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2011
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Mar. 2
Print Edition for the week of
Mar. 2 - 8, 2011
Vol. 20, No. 26
Savage Love
All About the Benjamins
by Dan Savage
New Column!
#1 You! by Constance McCue
by Constance McCue
Film/TV
They Shoot Lady Leaders-of-Muslim-Countries, Don't They?
A Slick, Energetic Documentary About Benazir Bhutto
by Brendan Kiley
Rango
: The Best Movie About a Sheriff-Lizard with No Genitals You’ll See All Year
by Cienna Madrid
Concessions
"It's Been a Big, Brave Year for Us as Actors"
by Lindy West
Carbon Nation
: Even Greed Can’t Save Us
by Charles Mudede
I, Anonymous
Dyke Under Construction
by Anonymous
Music
On Beats and Sensitivity
10.4 Rog and The Good Sin's
Late
Identifies with the Listener
by Charles Mudede
The King of Limbs
: Periphery to the Epic
by Trent Moorman
PJ Harvey Reinvents Herself Again
by Grant Brissey
Up & Coming
Lose your week every night this week!
by Stranger Staff
Sound Check
T. J. Cowgill takes Questions for Christians
by Trent Moorman
Data Breaker
The Knowgooders, OC Notes, Lords of Acid, and Three Years of Dug
by Dave Segal
Chuckletown, USA
by Lindy West
The Homosexual Agenda
Lick! and
RuPaul's Drag Race
by Adrian Ryan
My Philosophy
Malice & Mario Sweet, Vitamin D, and Hi-Life Soundsystem
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Underage
All-Ages Shows
by Jason Baxter
Poster of the Week
Poster by David Gallo
by Aaron Huffman
Cult of Youth Sneak You out the Window
by Kelly O
Earth's
Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1
by Dave Segal
K-Holes' Self-Titled Record Is All Sax and Chaos
by Kelly O
Party Crasher
A Fucking Bacchanalia, with
Star Wars
and Dominatrices
by Megan Burbank
Chikita Violenta's
TRE3S
Is Almost as Good as
You Forgot It in People
by Grant Brissey
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of March 2
by Rob Brezsny
Theater
"That's Fucked"
Pulitzer Winner
Next to Normal
Comes to Seattle
by Brendan Kiley
Books
Building a World
Mike Mignola on Fairy Tales, the Paranormal, and Ignoring Buses and Shopping Malls
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Happiest Hour
Bad Albert's Tap & Grill
by Marti Jonjak
Cookie Bread and Tons of Butter
European Forms, Japanese Flavors, and Star-Quality Baked Goods at Fuji in the ID
by Rachel Eggers
Features
Could Washington Be the Next Wisconsin?
A Sneak Peek into the Anti-Labor Administration of Governor Rob McKenna
by Goldy
News
Federally Offensive
White House Tries to Bully the
Seattle Times
for Publishing Pro-Pot Editorials
by Dominic Holden
Behind the Boobs
The Owner of Jiggles Strip Club Is Overturning Prudish City Rules One Lawsuit at a Time—While Making a Tidy Profit
by Cienna Madrid
Maakies
by Tony Millionaire
Dear Science
Is My Cell Phone Giving Me Brain Cancer?
by Jonathan Golob
Suggests
Michael Showalter
by Megan Seling
The New Mastersounds
by Dave Segal
Quail Eggs
by Charles Mudede
RView
by Bethany Jean Clement
Emerald City Comicon
by Paul Constant
'Bhutto'
by Brendan Kiley
Weird and Awesome with Emmett Montgomery
by Lindy West
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
Ten MORE Reasons to Dislike Miley Cyrus
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Podcasts
Savage Love Episode 229
by Dan Savage
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Slog
Eagles Falling From Sky
by Charles Mudede
RE: Hollywood Really Wants to Figure Out How That Goose Is Laying Those Eggs
by Goldy
The Bible is Bootylicious
by Dan Savage
Flickr Photo of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
The Bob Behind the Boobs
by Dominic Holden
Free Books Promote Bookselling
by Paul Constant
The Morning News
by David Schmader
My Week in Pictures
by Lindy West
Today in Fashion, Faux-Fashion, and Nerd-Faux-Faux-Fashion
by Paul Constant
Boeing's Secret Weapon in Tanker Competition?
