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2010
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Oct. 7
Print Edition for the week of
Oct. 7 - 13, 2010
Vol. 20, No. 5
Savage Love
Make It Better
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Get Humping!
Film/TV
Waiting for Superman
: It’s a Polemic! Get Mad! Arrr!
by Paul Constant
It’s Kind of a Funny Story
: And Only Kind of a Funny Movie
by Grant Brissey
Blood, Bone, Metal, Ghosts, Rectums, Rapes
Gasper Noé Cannot Be Unwatched
by Charles Mudede
Breathless
Has the Most Beautiful American Actress of the 20th Century
by Charles Mudede
The Freebie
: Better Than Bad Rom-Coms!
by Paul Constant
Buried
: It's Literally a Dude in a Box
by Andrew Wright
Secretariat
: Spiritual Horse Moments. Yeah.
by Jen Graves
Onion and Secretariat Made My Dad Cry
Jen Graves Interviews Her Father About the Rise and Fall of an Athlete He Loved but Never Could Interview
by Jen Graves
Concessions
Never Let Me Go
by Lindy West
I, Anonymous
That's What She Said
by Anonymous
Music
Mama Grrrzzly
The Carefully Negotiated Return of Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker
by David Schmader
Ain't That Americana
The Moondoggies Are Not the Allman Brothers
by Paul Constant
Up & Coming
This Week's Noteworthy Shows and Parties
by Stranger Staff
Fucking in the Streets
Reviews of Dirty Projectors and Das Racist
by Eric Grandy
It's a Hit
New Singles from Friendly Fires, Azari & III, Falty DL, and More
by Michaelangelo Matos
Data Breaker
Drumsicle's Scratchy Beats, PotatoFinger's Live Video-Game Score
by Dave Segal
My Philosophy
Sportn' Life and Focused Noise's Deadly Duos
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Sound Check
Steve Fisk: Inside Sounds, Fire Juggling
by Trent Moorman
Underage
A (Not at All Depressing) Fall Playlist
by Megan Seling
Poster of the Week
Poster by Jon Cook
by Aaron Huffman
Party Crasher
Come Spill Beer with Me
by BRANDON SCOTT GORRELL
The Homosexual Agenda
Beards, Lezbros, and Glitoris
by Adrian Ryan
Theater
"I Was a Little Bit Ashamed Every Night"
French Iconoclast Christian Rizzo on Clubbing, Non-Dance, and Basketball Shoes
by Brendan Kiley
Burlesque Box
Naked Boys Reading Judy Blume
by Jessica Price
Visual Art
Fascinated by Unusual Deaths
Amy Blakemore and the Diana Camera
by Jen Graves
In Art News
I Hate You, Money, and You're Driving the Arts
by Jen Graves
Books
What It Feels Like for a Teabagger
Two Pollsters Try to Legitimize an Illegitimate "Movement," with an Assist from Their Leader Glenn Beck
by Paul Constant
Constant Reader
Sci-Fi Nerds and Literary-Fiction Fans Unite, Uncomfortably
by Paul Constant
Constant Reader
A Sexy Cruise and a Divorce That Chases a Boy to the Moon (Literally)
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Unlike Grandma Used to Make
Cheeky Cafe's Improvements on Old-School Favorites
by Paul Constant
Bar Exam
The Local Vine, Take Two
by Bethany Jean Clement
Chow Bio
Vuong Loc of June
by Sarah Galvin
Happiest Hour
Faire Gallery Cafe-Bar
by Marti Jonjak
Features
High Court Hypocrite
The Troubling Double Standards of Justice Richard Sanders
by Eli Sanders
News
Bikes Not Welcome
Truck Activists Fight to Keep Georgetown Roads Free of Cyclists and Pedestrians
by Cienna Madrid
Accounting Errors
Conservative BIAW Called Out on Money Mismanagement
by Eli Sanders
Unfunny Money
Did DUI Attorneys Break Campaign-Finance Rules?
by Dominic Holden
Booze Boom
For the First Time Since Prohibition, a Dozen Distilleries in Seattle
by Cienna Madrid
Slog
Europe and the Devolution of the Car
by Charles Mudede
Lunchtime Quickie: Friday Is Pizza Day
by Kelly O
Rossi Outraises Murray in the 3rd Quarter
by Eli Sanders
How Did You Meet Daddy, Daddy?
by Dan Savage
DUI Lawyers Say
Stranger
Coverage Misses Mark
by Dominic Holden
Are Gay People Already Boycotting Walmart?
by Paul Constant
Another "Best" Listzzzzzzzzz...
