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Sep. 30
Print Edition for the week of
Sep. 30 - Oct. 6, 2010
Vol. 20, No. 4
Savage Love
Boy on the Side
by Dan Savage
Film/TV
Liked and Unfriended
The Social Network
Is Barely in English, but It Rocks
by Paul Constant
Let Me In
: A Knockout Remake of a Vampire Classic
by David Schmader
I Am Secretly an Important Man
: Steven Jesse Bernstein Gets the Documentary Treatment
by Eric Grandy
Concessions
Thanks for the Tension Headache, Spain!
by Lindy West
Freakonomics
: Like 9/11, Only with More Sumo Wrestling
by Paul Constant
Art House
RIP, Pape Sidy Niang, Young Star of
Police Beat
by Charles Mudede
I, Anonymous
Please Register to Go Fuck Yourself
by Anonymous
Music
Top of the Class
The Best Electronic Musicians at UW and Beyond
by Jason Baxter
The Smartest Dumb Guys in the Room
Did Going to College Make Das Racist Better Rappers?
by Eric Grandy
Up & Coming
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
by Stranger Staff
Fucking in the Streets
The Head and the Heart's Stagey Sincerity
by Eric Grandy
It's a Hit
A Roundup of Late-Pass Hiphop
by Michaelangelo Matos
Data Breaker
Rusko's Party-Monster Dubstep, Emeralds' Zen Ambience
by Dave Segal
My Philosophy
Blue Sky Black Death, E-40, Das Racist, and Ladies First
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Thomas Hunter:
White China Gold
by Trent Moorman
Underage
Run Vera Run Is Right Around the Corner
by Megan Seling
Poster of the Week
Poster by Steve Quenell
by Aaron Huffman
Party Crasher
Supporting a Child's Education with Alcohol
by MATTHEW BATHAN
The Homosexual Agenda
Working Girls, Lick!, and Choice—Ono!
by Adrian Ryan
Theater
Swords and Glass
Director's Choice at Pacific Northwest Ballet
by Brendan Kiley
Visual Art
Neighborhood for Lease
Storefronts Seattle Skims the Surface of the Deep, Dark, Empty Spaces in Pioneer Square
by Charles Mudede
Step Up to the Joystick
In SuttonBeresCuller's New Work, a Giant Mechanical Arm Zooms In on Art
by Jen Graves
Books
Where All the Money Went
Clinton's First Secretary of Labor Has a Bold Plan to Save Us
by Paul Constant
What You Did Last Summer
Darin Strauss's Grief-Soaked Memoir About Killing a Girl
by Anna Minard
Food & Drink
Delicious Senselessness
The Magic of Memo's at Two O'Clock in the Morning
by Sarah Galvin
Happiest Hour
Mike's Chili Parlor
by Marti Jonjak
Bar Exam
Island Time Without the Plane Ticket at 'Ohana
by Bethany Jean Clement
Chow Bio
Luis Rodriguez of the Station
by Sarah Galvin
News
Plotting a Revolution
A New Generation Plans to Take Over American Agriculture—and Make It Profitable
by Cienna Madrid
The Witt Standard
After Her Victory Over "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Major Margaret Witt Talks About What's Next
by Eli Sanders
Pay More, Get More (Infighting)
Budget Shortfall Pits Council Against Mayor
by Dominic Holden
Police Beat
Men in Ski Masks
by Charles Mudede
Vote for a Tax Increase or He'll Cut Us
Dow Constantine's Big Budget-Slashing Gambit
by Cienna Madrid
Illustrated Comment of the Week
by Greg Stump
Dear Science
The Science of Happiness
by Jonathan Golob
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of
The Stranger
by Julien Massillon, the French Intern
I Love Television
The Land of Spotted Dick
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Suggests
'The Social Network'
by Paul Constant
Smash Putt
by Bethany Jean Clement
'Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole'
by Lindy West
Das Racist
by Eric Grandy
Sir Richard Bishop, Bill Orcutt
by Dave Segal
Caribou, Emeralds
by Eric Grandy
'Breaking the Code'
by Brendan Kiley
Party at the Henry
by Jen Graves
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Slog
"There's No One in This Platoon That Agrees This Is Wrong."
