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2011
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Mar. 9
Print Edition for the week of
Mar. 9 - 15, 2011
Vol. 20, No. 27
Savage Love
Total Recall
by Dan Savage
New Column!
The Timely Return of Re-jEGG-ted!
Film/TV
Battle: Los Angeles
: Claptrap from Space
by Grant Brissey
Vanishing on 7th Street
: This Film Makes No Fucking Sense
by Charles Mudede
This Spring We Suggest
You’ll Be Dreadfully Sorry if You Miss These Upcoming Films
by Stranger Staff
The Last Lions
: Single Mother Lionesses Struggling for Survival in Africa
by Megan Seling
Welcome Back, Jar Jar!
Mars Needs Moms
: Blame Robert Zemeckis
by Zac Pennington
Concessions
Red Riding Hood
: Get in the Elephant, Clod
by Lindy West
The Feminine Wiles of Catherine Deneuve: SIFF's Disappointing Series
by Charles Mudede
Precious Life
Is the Best Thing in the Seattle Jewish Film Festival
by Charles Mudede
Cold Weather
: Double Meh
by Jen Graves
Elektra Luxx
: One of the Worst Movies Lindy West Has Ever Seen
by Lindy West
Beastly
, Indeed
A Cautionary Tale About Terrible Tween Movies
by Courtney Ferguson
I, Anonymous
Coke Adds Suck
by Anonymous
Music
Bring a Codpiece
Travis Morrison of the Reunited Dismemberment Plan Talks About Playing Seattle and Punching People in the Groin
by Megan Seling
Up & Coming
Lose your will to carry on every night this week!
by Stranger Staff
Sound Check
PS I Love You: The Muff Factory
by Trent Moorman
Overwhelming Is Their Default Mode:
This Is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank
by Dave Segal
It's a Hit
by Michaelangelo Matos
Data Breaker
Noise for the Needy Goes Shinjuku, Big Bully Beats You Up
by Dave Segal
Music's Not for Everyone
: Ian Svenonius Doesn't Give a Shit Anymore
by Grant Brissey
Kurt Vile's
Smoke Ring for My Halo
: No Jamming
by Grant Brissey
This Spring We Suggest
Upcoming Shows You Gotta Go to (and Bands You Gotta Start)
by Stranger Staff
The Lonely Forest (Almost) Hit the Mark with
Arrows
by Megan Seling
My Philosophy
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Poster of the Week
by Aaron Huffman
Underage
All-Ages Shows
by Jason Baxter
The Homosexual Agenda
Brown Derby's
The Shining
, SAM Remix, and Trouble
by Adrian Ryan
With
Beyond the 4th Door
, Eternal Tapestry Follow Hirsute Hallucinogentlemen Before Them
by Dave Segal
Theater
Slow News Day
Hardball
Drags Ass
by Brendan Kiley
This Spring We Suggest
Upcoming Theater You Cannot Miss or You’ll Wish You Were Dead
by Stranger Staff
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of March 9
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
Dislocated Screws
Claire Cowie at James Harris
by Jen Graves
Glamorous Edges
Mitzi Pederson at Open Satellite
by Jen Graves
Unspeakable Leaking
Humaira Abid at Artxchange
by Jen Graves
This Spring We Suggest
Upcoming Visual Art You Must See or Your Eyes Will Be So Mad at You
by Stranger Staff
Books
Short Cuts
Amazon's Kindle Singles Program Continues the Magazining of the iPhone
by Paul Constant
This Spring We Suggest
Upcoming Book-Related Events You’d Be a Fool to Miss
by Stranger Staff
Food & Drink
Silky and Spicy
Peter, Patrick, and the Malaysian Food of Satay
by Bethany Jean Clement
Chow Bio
Donna Moodie of Marjorie
by Sarah Galvin
Happiest Hour
Licorous
by Marti Jonjak
Features
F Is the New H
People in Seattle who would never touch heroin are trying fentanyl. What they don’t know is that it’s basically the same thing, only stronger.