Organized Labor
by Goldy
Because the Week Is Almost Over and Sometimes You Just Want to Watch a Drunk, Naked Idiot Fall Over
by Grant Brissey
Mike Huckabee Goes After... Natalie Portman?
by Dan Savage
They Say It's Not the Dog, It's the Owner
by David Schmader
Tonight: Frances Farmer Organ Karaoke Bribes the Audience
by Brendan Kiley
Today in Poorly Targeted PR Efforts
by Grant Brissey
Re: Jews Not Christ-Killers
by Mary P. Traverse
What's for Breakfast?
by Bethany Jean Clement
Because the Private Sector Always Operates More Efficiently Than Government
by Goldy
I Just Spent a Week In Canada...
by Dan Savage
GOP Strategy: If You Can't Woo Young Voters, Disenfranchise Them
by Goldy
New Stephen King Book This November
by Paul Constant
Breaking: Tunnel Opponents Exposed as Opponents of Tunnel
by Dominic Holden
One Observation on this Year's Emerald City Comicon
by Jason Baxter
Oh la Vache! Airbus Won't Appeal Boeing Tanker Contract
by Goldy
About that Ban on Advertising Pot in Newspapers and Magazines
by Eli Sanders
Attention Fans of
RuPaul's Drag Race
by David Schmader
A Message From the Future
by Dan Savage
Five Times Faster, Five Times Most Furiouser!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Today in Parts of News Stories That Deserve to Be Made into Short Films
by Brendan Kiley
That's My Grandma!
by Christopher Frizzelle
The Gay-Hating Capitol Hill Condo Owner Responds...
by David Schmader
Pregnancy Center Bill Dies in House
by Cienna Madrid
Re-Mitted
by Paul Constant
Every Time a Story Like This Gets Published An Angel Gets Online and Downloads a
Barely Legal Anal Gangbangers 3
by Dan Savage
The Moment of the Rebel
by Charles Mudede
Re: iPad 2
by Paul Constant
Monogamy Rocks!
by Dan Savage
Morning News
by Ryan T. Hicks
Arizona State Legislature Provides Comfort and Aid to Future Jared Lee Loughners
by Paul Constant
Our State Song, by Sir Mix-A-Lot?
by Eli Sanders
Amazon to Give Kindles Away for Free?
by Paul Constant
Man's Best Friend
by Goldy
Every Elected Official at City Hall Wants Pot Legalized
by Dominic Holden
Who Raised These Guinea Pigs?
by Dan Savage
Was It Something We Said?
by Megan Seling
"Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame!"
by Paul Constant
Traffic Report
by Grant Brissey
Gary Locke Is the New U.S. Ambassador to China
by Eli Sanders
Council Member Sally Clark Gets an Election Challenge—Sort Of
by Dominic Holden
A Ban on Advertising Pot in Newspapers and Magazines?
by Eli Sanders
The Big Brain Drain
by Charles Mudede
Governor
Rob McKenna?
by Goldy
Today: Funding for Inventing Human Gills, Teleportation, Etc.
by Ryan T. Hicks
The Drug Czar Comes to Town and... Nothing Much Happens
by Brendan Kiley
Delights for Nerds of All Types
by Paul Constant
Comic Book Memoirs About Kissing Boys and Shaving Legs
by Paul Constant
I Am What A Feminist Looks Like
by Jen Graves
Walker's Budget Would Repeal Wisconsin Law Requiring Insurers to Cover Birth Control
by Goldy
What the State Senators Said When They Talked About Banning Medical Pot Advertising
by Eli Sanders
One Angry Mother
by Jennifer Cargal
The News Has Reached Charleston, S.C.
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Who In Seattle Thinks the Sale and Trafficking of Marijuana Should Remain in the Hands of an Illegal Market?
by Dominic Holden
SL Letter of the Day: Everything But
by Dan Savage
"Will Seattle voters be on the hook for [tunnel] cost overruns?"
by Dan Savage
Wisconsin Bloggers Have All the Fun
by Goldy
No Bonuses for BP Vampires
by Charles Mudede
"One of the Most Important Ethicists in America"
by Eli Sanders
Lunchtime Quickie: Ole Charlie Is Still Bi-Winning the Internet Meme Game
by Kelly O
Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Bike Wars, Aurora Commons, and Wallingford Turtle Envy
by Megan Burbank
Light Rail / Dark Rail
by Goldy
My goodness.
by Jen Graves
Defend Planned Parenthood, Defend Choice, Defend Women
by Dan Savage
A Firing Offense: NPR Fundraising Exec Says Tea Party is 'Scary' and 'Racist'
by Jen Graves
See Ya Later, Clown Town
by Bethany Jean Clement
Mike Nipper Thinks Dolly Parton Looks Like Milton Berle!