by Bethany Jean Clement
State Audit Criticizes Seattle School District
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Scott Simon Keeps Telling Me That KUOW's Pledge Drive Ends "Just as Soon as They Reach Their Goal"
by Dan Savage
Soft Power in Brazil: Hearts, Minds, and the Drug War
by Brendan Kiley
It's Still Baking Week in Questionland
by Megan Seling
Homophobic Sleeping Bags
by Jesse Vernon
Meanwhile In Michigan
by Dan Savage
It Gets Worse
by Dan Savage
When Will We Reach The Tipping Point?
by Dan Savage
The Inhabitants of Spain
by Charles Mudede
The President of Mexico Opposes California's Prop 19... Because He Likes the Drug War Just the Way It Is?
by Brendan Kiley
Lunchtime Quickie: The Game Face
by Kelly O
Flickr Photo of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
Mike Nipper Knows Everything About Music
by Grant Brissey
Reading Today
: Anti-Americans, Great Americans, and Drowning Americans
by Paul Constant
Notes from the Prayer Warrior
by Eli Sanders
The Innumerate Opposition to I-1098
by Jonathan Golob
"Extend the Tax on Bottled Water"
by Dominic Holden
More Reasons Why an Income Tax Won't Reach the Middle Class
by Cienna Madrid
He's Not a Very Good Writer, but He's Right
by Paul Constant
The Morning News
by David Schmader
Flickr Photo of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
The Morning News
by Matt Luby
Reading Tonight
: Anton Chekhov and Paris Hilton, Sitting in a Tree
by Paul Constant
Mexico Round-Up: Sep 12
by Brendan Kiley
Here's What I Want For My Birthday
by Dan Savage
Don't Forget: Slog Happy Is Thursday at Highline
by Megan Seling
Slog Poll: How Thirsty Are You for Booze?
by Cienna Madrid
Reading Tonight
: Alex Ross, an Author I Missed, and a Fundraiser to Document Readings
by Paul Constant
Trick or Vote: Your Only Chance as An Adult to Compete with Children for Candy and Not Feel Stupid
by Cienna Madrid
Why Do the Homos Have Public Sex During the Day and the Hets Have Public Sex at Night?
by Brendan Kiley
What's the Difference?
by Dan Savage
The Hipster Headdress and Other Tribal Fashions
by Jen Graves
Photographs That Don't Make Me Tired
by Jen Graves
The Day Ain't Over...
by David Schmader
Heavey Hits Back (With the Most Polite "Fuck You" We've Seen All Election Season)
by Eli Sanders
Why Pay Another Regressive Sales Tax?
by Dominic Holden
It's Lady Sex Week in Questionland
by Dan Savage
Today Is the Big Day for Windows Phone 7
by Paul Constant
Bar Exam: The Relocated Local Vine
by David Schmader
The Morning News
by David Schmader
I'd Rather Kiss a (real) Wookiee
by Mary P. Traverse
Update: The New Gap Logo
by Mary P. Traverse
Scoreboard, Baby
: A (Seattle-Based) Story of College Football, Crime, and Complicity
by David Schmader
SL Letter of the Day: Finding Dad's Porn
by Dan Savage
Hippies Should Totally Join the Tea Party
by Paul Constant
Latest Details on that Horrifying Gang Gay-Bashing in the Bronx
by Christopher Frizzelle
Reading Tonight
: Flotsam, the History of Desk Lamps, and Grrrrrrrrrls
by Paul Constant
Comic Book Sales Are Way Down
by Paul Constant
This Is Why We Love the Frye
by Jen Graves
The End for the Miners
by Charles Mudede
The Bunny-Man Cometh
by Brendan Kiley
The Mendacity of Hope
: The Frothing Left Wing
by Paul Constant
Clearly I'm The Only Gay Person On Earth Who Is...
by Dan Savage
Yellow Pages Lobby Says O'Brien Is Trying to Tax Newspapers
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Obama Coming Back to Seattle for Murray
by Eli Sanders
Dueling Narratives: Steak Knife Edition
by Matt Luby
SL Letter of the Day: Don't Listen To Your Mother
by Dan Savage
Against Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
by Eli Sanders
What Should This Dog Be for Halloween?
by Jen Graves
Tourism Matters (and Tourists Love Glass Brittle)
by Cienna Madrid
While We're Talking About the Income Tax Initiatve...
by Eli Sanders
But Hey, We Did Try to Give the Guy Advice About His Nazi Uniform
by Stranger Election Control Board
Murray Up in New Elway Poll
by Eli Sanders
Lunchtime Quickie: If You Think You're Having A Bad Day...
