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2011
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Aug. 24
Print Edition for the week of
Aug. 24 - 30, 2011
Vol. 20, No. 51
Savage Love
Sweat Ickquity
by Dan Savage
New Column!
God Answers Your Questions!
by God
I, Anonymous
You Never Saw It Coming
by Anonymous
Film/TV
Do You Want to Know What Happens in
The Future
?
Miranda July's New Movie Is Better Once You Know the Ending
by Christopher Frizzelle
Concessions
Lifetime: Television for Lindy West
by Lindy West
I Love Television
I Hate Hitler
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
More Rudd, Less Idiot
Our Idiot Brother
: A Dreamboat with a Bad Haircut
by Elinor Jones
Colombiana
: Zoe Saldana Will Fucking Kill You
by Paul Constant
The First Beautiful Thing
: Smile on Your Deathbed
by Jen Graves
Buckle Up.
Senna
’s About to Take You for a Ride to the Center of Formula One Racing
by Erik Henriksen
Music
Daniel Johnston's Unfiltered Honesty
by Kelly O
The Joanna Newsom of the 1970s
The Seattle Roots of Carol Kleyn's Darkly Angelic Folk Pop
by Dave Segal
Sound Check
Nightmare Fortress: A Different Kind of Dark
by Trent Moorman
Granted
Officewatch™ Redux
by Grant Brissey
Up & Coming
Lose your fusionoid gems every night this week!
by Stranger Staff
My Philosophy
Avatar Young Blaze and Luck-One Drop Gems
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Underage
All-Ages Shows
by Jason Baxter
Data Breaker
Splinters, Pleasure Boat Records All-Stars
by Dave Segal
Poster of the Week
Poster by Jenny Wilkson
by Aaron Huffman
The Homosexual Agenda
Bridal Showers in Gay Bars
by Adrian Ryan
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of August 24
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
Who Is Herbert Steiner?
A Blind Man and a World-Famous Work of Earth Art
by Jen Graves
In Art News
Bluster & Bierstadt
by Jen Graves
Books
It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)
Ready Player One
's 1980s Nostalgia-pocalypse
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Living Las Vegas
Michael Mina Transplants RN74 to Seattle
by Bethany Jean Clement
Features
Drill, Baby, Drill!
Finally, Seattle Gets the Deep-Bore Tunnel It Deserves
by Stranger Staff (The Adults in the Room, Rated "Excellent" by the Municipal League)
News
Light at the End of the Tunnel
The Biggest Winner in Last Week's Tunnel Vote? Mayor Mike McGinn!
by Goldy
Walk into the Light, McGinn
Why the Mayor Is Weaker Than Ever, Even with His Base
by Dominic Holden
Dance Floor Standoff
Gay Bar Threatens Lawsuit Against Convoluted State Tax on Dancing
by Cienna Madrid
A Blue Victory in the Purple Suburbs?
Eastside Victory May Give Dems Grip in County Politics
by Goldy
Can You Hear Me Now, Motherfuckers?
Sources Say
A Compendium of Spurious Claptrap
Slog
US Law Enforcement Gives Cartels 2,000 Guns
by Brendan Kiley
Sports Blotter
Fraudsters, Biters, and a Bobblehead Doll
by Goldy
Suggests
Fleet Foxes
by Charles Mudede
Tom Perrotta
by Paul Constant
Kimya Dawson
by David Schmader
‘Fright Night’
by Paul Constant
Olivia Tremor Control
by Dave Segal
The Tomato
by Megan Seling
Puyallup Fair
by David Schmader
NEPO 5K Don’t Run
by Jen Graves
TBA in PDX
by Brendan Kiley
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of The Stranger
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
Control Tower
Can Violent Consensual Sex Be Healing?
by Mistress Matisse
Podcasts
Savage Love Episode 254
by Dan Savage
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Worn Out
Scott Moy: Wrangler, Picker, Slasher
by Marti Jonjak