by Cienna Madrid
Blog Commenter Fired for Offensive Remark
by Dominic Holden
Derek Erdman Meets Goddess Kring
by Grant Brissey
Saturday Nights Live
by Jen Graves
Mmm, Polygamy Bus Tour
by Jen Graves
The Happiest Hour: Mike's Chili Parlor
by David Schmader
Bus Rapid Transit Is Basically Just Like Bus Transit
by Paul Constant
Get Ready to Opt-Out of Yellow Pages Delivery
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Gay Oregon Teacher Reassigned to Teaching in Closet
by Cienna Madrid
Baby Monkey (Going Backwards On A Pig)
by Mary P. Traverse
Name Glenn Danzig's Cat!
by Grant Brissey
Think You're So Smart? PROVE IT.
by Megan Seling
Sham Marriage
by Dan Savage
What Is "The Ultimate Elbow Against Families"?
by Dominic Holden
Here Is What I Have To Say About the Recall and Subsequent Pulping of the UK Edition of
Freedom
, as Well as the Fact That Someone Stole Jonathan Franzen's Glasses and Then Put Them Up for 100,000 Ransom:
by Paul Constant
Complaint Says DUI Lawyers Broke Rules by Coordinating With Judicial Campaign
by Dominic Holden
A Correction about the Plot of
The Great Gatsby
by Christopher Frizzelle
Went For a Walk
by Dan Savage
Reading Today
: A Tragic Bicycle Accident
by Paul Constant
Name This Band!: The Four Asian Dudes Edition!
by Grant Brissey
Sorry, Liberals, the Initiatives Are Not Going Your Way
by Dominic Holden
Belltown Gets Its Own Melrose-Project-Type Thing
by Bethany Jean Clement
"Our Justice System Is Not for Sale," Assert Anti-CJE Lawyers
by Matt Luby
It Gets Better: You're Reaching Them
by Dan Savage
"Student Lives Always Matter"
by David Schmader
College Freshman Commits Suicide After Roommate Uses Hidden Cameras to Stream Live Images of Him Having Sex Over The Internet
by Dan Savage
Flickr Photo of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
Who Killed Tyler Clementi?
by Dan Savage
Obama's Speech Last Night
by Dan Savage
Broadway Meets Rock 'n' Roll: Too Little, Too Late
by Brendan Kiley
Did Anyone Else...
by David Schmader
The Return of the 20th Century.
by Charles Mudede
It Gets Better: Tim Gunn Made It Work...
by Dan Savage
Are You Thinking About Playing the Lottery?
by Paul Constant
America Saves England's Ass AGAIN
by Brendan Kiley
It Gets Better: A Theological Response
by Dan Savage
And Now a Word from a Concerned Commenter
by David Schmader
Library Fines for Kids Nothing New
by Dominic Holden
Man, How About that Arcade Fire?
by Christopher Frizzelle
White Papers and Foot Soldiers
by Brendan Kiley
Steven Jesse Bernstein Was An Important Seattle Man
by Kelly O
Sentence of the Day
by Brendan Kiley
Caption This Photo: Dog Poo in a Dollar Bill!
by Grant Brissey
Spider of the Day: Cthulhu R'lyeh edition
by Andrew Wright
The Times Are A-Changin': Moe Tucker, Drummer for The Velvet Underground, Is a Teabagger
by Grant Brissey
Required Reading
by Dominic Holden
That Cocaine, Officer? It's Not Mine.
by Dominic Holden
Gliese 581-g: A New Planet to Destroy (Maybe)
by Grant Brissey
Re: Advice for McGinn, from the Man Who Built Bellevue
by Cienna Madrid
What Would Ewe Do?
by Dan Savage
Required Listening: "You don't follow the Bible! You're a liar!"
by Dan Savage
The Zooms
by Jen Graves
These are the Flight Attendants I Want to Die With
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Week in Review
by Eli Sanders
Judge Says Candidate Switched to Get "Financial Support" of Attorney Group
by Dominic Holden
My Favorite Chimp Goes to Chimp Heaven at 52
by Charles Mudede
SL Letter of the Day: Don't Santorum Me!
by Dan Savage
Heeee's Back
by Eli Sanders
This Week in Film:
The Social Network
by Lindy West
James Ensor Is a Pisser
by Jen Graves
Woman Sentenced for Gross Counterfitness
by Matt Luby
Lower Queen Anne Sports Bar Celebrates Grand Opening With Free Food
by Megan Seling
But Isn't
Song of Bernadette
Playing on AMC This Week?
by Dan Savage
City Received Ineligible Federal Funds For King Street Station Project
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Good Lord.
