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• Go Read This Interview About Why Seattle Has Become a Great City for Comics and Literature

  05-01-2015 23:46 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  John PORCELLINOThe Short Run festival is a big reason why Seattle has become such an excellent city for comics. (Click to enlarge.)Today, Tom Spurgeon at the Comics Reporter published a very long interview with me. Topics discussed include how I moved to Seattle and got my job at The Stranger, why Seattle's comics scene is booming right now, the problem of nostalgia, the importance of Emerald City Comicon and Short Run to the comics calendar year, Seattle's acceptance of Fanta
  
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• The Movies to Look Forward to in 2015

  05-01-2015 23:15 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
  It's easy to see why film is no longer paramount in the cultural conversation: For those too lazy to look past the multiplex, Hollywood's little more than a franchise factory. That dive in creativity is highlighted by the original, outstanding work on television—and in what's hardly a coincidence, TV has proven far more accepting of women creators. With Nicole Holofcener, Lisa Cholodenko, Amy Schumer, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Lena Dunham, and Mi
  
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• I-594 Opponents File Federal Lawsuit

  05-01-2015 22:53 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Kelly OOn June 5, 2014, a disturbed man with a shotgun kills one and wounds three at Seattle Pacific University. It was one of three shootings in Seattle in the first week of June.
  Just 26 days after the implementation of I-594, opponents filed a federal lawsuit challenging a provision of the state's newly expanded gun law. "I-594 is also so vague that a person of ordinary intelligence cannot understand its scope, which renders it subject to arbitrary enforcement," reads the co
  
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• Several Washington crops see gains; wine becomes key player

  05-01-2015 22:28
  
  The state's top agricultural commodities -- including apples, milk and wheat -- were worth $4.5 billion to farmers, according to a recently released federal report.
  
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• Can you identify this stabbing suspect?

  05-01-2015 22:10
  
  Seattle Metro bus stabbing suspect wanted
  
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• The Weekend in Review: Cure Covers, Paul McKanye, and Clown Posse Comma Insane

  05-01-2015 22:10 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Shutterstock/©NattikaThis is what comes up when you type "The Cure" into Shutterstock. It is, however, better than what pops up when you type in "Robert Smith."
  • On Friday, I participated in Chop Suey's Tribute to the Cure where Seattle turned up on point. Starring hairspray, eyeliner, fog machines, and your fav Cure songs covered mostly expertly by members of such hot-shit bands as: The Cave Singers, Gazebos, the Dutchess and the Duke, Midday Veil, Loaded, Dejha,
  
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• Mudslides, flooding slow rail traffic in Washington

  05-01-2015 22:07
  
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• Northgate Mall Wet Seal Employees Slam Company With Sign in Store Window

  05-01-2015 22:04 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Courtesy of DevoidSauceEmployees at the store posted this sign—now taken down—in their store's window. Now it's all over the Internet.
  A spontaneous protest by three workers at the Northgate Mall branch of teen clothing retailer Wet Seal has gone viral. Their handwritten poster rose to the top of Reddit.com earlier today, getting seen by millions of people worldwide. "I love the Internet," reads the comment with the most upvotes, "because 20 years ago companies coul
  
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• City Attorney Pete Holmes: 'Clearly commercial' medical pot shops not legal

  05-01-2015 22:01
  
  Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes pushed the Legislature to fold medical marijuana into the state’s recreational system in a wide-ranging policy memo Monday.
  
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• Keeping The Beat: Viola Smith

  05-01-2015 22:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Whoa! I plead complete ignorance to this drummer, Viola Smith, but there ain't NO DENYING she didn't just bring the heat, she WAS the HEAT!!
  
  Ms. Viola Smith has been called "the most accomplished female drummer" and, after watching this clip of her with Frances Carroll & Her Coquettes, I understand why! NOW THERE'S A SHOW! This clip was filmed in 1939 (!!) and the song is called "Snake Charmer." Oh, teh internet says SHE IS STILL ALIVE!! She's 102!
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• Two dead in crash near Sammamish

  05-01-2015 21:42
  
  UPDATE 12:42 p.m.: Two people died in a crash near Sammamish on Monday, according to the King County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Irish Homophobes: Sodomy Is a Big Red Bell

  05-01-2015 21:38 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  The Republic of Ireland votes on marriage equality in May and Ireland's anti-gay bigots have their work cut out for them:
  The latest opinion poll in the Irish Times found that 71% of the Republic’s electorate would vote yes and allow for legal gay marriages in the state.
  Ireland's drag superstar/superhero Panti Bliss passes along a flyer that anti-marriage-equality campaigners are distributing in Ireland. It's a sex-negative, kid-mongering, unintentionally-hilarious insta
  
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• Kalakala to be scrapped; end of iconic Puget Sound ferry

  05-01-2015 21:15
  
  Kalakala to be scrapped; end of iconic Puget Sound ferry
  
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• Financial adviser sentenced for stealing from elderly

  05-01-2015 21:14
  
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• Guest Editorial: Washington State Has a Morally Bankrupt Tax System, and Here's Why

