goodbye
by Logan Gowdey
SL Letter of the Day: Fantasies Can Be Realized Through Fantasy
by Dan Savage
Guess What I Wear as a Hat? A Lentil!
by Bethany Jean Clement
"Where in Washington can I camp in a haunted forest?"
by Megan Seling
Freight Advocacy Group Probably Pledges $5 Million to Replace South Park Bridge
by Cienna Madrid
"Now Let Me Welcome Everybody to the Wild, Wild West..."
by Charles Mudede
Europe's Got Talent
by Brendan Kiley
Today: Watch Half-Naked Men Play Soccer For Charity!
by Cienna Madrid
Lunchtime Quickie: The Snazzy Crapper
by Kelly O
George Will, Laura Schlessinger, Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck, Kathleen Parker, Mike Gallagher, Michael Barone, Bill O’Reilly, Elisabeth Hasselbeck
by Dan Savage
More Signs of the Asian Century
by Charles Mudede
SECB at the Five Point: A Photo Essay (Part 6)
by Stranger Election Control Board
Turns Out Ashton Kutcher Was a Figment of Our Collective Imagination
by Dan Savage
Pot Arrests Spike Under McGinn and Diaz
by Dominic Holden
Charlie Finch's Fifty Favorite Paintings
by Jen Graves
The Universe of Capitalism
by Charles Mudede
Follow Cocktail Compass on Twitter
by Megan Seling
Lunchtime Quickie: Today in Cats
by Kelly O
Joe Perry Pushed Steven Tyler Off the Stage! (Or Did He?)
by Megan Seling
Which Slog Commenter Predicted the Senate Race Point Spread?
by Eli Sanders
As Seen on the Sidewalk
by Dominic Holden
This Week's Answer of the Week (Or: A Reward for Fantastic Facial Hair)
by Megan Seling
Gauging the Pulse of Iraqi Politics Based on Porn
by Cienna Madrid
Fox News Sexpert Channels Mudede
by Dan Savage
Seattle City Light Powers Your Porn™
by Dan Savage
Do These Aprons Infuriate You?
by Bethany Jean Clement
The Morning News
: US Military Withdraws From Iraq, 20% of Americans Think Obama Is a Muslim, and a Lady Finds 80-Year-Old Babies
by Megan Seling
Another Day, Another Man Getting Funky with His Ear
by David Schmader
Target Targeted
by Dan Savage
The Morning News:
So Over, So Sorry, and So Gay
by Eli Sanders
Notes from the Prayer Warrior
by Eli Sanders
The First Disappointment of the Fall Books Season
by Paul Constant
Happy Birthday, Some of the Most Important People in the World!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Cake vs Pie? Who Cares! Have It All With the Cherpumple Pie Cake!
by Megan Seling
No, I Do Not Know Exactly What Happened Last Wednesday Night at Open Satellite
by Jen Graves
Week in Review
by Eli Sanders
Yes, Yes, Ira Glass, Dan Savage—But, Seriously, Do Not Fucking Miss JD Twitch at Trouble Dicso Tonight
by Eric Grandy
Sometimes The Most Politic Thing To Say...
by Dan Savage
Man Machines
by Charles Mudede
The Best of Zimbabwe
by Charles Mudede
If You're Afraid of The Mayor Stealing Your Identity Through Online Surveys About Nightlife...
by Cienna Madrid
Another
Daily Show
, Another Required Viewing
by Dan Savage
Stop and Smell the Roses
by Dan Savage
Seth Godin Gives Up on Traditional Publishing
by Paul Constant
What Gloomy Gus Said
by Dominic Holden
Randy Quaid: Crazy Litigious; or, Pro Se What?
by David Schmader
Now You Can Get Your Obooma! 2010 T-Shirt
by Megan Seling
Trenton Doyle Hancock's "Call to Color" Is Coming
by Jen Graves
Today in Advertising
by David Schmader
Leave Ernest Borgnine ALOOOOONE!
by Dan Savage
On the Wrong Side of History: Obama On Gay Marriage
by Dan Savage
"[My opponent's] bill reduces the institution of marriage to a roach motel: You can check in, but you can't check out."
by Dan Savage
Today in Anonymous Fury Inspired by Not Being Fucked by a 41-Year-Old with Crooked Teeth
by David Schmader
It's Hump Day! Have You Started Your HUMP! Film Yet?
by Kelly O
"I am catched cold in the brain."
by Paul Constant
Oh, T Magazine, Sometimes You Send Me
by Jen Graves
O They Will Know We Are Christians...
by Dan Savage
The Mystery of the Tainted Cocaine
by Christopher Frizzelle
Headline of the Day
by Bethany Jean Clement
Buh-Bye
by Dan Savage
Kelly O's Photos of the Gathering
by David Schmader
Snazzy Napper: It's Like a Nap in a Bag! (That's Good, Right?)
