AltWeeklies Wire
Move Over, iTunesnew
Two Seattle companies—behemoth Microsoft and startup Chondo—provide an alternative for online music lovers.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
09-15-2004 |
Music
Eddie Vedder's African Connectionnew
The rocker helps a South African youth choir sing the songs of Pearl Jam.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
09-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: eddie vedder
Comics Reliefnew
A year ago, Seattle's Fantagraphics was on the brink of bankruptcy. Now it's in the black, thanks to good ol' Charlie Brown—and a pair of dogged believers who turned a cranky fanzine into the most widely respected comics publisher in America.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
09-15-2004 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Our 9/11 Obsessionnew
It's no exaggeration to say that the future of our democracy might ride on how soon we come to grips with 9/11—not so that we can resume shopping (we have), but so opportunistic leaders can no longer exploit our fear.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
09-09-2004 |
Commentary
America Wheezingnew
That's the sound of our electoral process, and it's panic inducing.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
09-09-2004 |
Politics
Copy and Paste Jobnew
The plagiarism committed by associate editor and business columnist Stephen Dunphy at The Seattle Times wasn't deceit along the lines of what Jayson Blair did. It was journalistic dementia.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
09-02-2004 |
Media
Tags: media
Bland on the Runnew
John Kerry needs to inspire if he wants to beat the Great Miscalculator.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
09-02-2004 |
Politics
Over the River’s Edgenew
In Mean Creek, Stand by Me meets Lord of the Flies.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-25-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mean Creek, Jacob Aaron Estes
We Don't Need a Stronger Americanew
Forget the Kerry campaign slogan. How about a smarter America? Or a wiser America? A fairer America. More equitable. Less arrogant. Less obsessed with materialism. More just, more committed to democracy and peace, less prone to violence. I’d settle for an America that doesn’t embarrass me when I travel elsewhere in the world.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
The Fragging of John Kerrynew
John Kerry must remember his Swift Boat service tactic of turning toward the enemy, firing, and running him down. He must also remember his postwar leadership as a young man who took on the establishment, not because it was smart or convenient, but because it was right.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
The Return of Princenew
He strips down everything, including his ego, on his first release since 2001.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
08-25-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Prince, musicology
Zhang, He’s Good!new
A Chinese master’s swashbuckling epic kicks airborne ass in rainbow shades.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
08-25-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Zhang Yimou, Hero
The New Abolitionists: Evangelicals Crusade Against Sex Traffickingnew
Freeing "sex slaves" is now at the top of the human rights agenda, thanks to Christian evangelicals, the Bush administration, and two former Washington politicians, Linda Smith and John Miller. How did the anti-trafficking crusade evolve, and is it being overhyped?
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
08-25-2004 |
International
Tags: international
Online Magazine Slate Captures Coveted Audiencenew
Now the fourth most widely read entity on the Web, Slate focuses on subjects that excite the chattering classes.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
08-07-2004 |
Media
A Partly Cloudy Look at the Summer Movies Aheadnew
June starts with the third Harry Potter movie, which finds our almost-adolescent heroes and hot older heroine smoking pot, having three-way sex, and road-tripping across Mexico. No, wait, that’s the last movie directed by Alfonso Cuarón, "Y Tu Mamá También," and we’d much rather see a sequel to that.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-07-2004 |
Reviews
