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Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. editor@thestranger.com (The Stranger Editor) webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Who is Seattle's Galaga Champ? http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/who-is-seattles-galaga-champ http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/who-is-seattles-galaga-champ Derek Erdman <p>Last night was the first time that I ever found myself at <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/narwhal/Location?oid=14134479&show=map">Narwhal</a>, the sub level younger sibling of <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/unicorn/Location?oid=3308838">Unicorn</a>. The ornate decoration of the place could make even the most dour funeral seem festive. <strong>It is absolutely beautiful.</strong> During the break between two sets of very capable slowcore bands, I wandered over to the impressive but possibly overpriced selection of pinball and video games. Eventually I spotted a <em>Ms. Pac-Man</em> / <em>Galaga</em> hybrid that looked in very good shape. I can get 50¢ of entertainment from <em>Galaga</em> and usually beat the posted high score. It's probably my favorite cabinet video game. </p> <p>My eyes widened. I saw the top score while I inserted the second quarter. I shrank in despair. <strong>626,880? Are you fucking kidding me?</strong></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/e91b/1368118480-galaga.jpg" alt="Game over, indeed." title="Game over, indeed." width="500" height="362" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Game over, indeed.</li></ul></div></p> <p>WHO IS THIS MASTER OF <em>GALAGA</em>? REVEAL YOURSELF!</p> <p>Here are some <em>Galaga</em> fun facts:</p> <p>Somewhere in the world exists a <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/GalagaOrnament.JPG"><em>Galaga</em> Christmas tree ornament</a>.</p> <p>The world record high score for <em>Galaga</em> was set in June 1989 by Stephen Krogman of Boca Raton, Florida. He scored 15,999,990 points. <strong>That is so many points.</strong></p> <p>A submarine in the ABC TV show <em>Lost</em> was called <em>Galaga</em>. <strong>It was named after the video game <em>Galaga</em>.</strong></p> <p>Apparently if you leave one enemy at the end of the first or second stage and then kill it after approximately 18 minutes (?!?!?!), you can exploit <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CBSpX4qGGw">a programming glitch</a> that causes the rest of the enemies to not fire for the rest of the game. <strong>IS THAT WHAT YOU DID, <em>GALAGA</em> MASTER?</strong></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/who-is-seattles-galaga-champ#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16719975&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/who-is-seattles-galaga-champ?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16719975&id=comments 8 Who is Seattle's <em>Galaga</em> Champ? Game over, indeed. Thu, 09 May 2013 10:30:33 -0700 The Stranger Dear Everyone Who's Awake and Loves Prince and Yet Found His $250 Ticket Price Prohibitively Expensive http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/18/dear-everyone-whos-awake-and-loves-prince-and-yet-found-his-250-ticket-price-prohibitively-expensive http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/18/dear-everyone-whos-awake-and-loves-prince-and-yet-found-his-250-ticket-price-prohibitively-expensive David Schmader <p>$100 general admission tickets to tonight's 11:30 pm show at the Showbox are available <a href="http://www.showboxpresents.com/eventdetail.php?event_id=240586">right now right here</a>.</p> <p>Even better: All proceeds from these $100 rush tickets go to benefit <a href="http://www.treehouseforkids.org/">Treehouse for Kids</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/18/dear-everyone-whos-awake-and-loves-prince-and-yet-found-his-250-ticket-price-prohibitively-expensive#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16532362&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Breaking News City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/18/dear-everyone-whos-awake-and-loves-prince-and-yet-found-his-250-ticket-price-prohibitively-expensive?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16532362&id=comments 5 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:22:05 -0700 The Stranger Re: KUBE 93 Haunted House! http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/25/re-kube-93-haunted-house http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/25/re-kube-93-haunted-house Kelly O <p>Like <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/25/haunt-review-kube-93-haunted-house">Derek said, the KUBE 93 Haunt is terrifying</a>. I would vote it as one of Seattle's VERY BEST (and I've been to three this year, plus a corn maze). Mastermind Scott Kolling is killer at what he does (which includes making people scream, and sometimes piss their pants). </p> <p>Kolling, bless his haunted heart, also was kind enough to let me use his haunt as a photo backdrop for this week's <em>Stranger</em> cover.<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/ononos-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/Content?oid=15080360"> The Ononos don't really sleep in coffins</a>, so we headed for the KUBE. <strong>Thank you, Scott!</strong> Both for making me almost crap my pants, and also your kind hospitality...</p> <p><em>More photos after the jump!</em></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/b292/1351207334-final-cover-replace.jpg" alt="This coffin is haaaaaaunted, bwaaa-aah-aah!" title="This coffin is haaaaaaunted, bwaaa-aah-aah!" width="500" height="569" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O</li><li class="imageCaption">This coffin is haaaaaaun'ted, bwaaa-aah-aah!</li></ul></div></p> <p>Wait, there's BLOOD on that TV!</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/2f8a/1351207739-blood_6824.jpg" alt="blood_6824.jpg" title="" width="500" height="454" /></div></p> <p>I do not want the children's blood on my hands...</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/25/1351207846-blood_6787.jpg" alt="blood_6787.jpg" title="" width="500" height="850" /></div></p> <p>This child works there, and wants to <del> see </del> scare you tonight!</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/25/1351207927-kube.jpg" alt="KUBE.jpg" title="" width="500" height="666" /></div></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><small>all photos Kelly O</small></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/25/re-kube-93-haunted-house#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15104020&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/25/re-kube-93-haunted-house?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15104020&id=comments 1 Re: KUBE 93 Haunted House! This coffin is haaaaaaun'ted, bwaaa-aah-aah! Kelly O Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:05:54 -0700 The Stranger HAUNT REVIEW: KUBE 93 Haunted House http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/25/haunt-review-kube-93-haunted-house http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/25/haunt-review-kube-93-haunted-house Derek Erdman <p>First off, I shudder to even type the words <em>haunted</em> and <em>house</em> next to each other. It was here at <strong>KUBE 93</strong> a few weeks ago that I learned they're not called <em>haunted houses</em>. They're simply called <em>haunts</em>. I reckon because so many things can be haunted—corn mazes, barns, damp fields. Lucky for you if you live in Seattle proper, you're a short drive away from <strong>one of the best indoor (read: no rain) haunts</strong> the region has to offer.</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/15340868" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></div></p> <p><strong>Scott Kolling</strong>, the genius behind KUBE 93's many screams and frights, explained that they're <strong>the only haunt in town</strong> because of Seattle's strict policies against large groups of people gathering in one place at a time. He's been in the business for ages, learning tons from the generation before him and passing that knowledge on to the next group of frightmasters. He's also involved with the <strong>Nightmare on 9</strong> haunt in Snohomish, which we unfortunately didn't get to this year. But since he's got his hands on it, it's most likely scream-worthy.</p> <p><strong>HOT TIP:</strong> Go on a Sunday night. Unfortunately, due to the lateness of the month, <a href="http://www.kube93.com/pages/haunted_house.html?feed=296813&article=4213853">there's only one of those left</a>. We went on a Sunday and there was only a very short line. Oh, did I mention that <strong>Shawn Kemp</strong> was one of the people in line? Apparently his relative works at KUBE as an actor and Kemp was having a go himself. Small world!</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/9403/1351191418-kube.jpg" alt="Behind the scenes at KUBE 93." title="Behind the scenes at KUBE 93." width="500" height="444" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Behind the scenes at KUBE 93.</li></ul></div></p> <p>The action inside the haunt itself is unbelievable. <strong>It's chilling, terrifying, full of surprises with great elements of anticipation before each scare.</strong> There's a lot of yelling, air bursts, a blood red fountain of water, themed rooms of all types, a psychedelic tunnel, and so much more. The costumes and actors are absolutely professional. I had a bit of a worry since we were there on a night with low turnout that the energy would be low. <strong>Not a chance, it was terrifying.</strong></p> <p>There's something great about a haunted house, how <strong>you can enter in one state of mind and you're completely different when you exit</strong>. You could feel drab going in, perhaps worried about your job, and you no longer care about that when you leave because you've just been mocked by a little girl with a cut up face standing on a bed.