AltWeeklies Wire
Microsoft's Big Betnew
Although the latest version of Microsoft Windows is more than six months from shipping, company brass already have christened Vista as the biggest and best Windows release since Windows 95.
Seattle Weekly |
Mary Jo Foley |
03-15-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The 60-Day Sprintnew
The Washington state legislature passes measures for gay rights, alternative energy, political reform and better unemployment benefits.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
03-08-2006 |
Politics
Alternate-Universe Teen Chick Litnew
Michelle Tea's first novel treats us to one breathless day in the life of 14-year-old Trisha and her new best friend, Rose, as they do just about everything anyone warned you against.
Seattle Weekly |
Angie Kritenbrink |
03-08-2006 |
Fiction
Screen Shotsnew
Artist "Show-n-tell" collects the mostly anonymous webcam photos and chat-room transcripts she gathered by contacting lonely souls in this book.
Seattle Weekly |
Heather Logue and Rachel Shimp |
03-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Show-n-tell, webAffairs
Smoke Ringsnew
You wouldn't be wrong to call them sillybillies, but Electric Six's lyrics aren't empty eccentricities.
Seattle Weekly |
Anthony Miccio |
03-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Electric Six
The Plan to Nowhere?new
The Seattle region's ambitious 10-year plan to end homelessness is in serious trouble, undercut and underfunded -- and things are about to get worse, thanks to the Bush administration.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
03-08-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
You Might Think I'm Crazynew
A good deal of the fun in this documentary, as we follow Chappelle from his Ohio retreat to Brooklyn, is to see how fully he's got his wits about him.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-01-2006 |
Reviews
Bitching About the Oscarsnew
Fewer and fewer people are willing to leave their home to see a movie, so why should they even care about the Oscars on TV, or what critics think?
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo and Brian Miller |
03-01-2006 |
Movies
Tags: The Oscars
Pod Peoplenew
Participants in the Seattle "unconference" Podcast Hotel ponder the future of digital music and video.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
03-01-2006 |
Tech
Tags: podcasting
Crescent Over Puget Soundnew
Ferrigno's alternative-history novel is set in 2040 Seattle, now the capital of the Islamic Republic.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
03-01-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Hidden Home-Front Experiencenew
Henderson's book follows two newlywed Army wives through the course of their husbands' deployments.
Seattle Weekly |
Sara Niegowski |
03-01-2006 |
Nonfiction
A Cellarful of Noisenew
When it comes to an inviting linear pulse, The Cellar Door Sessions box is one to groove on.
Seattle Weekly |
Keith Harris |
03-01-2006 |
Reviews
Big Rednew
A patch of Washington farmland reaches for legendary status in the world of wine.
Seattle Weekly |
Roger Downey |
03-01-2006 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, Washington
Losing the Patientnew
Doctors can call the operation a success, and lawyers win key points of their case -- but consumers get short shrift in Washington state's medical-malpractice bill.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
03-01-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The 'Jewish' Connew
Incarcerated gang members are abusing freedom of religion to get special treatment.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
03-01-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
