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May. 6
Print Edition for the week of
May. 6 - 12, 1999
Vol. 8, No. 33
Savage Love
Wal-Mart
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Grab Bag
I, Anonymous
Sylvia Plath Scorched My Cat!
Film/TV
NOSTALGIA FOR THE GUTTER
Tony Bui's Tourist's-Eye View Of Vietnam
by Charles Mudede
VAMPIRE GODS OF THE MATRIX
The First Gnostic Blockbuster
by Brian Sendelbach
Video Revue
by Bruce Reid
This Week on TV
Music
Wanted
Cadallaca's Crime Wave
by Lois Maffeo
Live Music Listings
HIP-HOP SPOTLIGHT
Eminem's Front: It's a Put On
by MC Ruggelach
Up & Coming
CD Review Revue
More Up & Coming
DJ Listings
Club Directory
All Ages Action
Theater
URGE OVERKILL
Among the Post-Gays
by Tonia Steed
POONA RULES!
A Fuckdog For All Seasons
by Adrian Ryan
Theater Listings
Visual Art
OFF THE MARK
On The Boards'Big Crisis
by Eric Fredericksen
SHOOTING ROCK
Cynthia Connolly's Punk Photography
by Lois Maffeo
Visual Arts Listings
Diversions
Books
JUMPING GENRES
No Labels on Kate
by Nisi Shawl
Book Review Revue
Top 10 Bestsellers
Readings Listings
Food & Drink
Strong Flavor
by Jim Anderson
Where To Eat, What To Eat
Grab Yourself a Meatstick!
News
Were You Surprised?
by Stranger Staff
Blank Hearts
Life is Cheap, and Getting Cheaper
by Steve Perry
When Stephen King Rules the World
Nothing but Alone in the Suburbs
by Jennifer Vogel
PODLODOWSKI BOWS OUT
Is There a "Queer Seat" on the City Council?
by Dan Savage
ON THE RECORD
Police and Schools Learn to Share
by Trisha Ready
HAVING A BLAST
How Seattle Kids Get Their Hands on Weapons
by Ben Jacklet
Two of Seattle's Most Popular Street Weapons
In Other News...
Police Beat
Trenchcoat Catholic
Letters to the Editor
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Culture Wars
I Love Television
ASK TRACY...By Tracy Partridge
TTS!
by Shirley Rodell-Szyzmyjec
Excellent
DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
Don't Stand Me Down
by Everett True
THE BUZZCOCKS
Love Bites
by Philip Guichard
THE MISFITS
Legacy of Brutality
by Dan Paulus
KYUSS
Untitled
by Adam Heimlich
YOKO ONO
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
by Gillian G. Gaar
RUN-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
by Adam Heimlich
PAUL MCCARTNEY
McCartney II
by Sean Nelson
THE OUTLAWS
Wanted
by Hank Trotter
RUSH
2112
by Andy Spletzer
JOHN COLTRANE
Interstellar Space
by Nathan Thornburgh
THE EMOTIONS
Rejoice
by Riz Rollins
Men Without Hats
Rhythm of Youth
by Sean Nelson
Audacious Bastard: An Appreciation of Randy Newman's
Good Old Boys
by Sean Nelson
ARETHA FRANKLIN
SPARKLE
by Riz Rollins
THE DOLLY MIXTURE
Demonstration Tapes
by Lois Maffeo
WEEN
The Pod
by Adam Heimlich
TRACEY THORN
A Distant Shore
by Lois Maffeo
SMIF-N-WESSUN
Dah Shinin'
by Adam Heimlich
QUEEN
A Night at the Opera
by Dan Paulus
TALK TALK
Laughing Stock
by Riz Rollins