  05-01-2015 20:46 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  ESRep. Reuven Carlyle (D-36), is the chair of the House Finance Committee in Olympia. He says we're on our way to being a "a low tax, low service state" with a "morally bankrupt" way of funding our government.
  There is a public narrative that is so accepted it floats along unmolested by facts on the ground. It has become almost religious in its conviction and unquestioned among elected officials attuned to the public’s frequency: Washington is a high-tax state.
  The eviden
  
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• Photo shows former Wet Seal employees leave sign airing grievances at Northgate Mall

  05-01-2015 20:45
  
  Photo shows former Wet Seal employees leave sign airing grievances at Northgate Mall
  
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• Mall employees fight back against Wet Seal after layoffs

  05-01-2015 20:45
  
  Photo shows former Wet Seal employees leave sign airing grievances at Northgate Mall
  
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• Mudslides, flooding slows rail traffic in Washington

  05-01-2015 20:40
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Oregon farmer killed by falling hay bales

  05-01-2015 20:31
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Jazz Legend Julian Priester Reflects on His Fusion Classic Love, Love, Sun Ra, Herbie Hancock, and a Lot More

  05-01-2015 20:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Dave SegalJulian Priester played with Sun Ra at 17 and Sunn O))) at 72.
  The original plan: interview legendary jazz trombonist Julian Priester about his classic fusion album—Love, Love—to celebrate its 40th anniversary, which occurred in 2014. However, the former Cornish College professor is not the easiest person to track down, but we finally scheduled a meeting in July at his old teaching grounds, Kerry Hall (Priester taught trombone and jazz history from 1979-201
  
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• Ferry Kalakala soon to be scrapped

  05-01-2015 20:19
  
  After a series of unsuccessful attempts to restore and revive it, the art deco ferry Kalakala will soon be scrapped.
  
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• 1 day, 6 apps: Can your phone really make life easier?

  05-01-2015 20:01
  
  A reporter spends a day testing convenience apps for everything from cleaning her apartment to delivering liquor, food and cosmetics.
  
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• Subjects of The Stranger's 2014 News Coverage Regret The Stranger—and More!

  05-01-2015 20:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ANARCHISTS They regret things we wrote (and didn’t write).
  
  BREAKING: The Stranger's news department made more enemies in 2014. (And some new frenemies, too!) So, per tradition, we've decided to share in the continued bounty of venom directed our way. Because why be greedy? Behold this year's (necessarily abridged and annotated) collection of what the people we wrote about regret about us, our life choices, and life itself.
  
  This year, Elizab
  
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• Daily Rant & Rave: You're a mean one to steal Candy Cane Lane Grinch

  05-01-2015 19:41
  
  RAVE To the auto shop who helped us dramatically reduce our car-repair bill and successfully fixed the family car. It’s good to know there are honest people of goodwill doing business this way. Thank you and happy new year!
  
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• Same-Sex Marriage Arrives in Miami, Jeb Bush Seems to Have an Opinion About It Or Something

  05-01-2015 19:40 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Jorg Hackemann / Shutterstock.comIt's legal to get gay-hitched, Miami.
  A judge just lifted the stay on same-sex marriage in Miami-Dade County. It only applies to Miami-Dade County, which means gay marriages can't be performed in any of Florida's other counties.
  Yesterday, Republican presidential wannabe Jeb Bush was asked by the Miami Herald what he thought about gay marriage. (Bush has been against it in the past.) His response was kind of sad, in a Charlie Brown sort of way:
  
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• City Attorney Pete Holmes offers his 'path forward' for pot policy

  05-01-2015 19:39
  
  City Attorney Pete Holmes offered his vision for statewide and city pot policy in a wide-ranging memo Monday. Holmes indicates his support for folding medical marijuana into the state's recreational system, which was created by Initiative 502.
  
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• Human remains found in Lake Stevens

  05-01-2015 19:35
  
  The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office is investigating the discovery of human remains in Lake Stevens over the weekend.
  
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• Officials: Cargo crewman jumped ship at Port of Kalama

  05-01-2015 18:56
  
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• Would You Have Voted for Danny Westneat If He'd Run Against Kshama Sawant?

  05-01-2015 18:50 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Kelly OKshama Sawant will be hard to beat in the 3rd District.
  Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat has an answer to a question you probably weren’t asking: Is he running for Seattle City Council against Council Member Kshama Sawant?
  Nope.
  In a his most recent column, Westneat says he got “repeated e-mails” asking if he was running after Seattle Weekly founder David Brewster posted about the possibility on Facebook. But Westneat calls himself “a few
  
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• The Morning News: World Rejoices That Gay Men's Leather Shop Will Expand Into the Vacuum Place Next Door

  05-01-2015 17:53 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  CFDoghouse Leathers is going to double in size. I don't care about the rest of the news stories this morning. This is huge.
  Doghouse Leathers, One of the Few Remaining Holdouts of Gay Retail Culture on Capitol Hill, Is Expanding—Yes!!! This may seem like a non-story to you ("Sex Toy Shop to Offer More Sex Toys") but it's bigger than that, especially in a neighborhood that's getting less and less gay (and less and less retail-friendly, thanks to Amazon). For months, Doghou
  