by Kelly O
Bill Clinton Is Coming Next Week
by Dominic Holden
It's Time to Talk About Halloween!
by Megan Seling
Fall Weather and Winter Coats.
by Cienna Madrid
The Morning News
by David Schmader
Old Column! The Farewell Address of Richard B. Sanders, Third Year Law Student
by Eli Sanders
Youth Violence Program Could be Gone Next Year.
by Cienna Madrid
Labor Leaders Accuse Heavey of "Pandering" on the Economy
by Eli Sanders
Get a Book for (Almost) Free Today
by Paul Constant
Paul Allen, Greedy Asshole
by Dominic Holden
Another Reason to Bike to Work
by Cienna Madrid
Old Column! Richard B. Sanders, Third Year Law Student, on Affirmative Action
by Eli Sanders
Reading Today
: Supremely Offensive, Supremely Disturbing
by Paul Constant
Cliches Of Our Lives
by Jen Graves
Glenn Beckwatch
: Here's What's Wrong with Glenn Beck
by Paul Constant
Tonight: I'm From Driftwood's Fifty-State Story Tour Comes to Lobby Bar
by David Schmader
Pick Your Favorite Liz Phair Poem...
by Megan Seling
The Silent Reading Party Is Tonight
by Christopher Frizzelle
Amazon Is Developing "Kindle Singles"
by Paul Constant
I Will KICK YOUR ASS at Air Hockey
by Megan Seling
It Gets Better: A Video and a Letter for a Sunday Morning
by Dan Savage
Ben Brantley Goes Nuts for
Gatz
....
by David Schmader
Used Bookselling Sure Has Gotten Depressing
by Paul Constant
The Gold Standard: Inflation, Wealth and Economic Growth
by Jonathan Golob
Can You Recommend a Kid-Friendly Place in Seattle to Watch Sunday Football?
by Megan Seling
Another Benefit of Legalization in California: Arts Funding
by Brendan Kiley
New Olympic Sport: Jail Cell Bunk Bed High Diving!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Chilean Miners Set to Be Freed Tomorrow
by Cienna Madrid
All That and an Environmentally Friendly Bag of Chips
by Bethany Jean Clement
The Mayor of Paris Doesn't Let Teenagers See Larry Clark's Pictures of Teenagers
by Jen Graves
U.S. 9th Circuit Upholds State's Ban on Felon Voting
by Dominic Holden
The Silence of the Lambs
by Dan Savage
Those Amazing Headsculpturethings
by Jen Graves
The Prime Mover in E-Book Technology Is the Screen
by Paul Constant
Can You Make a Better Ad than This One?
by Dominic Holden
Picasso: Immediate Thoughts
by Jen Graves
I Wrote this Post on my New Windows 7 Phone (While Giving Birth)
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Glenn Beckwatch
: Marching Orders
by Paul Constant
Stay Classy, China
by Christopher Frizzelle
Who Started the "Reichert's Brain" Rumor?
Dave Reichert
by Goldy
"Don't Tell When Asked": How Catholic Hospices Are Denying Patients' Rights to Death With Dignity
by Goldy
Soda Is Not Food
by Dominic Holden
Lunchtime Quickie: RATS! They're Amazing Pets!
by Kelly O
More Depressing Environmental News: Hungary's Flood of Toxic Sludge
by Eli Sanders
KC Exec Orders Inquest into Williams Shooting
by Cienna Madrid
Save the Date: Come See Me Talk About the Future of the Book on Wednesday
by Paul Constant
Weekend Reading: Vargas Llosa, Ted Hughes, and Bodily Fluid Slapstick
by Paul Constant
Glenn Beckwatch
: Something Happened
by Paul Constant
Man Charged in Ballard, Covington Assaults
by Cienna Madrid
Mario Vargas Llosa
by Paul Constant
Wacky Re-Interperetation of "Come Together"
by Grant Brissey
Leo Berk and Margie Livingston Each Win $25,000 for the Inaugural Chihuly Foundation Innovation Award
by Jen Graves
Toxic Sludge from Outer Space
by Grant Brissey
Who Are the 20 Non-Fiction Writers Under 40?
by Paul Constant
Vote Yes on Prop 1: Stop the Bleeding
by Dow Constantine
Were You Wanting to Hear Two Recordings of Englishmen Saying the Word "Yoghurt"?
by Lindy West
“Don’t kill yourself—please? Because you might be a future significant other for me!”