</p> <p>There were a few areas that seemed influenced by the great horror films from the 1980s. When I brought up a certain scene in the haunt that reminded me of <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wylpeAXYcBQ">Return of the Living Dead</a></em> to Kolling, he nodded in agreement. When a haunt takes cues from classic horror cinema, you're got nothing to worry about. <strong>Except getting out alive!</strong></p> <p>Oh man, I can't believe I just wrote that.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/25/haunt-review-kube-93-haunted-house#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15101956&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/25/haunt-review-kube-93-haunted-house?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15101956&id=comments 17 HAUNT REVIEW: KUBE 93 Haunted House Behind the scenes at KUBE 93. Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:35:35 -0700 The Stranger HAUNT REVIEW: Scrap Yard Massacre http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/16/haunt-review-scrap-yard-massacre http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/16/haunt-review-scrap-yard-massacre Derek Erdman <p><em>This post is part of a series to compare the best haunted houses in the Seattle area. Be on the lookout for others in the coming days. Share your opinions in the comments, if you'd like! This post comes from our dispatched haunt reporter Lacey Swain of the <strong>Coconut Coolouts</strong> and <strong>Charming Snakes</strong>.</em></p> <p>Kitsap County is the place to be for authentic Halloween scares, and <strong>the Scrapyard Massacre</strong> is the perfect place to begin a haunted evening. After a ten or so mile drive from the ferry terminal in Bremerton you arrive at <strong>a real live auto wrecking yard</strong> in Belfair, WA that becomes a thrilling, mostly outdoors maze of frights. </p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gfOL9HiHChc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>This year's storyline involves <strong>some sort of zombie apocalypse quarantine situation</strong> where food is scarce so folks have resorted to eating dogs. It's a Libertarian paradise with Don't-Tread-On-Me types lurking around every turn, <strong>screaming about taxes</strong>, and urging you to save yourself. Scrapyard Massacre's best resource is its inherently creepy setting: smashed cars, oil barrels and other detritus line the maze that leads you through several different areas, both inside and out, and even the drive out there can creep you out if you're traveling with the right bunch of ghouls. </p> <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:212px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/7f88/1350343339-photo_1_.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/7f88/1350343339-photo_1_.jpg" alt="photo_1_.JPG" title="" width="200" height="267" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">Lacey Swain</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>Our group waited outside in line in what was one of the first actual semi-heavy rains of the season for a little over an hour before we were let into the Massacre, and although we were soaked to the bone, the queue was good for <strong>awkward teenage date watching</strong>, complete with requisite creepy and costumed employees weaving through the line to scare unsuspecting patrons. Scrapyard Massacre is geared towards an older crowd, and it seems like they've put all the tween and under set to work within the haunt itself as <em>Children of the Corn</em> creepers because, honestly, <strong>children really are fucking terrifying</strong>, especially in the pouring rain in the middle of nowhere. </p> <p><div class="blogImageLeft" style="width:212px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/bbb4/1350343431-photo_2_.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/bbb4/1350343431-photo_2_.jpg" alt="photo_2_.JPG" title="" width="200" height="150" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">Lacey Swain</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>Last year one my cohorts pissed her pants twice at this thing, and this year we all got soaked, <strong>so, uh, bring some extra pants, too</strong>.</p> <p>Scrap Yard Massacre 25603 N.E. SR3 Belfair, WA 98528<br />$15/$13 w/ can of food / 7:30-midnight<br /><a href="http://www.scrapyardmassacre.com/">www.scrapyardmassacre.com</a></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/16/haunt-review-scrap-yard-massacre#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15018081&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Nightlife City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/16/haunt-review-scrap-yard-massacre?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15018081&id=comments 0 HAUNT REVIEW: Scrap Yard Massacre Lacey Swain Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:00:37 -0700 The Stranger HAUNT REVIEW: Kitsap Haunted Fairgrounds http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/16/haunt-review-kitsap-haunted-fairgrounds http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/16/haunt-review-kitsap-haunted-fairgrounds Derek Erdman <p><em>This post is part of a series comparing the best haunted houses in the Seattle area. Be on the lookout for others in the coming days. Share your opinions in the comments, if you'd like! This post comes from our dispatched haunt reporter Lacey Swain of the <strong>Coconut Coolouts</strong> and <strong>Charming Snakes</strong>.</em></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bqBGe4rpuCA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>Kitsap Haunted Fairgrounds is the result of a relationship that began in 2003 between several local families who were hosting their own annual haunted houses and the <strong>Kitsap County Parks and Recreation Department</strong>, and the enthusiasm and hard work shows. The main event is located in <strong>the Chicken and Archery building</strong>, but ticketing and an indoor line are located in a seemingly unmarked barn structure. Not only can you buy a burger and <strong>garlic Parmesan cheese fries</strong> before you go in, they also have a local youth dace troupe performing a creepy Halloween themed dance routine before you enter. </p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/849a/1350344265-photo3.jpg" alt="photo3.JPG" title="" width="500" height="375" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Lacey Swain</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>KHF begins with a walk through a black-light lit psychedelic freak out area where you're required to <strong>wear prism-y 3-D glasses</strong>. There aren't a ton of scares in this area, and when you come to the end and hand your glasses back to a little girl with a cardboard box you find yourself a little irritated that you've just dropped twelve bones on this low-scare kiddie haunt. Don't fret, that's just the first building of this <strong>massive, outstandingly well-done</strong> celebration of all things creepy. </p> <p><div class="blogImageLeft" style="width:212px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/15/1350344872-haunt-5.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/15/1350344872-haunt-5.jpg" alt="haunt-5.jpg" title="" width="200" height="319" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>In the next building you are <strong>yelled at and mocked by a ghoul</strong> who lays down the storyline of Otis and Lester and their dreams of making a Hollywood movie before you are let loose in one of the best haunted houses I've ever attended. There are numerous scenes in KHFG, <strong>all done with an exacting eye and astonishing attention to detail</strong>. One of the biggest assets of KHFG is the sheer physicality of the whole thing—you're ducking and climbing and running through an elaborate set with scares aplenty, and at one point you are even encouraged to climb through a pipe. There is a wuss option next to the pipe, but c'mon—put on your big boy pants and <strong>take the pipe already</strong>. This area can take a good half hour to get through, and that's not even counting the rave room or the dancing kids from earlier. </p> <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:212px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/30e4/1350344521-haunt-3.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/30e4/1350344521-haunt-3.jpg" alt="haunt-3.jpg" title="" width="200" height="146" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>Without giving anything more away, I will tell you that this haunts ends with one of <strong>the most sophisticated mind-fucks I've ever encountered at a haunted house</strong>.This is not that totally fucked up one in New York that my crew discussed on the ride home that involves a SARS mask, signing a waiver about violent and sexual situations and entering solo with a flashlight. These guys have gone above and beyond and the $12 price tag is the best bargain you'll find at any local haunt, hands down. Every weekend through Halloween, plus Halloween and the following weekend.</p> <p><em>Kitsap County Fairgounds: 5:00-6:00 lights on 6:00-11:00 full scare $12/$20 VIP (2 times through + front of the line)</em><br /><a href="www.kitsaphauntedfairgrounds.com">www.kitsaphauntedfairgrounds.com</a></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/16/haunt-review-kitsap-haunted-fairgrounds#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15018499&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/16/haunt-review-kitsap-haunted-fairgrounds?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15018499&id=comments 2 HAUNT REVIEW: Kitsap Haunted Fairgrounds KELLY O Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:30:57 -0700 The Stranger HAUNT REVIEW: Stalker Farms Haunted House http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/16/haunt-review-stalker-farms-haunted-house http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/16/haunt-review-stalker-farms-haunted-house Derek Erdman <p><em>This post is part of a series comparing the best haunted houses in the Seattle area. Be on the lookout for others in the coming days. Share your opinions in the comments, if you'd like!