by Grant Brissey
The Morning News
by David Schmader
Is Amazon's Sales-Tax-Free Status in Peril?
by Paul Constant
Michael Showalter Wants to Be the Neil Young of Dave Eggerses
by Paul Constant
The
Hunger Games
Movie Gets Off on the Wrong, Underfed Foot
by Paul Constant
Magic Underpants, Inc.
by Dan Savage
Question of the Day
by Dan Savage
It Gets Better: Jennifer Finney Boylan
by Dan Savage
Why Seattle Should Pass on White Center
by Cienna Madrid
The Last Time I Saw My Grandmother
by Christopher Frizzelle
Morning News
by Ryan T. Hicks
Wisconsin "Use of Force" in Action
by Goldy
Iran Secretly Holding Ex-FBI Agent?
by Goldy
UW Basketball Player Charged with Buying Alcohol for Minors
by Cienna Madrid
The Morning News
by David Schmader
Seattle, Meet Your 2011 Sound Off! Finalists
by Megan Seling
Is Utah Going Back to the Gold Standard?
by Paul Constant
Ideology Today: Superintendentgate
by Charles Mudede
That's My Grandpa!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
McGinn: City Offers to "Partner" with Beleaguered School District
by Dominic Holden
Hope For America
by Dan Savage
Protect Seattle Now
by Dan Savage
Joni Balter, You Won't Get an Apology from Me
by Dominic Holden
How Much Should You Tip for Drip?
by Bethany Jean Clement
Tonight: Collide-O-Scope at Central Cinema
by David Schmader
The First Day of Emerald City Comicon Is Almost Over
by Paul Constant
The Morning News
by David Schmader
HarperCollins Continues to Be Stupid: Librarians Strike Back
by Paul Constant
Too Bad that Aggressive Panhandling Bill Failed Last Year
by Dominic Holden
Packed Room Waits For School Board's Decision On Superintendent
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Good To Know
by Dan Savage
3D
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
to Be Released Next Year
by Paul Constant
Love for Smarty Seattle
by Charles Mudede
Betrayal in Maryland: Sam Arora
by Dan Savage
Hey Drunky: Need Some Help Making Your Own Beer and Wine?
by Megan Seling
People Are Getting Robbed Like Mad Downtown
by Megan Burbank
Disgraced Republican A Go-Go
by Paul Constant
More on That Proposed Ban on Medical Pot Advertising, and Why It's Probably Unconstitutional
by Eli Sanders
Drug Czar Kerlikowske on Marijuana Legalization (He's Opposed) and His Meeting With the Seattle Times (It's Happening Today)
by Eli Sanders
White House Requests Meeting with
Seattle Times
to Bully Against Pro-Pot Editorials
by Dominic Holden
"We Are Going to Block Streets"
by Dominic Holden
TGIF! Thanks For the Weed and the Cheeseburger
by Kelly O
The City Knows Not Its Light Rail
by Charles Mudede
For Lovers of the 1980s
by Gillian Anderson
Good Sportsmanship
by Brendan Kiley
The Seattle School District: "A Hotbed of Scandal and Political Intrigue"
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Two Things That Are Happening!
by Grant Brissey
"Jee-SUS! Jee-SUS! Jee-SUS! Jee-SUS!"
by Paul Constant
East Coast Elites and Conservative Bloggers Mock a Distinctly American Art Form
by Paul Constant
Justin Bieber to World: I'm 17, So Now I Can Do
This
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
The First Battle of the Long War for the Republican Candidacy Is Over...
by Paul Constant
A New Generation of Vertigo Comics
by Paul Constant
Before the Social Network
by Charles Mudede
It Gets Better: Michael Cunningham
by Dan Savage
It Is Time for Liberals to Arm
by Goldy
East Precinct Crime Rate: Lower Than Last Year!
by Megan Burbank
Have You Seen Marizela Perez?
by David Schmader
No Signature Fraud in Washington? It's Hard to Find What You Don't Look For
by Goldy
Lying Sack of Judas Shit Assumes a Convoluted New Position
by Dan Savage
Have You Ever Inspired This Kind of Vitriol, Brendan?
by Dan Savage
Newt Gingrich Tentatively Announces He Might Possibly Be Thinking About Running for President One Day. Maybe.
