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Sep. 7
Print Edition for the week of
Sep. 7 - 13, 2006
Vol. 15, No. 52
Savage Love
Openly Skank
by Dan Savage
Film/TV
Hot for Crack Addict
Ryan Gosling Is a Walking, Talking Babe
by Lindy West
Film Shorts
Movie Times
This Week In TV
Games
That Acid-Washed Feel
by Jacob Metcalf
Soft-Boiled
A Neo-Noir That Doesn't Quite Perform
by Annie Wagner
I, Anonymous
WWJD?
Music
Underage
Goodbye, Hello
by Megan Seling
A Heavier Load
(The) Melvins Go Upscale
by Hannah Levin
Rock and Wry
The Enigma of Silver Jews
by Chris McCann
Four Corners of Noise
Wooden Octopus Skull's Sophomore Thump
by Sam Mickens
Border Radio
Roots & Americana
by Kurt B. Reighley
Classical, Jazz & Avant
by Christopher DeLaurenti
Up & Coming
The Score
Classical, Jazz & Avant Plays Wooden Octopus Skull Pfest
by Christopher DeLaurenti
All Ages Action
by Megan Seling
Poster of the Week
by Dan Paulus
CD Reviews
by Matt Corwine, Franklin Soults and Eric Grandy
My Philosophy
Hiphop Ya Don't Stop
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Rocka Rolla
Gimme a Bullet to Bite On
by Hannah Levin
Data Breaker
High Tech Soul DVD
by Dave Segal
Live Music/ DJ Listings
Club Directory
Party Crasher
No Mexican'ts Here
by Paul Constant
It's a Jangle Out There
The Purrs Chime in Sweetly
by Kurt B. Reighley
Setlist
Listen to Local Bands Playing This Week
by Megan Seling
De-evolution Is Real!
Devo Now for the Future
by Nathan Carson
Theater
Theater Listings
Imagine There's No Action
A New Play About John Lennon Is All Talk
by Paul Constant
Unnatural History
WET Gets Dusty with
The Museum Play
by Annie Wagner
Visual Art
In Art News
First Day of School
by Jen Graves
Art Listings
Be Awesome
Crawl Space Gives SOIL a Run for Its Money
by Jen Graves
Books
Readings Listings
by Christopher Frizzelle
Everything We Know
Making the Plotters Real, but Leaving Them Incomprehensible
by Josh Feit
Food & Drink
Bar Exam
Bar Noir
by Bethany Jean Clement
Asteroid 2.0
Still on the Comfortable Side of Adventurous
by Chris McCann
The Happiest Hour
Bad Juju Lounge
by Marti Jonjak
Eatin' Out
The Beautiful, the Surreal
by Angela Garbes
Features
Charmed Life
Internet Porn by and for the Thinking Gay Man
by Adrian Ryan
HUMPtube
Get Your HUMP Online
by Wm.â„¢ Steven HUMP-Me
The Wait Is Over—Hump! 2 Is Finally Here!
Read Reviews of Every Film in Competition This Weekend
Meet the Pros
HUMP! Celebrates Seattle's Amateur Pornographers, but Seattle Is Home to Professional Pornographers, Too
by Mistress Matisse
The New Pornographers
Getting Off—for Money, for Free, or Just for Fun—in the Era of the Internet
by Eli Sanders
News
In Other News
Murray Endorses Pedersen
by Stranger Staff
Floating Options
Four Plans to Replace the 520 Floating Bridge
by Sarah Mirk
CounterIntel
My Mea Culpa
by Josh Feit
Police Beat
The Science of Happiness
by Charles Mudede
Suggests
Nomeansno
by Hannah Levin
Old Fire House Anniversary
by Megan Seling
Wooden Octopus Skull Pfestival
by Dave Segal
'Talk to Her'
by Brendan Kiley
'The Museum Play'
by Brendan Kiley
HUMP! 2
'Lot's Tribe: Salt Witnesses'
by Jen Graves
Letters to the Editor
Letters
Last Days
I Love Television
The Kevin Federline Problem
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Celebrity I Saw U
Crikey, Crikey, Kaboom!
by Adrian Ryan
Control Tower
Social Conventions for the Unconventional
by Mistress Matisse
Public Editor
The Stranger: A Critical Overview