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
The Morning News:
Fighting, Falling, False
by Eli Sanders
YouTube Validates Its Existence: Dina Martina Edition
by David Schmader
Rumbaugh: What Happened.
by Eli Sanders
This Weekend:
The Room
with Tommy Wiseau Live in Person!
by David Schmader
Reading Today
: Take a Trip to Gay City
by Paul Constant
Thank God for ABC's
Nightline
by David Schmader
The Morning News:
Stuffed Animals and Salmonella
by Eli Sanders
Election Night Review: The Left Blew the Supreme Court Race, Readers Blew the State's Website, the SECB Blew a Walrus Cock, and Fear of a GOP Sweep in November
by Dominic Holden
Reading Tonight
: Down with OPP
by Paul Constant
Every Child Deserves a Mother and a Father
by Dan Savage
George Clooney, Please Get Off My African Art Museum Story
by Jen Graves
In Case You Missed It: Deejays Ira Glass and Dan Savage
by Grant Brissey
In the Middle of an Economic Crisis, the State's Second-Highest Paid Employee Is Up for a Raise
by Brendan Kiley
We Must Stop Steven Spielberg From Further Destroying the Indiana Jones Legacy!
by Megan Seling
The "Real People" Behind This Hit on Denny Heck? Looks Like a Bunch of Professional Republicans.
by Eli Sanders
Sniffing Sally Ride's Tampons
by Paul Constant
Five Great Questions Asked About the Mayor's Nightlife Initiative Last Night
by Cienna Madrid
More Tickets to Tomorrow's Trouble Dicso Party With DJ Ira Glass vs. DJ Dan Savage Will Be Released Today
by Megan Seling
Murray Tries to Put Rossi on the Wrong Side of Job Creation
by Eli Sanders
Seattle Public Library Will Be Closed from August 30 to September 7
by Paul Constant
The Morning News
: Rod Blagojevich Is Found Guilty (on One Count), Dr. Laura Leaves Radio Show (but Still Isn't Going Away), and Hollywood Plastic Surgeon Dies (Don't Text and Drive, Friends)
by Megan Seling
Overheard in the Office
by Bethany Jean Clement
When Critics Knew How to Criticize (Part Seven in a Series)
by Brendan Kiley
Seattle's Judge Judy Also an Insufferable Ass
by Dominic Holden
Reading Tonight
: The Internets!
by Paul Constant
The Funniest Music Video You'll Ever See (This Week)
by Megan Seling
Currently Standing
: Myfanwy MacLeod
by Jen Graves
Pop-Tarts: The Casserole
by Bethany Jean Clement
"Which bar shows La Liga games?"
by Megan Seling
David Schmader on Lady Gaga, Madonna, and the Moon Landing
by Christopher Frizzelle
There Are Rules, People
by David Schmader
Will 2010 Herald the Return of Glowy Magic?
by Paul Constant
Meanwhile in Iran
by Brendan Kiley
Currently Sitting
: Ken Lum
by Jen Graves
SECB at the Five Point: A Photo Essay (Part 2)
by Stranger Election Control Board
Dumb Twat Tweets and Drives...
by Dan Savage
And Another Thing About That Attack on Denny Heck
by Eli Sanders
Newsflash: Crazy Ladies Are Crazy
by Paul Constant
Terror Never Waits
by Charles Mudede
Lando Loves Jabba
by Mary P. Traverse
Happy Birthday, Semi-Nude Steve Guttenberg!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
The Last Word on Cake vs. Pie
by Dan Savage
SL Letter of the Day: Yeah, That'll Work
by Dan Savage
Re: Today in Advertising
by Dan Savage
You Have Exactly One Hour Left to Vote for Your Favorite Entry...
by Megan Seling
Headline of the Day
by Bethany Jean Clement
How Green Is Your iPad?
by Paul Constant
Does an Endorsement from the 34th District Dems Matter? No Surprise, Two Guys Who Want One Say Yes.
by Eli Sanders
It Can't Happen Here
by Dan Savage
It Amazes Me That People Take Their Children To Church At All
by Dan Savage
Wall Street Giving Up the Blow
by Brendan Kiley
Grayson on Fox News: "Monty Python's Lying Circus"
by Dan Savage
Mistakes Were Made
by Dan Savage
Does the Endorsement of the 34th District Dems Even Matter?
by Eli Sanders
Reading Tonight
: A Promising Sci-fi Debut
by Paul Constant
If You Liked Scott Pilgrim
by Paul Constant
Anybody Out There Live in Berlin?