</em></p> <p>The long jaunt up to <strong>Snohomish, WA</strong> was our first haunt visit this year. With light traffic it only took 40 minutes from Seattle, which seemed fairly reasonable. One of the best things about haunts in Snohomish is that you're close to the middle of nowhere, so <strong>getting lost in a field of corn</strong> is a nice change from the bustle of city life. <strong>Stalker Farms</strong> is almost like an amusement park when it comes to a haunted farm—four different attractions plus a fantastic selection of food and drinks. The kettle corn was perfectly filling after two hours of fear and excitement. The apple cider, made by <strong>Seattle Street Donuts</strong>, was warm and comforting, as were the wonderfully sweet and spicy cardamom donuts. </p> <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:212px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/5b08/1350335881-photo_3_.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/5b08/1350335881-photo_3_.jpg" alt="NO PETS!" title="NO PETS!" width="200" height="149" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">NO PETS!</li></ul></div></p> <p>Although there was <strong>a steady stream of drizzle</strong> the whole night, our extra clothes were sufficient for comfort—I suggest wearing boots or heavy shoes and a few layers. Though the lines never seemed overwhelmingly long, standing in the dark crisp night can make a person rather cold. Wear some gloves! Bring an umbrella! And although it goes against my middle class upbringing, you might want to spring for the VIP ticket on Fridays and Saturdays to bypass the lines, if the weather is bad, it's worth it. </p> <p><div class="blogImageLeft" style="width:212px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/252e/1350336120-photo_2_.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/252e/1350336120-photo_2_.jpg" alt="Field of Scream entrance." title="Field of Scream entrance." width="200" height="149" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Field of Scream entrance.</li></ul></div></p> <p>Our first excursion took us to the <strong>Field of Screams</strong>, which seems like the main attraction at Stalker Farms. I suggest a group of four people or less to get the full benefit of each scare—I visited Stalker Farms two years ago with a large group and was in the back, I didn't get scared once! Though Stalker Farms' website notes that you're supposed to take the haunted path at your own pace, you should be conscientious of those behind you.There's a chance that you may get too close to the group in front of you, if that's the case, pause and let them get ahead. Field of Screams has a dizzying array of trails and shacks to weave in and out of—it's wonderfully eerie, with quiet stretches of just corn and fog. The scares come when you least expect them, not when they would seem typical. One room was decorated in fake meat and another in actual garbage. <strong>The actors and costumes are totally professional and spooky, you will yell and scream!</strong></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/15/1350337473-photo_1_.jpg" alt="Outside of the Last Laugh" title="Outside of the Last Laugh" width="500" height="373" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Derek Erdman</li><li class="imageCaption">Outside of the Last Laugh</li></ul></div></p> <p>After the terrifying conclusion of Field of Screams, we took a break from the yelling/heavy breathing and decided that we all liked the scares and were <strong>satisfied with how long it lasted</strong>. Our VIP pass allowed us to go right to the front of the line again, this time for the secondary haunt, the <strong>Last Laugh</strong>. Tickets for this can only be purchased after you've bought Field of Screams, and you also get access to <strong>the un-haunted corn maze</strong> for an extra $5. If I'm not mistaken, you can get access to all of these things and line jumping access for $30, which is a pretty good deal for all of the excitement provided. And let me tell you, <strong>I found the Last Laugh to be totally a lot more scarier and creepier than most all other haunted houses that I've ever been to.</strong> The best parts were long, extended hallways and trails through the corn. It was quiet in the immediate area, but you could hear <strong>faint screams</strong> coming from other parts of the farm. There was excellent use of quiet audio playing from the fields—backwards music, whispers, music boxes. The ground was intermittently fake mushy and there were two mazes where you could take wrong turns and get lost. One was an outdoor chain link fence maze that was <strong>inhabited by a terrifying baby monster</strong>. She mocked us as we made wrong turns, which was both funny and horrifying. <strong>The other maze was nearly pitch black</strong> and seemed to go on forever. The Last Laugh probably took 10-12 minutes, and was completely brilliant. This was the highlight of Stalker Farms for me, especially the person dressed in a tight all-black body suit who just stood against walls hissing.</p> <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:212px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/15/1350341037-photo.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/15/thumb-1350341037-photo.jpg" alt="In line for the Zombie Hunt." title="In line for the Zombie Hunt." width="200" height="149" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">Derek Erdman</li><li class="imageCaption">In line for the Zombie Hunt.</li></ul></div></p> <p>New to Stalker Farms (and apparently other haunts in the area) is the <a href="http://www.stalkerfarms.com/zombie-stalker.asp">Hunt For Zombies</a> ride. There was quite a line for this attraction and you can't VIP pass your way to the front, so we waited for close to 45 minutes. A truck with a covered trailer bed leaves every 15 minutes or so carrying 20 or so people, each with <strong>a turret-style paintball gun</strong>. There's a short explanation of events by a military man that you're going to shoot at zombies. The truck bounds through a trail surrounded by corn stalks, sheds and mannequins. Every so often a person dressed in what must be a lot of padding appears and gets shot by everybody on that side of the trailer. <strong>It's interactive and amusing</strong> and over very quickly.</p> <p>I interviewed <strong>6th and 7th graders Anuj and Filip</strong> who were in line for the Zombie Hunt, they kept asking the random ghouls that entertain the lines if they could have hot dogs. It was their first of many haunted houses for the season, and they were both looking forward to the hunt. When I asked them both what the worst part about school was, they answered in unison, "learning!"</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cznLO4X9D1w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>Overall, Stalker Farms is a great value, with a ton of fright. You'll be there for a while, so it's worth the drive. If the weather is crummy, bundle up and maybe bring some cover. <strong>A great haunt for everybody!</strong></p> <p><em><strong>Stalker Farms:</strong> 8705 Marsh Road Snohomish, WA 98296 (360) 568-7391</em></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/16/haunt-review-stalker-farms-haunted-house#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15016942&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Nightlife City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/16/haunt-review-stalker-farms-haunted-house?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15016942&id=comments 0 HAUNT REVIEW: Stalker Farms Haunted House NO PETS! Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:00:11 -0700 The Stranger Time for Another White Hot Friday Night Line Out Giveaway!!! http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/05/time-for-another-white-hot-friday-night-line-out-giveaway http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/05/time-for-another-white-hot-friday-night-line-out-giveaway Anna Minard <p>Woohoo! We were not actually kidding last week when we sort of i<a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/09/28/hot-hot-friday-night-line-out-giveaway">mplied that this might be a regular thing</a>, where we go through our purses/desks/shorts pockets on Friday night and find you <strong>cool treasures</strong>, then ask you a dumb question so you can WIN THE PRIZE!!! Dedicated to you Line Outers who work late at a desk on Friday nights, or who read the blog on the weekend. Go you!</p> <p>Also, a bit of Housekeeping: Hey there, <strong>last week's winner, carnivorous chicken</strong>, wanna contact us to pick up your stuff? Just like Santa, we love giving you free stuff, if you sit on our laps and stay on your very best behavior! Those fries aren't gonna eat themselves!</p> <p>This week's prize package only contains two items, but one of them is HOT HOT HOT enough to put behind a jump, <strong>because BOOBZ</strong>. You're welcome! The prize package contains:</p> <p>ONE (1) pack of <strong>glue-on fake nails</strong>, French Manicure-style. Oooh, classy! Says music editor Emily Nokes, "Those nails have touched Gary Smith's torso." <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/gary-smith-of-partman-parthorse/Content?oid=14913846">It's true!</a></p> <p>and ONE (1) very special, Spanish-language, <strong>lesbian edition</strong> card game called, appropriately, "¡SEXO!"</p> <p>Redeem your prize by leaving the answer to this question, which honors our spirit animal Alanis Morissette, in comments (we'll alert the winner here in comments on Monday, when we sober up again):</p> <p><strong>What fellow '90s icons played guitar and bass on Alanis Morissette's best-karaoke-song-ever hit "You Oughta Know"?</strong></p> <p>PRIZE PACKAGE PIC...