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• Some Interesting Details About the Woman Who Was Shot to Death By Her Two-Year-Old Son in an Idaho Walmart

  05-01-2015 17:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Mr.Nikon/Shutterstock
  The dead woman was at once a nuclear research scientist and a big fan of guns. The one her son fired, a 9-millimeter Smith and Wesson semi-automatic, was in fact a Christmas gift from her husband. The gun was carried in a purse designed by an Illinois company cutely called Gun Tote'n Mamas—"Finally, concealed carry handbags with fashion, utility and uniquely affordable!" The Idaho boy, who is described as inquisitive and was raised around guns, app
  
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• Some Interesting Details About the Woman Who Was Shot to Death by Her 2-Year-Old Son in an Idaho Walmart

  05-01-2015 17:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Mr.Nikon/Shutterstock
  The dead woman was at once a nuclear research scientist and a big fan of guns. She worked for the Department of Energy's Battelle’s Idaho National Laboratory, and has written papers on "topics such as nuclear waste and fuel processing." The gun that her son fired is a 9-millimeter Smith and Wesson semi-automatic. The gun was carried in a purse designed by an Illinois company cutely called Gun Tote'n Mamas—"Finally, concealed carry handbags w
  
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• Hoquiam neighborhood evacuated due to landslide danger

  05-01-2015 17:20
  
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• Oregon fatality blamed on SUV passing in no-passing zone

  05-01-2015 17:17
  
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• Heavy rain causes landslides, flooding and road closures in W. Washington

  05-01-2015 16:44
  
  The Associated Press and staff reports
  
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• Heavy rain causes landslides and flooding in W. Washington

  05-01-2015 15:59
  
  The Associated Press and staff reports
  
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• Middle school reopens after threat caused shutdown

  05-01-2015 15:50
  
  Middle school reopens after threat caused shutdown
  
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• Heavy rain causes landslides and flooding in W. Wash.

  05-01-2015 15:25
  
  The Associated Press and staff reports
  
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• Heavy rain in W. Wash.; snow east of the mountains

  05-01-2015 15:12
  
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• Daily Rant&Rave: You're a mean one to steal Candy Cane Lane Grinch

  05-01-2015 15:01
  
  RAVE To the auto shop who helped us dramatically reduce our car-repair bill and successfully fixed the family car. It’s good to know there are honest people of goodwill doing business this way. Thank you and happy new year!
  
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• City of Seattle Offers Video Help for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure, But Little Else

  05-01-2015 15:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Last month, the Seattle Office of Housing asked me to spread the word about this video, which they co-produced with the Seattle University School of Law. It's a four minute animated guide, to be screened on Seattle Channel, on how to cope if a bank is trying to foreclose on your home. "Your ability to avoid foreclosure depends on how soon you seek help," the professionally gentle narrator intones.
  In a press release, the Office of Housing also encouraged "homeowners facing for
  
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• 4 landslides close highways in Aberdeen-Hoquiam area

  05-01-2015 14:50
  
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• Public-private partnerships take root to help downtown parks

  05-01-2015 03:50
  
  Talk of public-private partnerships for downtown Seattle parks has proponents touting benefits, eyeing pitfalls.
  
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• Public electric-car charging stations sit idle most of time

  05-01-2015 03:07
  
  In 2 Oregon cities, most electric-vehicle owners have developed the at-home charging habit, leaving the expensive, taxpayer-funded network of fast-charging units unused much of the time.
  
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• Heavy rains are likely to bring flooding, landslides, avalanches

  05-01-2015 02:38
  
  Landslides, avalanches and flooding all possible as heavy rains soak Western Washington through Monday. The National Weather Service forecast major flooding at the Tolt River near Carnation and issued a flood warning for the Puyallup River near Orting.
  
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• Bartender Crush: Kate at Rumba

  05-01-2015 02:05 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Brooklyn Benjestorf
  Name: Kate
  Where: Rumba
  Buy Her A Shot Of: Smith & Cross rum or agricole. “Proofy funky things!” Kate says. “When it's not rum, I like sherry and calvados. But let's be honest, it's usually rum.”
  Ask Her To Make You A: Tiki drink. “I've been pretty into tiki lately because we started a tiki night [Wednesday] here at Rumba. I like showing people that rum drinks—even tiki drinks—don't need to be cloying and overdon
  
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• Yellowstone sees rise in marijuana offenses

  05-01-2015 02:04
  
  An increasing number of visitors to Yellowstone National Park are being prosecuted for possessing small amounts of medical and recreational pot, which remains illegal on federal land.
  
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• Yakima County weighs license system to deter pot businesses

  05-01-2015 01:57
  
  Yakima County commissioners are discussing whether to create a county business-license system to keep them aware of banned marijuana businesses.
  
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• Inmate advocates worry about fate of prison-rape law

  05-01-2015 01:52
  
  When Congress passed a law in 2003 aimed at ending sexual assault in U.S. prisons, jails and juvenile-detention centers, survivors hoped it would help solve the long-ignored problem. Now, some advocates worry that a proposal to reduce the law’s financial penalties will severely damage it.
  
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