by Brendan Kiley
You Have One Hour to Finish Your Trouble Dicso Coloring Contest Submission
by Megan Seling
Didier Takes a Bunch of Hostages
by Eli Sanders
No One Could've Predicted
by Dan Savage
Egg Drama Everywhere
by David Schmader
As Slog Is Sort of Slow, Here Is a Car Crash
by Grant Brissey
The "Queer Youth" That You Know Are Total Morons
by Dan Savage
And President Obama Takes Mitch McConnell At
His
Word...
by Dan Savage
Reimagining E-Mail
by Paul Constant
Tickets On Sale Now for the Stranger Genius Awards Party
by Eric Grandy
Lunchtime Quickie: Elves! The Tallest (and Most Vegetarian) of All The Nature Spirits!
by Kelly O
I Know I'm Part of the Problem Here
by Dominic Holden
"If a woman dressed as a man has sex with a guy with a vagina, can they still get into heaven? Or are they already there?"
by Dan Savage
Chatroullette Still Good for Something!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
This Is the Best Named Fruit in the History of the World
by Megan Seling
Fox News: Evil or Stupid?
by Dan Savage
Murray Spokesperson on Rossi: "His campaign is a noun, a verb, and earmarks."
by Eli Sanders
New Election Results Posted
by Dominic Holden
Same-Sex Couples Arrested in San Diego After Blocking Access to County Clerk's Office in Marriage Equality Protest
by Dan Savage
The AP Hires a Theater Critic
by Brendan Kiley
There Goes the Internet
by Paul Constant
They Didn't Just Protect Child Rapists
by Dan Savage
Learn Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Cocktails!
by Megan Seling
Lawsuit Highlights SPD's Lack of De-Escalation Training
by Cienna Madrid
Couldn't They Build It Someplace Else?
by Dan Savage
Ewwwww: NYC's Whopper Bar Unveils Their New Pizza Burgers
by Megan Seling
DJ Ira Glass vs. DJ Dan Savage
by Dan Savage
"Proselytize"
by David Schmader
34th District Dems Board Member to Chair: "Put down the crack pipe."
by Eli Sanders
Currently Hanging
: Andy Warhol
by Jen Graves
Much Shorter Andrew Sullivan
by Dan Savage
Reading Tonight
: You Must Go See Stacey Levine Tonight
by Paul Constant
Enough People Are Doing This That It Made the News
by David Schmader
Mockingjay
Comes Out Tomorrow
by Paul Constant
Hours-Long Gun Battles on the Border
by Brendan Kiley
You Have 24 Hours to Complete Your DJ Dan Savage Masterpiece
by Megan Seling
America's Internal Conflict About the Suffering in Pakistan
by Dominic Holden
Independent Publishing Finds Kickstarter
by Paul Constant
So, How About Those Mariners (Financial Records)?
by Dominic Holden
This Is What I Think About at 1:30 in the Morning
by Megan Seling
Give a Shout for the City's Arts Budget
by Brendan Kiley
Please Note: Loving Someone More Than a Fat Kid Loves Cake Is Out
by Megan Seling
Lunchtime Quickie: Gary Busey's Dead Corpse Sells Vitamin Water?
by Kelly O
Domestic Partnerships
by Dan Savage
Juggalos Are People Too
by Kelly O
And What Would've Happened If He Had Been a Muslim?
by Dan Savage
You Are Hereby Deputized by the SPD
by Dominic Holden
Traffic Report
by Grant Brissey
DelBene Gears Up For November Elections
by Stranger Election Control Board
Required Viewing:
The Daily Show
on the Fox News Money Trail
by Dan Savage
Have You Ever Seen Indian Pole Dancing?
Half-naked Indian Men Attack a Pole Their Groin Areas!!!
by Grant Brissey
Help Pick the Winner of the Trouble Dicso Coloring Contest
by Megan Seling
Today in Pre-Pubescent Slut Shaming
by David Schmader
Hempfest Needs to Get Out of Myrtle Edwards Park
by Dominic Holden
The Beauty of Decay
by Mary P. Traverse
The Best News I've Heard All Day Is About Sarah Palin
by Paul Constant
Life Explained, by Alan Watts and the
South Park
Guys
by David Schmader
Rumbaugh: What Else Happened.
by Eli Sanders
The Great Kombucha Drought of 2010: Over?
by Eric Grandy
David Schmader on this Weekend's Lady Gaga Concert at the Tacoma Dome
by Eric Grandy
What? No Cries of Judicial Tyranny?
by Dan Savage
Trent Moorman Is Apparently Drunk and Posting From the Hawaiian International Airport
by Grant Brissey
Underworld
by Kaz