AltWeeklies Wire
When It Comes to Biodiesel, How Pure Is Too Pure?new
Enviros cry foul at Ford's pump-perplexing warranty policy.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
10-22-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Barry Bonds of Pumpkin Growingnew
Greg Shaw's orange behemoths are small squash compared to the titans of the patch.
Seattle Weekly |
Mike Seely |
10-22-2007 |
Food+Drink
Shoulder Pads, Pom-Poms, and the Angry Inchnew
Washington's high-school sports regulators find themselves in a transgender bind.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
10-22-2007 |
Sex
Hip-Hop Hungarians Threaten President Bushnew
Since, outside of South Park, cartoons and politics generally don't mix, The District is a bold, vulgar treat, full of hip-hop serenades, dancing Russian hookers, international intrigue, and all manner of goofs on the ghetto culture we've exported so successfully to the Wild East.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Aron Gauder, The District
Occasonally, Thelonius Monk Played Well With Othersnew
The word "alone" could aptly capture the essence of any Monk performance, whether he was truly playing solo or accompanied by the likes of Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, or John Coltrane.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J. Barr |
10-15-2007 |
Reviews
Why Jim McDermott Thinks Global, Disdains Localnew
Seattle's nine-term representative in the House seems more like an appointed ambassador of leftist good will than the elected representative of a Pacific Northwest city.
Seattle Weekly |
Aimee Curl |
10-15-2007 |
Politics
Does City Council Candidate Venus Velazquez Have a Race Problem?new
Or does Seattle?
Seattle Weekly |
Aimee Curl |
10-15-2007 |
Politics
'Apart From That': Like Cassavetes in Skagit Countynew
The film makes a jumbled democracy of its rustic players; refreshingly, there's not a mumbling hipster among them.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-02-2007 |
Reviews
Again With Miserable Africanew
Angels takes an intimate, unstinting, ground's-eye view of the biological and social diseases ravaging Africa, making public-policy debate about AIDS in Africa seems distant and esoteric.
Seattle Weekly |
Huan Hsu |
10-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Angels in the Dust, Louise Hogarth
Ex–Catheter and Tall Bird Turns to a Rock-Poster Icon for Career Reinventionnew
Brian Standeford first met the Sub Pop art director Jeff Kleinsmith when Standeford's old band, the Catheters, was signed to the label in the early 2000s. Now Standeford turns to Kleinsmith for advice as he pursues poster design.
Seattle Weekly |
Brain J. Barr |
10-02-2007 |
Music
CleanScapes Hopes to Monitor Your Recyclingnew
The company's founder wants to bring the equivalent of the red-light camera to your front curb. Just as the traffic camera captures you running through a stoplight, CleanScapes' incriminating photos would catch you improperly disposing of a milk carton.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
10-01-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Larry Flynt Gives Seattle University an Earfulnew
These days, while the Hustler publisher is more quaint than edgy, he's still making a pitch for the acceptance of graphic material in a world where the internet has made the pages of his magazine look tame.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
10-01-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Houston, We Have an Environmental Problemnew
The twist on this familiar astronaut story is that it's a post-Al Gore doc, itself in the shadow of An Inconvenient Truth.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
09-25-2007 |
Reviews
Jennifer Worick: Seattle's Busiest Author?new
Worick has little patience for authors trying to crank out the Great American Novel; she's too busy getting published — about 20 books, by her count, over the past half-dozen years.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
09-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Courtney Love Settles Last of Her Nirvana Money Disputesnew
Attorneys helped Kurt Cobain's widow win as much as $9 million.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
09-25-2007 |
Music