by Brendan Kiley
This Spring We Suggest
The Stranger's Only-the-Best Guide to Your Near Future in Music and the Arts
by Stranger Staff
Washington State's 911 Good Samaritan Law
by Brendan Kiley
News
The Mayor Gets Schooled
School Board Says It Won't Hand Over Finances to City
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Tunnel Supporters Get Desperate
Referendum to Put Tunnel on Ballot Raises Big Bucks
by Dominic Holden
Hungry for Change
We'll Soon Get the Street Food We Deserve
by Cienna Madrid
Fully Baked
Every Elected City Official Now Wants to Legalize Pot
by Dominic Holden
Dope Deal
Seattle Senator Compromises Pot Bill to Appease Conservatives
by Eli Sanders
Public Editor
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Control Tower
Erotica Classics Get a New Kink
by Mistress Matisse
Maakies
by Tony Millionaire
I Love Television
The Charlie Sheen Network
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Slog
Tonight: A Talk About Acids Baths and Empowering Women
by Ryan T. Hicks
Blind Man's Guide Dog Goes Blind, Gets Own Guide Dog!
by Lindy West
Urinal of the Day: Washington, D.C.
by Dan Savage
Furthering the Lie that Abortion Leads to Breast Cancer
by Cienna Madrid
Tipping the Maid
by Dan Savage
Nothing Happened!
by Goldy
Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX): Without Tax Subsidies, Exxon-Mobil Would Go "Out of Business"
by Goldy
Tonight is Capitol Hill's Art Walk: Be A Red-Light District John (or a Jane)
by Jen Graves
Gingrich: "I Only Regret That I Have but Three Wives to Lose for My Country"
by Goldy
Run, Michele, Run!
by Paul Constant
Seattle Shakespeare Company Loses Its Managing and Artistic Directors
by Brendan Kiley
After DNA
by Charles Mudede
Wait, There Are Even
More
"Not Average Grassroots Citizens" Against the Tunnel?
by Dominic Holden
Tsunami Watch Issued for Washington and Oregon Coasts
by Goldy
Attention, Cats!
by Goldy
Art News Update
by Jen Graves
Today in Sexy & Bald & Jewish Lawyers
by Zeugma
Lying Republicans
by Paul Constant
Joke's On You If You're One of
Those
People
by Jen Graves
Today in Fruit
by Zeugma
RE: Someone Is Sleeping...
by Brian Geoghagan
Eva Braun in Blackface
by David Schmader
Most of Seattle's Legislative Delegation Thinks Pot Should Be Taken Out of the Hands of an Illegal Market
by Dominic Holden
Giffords Gets Her Skull Back
by Charles Mudede
About Last Weekend's Pepper Spray Spree...
by Ryan T. Hicks
It Gets Better: Meshell Ndegeocello
by Dan Savage
You Know What Country Has a Ban on Plastic Shopping Bags?
by Brendan Kiley
City Attorney Smacks Down Council for Stonewalling Homeless Camp
by Cienna Madrid
Re: Everyone's a Critic... Even the Alleged Spokane Bomber!
by Jen Graves
It Gets Better: David Sedaris
by Dan Savage
"Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, in the Most Critically Acclaimed Role of His Career...."
by David Schmader
SLLOTD: Baby Daddy Drama
by Dan Savage
Someone Is Sleeping Under the Desk
by Dominic Holden
More on the Arrest of the Spokane Backpack Bomb Suspect
by Eli Sanders
The Shakes
by Charles Mudede
Everyone's a Critic... Even the Alleged Spokane Bomber!
by Goldy
There Are Two Very Special Birthdays Happening Today!!!
by Grant Brissey
Week in Review
by Eli Sanders
Madison Firefighters Union President Calls for General Strike
by Goldy
Tomorrow in Washington D.C.
by Dan Savage
Chimerica Today
by Charles Mudede
Ponies! (Okay, fine... Mini Horses!)
