June 19, 2003 · VOL. 12, NO. 40

FRONT OF BOOK Letters: Unavailable at deadline.... Last Days: Brilliant. Genius. Wonderful.... NEWS Note to the Stranger news staff: Your threats against me only expose you for the feeble-headed, self-important hackjobs you are. Perhaps if you spent as much time writing engaging articles as you do sniping at me with your lame scare tactics, you wouldn't continue to put Seattle's residents to sleep with your weekly tripe.... SHORT FEATURE A follow-up to Eli Sanders' rather enlightening HIV feature from two weeks ago that, much like its predecessor, is a very good read.... FEATURE An informed, beautifully penned profile of presidential candidate John Kerry by Sandeep Kaushik, The Stranger's strongest writer.... THEATER Didn't read.... BOOKS Also didn't read.... ART Nope.... FOOD Nada.... MUSIC A large section, with a few worthwhile endeavors.... FILM Didn't read.... ETC. Nightstand: Didn't read.... Some Candy Talking: A moving tribute to a recently deceased music notable. Kudos, Ms. Wilson.... Live Wire: Didn't read.... Erasing Hours: Just one week after I label his column "the biggest waste of space in the entire paper," Sean Nelson submits a column of pseudo-merit. This is sure not to last, however.... Savage Love: See Celebrity I Saw U.... I Love TV: Didn't read.... Control Tower: Didn't read.... Celebrity I Saw U: Too gay....