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• Seahawks NFC Championship ball: What's its PSI?

  23-01-2015 23:47
  
  Seahawks NFC Championship ball: What is its PSI?
  
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• Tangerine Dream Keyboardist/Ambient-Music Icon Edgar Froese, 1944-2015

  23-01-2015 23:41 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Edgar Froese—founding member of the vastly influential German band Tangerine Dream and a remarkable soundtrack composer and ambient musician—passed away January 20 in Vienna from a pulmonary embolism. He was 70.
  As keyboardist for Tangerine Dream, Froese helped to establish them as innovators of an infernal brand of kosmische rock on early albums like Electronic Meditation, Alpha Centauri, Zeit, and Atem. The group gradually evolved into more of a spacious, synthesi
  
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• Counterfeit Seahawks jerseys seized from Seattle man in Arizona

  23-01-2015 23:33
  
  Department of Homeland Security agents in Arizona have seized about 100 counterfeit Seahawks jerseys from a Seattle-area man who had traveled to Phoenix.
  
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• Seattle artists picture Seahawk moments

  23-01-2015 23:32
  
  Photographer Robin Layton and painter Ken Zeran have interpreted crucial moments in the Seahawks saga in artistic ways.
  
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• Win a Pair of Tickets to See Our Town at 12th Avenue Arts TONIGHT

  23-01-2015 23:17 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Win a pair of tickets for tonight's show!
  Stranger Genius-winning theater company Strawberry Theatre Workshop wants to send some lucky Slog reader on a high octane thrillercoaster ride to the extreme edge of sanity, which is to say, to the humble hamlet of Grover's Corners, NH, setting of one of one of the most durable innovations in the history of the legitimate stage, Thornton Wilder's Our Town. Behind the quaint architecture of the play's milieu rests a devastating metaphysi
  
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• Sleater-Kinney’s No Cities to Love Is Great Because We Need Them More Than They Need Us

  23-01-2015 23:15 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  BRIGITTE SIRESleater-Kinney (L-R): Janet Weiss, Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein… ’cause they understood.
  You think it’s over now/But we’ve only just begun.”
  So goes the priceless, invigorating taunt that Elvis Costello and the Attractions used to commence 1986’s we’re-back-and-ready-to-wreck-shop classic Blood & Chocolate.
  That same spirit of exhilarating defiance infuses every last note of Sleater-Kinney’s tough-minded, soul-
  
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• Anyone Tried Out The Pono Music Player?

  23-01-2015 22:40 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  I dunno if y'all remember last year's hype over this thing, the Pono—a new digital music player which is supposed to deliver major sound improvement over all the other current music/sound delivery devices/services. Celeb musician involvement notwithstanding (Neil Young is the "founder and CEO" of Pono), it's promise of fidelity WAS encouraging. However, after waiting patiently for a year, the Stranger did NOT get a Pono demo unit to test, even though Megan "Ding Dong" Se
  
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• Old Dogs Need Love Too

  23-01-2015 22:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  This Sunday, Ardeth De Vries will read from her book Old Dog Haven: Every Old Dog Has a Story to Tell. This event is copresented by Old Dog Haven, a local organization that rescues senior dogs (which are less likely to be adopted) from shelters and finds them loving homes to live out their lives. This group does wonderful work. I love seeing their posts on Facebook, the pictures and stories of the sweet pups they bail out of the clink are so fulfilling and heartwarming.
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• We Asked 12 People Waiting In Line Outside the Kingfish Cafe: Whatcha Gonna Order?

  23-01-2015 22:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Kelly O Nya, "All I want is chocolate cake! That's it!" Nya's Aunt Tanya, "I hope they have the crab cakes."
  Kelly O Sel, "I've never been, but I think I'll order the catfish." Lynn, "I want the sweet tea pork chop!" Mike, "It's gonna be hard to decide between their fried chicken and the catfish."
  Kelly O Esther, "Fried green tomatoes?" Lanny, "I'm gonna order frog legs!"
  
  Kelly O Tavier, "Cornbread. Oooh, and ribs."
  
  Kelly O Jay "It's gotta be the catfish. It
  
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• King County homeless population up sharply in One Night Count

  23-01-2015 22:20
  
  The annual One Night Count of the Homeless, held Thursday night into Friday morning, found 3,772 people in King County without shelter, a 21 percent increase over 2014. The count confirms what many advocates say is a continuing crisis in homelessness in the region despite local governments spending
  
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• The Top Five Things to Do in Seattle Today: Miranda July, Elvis Invitationals, Beacon and Lord Raja, Naked Lunch, and More

  23-01-2015 21:36 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Todd ColeWeirdo-turned-author Miranda July.
  MIRANDA JULY
  Fri Jan 23 at 7:30 pm at Neptune
  You've seen her films The Future and Me and You and Everyone We Know, now hear her read from her debut novel, entitled The First Bad Man.
  
