Pop Loser: Get In Losers, We’re Stanning Macklemore
Welcome back to Pop Loser! This week, I’ll catch up on some news that transpired while I was on vacation for the last three weeks. (I’m so glad nothing major happened, like the passing of Dolly Parton or the arrest of Tupac’s killer.) Miley Cyrus—now rebranding as just Miley—wants the kids back on the dance…
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Slog AM: Boycott Against Illegal Israeli Settlements Grows, Beth’s Is Open 24 Hours a Day Again, Hitler Returns
Forest rangers help ICE abduct campers in Snoqualmie National Forest midnight raid: The rangers pretended there was a “garbage issue” in order to approach five families and photograph IDs for potential citations, KING 5 reports. Around midnight, the rangers returned with ICE agents who arrested 5 men, who are now held in Tacoma’s notorious immigration…
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What Does the “Mamdani Moment” Look Like in Seattle?
Seattle’s media and political classes have inundated readers for months now with dubious stories about what the election of socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a slate of aligned New York legislators means for left-wing politics in Seattle. What none of these analyses have done is talk to the local affiliate of the…
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We Avoided a Strike, Now the Real Fight Begins
As we celebrated Labor Day, we had the chance to reflect on how deeply strange it was to find ourselves, as Seattle School Board Directors, on the employer side of a potential strike from educators last week. Both of us are lifelong supporters of organized labor. Joe spent 19 years working in the labor movement…
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Dear Hendrix
Dear Hendrix, I don’t know the exact number by heart, but it’s pretty safe to say that I’ve played around 10,070 rock shows in my life—give or take a dozen—with my band the Black Tones. And while your father and I will be happy with whatever career you choose, with a first name like Hendrix,…
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Welcome to The Stranger’s September 2026 Issue
I was going to write this whole bit about the Genius Awards from the perspective of a Costco sheet cake, but then fucking Dolly Parton died, so fuck jokes. She was 80 years old. Older than old enough to die, yet I’m somehow shocked and devastated. The great, especially the great who are good, remain…
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Stay With Us
Dear Readers: I’m on a vacation (and bed rest) this week. Please enjoy this selection of letters from three previously published columns. — Dan Borrowing Gen Z’s love for labelling everything, I’m a 46-year-old homoromantic asexual Canadian faggot. For me that means I’d like to love and be loved by another man but I’d hate having sex…
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Slog AM: Greatest Country in World Thinks Its Schools Suck, Trade War With Mapled, Northern Neighbor Continues, Real War in Persia Also Continues
The NTSB is investigating after an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport, crashed into a van with seven people inside, and kept going past the airport perimeter fence, hitting a Toyota Corolla SUV. The crash killed five and injured five more. A 32-person National Transportation Safety Board team documenting the scene…
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Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, September 7–September 13
MONDAY 9/7 Death Cab for Cutie LIVE on KEXP (MUSIC) For Seattleites, Death Cab for Cutie needs no introduction. Frontman Ben Gibbard started the indie rock band nearly three decades ago while attending Western Washington University. Since then, they’ve released 11 studio albums and won the adoration of listeners all over the world thanks to…
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The Stranger’s Noise Complaint: Roosevelt High School Jazz Band Combo
Welcome to Noise Complaint, The Stranger‘s new audio and video music podcast featuring live performances right here at The Stranger HQ. Streamed live and released every other Friday, we invite a great band, musician, or wonderfully weird act to perform. Tune in, discover something new, and support art in your city. This Week’s episode features Roosevelt…
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I Have the Best and Craziest 7 Bus Story Ever
The storied Route 7 now has an expiration date: 2032. At that point, King County Metro will change it to RapidRide R Line, a bus that will run between Rainier Beach and downtown Seattle. This new line will require the transformation of Rainier Avenue, a former highway with a reputation for fast cars that regularly…
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How a Great Director Made a Very Bad Film That He Is Proud Of
British director John Boorman had already made six movies before he got the chance to direct Exorcist II: The Heretic, the 1977 sequel to William Friedkin’s 1973 blockbuster about demonic possession, The Exorcist. Boorman was hardly a novice. He even had two stone-cold classics, Point Blank and Deliverance, to his name. But in making a…
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