</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:337px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/b834/1349488802-img_7358.jpg" alt="WHITE HOT! Win it!" title="WHITE HOT! Win it!" width="325" height="436" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">GILLIAN ANDERSON</li><li class="imageCaption">WHITE HOT! 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GILLIAN ANDERSON Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:24:55 -0700 The Stranger Doubloon Go-Fish / Todd the Spin Killer http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/09/07/doubloon-go-fish-todd-the-spin-killer http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/09/07/doubloon-go-fish-todd-the-spin-killer Trent Moorman <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:462px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/1904/1346963584-doublooncard.jpg" alt="doublooncard.jpg" title="" width="450" height="249" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">T. Moorman</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>It had been a while since I’d seen <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/01/27/doubloon-everywhere-and-the-fisheye">Doubloon</a>. I’d gone to his spot past Pier 59 a couple times in August, but he wasn’t there. Last night, with autumn tentacles about to reel winter’s suction cups in, I thought for sure he’d be out. And he was, with one balloon hoisted, sitting in a blue lawn chair, drawing in the last of the warmer nights. His sign said “<em>Animals? Were Wind in the Willows</em>,” and his eyes were glassier than I’d ever seen them - frozen, bell rung curves. He didn’t look up from his solitaire when I said hello. “Sit please,” he said, “Erode with me.” His boombox wasn’t there, so we sat in silence for ten minutes with the Puget breeze and visible stars. I don’t think he was playing solitaire, I think he was just flipping his own monologue oracle of Go Fish-Tarot. A five of diamonds was laid down and he said, “What brings you, Minty. Tell me something.” I brought up orcas and how they don’t really ever fully sleep. How they only half-dream, shutting down half of their brains in a “uni-hemispherical slow wave sleep.” Each breath is consciously breathed. Doubloon knew all about it.</p> <p>Then he said, “You didn’t come here to talk about orca whales not sleeping. What about the music, Minty? Where’s the music? Tell me the story.” I had Blonde Redhead’s <a href="http://youtu.be/4Js-XbNj6Tk">“For the Damaged Coda”</a> and <a href="http://youtu.be/aU-kBxIy8cI">“In Particular”</a> ready to play for him on my phone. I thought he would enjoy Kazu. I played him the songs, and told him a story about an amusement park worker named Todd who goes mad. Todd operated a spinning ride called The Gravitron, that spins until centrifugal inertial force sticks people to the wall, then the floor drops out. One day Todd brought a loaded pistol to work and wanted to leave people on the ride until they were dead.</p> <p>Todd was unloved. Spent too much time playing video games. Synthetics of the drug Molly he took nightly had hollowed out his head. When he was in 7th grade, Todd was beaten near an inch of his life by his coke addict father for failing a geometry class. From then on, Todd despised circles. The Gravitron was a circle. Todd had things planned out that day, or so he thought. He hated seeing the spinning circle make people happy. Todd wanted to end it. He was going to take a hostage and demand that a helicopter bring him to the airport for a flight to Mexico (that he hadn't bought a ticket for yet). There was big scene, and panic when he took the gun out and refused to stop the ride. SWAT teams were called. They scaled adjacent rides, but couldn’t take Todd out because he was hidden behind a pole. Anyone that tried to disable the ride, Todd took a shot at. He rigged The Gravitron to run nonstop. It went on for hours. Around and around and around. Hyper gravity took hold. Hearts of the people trapped spinning pumped faster and faster. The victim riders passed out. Todd laughed and snacked. Circular death was at hand. Seven hours in, Todd slipped up, taking a step out from behind the pole to grab Fruit Roll Ups and bullets from his backpack. He was immediately taken out. A single shot between his eyes. A perfectly circular hole. One of the survivors, a twelve-year-old girl named Pamay, felt like she was spinning for the rest of her life, except when she was on a boat. She went on to study orcas, and spent as much time as she could on a boat floating near the half dreaming giant mammals. </p> <p>Something like that anyway. Doubloon seemed satiated, saying, “A saline spin, Minty. You got a thing for orcas. You also shouldn't watch so much TV.”</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/09/07/doubloon-go-fish-todd-the-spin-killer#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14677039&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/09/07/doubloon-go-fish-todd-the-spin-killer?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14677039&id=comments 2 Doubloon Go-Fish / Todd the Spin Killer T. Moorman Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:55:37 -0700 The Stranger Midnight Haiku http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/12/midnight-haiku http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/12/midnight-haiku Sarah Galvin <p>You told me in high school you hoped one day I’d live in a quaint old building made entirely of naked people. Though you only said that to make me feel better about our breakup, I now actually live in one such miraculous structure. However, the person who maintains the building attempts to impose a cheap contemporary aesthetic on it. Every night I throw all the mustard-colored sheet metal and plastic vases of pampas grass into a dumpster, and every morning they’re back again. I’ve tried over and over to approach the maintenance person and discuss it with them, but no matter what time I get up they are already driving away. Watching the truck disappear around the block, I have feelings I didn’t think were possible post-high school.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/12/midnight-haiku#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14408939&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/12/midnight-haiku?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14408939&id=comments 0 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:04:55 -0700 The Stranger Best Street Band Ever http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/07/21/best-street-band-ever http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/07/21/best-street-band-ever Anna Minard <p>Last night, around 12:30 a.m., at 10th and Pike, playing in the street, was the most fun huddle of music-making people. It was like <strong>a disassembled high-school marching band</strong>, with dancers for good measure. There was a good-sized crowd around them, and I had to stop and enjoy it even though I was on my way somewhere. <strong>Go you!</strong> You guys were the best. I don't know who you are, but high five. Did anyone else catch them? Does anyone know who they were?</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/07/21/best-street-band-ever#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14243026&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night Block Party http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/07/21/best-street-band-ever?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14243026&id=comments 1 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 12:58:49 -0700 The Stranger The Paper Said "Bacteria and Viruses" http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/05/21/the-paper-said-bacteria-and-viruses http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/05/21/the-paper-said-bacteria-and-viruses Grant Brissey <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/d6da/1337588356-photo.jpg" alt="photo.JPG" title="" width="500" height="375" /></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/05/21/the-paper-said-bacteria-and-viruses#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13723120&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/05/21/the-paper-said-bacteria-and-viruses?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13723120&id=comments 0 The Paper Said "Bacteria and Viruses" Mon, 21 May 2012 01:19:40 -0700 The Stranger Midnight Haiku http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/05/05/midnight-haiku http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/05/05/midnight-haiku Sarah Galvin <p>On an embroidered funeral boat from a dream I had once is where our first kiss should have happened, not in my badly-lit living room, and not drifting unmoored amongst the other boats in varying stages of decay. We should have been riding that boat and the dead body it contained over a waterfall like Indiana Jones. When we have decided a bench by Lake Union is the closest approximation to the boat, that’s when we’ll see it coming across the water, glowing like a photo negative, and we’ll hear that weird hum.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/05/05/midnight-haiku#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13550678&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/05/05/midnight-haiku?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13550678&id=comments 0 Sat, 05 May 2012 03:15:35 -0700 The Stranger Radiohead Played a Show Last Night in Seattle http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/04/10/radiohead-played-a-show-light http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/04/10/radiohead-played-a-show-light Grant Brissey <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/221e/1334085557-04_radiohead_0333.jpg" alt="04_Radiohead_0333.jpg" title="" width="500" height="332" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Josh Bis</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>Expectations are a motherfucker. When I wrote "Don’t like The King of Limbs? <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/suggests/13139843/radiohead">Listen to it in a year and deny its brilliance</a>," <strong>I was trying to convince myself as much as I was you guys</strong>. And as much as I like listening to <em>King of Limbs</em> while speeding through a city highway at night, I don't much like hearing it in concert, no matter how well it's executed (and it was executed supremely).