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
How to Split the Check
by Bethany Jean Clement
Currently Hanging
: Claire Cowie's
Dead Reckoning
by Jen Graves
This Week on
RuPaul's Drag Race
...
by David Schmader
"I Think I Just Smurfed in My Mouth"
by David Schmader
Council Shelves SODO Homeless Camp Until Summer or Later
by Cienna Madrid
Editorial Priorities
by Goldy
Lindy West Is Full of Lies! The Prophet Says So!
by Brendan Kiley
What He Said
by Anthony Hecht
Art Imitates Life Imitates Art
by Anthony Hecht
Today in Car Thefts, Celebrity Chefs, and Crimes of Rhyme
by Bethany Jean Clement
God Shields Washington from Tsunami's Worst
by Goldy
Rally in Westlake to Show Solidarity with Wisconsin
by Goldy
Wonder What Mardi Gras in Pioneer Square Looked Like Last Night?
by Kelly O
Gallagher Collapses on Stage in Minnesota
by Lindy West
WWALD?
by Grant Brissey
New Important Leaders in Art, Waiting to Be Appointed
by Jen Graves
Saturday: Let Your Representives Know What Seattle Stands For
by Ryan T. Hicks
Superheroes, The Post-Apocalyptic Northwest, and Adam Carolla
by Paul Constant
Short on China
by Jonathan Golob
The Morning News
by David Schmader
You Can't Pray Away the Gay...
by Dan Savage
The Invasions Begin: Nick Cave Interviewed, and on the Streets of Seattle
by Jen Graves
Today in Great Ideas
by David Schmader
The Gallery Interior as a Tragic Site
, by Robert Smithson
by Jen Graves
More Trouble with Glenn Beck's Favorite Musical
by Paul Constant
You May Need to Decide Whether to Watch This Movie This Weekend:
Cold Weather
by Jen Graves
Zach Galifianakis SNL Promos are Better than SNL
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Re: FBI Arrests Suspect in Spokane MLK Day Bombing Attempt
by Eli Sanders
Tsunami in Japan: Cars Floating Like Empty Bottles
by Grant Brissey
Sometimes the Entire Meaning of Something Is on the Surface
by Charles Mudede
SLLOTD: The Birthday Party
by Dan Savage
Judge Grants City's Request to Shut Down Jiggles
by Cienna Madrid
I Need to Buy Dave Segal a Pager
by Grant Brissey
You Are Expected to Use Your Phone During the Movie
by Paul Constant
Porkspiration!
by Bethany Jean Clement
Today in New Offerings/Worthy-Welcome Additions to Various Scenes
by Bethany Jean Clement
The Official 2011 Stranger Juggalo Poetry Writing Contest...
by Kelly O
RE: Wisconsin
by Goldy
This Is A Very Understandable Misunderstanding That We Will Clear Up Right Now: Nick Cave Is Not Nick Cave
by Jen Graves
Re: Ponies! (Okay, fine... Mini Horses!)
by Lindy West
This Explains So Much
by Lindy West
Mondale, Dukakis, Clinton, Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Obama
by Dan Savage
Susan Enfield's First Week in the School District ...
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Traffic Report
by Grant Brissey
Oh, the Irony
by Dominic Holden
Dept of Corrections
by Brendan Kiley
The Return of Idoru
by Charles Mudede
The Koch Brothers Exposed
by Goldy
Sarah Palin HBO Movie
by Gillian Anderson
Meet a Genius, Draw a Poorly Designed Cat
by Paul Constant
Last Night I Spent Some Time in the Interior Illusions Lounge...