by Cienna Madrid
What Does It Take for a Student to Get Suspended From a Middle School in the Cy-Fair Independent School District?
by Dan Savage
Learn Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Baking!
by Megan Seling
It's HUMP Day! Have You Started Your HUMP! Film Yet?
by Kelly O
Today in Novelty Throw Rugs
by Bethany Jean Clement
New Twitter Design
by Mary P. Traverse
Three Short Notes on Movies About Sluts, Facebook, and Vampires
by Paul Constant
An Email
by Dan Savage
So, I Finally Got Around to Watching
The Book of Eli
Last Night
by Grant Brissey
We Are Not That Far Away from Mass-Market Quantum Computing
by Paul Constant
The Godfather
on Vashon Island, for a Good Cause
by David Schmader
The Morning News
by David Schmader
You Win, Snickers! I Will Never Eat Your Candy Bar Again.
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Inside Marc Jacobs' Fashionable New Bookstore
by Paul Constant
Linda's Tavern Burglarized Early Sunday
by Cienna Madrid
The Morning News
by JOHN FRIIS
Your Pro-KEXP/Open Platform Form Letter
by Cienna Madrid
The Best Legs in Seattle Are Leaving—Early?
by Jen Graves
I Like to Think of Local Octopuses as Giant, Intelligent, Mystical Monsters...
by Brendan Kiley
Dads? Try to "Out-Dad" This Dad.
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Reading Tonight
: It's Ladies Night!
by Paul Constant
Are Washington Voters About to Give Away the Store?
by Goldy
Lunchtime Quickie: Spike's Patented Protein Shake-Shake
by Kelly O
Shhhhhhhh! The Reading Party at the Sorrento Is Back! Now Once a Month and with Special Guests!
by Christopher Frizzelle
Wasted Tax Dollars? Prove It.
by Jonathan Golob
About That Creepy Assistant Attorney General from Michigan Who's Stalking An Openly Gay Campus Leader at His, the Creepy AAG's, Alma Mater
by David Schmader
The Morning News
by David Schmader
It Gets Better: Thank You, Old Marrieds
by Dan Savage
Smart Money's on McCarthy
by Paul Constant
Fuck You, Scentless Internet
by Jen Graves
You Don't Know Me
by Dan Savage
Reading Tonight
: Michele Norris, The Daily Kos, and the Company Store
by Paul Constant
The Michael Moore Plan for Democratic Victory in November
by Eli Sanders
Final 520 Report Shows Conflict Over Feasibility of Light Rail
by Dominic Holden
A God of Love
by Dan Savage
The Buzz in the Space Community
by Charles Mudede
Local Man Starts Fund to Pay Weezer to STFU!
by Grant Brissey
Not Registered to Vote? You Have Five Days
by Eli Sanders
Reading Tonight
: A Plan to Save Our Economy, a Steampunk Event
by Paul Constant
Vive Airbus!
by Julien Massillon, the French Intern
O They Will Know We Are Christians...
by Dan Savage
Lunchtime Quickie: A Boy And His Crocodile
by Kelly O
For Your Stomach's Consideration: The Magic of Memo's
by Bethany Jean Clement
This Should Be Interesting
by Dan Savage
Audit Finds King County Is Not Complying With Federal Grant Requirements
by Riya Bhattacharjee
California Pot Watch
by Dominic Holden
Hey! Come to Sex Trivia Tonight!
by Lindy West
What's Taking Google Editions So Long?
by Paul Constant
HANK IS SLEEPY.
by Lindy West
Now You Can Pubit On Your Nook!
by Paul Constant
SL Letter of the Day: Almost Sorry
by Dan Savage
It Gets Better: This One Goes Out to All the Teenage Musical Theater Queens
by Dan Savage
Lunchtime Quickie: God Sperm?
by Kelly O
Second Murray-Rossi Debate Set for Oct. 17
by Eli Sanders
What Recession?
by Dan Savage
Slower Than a Falling Spartan and Other Thoughts on the Superman Movie
by Paul Constant
Gordon Ramsay Is a Fucking Blowhard
by Grant Brissey
Lunchtime Quickie: The McDonalds Un-Happy Meal Deal
by Kelly O
Get Your Ass Off the Couch
by Matt Luby
Expansion of the World's Most Wonderfully Weird Museum
by Jen Graves
How "Christian" Parents Kill Their Gay Children
by Dan Savage
It Gets Better: Take It From Some Card-Carrying Members of the ACLU
by Dan Savage
"How Do I Have Sex with That Thing?"