</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/04/10/1334086260-photo-53.jpg" alt="Collective High" title="Collective High" width="500" height="375" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">me</li><li class="imageCaption">Collective High</li></ul></div></p> <p>"I definitely saw a lot of people yawning and dancing," said the always <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/matsononmusic/">on-point Andrew Matson</a>. (Press people are generally given seats together at big shows.) <strong>"Airbag" was the highlight</strong>, and it came early on. Thing is, if you write some of the greatest compositions of the twentieth century, and then later get all experimental and stop writing "hits," people are going to want to hear the hits, and I won't lie, I was one of them.</p> <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:212px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/fe7e/1334085758-11_radiohead_0271.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/fe7e/1334085758-11_radiohead_0271.jpg" alt="11_Radiohead_0271.jpg" title="" width="200" height="301" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">Josh Bis</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div><br />All that said, Radiohead were skilled professionals on stage. Everything sounded <em>spot on</em>. Throughout, Thom Yorke was shaking his shit like <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/sound-check/Content?oid=13259379">Clive Deamer told Trent he does</a>. Also, I can confirm, unfortunately, that he was sporting a ponytail. And a vest. Johnny Greenwood was hunched over his guitar like Lurch from the Adams Family. The two bald drummers <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/sound-check/Content?oid=13259379">did look like radar dishes</a>, and Colin Greenwood was jumping around back there, in between, like the control station. The sound at Key is not the sound at the Paramount, but the collective high of seeing a band that you and 13,000 other people love <em>somewhat</em> made up for most of it. The lighting show was amazing, affording <strong>something for even the nosebleeds</strong>. Weed smoke lofted throughout the show, and although I stopped smoking weed a month ago for medical reasons, I WANTED TO BE STONED SO BAD. By "The Gloaming," everyone was in a trance. Even though there weren't enough "hits," Radiohead's mission was successful. I just hope on the next record they pull some sort of return to form and then come to Seattle again.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/e10f/1334085886-14_radiohead_0419.jpg" alt="14_Radiohead_0419.jpg" title="" width="500" height="332" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Josh Bis</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>Things I heard outside after the show:</p> <p>Guy: "I wish they had a bathroom out here." Other guy: "The world is the bathroom."</p> <p>Woman in high heels pointing at the Space Needle: "Take me up there right now!"</p> <p>Farther on, cabs were sparser than a seat at the 5 Point, but <strong>you'd rather be at Funhouse anyway.</strong></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/04/10/radiohead-played-a-show-light#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13315817&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/04/10/radiohead-played-a-show-light?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13315817&id=comments 31 Radiohead Played a Show Last Night in Seattle Josh Bis Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:31:32 -0700 The Stranger Thing I Saw on the Sidewalk on the Way to Work This Morning http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/04/02/thing-i-saw-on-the-sidewalk-on-the-way-to-work-this-morning http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/04/02/thing-i-saw-on-the-sidewalk-on-the-way-to-work-this-morning Grant Brissey <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/94dc/1333385241-photo.jpg" alt="photo.JPG" title="" width="500" height="375" /></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/04/02/thing-i-saw-on-the-sidewalk-on-the-way-to-work-this-morning#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13243207&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night Mischief http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/04/02/thing-i-saw-on-the-sidewalk-on-the-way-to-work-this-morning?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13243207&id=comments 2 Thing I Saw on the Sidewalk on the Way to Work This Morning Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:47:50 -0700 The Stranger A Bloody, Middle-of-the-Night Mystery http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/05/a-bloody-middle-of-the-night-mystery http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/05/a-bloody-middle-of-the-night-mystery Christopher Frizzelle <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:385px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/2af0/1330972861-1330972330-crescentmystery.jpg" alt="1330972330-crescentmystery.jpg" title="" width="373" height="500" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">ANDREA HOBBS</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>Hot tipper Andrea Hobbs writes:</p> <blockquote><p>I took this picture On Saturday night at around 2am. This was in <strong>the alley as we were walking by the Crescent.</strong> As my friend and I were slightly inebriated, I spent my time focusing on the fact that this is “corn syrup and food coloring”, but I don’t know if that’s true. I’ve reached out to the Capitol Hill Blog as well. Do you know what this is? I can’t find any information anywhere. Even if I were to find out it was just a <strong>hoax</strong>, that would put my mind at ease.</p></blockquote> <p>Anyone?</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/05/a-bloody-middle-of-the-night-mystery#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=12907722&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/05/a-bloody-middle-of-the-night-mystery?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=12907722&id=comments 13 A Bloody, Middle-of-the-Night Mystery Andrea Hobbs Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:32:25 -0800 The Stranger Blue Video Watch http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/02/22/blue-video-watch http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/02/22/blue-video-watch Mike Nipper <p>Wednesday night, February 22, 2012, 8:28 PM. </p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:431px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/84d6/1329945302-bluevid_.jpg" alt="bluevid_.jpg" title="" width="419" height="276" /></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/02/22/blue-video-watch#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=12748094&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/02/22/blue-video-watch?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=12748094&id=comments 4 Blue Video Watch Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:31:21 -0800 The Stranger Stickers & Pony Time Supergroup at Pony Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/02/21/stickers-and-pony-time-supergroup-at-pony-tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/02/21/stickers-and-pony-time-supergroup-at-pony-tonight Bree McKenna <p><div class="blogImageLeft" style="width:262px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/02/21/1329854833-ponytime.jpg" alt="Pony Time" title="Pony Time" width="250" height="160" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Sarah Creighton</li><li class="imageCaption">Pony Time</li></ul></div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stickers/112464292142258?sk=info">Stickers </a>shred out my favorite art rock songs about Princess Di and wombs and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ponytime?ref=ts">Pony Time</a> are a catchy pop-song machine, plus the singer/bass player Luke is basically like Seattle's more well-groomed Billy Childish. Both bands also have sweet photos taken by one of my favorite band photographers, <a href="http://Neumoon.tumblr.com/">Sarah Creighton</a>! The opening band will be the world premiere of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/the-gals-of-Redbook/295393183851153">Redbook</a>, a new supergroup project formed with the ladies from both bands. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/106937022761703/">The show is at Pony and starts promptly at 8pm,</a> show up on time because I guess the neighbors around there get pretty crabby about Tuesday night shredding going too late.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/02/21/1329855156-stickers.jpg" alt="Stickers" title="Stickers" width="500" height="631" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Sarah Creighton</li><li class="imageCaption">Stickers</li></ul></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/02/21/stickers-and-pony-time-supergroup-at-pony-tonight#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=12731493&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/02/21/stickers-and-pony-time-supergroup-at-pony-tonight?