by Dan Savage
Week in Review
by Eli Sanders
It Gets Better: Gay Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns
by Dan Savage
A Match Made in Heaven: Taiwanese CGI and Marijuana
by David Schmader
NJ/NY Tunnel Canceled Due to Ballooning Cost Overruns
by Dominic Holden
I-1098 in Electionland All Week
by Dominic Holden
The Liberal Quandary Over the Booze Initiatives
by Dominic Holden
Happiest Hour: Faire Gallery Cafe-Bar
by David Schmader
Would It Help To Declare a National March On One High School?
by Dan Savage
A Review of (Driving and Parking in) Downtown Bellevue
by Jonathan Golob
Are Fox News Reporters the New Catholic Priests?
by Paul Constant
Goodloe-Johnson Resigns from Board Amid Criticisms of Conflict of Interest
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Gay Dudes Aren't Looking for Straight Dudes, Lesbians Like Drugs More than Straight Women, and Other Revelations from OkCupid
by Dominic Holden
Today in the Painful Lessons of Physics
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Schmader's Right, You Should Go See Joey Arias Tonight—Especially If You've Never Seen Him
by Christopher Frizzelle
Forecast for November: Best Voter Turnout in Decades
by Eli Sanders
Tomorrow Night: Joey Arias at the Triple Door
by David Schmader
Old Column! Richard B. Sanders, Third Year Law Student, Will
Not
Be Boycotting Grapes in Solidarity With Striking Migrant Workers
by Eli Sanders
It Gets Better: Send the Marines
by Dan Savage
Woman Punched by SPD Officer Pleads Guilty to Assault
by Cienna Madrid
Is Anyone Else Unable to Turn Off the TV and Go to Bed Because the Recovery of the Miners in Chile?
by Christopher Frizzelle
If you're in Chicago Thursday night
by Chicago Fan
Confidential to Christians Who Are Always Telling Me That You're "Not All Like That" And That "Not All Christians" Are Homophobic Bigots...
by Dan Savage
Get Your Ass Off the Couch
by Matt Luby
After Tweaks for Local Interests, City Council Set to Pass Yellow Pages Bill
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Behold This Gorgeous Plate of Macaroni & Cheese
by David Schmader
Saudi Arabia, Mariah Carey, and Photoshop
by Grant Brissey
Some Things I Have Seen While Riding a Bicycle in Seattle
by Jay Jansheski
Seattle Schools Show Record Enrollment, Over-Crowding Problem Continues
by Riya Bhattacharjee
The Liquor Initiative Debate
by Dominic Holden
Someone Is Writing a Novel Right Now
by Paul Constant
The New Leadership at Cascade Bicycle Club
by Dominic Holden
Hearing Examiner Rejects Claims of Neighborhood Activists
by Cienna Madrid
Currently Hanging
: Francoise Gilot
by Jen Graves
Unfuckingbelievable
by Dan Savage
Old Column! Richard B. Sanders, Long Before He Was a State Supreme Court Justice, Writing About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Suicide"
by Eli Sanders
Northwest Noir: The Bodyguard and the Dog Trainer
by Charles Mudede
Reading Tonight
: More Twitter Followers than Jesus
by Paul Constant
Judge Issues Worldwide Injunction Against DADT
by Eli Sanders
Ted Hughes Posthumously Acknowledges Sylvia Plath's Suicide
by Paul Constant
Who You Gonna Believe?
by Dan Savage
Let's All Judge the New Gap Logo!
by David Schmader
Even
More
Money from the Soda Lobby?
by Dominic Holden
Why (For Fuck's Sake) Should I Care?
by Dominic Holden
Another Sci-Fi Fetish I've Never Considered...
by Mary P. Traverse
A Recent Ruling Found It Was Legal to Place a Tracking Device on a Suspect's Car Without a Warrant
by Dominic Holden
Pilot Books Would Like Your Help
by Paul Constant
Republican Poll Shows Republican Dino Rossi Winning
by Eli Sanders
SL Letter of the Day: Leave It Alone
by Dan Savage
Eli Sanders on the Troubling Double Standards of a State Supreme Court Justice
by Christopher Frizzelle
Chow Bio: Vuong Loc of June
by David Schmader
MythBusters: Dino Rossi Did Not Write the 2003-2005 State Budget
by Goldy
Traffic Report
by Grant Brissey
Reading Today
: Two Classics and a Sure-to-Be-Not-Classic-in-the-Making
by Paul Constant
The Back of the Head Of The Person Sitting In Front Of Me On This Flight
by Dan Savage
Christian Rizzo: Holy Mercy!