by Paul Constant
Seattle's Tunnel Will Be a Magical Tunnel That Won't Have this Happen
by Dominic Holden
Sarah Kavage and 1,000 Bushels of Wheat
by Jen Graves
The Latest Murray/Rossi Poll
by Dominic Holden
GOP and the Pledge of Nothingness
by Charles Mudede
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! There's a Spider on my Rolodex!!!!
by Dominic Holden
Congratulations, Brand New Obama Intern!
by Eli Sanders
At Least His Taxes Were a Bit Lower Before his House Burnt Down
by Jonathan Golob
Lunchtime Quickie: Mmm, Mechanically Separated Chicken!
by Kelly O
It Gets Better: We're Giving Them Hope
by Dan Savage
Why Are So Many Gay Kids Killing Themselves?
by Dan Savage
First Thursday Is Here
by Jen Graves
Fuck with Elmo? Elmo Fucks with YOU.
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
It Gets Better: A Programming Note
by Dan Savage
The 'Ack!' Fades to Black: RIP
Cathy
by David Schmader
Ethnic Media Feels Ignored This Election Season
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Seattle's Ladymayor!
by Bethany Jean Clement
The Ghost of Dead Neoliberalism: Austerity
by Charles Mudede
Your Blue Cat-People Fantasies Come True
by Mary P. Traverse
Todd Palin Is Terrible at Writing E-Mails
by Paul Constant
RIP, Greg Giraldo
by Lindy West
The Morning News
by David Schmader
The Secret of Whether the Tree Will Break the Glass
by Jen Graves
Ready Your Gut: 12 Distilleries Soon Operating in Seattle
by Cienna Madrid
Reading Tonight
: Gigantic
by Paul Constant
Today in "What?
WHAT???
BOOOOO!!! BOOOOO!!!"
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
The Morning News
by David Schmader
"Any ideas to help get motivated to organize?"
by Megan Seling
Strangercrombie Wants to Know: Who Is Your Favorite Local Charity?
by Paul Constant
A Rant (Sorry): It's About Money, Not About Art
by Jen Graves
Reading Last Night
: Last of the Living Spankstra and Friends
by Paul Constant
Alyson Books to Go E-Only
by Paul Constant
Don't Ask Dino Rossi about DADT, Because He Won't Tell
by Goldy
Reading Today
: Right-Wing Radicals Are America's Taliban
by Paul Constant
50Cent Tells Gay Men to Commit Suicide?
by Dominic Holden
An Example of Wasteful Government Spending
by Jonathan Golob
Colombia Sues Drug Traffickers—the Makers of Smirnoff, Captain Morgan, Johnnie Walker, Etc.—for Criminal Racketeering
by Brendan Kiley
Slog Poll: King Mayor for the Day
by Cienna Madrid
So Much Local Art It Hurts: Fourteen—14!—Shows
by Jen Graves
Restaurantsplosion Continues on Capitol Hill
by Bethany Jean Clement
You Can Now Pay Hot Women to Play Video Games with You
by Paul Constant
"What is your favorite kind of pie?"
by Megan Seling
The Morning News
by JOHN FRIIS
Let's Go to the Bay: Seattle vs. San Francisco
by Julien Massillon, the French Intern
Are Your Apps Spying on You? And Can Amazon Save Us?
by Paul Constant
Autopsy Shows John T. Williams Wasn't Facing SPD Officer When Shot
by Cienna Madrid
Man Blows Up Own Mailbox to Prove Street Cred in Ponzi Scheme
by Cienna Madrid
Get Your Ass Off the Couch
by Matt Luby
An Interview With Maj. Margaret Witt, Slayer of DADT
by Eli Sanders
Non-Profits, Business Groups Oppose Yellow Pages Opt-Out Bill
by Riya Bhattacharjee
American Kids Eat 40% Junk Food: "Staggering"
by Bethany Jean Clement
Today in Twitter Wisdom
by Lindy West
BIAW, Main Backer of the Workers' Comp Initiative (And This Insane Rap Video), Found to Have Mishandled Member Funds
by Eli Sanders
That Hood Canal Story Is Depressing
by Brendan Kiley
Currently Hanging
: Connie Watts
by Jen Graves
There Will Be a Cutting-Edge "Flash Mob" Tomorrow at Noon
by Paul Constant
Mayor Calls Council Resolution Meaningless, Plans Meeting with Governor
by Cienna Madrid
This Friday: Jennifer Coolidge at the Triple Door!
