AltWeeklies Wire
Five Ways the Music Industry Is Changingnew
Starbucks is selling nearly as many records as it is lattes, but not for long, because the CD is almost dead. And you can hear it all by tuning in to KEXP-FM—from anywhere on the planet. Here's a brief survey of where the music business is now and may be heading in 2005.
Seattle Weekly |
Andrew Bonazelli, Laura Cassidy, Philip Dawdy, and Michaelangelo Matos |
02-23-2005 |
Music
Transfer of Wealthnew
Bush has used enormous tax cuts primarily directed toward the wealthy and an expanded federal bureaucracy largely devoted to corporate welfare to drive up the federal deficit. He is then trying to alleviate that deficit by reducing education, health care, housing, and environmental protection.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
02-23-2005 |
Commentary
The Preston Gates Matesnew
A venerable Seattle law firm launched key players in the Tom DeLay scandal.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
02-23-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Gonzogatenew
Hunter S. Thompson and Woodward and Bernstein: the mixed legacy of boomer journalism's icons.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
02-23-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Million Dollar Brouhahanew
In this year's obligatory Oscar controversy, critic Michael Medved is playing the role of Million Dollar Baby killer.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
02-16-2005 |
Movies
Showdown on the (Global) Village Squarenew
The Cannes Film Festival smash hit Moolaadé is about female genital mutilation, a stupid, wicked custom practiced in most African nations, but it's not really an issue film. If you shy away from seeing it because you expect to be bored or lectured to, you're a fool. And don't fear, as I did, that the grisly subject will prove too upsetting to witness—legendary Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene skillfully conveys the horror without visual overkill.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
02-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Moolaadé, Ousmane Sembene
Peep-Show Storynew
Seattle sex writer/blogger Pagan Moss tells how she broke into print.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
02-10-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Open Widenew
A fascinating documentary about the landmark porn film Deep Throat is restrainedly thoughtful even in its hardest-core footage, and bursting with lively personalities.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
02-10-2005 |
Reviews
Making Chocolatenew
Only a handful of companies grind their own cocoa beans in the United States, and among them, the competition is ferocious. Now, in Seattle, the Chocolate Company plans to manufacture their own chocolate, emphasizing fresh, organic ingredients.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
02-10-2005 |
Food+Drink
Out of Thin Airnew
The writer fell 15 feet while climbing in the North Cascades last summer, and might have died were it not for the people he met along the way.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
02-03-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
An Italian Duo Speaks the Lingua Franca of Psych Rocknew
Jennifer Gentle aren't the first or only foreign band to write and sing in English, of course. But of the present-day ESL practitioners working within the psychedelic pop patois, they're certainly the most fun.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
02-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jennifer Gentle, Valende
From Park Slope to Park Citynew
Sundance is still a great destination for indie cinema, beneath the avalanche of bling.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
02-03-2005 |
Movies
Who Wants to Be a Socially Responsible Millionaire?new
Jeff Reifman left Microsoft with $5 million. He's trying to invest that wealth virtuously. It's not easy.
Seattle Weekly |
Jeff Reifman |
01-26-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Next Bobby Kennedy ...new
... Could be Bobby Kennedy Jr.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
01-26-2005 |
Commentary
Switch-Hittersnew
Scissor Sisters come out and play—for everybody.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
01-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Scissor Sisters