by David Schmader
Online Coffee Company, 1999-2011
by Bethany Jean Clement
McGinn Gets Schooled
by Dominic Holden
Another Proposal for Saving Metro
by Eli Sanders
A Class That Teaches Old Teabaggers How to Troll Amazon
by Paul Constant
The Scariest Thing I've Seen in Art in a While
by Jen Graves
How the Man in That Empty Capitol Hill Lot Died
by Eli Sanders
Happy Hour RIGHT NOW: Licorous on Capitol Hill
by David Schmader
Forecast: Rain
by Bethany Jean Clement
A Very Good Reason Not to Enroll at the University of Lincoln
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
The Seattle City Council Thinks We’re Moving TOO FAST on Transit
by Brad Meacham
Today is Another Day of Rage
by Eli Sanders
Campaign Rumors Suggest Palin Might Possibly Be Out of Touch
by Paul Constant
The Truth About the War in Wisconsin
by Goldy
The Morning News
by David Schmader
New and Really Good
by Bethany Jean Clement
Wisconsin GOP Using Parliamentary Procedure to Push Through Anti-Union Bill
by Goldy
How the World Will End
by Charles Mudede
Lunchtime Quickie: Tacoma Man Saves Dog With CPR
by Kelly O
Who Is the Heart and Who Is the Soul...
by Megan Seling
Currently Hanging
: Mitzi Pederson's
the still night air
by Jen Graves
Gossip About the Recent Departure of the Artistic and Managing Directors of Seattle Shakespeare
by Brendan Kiley
Pope Ratzi Embraces E-Books
by Paul Constant
Currently Hanging
: Humaira Abid's
Red
by Jen Graves
"Long-Haired Goof Fuckers"
by Goldy
Nothing Happened. . . Yet
by Chicago Fan
Two of My Favorite Things, Together at Last
by Paul Constant
No-Fly Zone or No No-Fly Zone?
by Eli Sanders
Mayor McGinn Insists on Fixing Public Schools (Whether They Like It or Not), Gives Money to Tunnel Referendum
by Cienna Madrid
Have You Seen This Mugshot?
by Jen Graves
And I'm as Bad as Hitler
by Goldy
Horror in Arkansas
by David Schmader
Brief Chat With a Friend in Nagoya, Japan
by Grant Brissey
Senate Rejects Bill That Would Defund Planned Parenthood
by Cienna Madrid
I Know This Is Wonky, But It's Vital
by Jen Graves
One World Is Enough
by Charles Mudede
How
Not
to Report on the Alleged Gang Rape of a Child
by Cienna Madrid
Are You Missing Your Specimen Bag With Biohazard Warning?
by Grant Brissey
Kevin Wallace: Routing Light Rail the Bellevue Way
by Goldy
"We're All Dead": An American Teen Narrates the Aftermath in Japan
by Charles Mudede
E-Book News: Fear the Tablet Bubble, and Love the New Logo
by Paul Constant
The Art Walk Show I Missed and Want to Get to Stat
by Jen Graves
Lunchtime Quickie: Boobs on FOX News
by Kelly O
That Giant Sucking Sound...?
by Goldy
Tomorrow's a Big Day for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
by Brendan Kiley
In the Twilight of Neoliberalism
by Charles Mudede
FBI Arrests Suspect in Spokane MLK Day Bombing Attempt
by Goldy
7.9
8.8 Earthquake Hits Japan
by Christopher Frizzelle
Way to Go, Stephen King
by Paul Constant
Quit Braggin'
by Lindy West
Nuclear Emergency in Japan
by Charles Mudede
Brendan Kiley on the New Popularity of Recreational Fentanyl—AKA "F" or "Shug"
by Christopher Frizzelle
Overheard in the Office
by Megan Seling
Podcasts
What Nick Cave Wants
by Jen Graves
Savage Love Episode 230
by Dan Savage
Suggests
Devo
by Dave Segal
Jiggles Gentlemen's Club
by Cienna Madrid
James Gleick
by Paul Constant
Iris DeMent
by David Schmader
'Rango'
by Paul Constant
'Dogtooth'
by Lindy West
SAM Remix
by Jen Graves
'The Human Resources Manager'
by Charles Mudede
Underworld
by Kaz