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Gov. Christine Gregoire's Red Scarenew

Why is an incumbent Democratic governor in a dark-blue state having such a tough time in her quest for re-election?
Seattle Weekly  |  Aimee Curl  |  10-06-2008  |  Politics

Every Vote (Kind of) Counts in King County, Washingtonnew

If the number of disqualified ballots in the August primary is any indication, King County is in for a repeat of its 2004 recount crisis.
Seattle Weekly  |  Rick Anderson  |  10-06-2008  |  Politics

Tad Doyle Goes into Interstellar Overdrivenew

He once made music heavy enough to rumble the earth. With Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, Tad Doyle aims to rumble the cosmos.
Seattle Weekly  |  Brian J Barr  |  10-06-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Go to War, Get Traumatized, Get the Bootnew

Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.
Seattle Weekly  |  Nina Shapiro  |  09-29-2008  |  War

How Microsoft's Co-Founders Are Spending Their Political Bucksnew

Who are Seattle's two filthy richest backing for president? With less than two months to go, Bill Gates and Paul Allen aren't clearly tipping their hands.
Seattle Weekly  |  Rick Anderson  |  09-29-2008  |  Politics

All Tomorrow's Parties Was a Bloody Good Timenew

Touch and Go's 20-year anniversary festival in 2006 in Chicago was fantastic and Pitchfork this year was a giddy marathon, but simply no one throws down quite like All Tomorrow's Parties.
Seattle Weekly  |  Hannah Levin  |  09-29-2008  |  Music

Indie Rockers Aren't Playing Americana, They're Playing Dress-Upnew

Don't be fooled by the faded denim and snap-button cowboy shirts.
Seattle Weekly  |  Justin F. Farrar  |  09-29-2008  |  Music

'Humboldt County': Like 'The Graduate' on Potnew

The film settles down like the mellow last ember of a joint at sunset, then sustains that mood too far beyond its initial buzz.
Seattle Weekly  |  Brian Miller  |  09-29-2008  |  Reviews

'Battle in Seattle': At Last, Our WTO Protests Hit the Silver Screennew

I'd love to tell you that Battle is a feat of guerrilla filmmaking or a Godardian critique of international capitalism, but it's conventional to its core.
Seattle Weekly  |  Brian Miller  |  09-22-2008  |  Reviews

Mark Powell's War on Errornew

For one man, every typo is a mini-Watergate. Just ask the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Seattle Weekly  |  Jesse Froehling  |  09-22-2008  |  Media

Clayton Roueche, the Last King of Potlandnew

In the typically futile annals of the War on Drugs, the takedown of a Canadian scrap dealer's son was a major score.
Seattle Weekly  |  Rick Anderson  |  09-15-2008  |  Drugs

'Cthulhu' is Smartly Creepy, if Not Quite Compellingnew

Although murky in its storytelling, Cthulhu isn't stifled by its artiness (notwithstanding the Yeats quotes). But neither does the movie ever achieve the clarity of good, honest bloodletting.
Seattle Weekly  |  Brian Miller  |  09-15-2008  |  Reviews

A Terrorist's Worst Enemies: Morissette, Oberst, and Mick Fleetwoodnew

If the CIA's going to break the bad guys, they're going to have to turn up the pain.
Seattle Weekly  |  Thomas Francis and Mike Seely  |  09-15-2008  |  Music

Rural King County Residents Fight Environmental Restrictions Imposed by Seattleitesnew

A recent ruling, if it stands, could serve as a new barbed-wire fence keeping the urban politicians, and their green agendas, out of the rural landowners' backyards. But, in the eyes of some King County politicians, that would come at a severe environmental cost.
Seattle Weekly  |  Laura Onstot  |  09-09-2008  |  Housing & Development

Forest Whitaker Wants You to Bang His Wifenew

It's hard to be too indignant about Forest Whitaker's small, heartfelt contribution to this spiritual exercise-cum-vanity project by writer-director-star Philippe Caland, who once devised the story for that '90s crash-and-burn Madonna/David Lynch fiasco Boxing Helena.
Seattle Weekly  |  Brian Miller  |  09-08-2008  |  Reviews

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