by David Schmader
Why We're Screwed
by Anthony Hecht
The Morning News
by David Schmader
The Putsch in Ecuador Continues
by Brendan Kiley
Attention, Hank Fans...
by Lindy West
A Sister Lists the Advantages of Dating a White Man and the Disadvantage of Dating a Black Man
by Charles Mudede
Slog Poll: What Should the Mayor Do with Seattle Center?
by Cienna Madrid
SL Letter of the Day: Does It Count?
by Dan Savage
You Can't Take Light Rail to the Airport
by Dominic Holden
"How on earth can someone else’s simcha cause anyone 'pain and consternation'? If it does, that person needs therapy."
by Dan Savage
Advice for McGinn, from the Man Who Built Bellevue
by Eli Sanders
What Can Straight People Do To Help?
by Dan Savage
The Gates!
by Jen Graves
Jaime Herrera: Slamming the Other Washington from... the Other Washington
by Eli Sanders
What Do You Think Is the World's Best Cookie?
by Megan Seling
The Calm Before the Storm
by Jen Graves
Picasso, I Am in No Mood for You
by Jen Graves
Birther Queen Backs Rossi
by Eli Sanders
The Myth of the Killer Instinct
by Charles Mudede
What's New for You Under the Health Care Reform Act
by Jonathan Golob
Your Friday Pit Bull
by Brendan Kiley
Blackwater Wins Piece of $10 Billion Contract
by Dominic Holden
Utah Poised to Criminalize Miscarriages
by Cienna Madrid
Reading Tonight
: American Gothic, American Singer/Songwriter, American Afterlife
by Paul Constant
Yellow Pages Lobby Makes Final Plea to Run Its Own Opt-Out Registry
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Vigilantes Kick Out Cops in Mexican Town
by Brendan Kiley
Tiger Breeding Ground Gains Traction in Fight for Seattle Center Site
by Cienna Madrid
City Council Voting on Conlin's Signature on Tunnel Study
by Cienna Madrid
It Gets Better: A Different Bridge
by Dan Savage
Hey There Stranger on TBTL: Cienna Madrid on Nubile Farmers (!), Lindy West on Some Prison Guard Named Juan (!), and Dan Savage on the It Gets Better Project
by Brendan Kiley
Man with Dementia Threatens Housemate with Handgun
by JOHN FRIIS
Today in Anonymous Fury Directed at Seattle Streets
by David Schmader
ABC News On The "It Gets Better" Project
by Dan Savage
[Insert Hand/Twilight Pun Here]
by Paul Constant
Tony Curtis.
by Lindy West
The Amateur Gourmet Says "It Gets Better" With Braised Short Ribs
by Dan Savage
Currently Hanging
: Primitivo Suarez-Wolfe
by Jen Graves
"No More Dithering, No More Time for Divisiveness"—City Council Moves Forward on Tunnel
by Matt Luby
Hey, Frizzelle... Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out
by Goldy
Between Two Ferns
/
The Social Network
Mashup!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
The Look of Hate
by Charles Mudede
Your Design Eye-Candy of the Day
by Mary P. Traverse
Open Studio Sale at the Washington Foundation TONIGHT
by Jen Graves
Reichert's Schedule Just Got Less "Filled Up"
by Goldy
Flickr Photo of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
Xerox Brings Us Closer to a Redbox for Books
by Paul Constant
First Murray-Rossi Debate Set for Oct. 14
by Eli Sanders
Right Wing Radio Duck
by Anthony Hecht
Chow Bio: Luis Rodriguez of the Station
by David Schmader
ABC News On Tyler Clemente and IGBP
by Dan Savage
Today in Awesome: Explode Slog!
by Paul Constant
For Those of You Calling on Democrats to Hit Hard...
by Eli Sanders
Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Beacon Hill Gets Another Farmers Market, Crime Is Down in CD, and the Weather is a-Brewing.
by JOHN FRIIS
The Passion of South American Presidents
by Charles Mudede
Currently Hanging
: Gerri Sayler
by Jen Graves
Marijuana Decriminalized in California—Totally
Legal
by Next Month?
by Dominic Holden
Back To School 2010
The Stranger's 2010 Back to School Guide
What No One Else Is Going to Tell You About Drugs, Drinking, Sexual Positions, Stupid Majors, What the Music in Your Dorm Room Says About You, and More
by Stranger Staff