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Cowboy Mike: The Ladykillernew

Armed with his guitar and cowboy persona, Mike Braae had a way with women. He also liked to strangle them.
Seattle Weekly  |  Aimee Curl  |  07-28-2008  |  Crime & Justice

All Water Under the Bridge for Denver's The Fluid.new

The evolution of The Fluid is an involved tale--one that emerged from the burgeoning Denver-Boulder punk movement of the mid-'80s.
Seattle Weekly  |  Michael Roberts  |  07-15-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Seminal Seattle Grunge Group Green River Reunites for a One Nightnew

Eight months ago Mark Arm, current Mudhoney front man and Sub Pop warehouse manager, e-mailed his old friends Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Alex Vincent, Steve Turner, and Bruce Fairweather to see if they'd be interested in bringing their now-legendary band Green River together for Sub Pop's anniversary.
Seattle Weekly  |  Brian J. Barr  |  07-15-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Frank Colacurcio and His Million-Dollar Empire of Fleshnew

Getting accused by the feds of running a high-stakes prostitution racket is just business as usual.
Seattle Weekly  |  Rick Anderson  |  07-15-2008  |  Crime & Justice

Allan Parmelee, the Inmate Who Won't Shut Upnew

Parmelee spends his days in a cell, carefully hand-printing lawsuits, motions, records requests, and legal appeals on a pad of lined paper. Known to fellow inmates as the "jailhouse attorney," he's filed dozens of lawsuits in state and federal courts.
Seattle Weekly  |  Laura Onstot  |  07-07-2008  |  Crime & Justice

Mark Knopfler a Bigger Gay Icon Than George Michael?new

However belatedly, Michael has gradually eased into a late-career incarnation as a gay icon. But proof exists that Knopfler might be the bigger icon of the pair, and would therefore be more worthy of gay rock fans' hard-earned dollars.
Seattle Weekly  |  Mike Seely  |  07-07-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Unlikely Pairing of Earth and Jeese Sykes Bring Ambient Doom Metal and Roots Music Closernew

Since Sykes and Earth front man Dylan Carlson met, the individual styles of both Earth and Sykes' band, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, have begun to resemble each other.
Seattle Weekly  |  Brian J. Barr  |  06-30-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Tragic Punk Icons The Gits are Recaptured in a Long-awaited Filmnew

Following a series of eBay purchases, a tentative friendship sprung up between Gits drummer Steve Moriarty and aspiring producer Jessica Bender and budding director Kerri O'Kane, who shared an obsession with the Seattle band and their late singer, Mia Zapata.
Seattle Weekly  |  Hannah Levin  |  06-30-2008  |  Movies

Taking the MySpace Train to Juvienew

Law enforcement flexes its web-snooping muscle as a quartet of teen rapists is brought to justice in Washington.
Seattle Weekly  |  Rick Anderson  |  06-30-2008  |  Crime & Justice

Mongol: Meet the Barack Obama of 12th-century Asianew

Genghis Khan's all about rejecting the politics and divisions of the past. He's a new kind of leader, ready to unify the fractious clans of Central Asia into one nation under a new code of law.
Seattle Weekly  |  Brian Miller  |  06-23-2008  |  Reviews

A Political Prodigy Won't Head to Denver as a Clinton Delegate After Allnew

At the state Democratic convention in Spokane last weekend, 17-year-old Jack Laurence, the grandson of legendary Washington Sen. Henry M. Jackson, lost his bid to attend the Democratic National Convention in August as a delegate for Sen. Hillary Clinton. Part of Jack's problem was the state Democratic party's push for diversity; they wanted at-large delegates of ethnicities that hadn't been elected at the congressional caucuses.
Seattle Weekly  |  Jesse Froehling  |  06-23-2008  |  Politics

Ed Shadle Plans to Set World Land-Speed Record Using a Fighter Jetnew

The costs are high, public interest is down, and sponsorship in the sport is next to nil. So why invest massive quantities of time and money for a 20-second ride? Shadle answers with the Mount Everest analogy: Why climb it? Because it's there.
Seattle Weekly  |  Jesse Froehling  |  06-23-2008  |  Recreation

Mexicans and Their Employers Caught Up in Border Patrol's Anti-Terror Initiativesnew

A recent crackdown in Washington's San Juan County has netted 24 undocumented aliens -- but no terrorists.
Seattle Weekly  |  Jesse Froehling  |  06-17-2008  |  Immigration

Wolf Parade Brings Order to Its Packnew

Where once Wolf Parade's top dogs walked divergent paths, their new album finds them working together with brilliant results.
Seattle Weekly  |  Brian J. Barr  |  06-17-2008  |  Reviews

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