by Paul Constant
Lunchtime Quickie: A Slow Loris With Tiny Umbrella?
by Kelly O
Meet Dr. Susan Enfield, Seattle's Interim Superintendent
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Seattle Schools Picks Interim Chief Financial Officer
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Wisconsin Senate Republicans Authorize Use of Force Against Missing Dems
by Goldy
Hear a New Single From Beth Ditto and Simian Mobile Disco
by Grant Brissey
Bobby Jindal Cares About Louisiana's Children
by Paul Constant
Sen. Tom:
Not
Stealing $500K from Toxics Account Would Be Like Stealing $500K from K-12 Education
by Goldy
Re: Re: iPad 2
by Anthony Hecht
Glenn Beckwatch
: Plagiarizing the King of the Truthers
by Paul Constant
Somewhere Kathy Griffin Is Masturbating Furiously to This Clip
by Dan Savage
Go Read
Ask an Abortion Provider
—Now.
by Cienna Madrid
Mayor's Homeless Camp: Set Up for Failure?
by Cienna Madrid
A Conglomeration of Comic Book Reviews
by Paul Constant
Winning
by Anthony Hecht
Lowe for Carlos Estevez
by Charles Mudede
Gaddafi's Female Bodyguards
by Jen Graves
Spoiler Alert: Andy Rooney Doesn't Like E-Books
by Paul Constant
In Case You Missed the Academy Awards on Sunday
by Lindy West
SLLOTD: Anger Mismanagement Issues
by Dan Savage
New South Park Bridge: Cheaper than Expected
by Cienna Madrid
Is There a Media Double Standard on Roads vs. Transit ROI?
by Goldy
In Defense of J. Michael Bailey, Academic Freedom, and Live Sex Demonstrations
by Dan Savage
Bunnies in a Blender. And
Babies
by Goldy
Robots Are Creeping Me Out
by Paul Constant
Today's Republican Party Is All About Jobs
by Dan Savage
We All Live in Mike Huckabee's Media Laboratory
by Paul Constant
A Perfectly Good Explanation for This?
by Jen Graves
Notes from the Prayer Warrior
by Eli Sanders
"Alarming" Free Speech Violation in Attempt to Ban Pot Ads, Says UW Professor
by Eli Sanders
The Removal of Mubarak Did Not Solve All of Egypt's Problems
by Charles Mudede
Time Is Running Out to Cast Your Ballot in America's Stupidest (but Still Important) Election
by Goldy
Wisconsin Farmers to Bring "Tractorcade" to Capitol in Solidarity with State Workers
by Goldy
Thousands of Characters, Only Four Cars
by Paul Constant
Re: Gary Locke Is the New U.S. Ambassador to China
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Dog Train!
by Megan Seling
Star College Athlete Admits Having Premarital Sex...
by Dan Savage
Prey Love Humans
by Charles Mudede
Hi, Pai's
by Bethany Jean Clement
Memories of Emerald City Comicon
by Paul Constant
Too Big to Fail
by Goldy
Some Things
by Charles Mudede
School Board Doesn't Want City Providing Financial Management
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Hollywood Really Wants to Figure Out How That Goose Is Laying Those Eggs
by Paul Constant
SLLOTD: The Third Way
by Dan Savage
Dominic and Ryan, Sitting in a Tree...
by Goldy
Maria Goodloe-Johnson Says She's Sorry
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Gawker Traffic Way Down Since the Redesign
by Paul Constant
Good News for Everyone Except Battered Women
by Cienna Madrid
Tickle Your Pickle!
by Megan Seling
"The Other White Meat" No More
by Bethany Jean Clement
Super
Trailer: "SHUT UP, CRIME!"
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
We Live in a Universe that Contains an Opera About Anna Nicole Smith
by Charles Mudede
Evan Emory Is Not a Child Pornographer
by Dan Savage
Silas Potter Says He's a Scapegoat in Schools Scandal, But is OK With Serving Time
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Lunchtime Quickie: Today in "Mom, Quit Making Me Do These Jesus Videos"
by Kelly O
Japanese Kittens in Bowls
by Gillian Anderson
Jobs Numbers Up, Prospects for American Workers Still Down
by Goldy
Seattle: One Taco Closer to Becoming a Real City
by Cienna Madrid
Watch Our Senators Verbally Beat Down Those Who Think Pap Smears Cause Joblessness
by Megan Burbank
Memoirs of a Creepy Middle-Aged Man
by Paul Constant
Cupcake Rage
by Bethany Jean Clement
Confidential to Jon Stewart
by Dan Savage
Celebrity Hair on the Cheap
by Goldy
What's Love Got To Do With It?