by Brendan Kiley
Lunchtime Quickie: Gay Porn Star Makes Statement About Sexual Discrimination... With Juggling
by Kelly O
Seven Different Versions of the Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale"!!! Listen to Them All at Once!
by Grant Brissey
Get a Book for (Totally) Free Today
by Paul Constant
British Rugby Hunk Ben Cohen Joins the "It Gets Better" Project!
by David Schmader
Clearly, Catherine Keener Should Play Mommy
by David Schmader
This Doesn't Sound Good: Insider Selling To Buying: 2,341 To 1
by Brendan Kiley
John T. Williams: The Buck Stops with Nobody...
by Charles Mudede
Five Questionable
Archie
Panels
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Another Small Press Heads West
by Paul Constant
The Morning News
by David Schmader
Newsflash: Computer Proficiency Required to Become SAM's Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
by Jen Graves
Currently Hanging
: Lead Pencil Studio
by Jen Graves
Dogs and Madrid
by Charles Mudede
Protect Our
Communities
Profits
by Dominic Holden
You Could Say I'm Throwing a Little Tea Party in the Comments
by Paul Constant
The Seattle Times
, Wednesday October 6
by Kelly O
A Harmless Asteroid Makes the Papers
by Charles Mudede
Our Bad. (Or:
The Stranger
's Ancient Endorsement of the Man Who Became this Week's High Court Hypocrite.)
by Stranger Election Control Board
Panic at the Bravo
by Brendan Kiley
Stupid Little Douchebags
by Dominic Holden
Facebook's New Photo Viewer
by Jen Graves
Who Will Protect Us From the Roving Used Book-Buying Gangs?
by Paul Constant
Why Is Dino Rossi Advertising on
Glee
?
by Eli Sanders
How Should You Vote on the Liquor Initiatives?
by Dominic Holden
Flickr Photo of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
What They Named Their Restaurant
by Dominic Holden
The Morning News
by David Schmader
9/11: Well, That Settles It
by Paul Constant
Comment of the Day: Cressona
by Dominic Holden
Old Column Rebuttal! Tom Chambers, Third Year Law Student, on Migrant Workers
by Eli Sanders
Bring On the Lawsuit, Yellow Bellied Pages
by Riya Bhattacharjee
Biden in Tacoma: Stumping, Holding Babies, and Talking and Talking and Talking
by JOHN FRIIS
Seattle's Preferred
Alternative
Commute is by Public Transit
by Cienna Madrid
We Were Promised Jet-Books
by Paul Constant
Picasso and Chihuly and Trickle-Down Artonomics
by Jen Graves
MoveOn's Aging Hippies Rally Against Corporate Spending
by Matt Luby
Dora the Explorer
: Can You Say, "Litigation"?
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Woman Attacked in Seward Park
by Cienna Madrid
Civilization
and Its New Contents
by The Stranger Testing Department
MythBusters: Dave Reichert Did Not Catch the Green River Killer
by Goldy
Confidential to the White House
by Dan Savage
Old Column! Richard B. Sanders, Second Year Law Student, on the 14th Amendment
by Eli Sanders
Culture of Poverty
by Charles Mudede
Dear
Washington Post
...
by Dan Savage
Currently Sleeping
: The CoCA Auction Artists
by Jen Graves
Tim Ceis Faces Charges for Hit and Run
by Dominic Holden
Cascade Bicycle Club's New Leadership Pedals On
by Dominic Holden
War Is Good for the Environment and Other Living Things
by Paul Constant
UW
Daily
, May 15, 1968
by Eli Sanders
Performance Art Weekend
by Jen Graves
The Morning News
by Matt Luby
Read "Bacon's Man"
by Paul Constant
This Week in Film:
Never Let Me Go
by Lindy West
The
Seattle Times
Dumps Dave Reichert
by Eli Sanders
The Most Annoying Brit in the World
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Flickr Photo of the Day
by Aaron Huffman
SL Letter of the Day: You Don't Love Him
by Dan Savage
Killer Rescue
by Charles Mudede
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Suggests
'Cell 211'
by Lindy West
Merce Cunningham
by Jen Graves
The Bushwick Book Club Presents: Original Music Based on 'Slaughterhouse-Five'
by Paul Constant
Piecora's
by David Schmader
'United States of Americana' Release Party
by Brendan Kiley
Implied Violence
by Jen Graves
'Let Me In'
Christian Rizzo
by Brendan Kiley
I Love Television
My Multiple Wives
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Control Tower
Consensual BDSM Perverted by Missouri Miserymongers
by Mistress Matisse
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of
The Stranger
by Julien Massillon, the French Intern