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=12731493&id=comments 0 Stickers & Pony Time Form Supergroup at Pony Tonight Sarah Creighton Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:59:10 -0800 The Stranger Doubloon: Everywhere and the Fisheye http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/01/27/doubloon-everywhere-and-the-fisheye http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/01/27/doubloon-everywhere-and-the-fisheye Trent Moorman <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/01/27/1327660796-lysosome.jpg" alt="Undersea life will be better than we remember." title=""Undersea life will be better than we remember." Doubloon 1/26/12" width="500" height="221" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">"Undersea life will be better than we remember." Doubloon 1/26/12</li></ul></div></p> <p>At 11:47 last night, it was 33 degrees. <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/06/doubloon-fog-shroud-consult-shigeto">Doubloon The Mystic</a> was at his spot near Pier 59 layered thick in poncho and down with white fluttering helium balloons. He sat playing solitaire and had a basketball trophy on the crate. The night over Puget Sound rolled by clear on slow shoulders as planes banked turns, lurching turbines south toward SEATAC on their approach. Doubloon likes balloons, “The way they move and bounce from the breeze,” he said, “They’re jellyfish and planets.” </p> <p>“What about lysosomes?” I asked. “Your balloons could function as lysosomes, cellular organelles, breaking down waste materials and cellular debris around you.” </p> <p>“I’m going with jellyfish and planets. You can have the lysosomes and lice.”</p> <p>I had music to play for him on his boombox. Miles Davis <a href="http://youtu.be/zgM8907oEbA">“He Loved Him Madly”</a> off the Bill Laswell remix album <em>Panthalassa</em>. An openly woven nocturne. A piece to me that echoes similarly through in Zeppelin's <a href="http://youtu.be/RKOngTfTMs0">“No Quarter.”</a> Miles doesn’t enter until 5:30, and when he does, he’s cloaked, foreboding, drifting in his own dimension and distance. I said, “Doubloon, these sounds are what the pages of a trampoline night like this have to say to you. The bowling ball on the stretched fabric, it's the black hole.” Then pressed play.</p> <p>Around 6:50 were Doubloon’s only comments, “Long leans the archways of this fish. Undersea life will be better than we remember.”</p> <p>I had written down words from Octavio Paz and read them:</p> <blockquote><p>In sleep-heavy paw-strokes the water fell and rose. Then began the siege of signals, the star’s writing on the sky in blood, concentric circles by a sentence lifted, falling and falling in consciousness. His head on fire, covered with inscriptions, unforeseen passwords opened mazes and densities, silent mirrors transformed the four directions.</p></blockquote> <p>“Yes,” Doubloon said, “And the fifth dimension is everywhere and the fisheye.”</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/01/27/doubloon-everywhere-and-the-fisheye#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=12052866&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/01/27/doubloon-everywhere-and-the-fisheye?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=12052866&id=comments 4 Doubloon: Everywhere and the Fisheye Undersea life will be better than we remember. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:34:38 -0800 The Stranger Here Are 98 Different Things You Can Do in (or Around) Seattle on New Year's Eve http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/28/here-are-98-different-things-you-can-do-in-or-around-seattle-on-new-years-eve http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/28/here-are-98-different-things-you-can-do-in-or-around-seattle-on-new-years-eve Megan Seling <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:262px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/28/1325100658-nye-_kelly-o-570-.jpg" alt="Champagne!" title="Champagne! " width="250" height="222" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O</li><li class="imageCaption">Champagne! </li></ul></div><em>Moved up because <strong>NEW YEAR'S EVE IS TOMORROW</strong>!</em></p> <p>Still trying to decide where to be at midnight on Saturday? Here are just some of your options:</p> <p><strong>Cafe (Un)American</strong><br />Produced by State v. Pan, Free Sheep Foundation, Canoe Social Club, and Vital 5 and featuring music and performances by Jherek Bischoff, DJ Darek Mazzone, Gabriel Teodros, Buffalo Madonna, Sten Skogen, King Dro, and many more. Ticket charge includes complimentary food and drink. <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/suggests">See Stranger Suggests</a> for more information. <em>Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave, <a href="http://strangertickets.com">strangertickets.com</a>, 9 pm, $100</em>.</p> <p><strong>Jai Ho! New Year's Eve Bollywood & Bhangra Dance Party</strong><br />Featuring DJ Armaan, DJ Dekilla, and DJ UV. Hosted by Prashant. <em>Columbia City Theatre, 4916 Rainier Ave S, <a href="http://jaihoparty.com">jaihoparty.com</a>, 9 pm, $30-$50</em>.</p> <p><strong>New Year's Eve Metal Extravaganza</strong><br />With Sanctuary, A Lesson in Chaos, Fallen Angels, Reficul, and Elk's Blood. VIP tickets are available. <em>El Corazon, 109 Eastlake Ave E, 381-3094, 8 pm, $30-$60, all ages</em>.</p> <p><strong>Good's NYE Celebration</strong><br />With music from Four Color Zack and Henski, hosted by Michael/Jordan, and decorations by Rock Paper Sketch. Includes a champagne toast at midnight. <em>HG Lodge, 722 E Pike St, 328-7666, <a href="http://hglodge.com">hglodge.com</a>, 10 pm, $20.</em></p> <p><strong>New Year's Eve at Linda's</strong><br />Linda's and DJ Hank Rock celebrate the New Year all night long with a New York countdown at 9 pm, a Chicago countdown at 10 pm, and a Mazatlan countdown at 11 pm. And as always, there's no cover. (And New Year's Day brunch starts at 10 am on Sunday.) <em>Linda's Tavern, 707 E Pine St, 325-1220, 9 pm, free</em>.</p> <p>Not good enough for you? See <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/new-years-eve-2011/Content?oid=11272494">93 more things to do here</a>!</p> <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> There is another thing you can do! Somehow we neglected to include West Seattle gem Skylark in the print edition, and they've having a sexy, sexy New Year's Eve with Westside Burlesque Review. Here are the details:</p> <blockquote><p>The talents of Whisper De Corvo, Mr. Bawdy, and pick-up girl Kitty Kat are joined by a rotation of local burlesque, cabaret, and variety performers.</p> <p>Past performers have included Jacqueline Hyde, Ava Raqs, Madisun Avenue, Scandal From Bohemia, Persephony Illiri, Dahlia St. Cyr, Chesty La Rue, Boom Boom L'Roux and many more.</p> <p>Expect talented performances, naughty games, and interesting raffle prizes.</p></blockquote> <p>See more info <a href="http://www.skylarkcafe.com/burlesque.html">here</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/28/here-are-98-different-things-you-can-do-in-or-around-seattle-on-new-years-eve#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=11282784&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night Party! 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Kelly O Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:13:45 -0800 The Stranger Who Was The Best Santa Last Saturday @ Westlake Center? http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/19/who-was-the-best-santa-last-saturday-westlake-center http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/19/who-was-the-best-santa-last-saturday-westlake-center Kelly O <p>There were hundreds and hundreds of frickin' Santas having what appeared to be "a rave" downtown on Saturday around 6:30 pm. <strong>Who did it best?</strong></p> <p>Gangsta Cotton Ball Santa<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324342925-s-dsc02154.jpg" alt="s-DSC02154.jpg" title="" width="500" height="815" /></div></p> <p>Lady Gaga Peppermint Head Turd Santa<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324343016-s-dsc02201.jpg" alt="s-DSC02201.jpg" title="" width="500" height="534" /></div></p> <p>Wish I Wasn't With My Crabby Grandpa Santa<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324343058-s-dsc02139.jpg" alt="s-DSC02139.jpg" title="" width="500" height="585" /></div></p> <p>More after the jump!</p> <p>Protest Santa!<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324343549-s-dsc02180.jpg" alt="s-DSC02180.jpg" title="" width="500" height="730" /></div></p> <p>Zebra Pimp Clothes Santa<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324343121-s-dsc02151.jpg" alt="s-DSC02151.jpg" title="" width="500" height="399" /></div></p> <p>Pajama Santa<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324343164-s-dsc02140.jpg" alt="s-DSC02140.jpg" title="" width="500" height="539" /></div></p> <p>Double Tall Nonfat Mocha Santa<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324343345-s-dsc02168.jpg" alt="s-DSC02168.jpg" title="" width="500" height="800" /></div></p> <p>Man, Santa Has Some Big Knockers<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324343614-s-dsc02129.jpg" alt="s-DSC02129.jpg" title="" width="500" height="447" /></div></p> <p>Looks More Like Will Ferrell Than Santa Santa<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324343686-s-dsc02203.jpg" alt="s-DSC02203.jpg" title="" width="500" height="631" /></div></p> <p>Fetish Santa<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324343779-s-dsc02153.jpg" alt="s-DSC02153.jpg" title="" width="500" height="657" /></div></p> <p>Fetish Santa's Reindeer<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324343812-s-dsc02161.jpg" alt="s-DSC02161.jpg" title="" width="500" height="725" /></div></p> <p>What?! I Can't Hear You There's Mistletoe In My Ear Santa<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:506px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324343894-s-dsc02175.jpg" alt="s-DSC02175.jpg" title="" width="494" height="580" /></div></p> <p>Satin Santa With Matching iPhone<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324343932-s-dsc02185.jpg" alt="s-DSC02185.jpg" title="" width="500" height="514" /></div></p> <p>Why Do Juggalos Always Pose In Front of Garbage Cans Santa<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324343985-s-dsc02196.jpg" alt="s-DSC02196.jpg" title="" width="500" height="627" /></div></p> <p>Cowboy Santa!