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Top Stories

Meet Washington's DUI King
The M's $2.5 Million Paint Job
Can Taxpayer-Funded Political Campaigns Even the Scale?
Slideshow: Seattle People
A new state law may finally catch up with Bob Castle.
By Rick Anderson
You could end up paying for it.
By Rick Anderson
As always, Seattle is looking to match the progressive ideals of Portland. But the plan doesn’t look as pretty up close.
By Aimee Curl
Here's a look at people around Seattle during the week of March 31.
By Laurie Pearman
Last Night

I Don't Need Pills, Just Psychology Today

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the frontman of The Long Winters.
By John Roderick

 

food

Investigating New Taco Trucks in the Wild

OK, in parking lots near you.

Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman


Seattle’s Only Truly Pro-Choice Cafe

Seattle Coffee Works picks from the finer beans around town.

Search & Distill By Maggie Dutton


The Thinking Carnivore’s Hero

Last Chance impresses even the ultimate burger snob.

I Ate This By Hannah Levin


A New Gin Joint, Mom's Day, and The Saint

Selections from Voracious, our daily food blog.

Voracious Bits


More FOOD >> 

news

Meet Washington's DUI King

A new state law may finally catch up with Bob Castle.

News By Rick Anderson


DUI Royalty’s Also-Rans

Well, not technically “running” if you can’t stand up straight.

News By Rick Anderson


The Rap Sheet

Castle’s boozing and cruising since the Reagan years.

News By Rick Anderson


Can Taxpayer-Funded Political Campaigns Even the Scale?

As always, Seattle is looking to match the progressive ideals of Portland. But the plan doesn’t look as pretty up close.

News By Aimee Curl



A “Dear John” to Georgetown

An anonymous letter resonates with neighborhood residents.

News By Aimee Curl


The M's $2.5 Million Paint Job

You could end up paying for it.

News By Rick Anderson


The Kid Who Aced His SAT

Don’t worry, he doesn’t know what he’s gonna do, either.

News By Laura Onstot


Tony Robbins On a Budget

Can't afford his $1K seminar? He has a lovely CD. . .

News By Laura Onstot


Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor


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music

Music Biz’s Latest Villain: the Price of Gas

Bands are scaling down their crews and itineraries.

Music By Karla Starr


Stay Away From My Chili

“I’ve known fellows who, when asked if they had given any thought to their retirement plans, pointed with confidence to a stockpile of canned chili.”

Music By John Roderick


Rambunctious Rock Royalty

Sub Pop turns 20, drinks plenty.

Rocket Queen By Hannah Levin


Classic Rock Radio Doesn't Have to Be Stale

Would it kill programmers to give Iggy Pop a spin once in a while?

Music By Krist Novoselic


Monkey Bar Is a Break From the Ave.

Muffin tops and grad students already have their spots.

A Shot in the Dark By Aja Pecknold


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arts

Half-Laughs

A bathtub-gin buzz and clichéd corporate critique in two new feminist fringe productions.

Stage Reviews By Tim Appelo


Underground Sound

A close listen to the PNB’s pit crew.

Classical Etc. By Gavin Borchert


An Early Music Video

I Saw This By Adriana Grant


Spirit Reacher

Connecting with kids and, this storyteller hopes, the Dalai Lama.

Longenbaugh on Theater By John Longenbaugh


More ARTS >> 

To Do List

Wednesday, April 9

Morcheeba, Federico Aubele
Why, oh why did the Godfrey brothers part ways with lead singer Skye Edward... More>>
Showbox at the Market, Wed., April 9, 8:00pm, $22.50 adv./$25

Senator Obama Goes to Africa
Directed by Bob Hercules, Senator Obama Goes to Africa follows the presiden... More>>
JewelBox/Rendezvous, Wed., April 9, 7:00pm, $8.50

Sloane Crosley
Raves from Jonathan Ames as “a 21st century Dorothy Parker”? An &... More>>
Third Place Books, Wed., April 9, 7:00pmThu., April 10, 8:00pm, Free

121 more things to do today>>
Find a Restaurant

 
A work of love from charismatic man-about-town Waid Sainvil, Waid's is the only Haitian restaurant o...
Off the Delridge Way exit from the West Seattle Bridge, Skylark Cafe & Club is a genuine blue-collar...
The Northlake Tavern is proud to tell you that its small pie weighs more than two-and-a-half pounds ...
Entering Can Can is like walking into Moulin Rouge—not the Parisian tourist trap, the Baz Luhrmann m...
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Wednesday, April 9
Our Top Picks

Morcheeba, Federico Aubele
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Wed., April 9, 12:00am, $22.50 adv./$25

Bottle of Smoke, Hearseburner, the Beautiful Clarks, Jeff Kanzler
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Wed., April 9, 12:00am, $5

Chad Mitchell Trio, Tom Paxton
More>>
Wed., April 9, 12:00am, $48-$55

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I haven't eaten much steak this summer because I'm usually broke. When I discovered Ozzie's Wednesda...
Pure, unadulterated joy is the look permanently affixed to the face of a man doing the mambo to the ...
It's Saturday night between 10th and 11th on Pike Street, Capitol Hill's bustling new epicenter. The...
Live piano and cabaret.
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