by Dan Savage
It's Amazing...
by Brendan Kiley
Now You Know the Tiger Has Got It Like That
by Charles Mudede
Even Fox Thinks Beck Is Nuts
by Goldy
Headline of the Morning
by Eli Sanders
The Morning News
by David Schmader
Get Your Oatmeal Signed at University Book Store Tonight
by Paul Constant
The Adjustment Bureau
: King of the Island of Misfit Movies
by Paul Constant
A Few Brief Notes on Costumes and Nerd-Ladies
by Paul Constant
Reading Is
Fundamental
Dead Due to Budget Cuts
by Paul Constant
Here Is a Thing That Exists: People Are Scared and Scary Edition
by David Schmader
SLLOTD: Not My Best Work
by Dan Savage
Have You Read Trent Moorman's Interview with T.J. Cowgill Using Questions the Stryper Wouldn't Answer?
by Grant Brissey
Destroy Sam Arora
by Dan Savage
Born This Way Blog
by Dan Savage
"I want you to free me, America. I want you to love me."
by Paul Constant
Kids Read the Darndest Things
by Brendan Kiley
Tim Burgess Comes Out to Legalize Pot
by Dominic Holden
Curious If You're Fertile, Guys?
by Dan Savage
The Human Earthquake?
by Charles Mudede
So Compassionate, You Could Throw Up
by Anthony Hecht
Urban League Defends Alleged Involvement in School District Scandal, Says "It Did Nothing Wrong"
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Joseph Bernstein Does Not Own a Fucksaw
by Dan Savage
The 4Culture Bill Passed the House
by Brendan Kiley
Week in Review
by Eli Sanders
SLLOTD: Here's
to You
Some Advice for You, Mrs. Robinson
by Dan Savage
How to Scrub the Internet of at Least One Spoiled Wife-Beater
by Paul Constant
School Board Terminates Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson From School District, Appoints Susan Enfield As Interim Superintendent
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Goodnight Dune
by Paul Constant
So Much for the Will of the Voters
by Goldy
This Week in Pastors Getting Sexy
by David Schmader
Medical Marijuana Activists May Try to Kill Their Own Bill
by Eli Sanders
Re: Re: Re: iPad 2
by Goldy
Remember This Post in 25 Years, When We're All Speaking Hong Konganese
by Goldy
Meanwhile in Mississippi
by Dan Savage
He Will Love You Violently
by Lindy West
An Anonymous Resident Goes to Bat for SPD
by Megan Burbank
Internet Comments Minus Anonymity Aren't Very Interesting
by Paul Constant
Colonel Qaddafi, A Life in Fashion
by Eli Sanders
A Message From the Past
by Goldy
Seattle Times
Live Pot Chat
by Dominic Holden
Notes from the Prayer Warrior
by Eli Sanders
Kirby Wilbur Goes Fishin'
by Goldy
A Theory About the Disparity Between the US Response to the Iranian Uprising(s) and the US Response the Libyan Uprising
by Brendan Kiley
Seattle Times
Editorial Board Will Livestream Interview With School Officials
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Have You Read Charles Mudede's Article on 10.4 Rog and The Good Sin?
by Grant Brissey
Saif Gaddafi Is A Painter
by Jen Graves
Rick Santorum on Being Reaganesque
by Paul Constant
Seattle Channel Does Our Very Own Jen Graves
by Charles Mudede
Warner Bros. Fires Charlie Sheen From
Two and a Half Men
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Random Brooklyn Graffiti
by Dan Savage
Lunchtime Quickie: Tacoma 6th Grade Fight Club!
by Kelly O
Sundquist Tells
Times
Editorial Board that School Board is Considering Firing Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson
by Riya Bhattacharjee
The Cream of the Republican Crop Will Kick Off the Campaign Tonight
by Paul Constant
You Are Going to Be Glad You Watched This
by Jen Graves
Hillary Clinton Loves Al Jazeera
by Charles Mudede
Cienna Madrid on Dead Cats and ABBA!
by Grant Brissey
Lunchtime Quickie: Question: What Do Snakes Think of Breast Implants?
by Kelly O
City Hall Stinks of Weed, Again
by Cienna Madrid
Weather Report
by Bethany Jean Clement
It's Happy Hour Right Now!
by Bethany Jean Clement
Underworld
by Kaz