<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324344039-s-dsc02199.jpg" alt="s-DSC02199.jpg" title="" width="500" height="903" /></div></p> <p>Weird Butt Santas<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324344082-s-dsc02194.jpg" alt="s-DSC02194.jpg" title="" width="500" height="453" /></div></p> <p>Hey Look I Climbed a Tree and Now I'm Yelling At Everyone Santa<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/19/1324344132-s-dsc02189.jpg" alt="s-DSC02189.jpg" title="" width="500" height="650" /></div></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><small>all photos Kelly O<br /></small></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/19/who-was-the-best-santa-last-saturday-westlake-center#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=11161328&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/19/who-was-the-best-santa-last-saturday-westlake-center?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=11161328&id=comments 10 Who Was The Best Santa Last Saturday @ Westlake Center? Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:05:37 -0800 The Stranger This Seems Like a Waste of Money and Paint http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/13/this-seems-like-a-waste-of-money-and-paint http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/13/this-seems-like-a-waste-of-money-and-paint Grant Brissey <p>It's just going to come back. Make a free wall, on which graffiti writers can only work during certain hours of the night.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/13/1323795324-photo.jpg" alt="photo.JPG" title="" width="500" height="375" /></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/13/this-seems-like-a-waste-of-money-and-paint#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=11069079&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night Graffiti http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/13/this-seems-like-a-waste-of-money-and-paint?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=11069079&id=comments 17 This Seems Like a Waste of Money and Paint Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:55:46 -0800 The Stranger Midnight Haiku http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/11/midnight-haiku http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/11/midnight-haiku Grant Brissey <p>There are loud semi-trucks<br />I am not drunk but wide awake<br />No pizza in house</p> <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> I concede! Our esteemed Christopher Frizzelle has proven me wrong. I'm firing myself as poetry editor.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/11/midnight-haiku#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=11033212&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night Staying In http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/11/midnight-haiku?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=11033212&id=comments 9 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 The Stranger Strip Maul: Nine Strip Clubs in 48 Hours in America's Porniest City, By Kelly O http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/08/strip-maul-nine-strip-clubs-in-48-hours-in-americas-porniest-city http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/08/strip-maul-nine-strip-clubs-in-48-hours-in-americas-porniest-city Grant Brissey <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/08/1323371142-musiclead-__kelly-o-570.jpg" alt="musiclead-__Kelly-O-570.jpg" title="" width="500" height="524" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p><strong><div align="left" class="innerhead">Fri Nov 25, Hotel Vintage Plaza, 8:34 pm</div></strong></p> <p><span id="dropcap">I</span>t's Thanksgiving weekend. In honor of gluttony—and after not one but two Thanksgiving dinners—my friend, who we'll call "Dan Kensington," and I rent a car and drive from Seattle to Portland. I'm usually loyal to the foul, retro-cheap The Palms Motel on North Interstate Avenue—but because it's a holiday, I book a room at the stupid-expensive Vintage Plaza downtown. As we turn right on Broadway, we pass Mary's Club, and its neon lights wink at us: blink-blink, blink-blink! Kensington admits he's never been to a strip club in Portland.</p> <p><br /><strong><div align="left" class="innerhead">Mary's Club, 9:46 pm</div></strong></p> <p>Every time I've been to Mary's (the mother of ALL strip clubs since 1965), it's packed—full of rowdy laughter and good-time drunkards. There's a $2 cover at the door and no drink minimum. We sit at the last open table and order two double vodka sodas. The big bearded guy behind us tells a leather-clad hesher that he's in the band Red Fang. The crowd is a mix of mostly twenty- and thirtysomethings, lots of couples. An impossibly tall, classically beautiful woman with a tattoo of cello f-holes on her lower back picks out a hiphop song from the onstage jukebox. Her booty clap is so refined that each one of her round, muscular butt cheeks operates independently. Kensington gasps at her upside-down pole maneuvers. Some guy sitting front stage yells, "It's my birthday!" She leans down, gives him a healthy birthday motorboating with her near-perfect, implant-free double-Ds, and slips off the stage, falling directly on top of him. Boobs still in his face, both fall backward to the floor. With absolute grace, she climbs back onstage. People applaud, nobody laughs, and <em>everyone</em> tips.</p> <p><br /><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/strip-maul/Content?oid=10984276">Continue Reading >></a></p> City at Night Portland http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/08/strip-maul-nine-strip-clubs-in-48-hours-in-americas-porniest-city?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=11008981&id=comments 0 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:48:54 -0800 The Stranger Doubloon Fog Shroud Consult: Shigeto http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/06/doubloon-fog-shroud-consult-shigeto http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/06/doubloon-fog-shroud-consult-shigeto Trent Moorman <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/12/06/1323183725-balloonsuns.jpg" alt="BalloonSuns.jpg" title="" width="500" height="230" /></div></p> <p>Fog has leaned its thick slow hooves over the city the past couple nights. Sullen, dampening, shroud fog that made it feel like time to consult the <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/02/10/a-man-with-codeine-squid-breath-played-me-two-songs">mystic man by the Sound</a> again. He's a King of the city. A soothsayer. Alaskan Way, near Pier 59 is usually where he is. Sitting with a chessboard and a tape player, layered in ponchos and down. There to talk to anyone, to dole advisory chatter, with his hidden hooded light blue eyes. Everything he says is cryptic. Preformed. Thoughts made before he thinks them, like light from the Proxima Centauri star that’s traveled millions of miles to be here. It was freezing, so I layered heavily. The fog made it hard to locate his “Mother Where” sign. But there he was, alone, in self-dialogue, playing solitaire. Mutt asleep at his side.</p> <p>Next to his chessboard crate was a birdcage with a fake yellow bird inside named Tritium, after the radioactive isotope of hydrogen. A Harry Belafonte cassette played on his player. Visible through his top poncho was an Army fatigue with the name <em>Doubloon</em> on it. Usually, he plays me music, and then talks about it like he’s a prophet. This time, I had something for him. Something he could “review.” I wanted to try to out cryptic him. He recognized me, and before I could say a word, he announced that he’d been shot in the head at the Battle of Cu Nghi during the Vietnam War. January 29th, 1966. 140 Americans dead, 200 wounded. </p> <p><strong>Is your name Doubloon? I have music for you. How is your head now?</strong></p> <p><em>Doubloon</em>: It hurts once in a while. But I have help. I am Doubloon, yes. My life as an arrow tip. Play me your song.</p> <p>[The 35 minutes of Shigeto’s <em>Streets of Beige Mix</em> played via my phone’s speaker. <a href="http://ghostly.com/artists/shigeto ">Shigeto</a> is a Michigan native beat maven signed to Ghostly International Records. Doubloon and I sat mostly in silence. At 13:30 he said the words, “Funk. Bone. Screed.” And something about being "below the bellowing." He had four blue balloons on a string attached to his lawn chair. Four directions. Four aortas. They moved to the wind and acted out the beats. When the Shigeto finished, I asked him what he thought. He continued playing solitaire the entire time I was there.] </p> <p><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28134502&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=b7ccea"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28134502&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=b7ccea" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/shigeto/streets-of-beige-shigeto-mix">Streets of Beige Shigeto Mix 021</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/shigeto">SHIGETO</a></span></p> <p><em>Doubloon</em>: Well it’s got some bones. It’s not a fossil. Won’t fossilize. It’s got some screed in Pangea. Some Pallor. It’s no Jimi. But it might steal the biggest jewel off the crown if no one’s lookin. I see two suns. Cross sections of the cow. We inside insides. </p> <p><strong>I agree. Some cut up Pangea. Shavings of the day. The ribcage. Flintlock razors. Conveyer belt horns for the digestive stomach. An animal that’s turned itself inside out. Trinket chainbird stories. I’ll see your two suns and raise you a sun. Three suns, Doubloon. Sections of the holy cow. And holy mongoose, victorious over the cobra because of their speed, agility, and timing. And because of their thick coat.</strong></p> <p><em>Doubloon</em>: Look at you. We aren’t arguing though, we’re foraging for lung work. Seeing why we breathe. </p> <p>[The moon had broken through its drowsy eye, signifying my consultation time was over. I stood, and shook his hand to leave.]