AltWeeklies Wire
Hogwarts and Hormonesnew
The dancing lessons are as scary as the dragons for our pubescent wizards.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-16-2005 |
Reviews
A Throwback Riddimnew
This dancehall don dada sounds most sincere in a song calling for marijuana legalization, but the pimp juice in other tracks runs a bit low.
Seattle Weekly |
Makkada B. Selah |
11-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Sean Paul, The Trinity
Divine Destructionnew
Why save the planet when it's doomed? The anti-environmental "wise use" movement is gaining popularity among religious conservatives.
Seattle Weekly |
Stephenie Hendricks |
11-02-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A County Jail Shakedownnew
In Seattle, more information comes to light about inmate deaths as officials plan changes in jail operations.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
11-02-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Art of Terrornew
Artists and writers try to make sense of 9/11, Kaczynski, Iraq, McVeigh and basic terror.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-02-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Railing Against Rolling Stonenew
Seattle Weekly plays Jukebox Jury with Rockrgrl magazine founder Carla DeSantis.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
11-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Larger and Smaller Than Lifenew
This scathing family fictionalization draws flaws more boldly than virtues.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-02-2005 |
Reviews
An Interview with Anthony Swoffordnew
Times have changed, and the wars with them, and the erstwhile college teacher who wrote the book Jarhead takes a suitably long view of the literature of war.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jarhead, Sam Mendes
Unsure Shotnew
A new film depicts how a kid became a killer, almost, during the frustrating first Gulf War. Its main achievement is to get us inside Anthony Swofford's "empty vessel," the mind of a Marine, a "jarhead," as it is first formed by hardship, then filled with horror.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jarhead, Sam Mendes
Alternate Realitiesnew
The matriarch alternative weekly of Seattle and the patriarch of Phoenix meet again.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
10-26-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Leaping Lizardsnew
Here's how a Seattle tech company created the entire archive of the country's best magazine -- with the eight-DVD package selling for $100.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
10-26-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Love in the Late Afternoonnew
Steve Martin stretches his novella into a modest, melancholy and affecting film.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-26-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Martin, Shopgirl
Alt-Weeklies' Ownership in Fluxnew
It's official: Seattle Weekly parent Village Voice Media and the New Times chain of urban weeklies propose to merge.
Seattle Weekly |
Chuck Taylor |
10-24-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Meet Mr. Valerie Plamenew
Joseph Wilson might be the man who brings down Karl Rove. Here’s a rundown of the blossoming GOP scandals and what Wilson thinks about them.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
10-21-2005 |
Politics
The Super Floodnew
Massive mudflows one day will pour off the 14,411-foot volcano called Mount Rainier, bury Seattle's south suburbs, and reach as far as the city itself. It's happened many times before. This time, of course, hundreds of thousands of people will die.
Seattle Weekly |
Frank Parchman |
10-20-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