</p> <p><strong>What the fuck is that? Contact? Physical form? You don’t do that. You’re not supposed to be here. </strong></p> <p><em>Doubloon</em>: I’m just here for you. The Blue Plate Titanium Special. Damn, you got the mongoose out.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/06/doubloon-fog-shroud-consult-shigeto#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=10976829&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/06/doubloon-fog-shroud-consult-shigeto?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=10976829&id=comments 10 Doubloon Fog Shroud Consult: Shigeto Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:58:12 -0800 The Stranger Tonight I Told a Girl That She Could Pick What We Go Out And Do, but That There Is Only One Thing I Won't Do http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/11/25/tonight-i-told-a-girl-that-she-could-pick-what-we-go-out-and-do-but-that-there-is-only-one-thing-i-wont-do http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/11/25/tonight-i-told-a-girl-that-she-could-pick-what-we-go-out-and-do-but-that-there-is-only-one-thing-i-wont-do Grant Brissey <p>Put your guesses in the comments section. The winner gets my half-full tube of stale BBQ flavor Pringles!</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/11/25/tonight-i-told-a-girl-that-she-could-pick-what-we-go-out-and-do-but-that-there-is-only-one-thing-i-wont-do#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=10847304&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/11/25/tonight-i-told-a-girl-that-she-could-pick-what-we-go-out-and-do-but-that-there-is-only-one-thing-i-wont-do?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=10847304&id=comments 49 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:25:06 -0800 The Stranger The Creepiest Song Ever http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/10/31/the-creepiest-song-ever http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/10/31/the-creepiest-song-ever Bethany Jean Clement <p>Tell me this doesn't make you want to go <strong>burn the world down</strong>.</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3KB54p8_wh8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/10/31/the-creepiest-song-ever#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=10546099&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/10/31/the-creepiest-song-ever?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=10546099&id=comments 3 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:11:11 -0700 The Stranger I'm Glad the Dark Months Have Returned http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/10/26/im-glad-the-dark-months-have-returned http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/10/26/im-glad-the-dark-months-have-returned Grant Brissey <p>So that I can walk the lonely and cold sidewalks with this record and feel numb. </p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7oiNgnLmjEA?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/10/26/im-glad-the-dark-months-have-returned#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=10494475&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/10/26/im-glad-the-dark-months-have-returned?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=10494475&id=comments 0 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:02:43 -0700 The Stranger Rock Box Employees Assaulted By Crazy People http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/10/12/rock-box-employees-assaulted-by-crazy-people http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/10/12/rock-box-employees-assaulted-by-crazy-people Grant Brissey <p><em>Originally posted Wednesday at 5:05 pm</em></p> <p>Jesus, bad weekend for Capitol Hill bar workers (although, having been one, I can fairly say that every weekend is a bad weekend for Capitol Hill bar workers). First, Victoria Liss <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/10/10/victoria-liss-vs-the-receipt-creep-capitol-hill-debacle">gets a shitty customer</a>, and then Saturday night at 2 am, employees at Rock Box are assaulted by crazy people. The following is an account from Rock Box employee Erin West:</p> <p><strong>What exactly happened?</strong></p> <p>It was 2 am, and we're open until 4 am for singing, but last seating is at 2-ish. People tend to swarm over after all the other bars close for the night. Obviously, we don't serve alcohol after then, but people who are out to party really, really want to get in in time. So, this girl rolls in (and we think she may have even had a bottle of outside liquor in her hand) and puts on the <strong>classic entitled-drunk fit</strong> and asks for the manager and does her reality tv thing about how they need to be seated. So, while she is doing this, the huge guy walks in though we told him not to, and tries to get back into the building. I stood in front of him and told him we were closed. Then he tried to walk through me, so I kind of pressed against him instead of letting him pass, and he backed out. Then his friend or sister or whoever she was started screaming at me not to shove him. it was really chivalrous of her to protect him from me. <strong>I shit you not, 6'3, 300 lbs of man</strong>.</p> <p><strong>What was he doing at this point?<br /></strong><br />He was backing out, but she got between us and hit me in the face over the shoulder of my co-worker,<br />so I tried to stop her, but the huge guy and another dude grabbed me. The littler guy was actually trying to break it up, but in the meantime, the huge guy is also choking my co-worker Chet over me, while literally throwing his head back and roaring like wolverine. It was super freaky ragetown.</p> <p><strong>Whoa.</strong></p> <p>So! I escaped from them, tried to run after the girl who hit me, and someone else hit me in the face again.<br />I grabbed the person in front of me and held her because I assumed it was her who hit me, but she was really calm and told me she didn't, so I let her go, which is when <strong>the big guy picked me up and threw me to the ground</strong>, and I looked around me and realized I could get really fucked up—there were like five or six people who looked like they were in their group, and some were kind of coming towards me. LUCKILY Chet and the manager had gotten over to me, picked me up and threw me out of it. Then the dudes and chicks all started running in different directions.</p> <p><strong>How did the police finally get involved?</strong></p> <p>The hostess was calling 911, and the dispatcher couldn't figure out where 1603 nagle was though it's TWO FUCKING BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE POLICE STATION. So my manager ran after the guys, the owner after the girls. The manager managed to leap in front of a police cruiser as it drove past, and they threw the big guy in cuffs immediately, because he was obviously dangerous and giant. The girls got away.</p> <p><strong>What are your injuries?</strong></p> <p>I'm scraped up where I hit the pavement, and my nose and eyes are bruised. My stomach hurts where I somehow got hit or from when I was thrown to the ground. I saw a doctor, and they said there's probably not anything to worry about, but recommended I line up a face x-ray for good measure. There is a big bump on my already bumpy nose, bew hew.</p> <p><strong>Are you planning on pressing charges?</strong></p> <p>I'm going to do anything I can.</p> <p>From the police report:</p> <p>["Suspects] and several other people came into the bar after 0200 hours. Some were very intoxicated so they were refused service and asked to leave." It goes on to detail various suspects punching several Rock Box employees, and strangling one. Then it notes, curiously, that "<strong>[Suspect 1] went out into the street and took his shirt off.</strong>"</p> <p>Then later: "We responded to the Rock Box to view surveillance video. The video shows Suspect 2 already inside speaking with [redacted]. [Suspect 1] enters and is followed by at least two other males. Suspect 2 is seen walking towards the bar and yelling (at V[ictim] West). [Suspect 1] tries to pull Suspect [2] away and towards the front of the door. [Suspect 1] and his group are being escorted out of the bar. It then shows Suspect 2 turn around and poke at V/West's face and subsequently punching V/West. A struggle then ensues in the doorway and outside. During the struggle it shows [Suspect 1] reaching out with his hand and grabing [redacted] by the neck ... At the precinct, [Suspect 1] told Ofc Jones Suspect 2's name was "Puna." She was a friend but he does not know any information about her. He said he was just defending her. He did not see how the first started. He just saw V/[redacted] grab onto his friend and that's when he started fighting. <strong>When told Suspect 2 started this fight, [Suspect 1] was very apologetic.</strong>"</p> <p>Stay tuned for more details.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/10/12/rock-box-employees-assaulted-by-crazy-people#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=10300205&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Bars City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/10/12/rock-box-employees-assaulted-by-crazy-people?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=10300205&id=comments 7 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:51:11 -0700 The Stranger Raving Lunatic Alert! http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/08/17/raving-lunatic-alert http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/08/17/raving-lunatic-alert Christopher Frizzelle <p>There are adults on Broadway right now shouting—SHOUTING—"Part of Your World" from <i>The Little Mermaid.</i></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/08/17/raving-lunatic-alert#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=9556613&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> City at Night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/08/17/raving-lunatic-alert?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=9556613&id=comments 10 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:42:56 -0700 The Stranger