  
  If he were still alive, Elvis would be 80 this year.
  THE SEATTLE ELVIS INVITATIONALS
  Fri Jan 23 at 8 pm at the Crocodile
  Northwest’s premier Elvis impersonator event. Will people ever tire of paying homage to this American “KingR
  
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• Proposal would improve disclosure of legislators' finances

  23-01-2015 21:16
  
  At the request of the state Public Disclosure Commission (PDC), a bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed a bill aimed at improving disclosure of personal finances of state legislators and other state officials.
  
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• Attention Based Currency Could Help Artists Get Paid Fairly When Their Music's Streamed

  23-01-2015 21:05 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Musicians' gripes about insultingly tiny payouts from streaming services like Spotify and YouTube have been widespread. Tess Gadwa, co-founder of Attention Based Currency and CEO of Yes Exactly, is planning to create a platform that will fairly compensate musicians for digital consumption of their work. She saw an entry into the market in the wake of Bitcoin's devaluation. Ergo, Attention Based Currency. "My motivation for ABC is to create a way to include the right brain in a
  
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• Tom Rasmussen won't run again for Seattle City Council

  23-01-2015 20:56
  
  Seattle City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen announced Friday that he would not seek re-election for a third term. Rasmussen, who became the council’s first openly gay member when he was elected in 2003, is the second incumbent this week to announce that he would step down at the end of the year.
  
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• Do You Have Any Cool Photos of the City Under Construction? Want to Be Published in The Stranger?

  23-01-2015 20:55 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  If only he'd been taking photos.
  We're looking for recent photos of the city under construction—cranes, half-built buildings, excavation sites, stuff like that. We're going to publish a bunch of photos like that in our next issue, including on our cover, and we're accepting submissions. If you've always wanted to have a photo on the cover of The Stranger, and you happen to be a crane operator with a bunch of photos you've taken on your smoke breaks (*not strictly necessar
  
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• Cascadian Dark Ale Is Unlike Anything You've Had Before

  23-01-2015 20:39 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Dorota Zietek/ShutterstockCascadian dark ale: delicious. . .and seditious?
  While working on this week’s article about food trucks and taprooms, I sampled some great local brews. A few favorites, which unfortunately didn’t make it into the piece: Hilliard’s Original Singe, which is made with smoked beechwood malt and has a fantastic, mild campfire flavor; a spicy, citrusy imperial rye IPA from Reuben’s Brews; and Stoup’s wonderfully strong and smoo
  
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• One-Night Count Shows 21 Percent Increase in Homelessness in King County

  23-01-2015 20:20 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Kelly OThe one-night homeless count tallies people living in cars and tents as well as those sleeping under bridges or in doorways.
  Volunteers spent this morning from 2-5 am counting homeless people across King County and found 649 more people sleeping outside—a 21 percent jump—than at this time last year. In Seattle, there were 510 more people, an increase of 22 percent compared to last year's count. That'll add fuel to the argument that the city needs to be doing
  
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• Wash. State Fair will open Labor Day weekend this year

  23-01-2015 20:05
  
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• Council Member Tom Rasmussen Won't Seek Reelection

  23-01-2015 19:50 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  City of SeattleTom Rasmussen has been on the council since 2004. Can he feel empathy?
  Saying he wants to avoid "being divided between a campaign and the work I want to accomplish," Seattle City Council member Tom Rasmussen announced this morning that he won't run for reelection.
  “This wasn’t an easy decision, but it is the right one," Rasmussen said in a statement. "It is now time to direct my efforts toward the same causes I have always been most passionate about&#
  
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• Pot-related poison control calls up in Washington, Colorado

  23-01-2015 19:47
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• SkyMall Magazine Has Filed for Bankruptcy

  23-01-2015 19:46 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  For the pickup artist in your life. First Cat Fancy and now this? The Wall Street Journal reported today that SkyMall Magazine filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday. Apparently the increased use of electronic devices during flights negatively impacted SkyMall's ability to entertain passengers with such items as: half-assed pet portraits on silk pillows, talking Smurf toothbrushes, a walking stick inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, electric pumice stones, pajama jeans&
  
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• Cops Can Choke Black People for Free in New York City

  23-01-2015 19:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  a katz / Shutterstock.comThousands of protesters have taken to the streets over the death of Eric Garner. This image is from a protest in early December.
  Not only will there be zero criminal charges for the New York City police officer who choked Eric Garner; Daniel Pantaleo won’t have to pay anything if Eric Garner’s family wins a civil case suing for wrongful death damages, either. This from Jaeah Lee at Mother Jones:
  The $75 million worth of claims include wrongf
  
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• Elysian Brewing Sold to Anheuser-Busch

  23-01-2015 19:11 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger The Elysian: now owned by the brewers of Bud Light.
  This morning, Anheuser-Busch, the U.S. subsidiary of global brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev, announced that they are acquiring Seattle's Elysian Brewing.
  The sale includes Elysian's brewing facility in Georgetown, as well as their four brewpubs throughout the city: Capitol Hill, Tangletown, Pioneer Square, and downtown's Elysian Bar.
  Capitol Hill Seattle has the scoop here.
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• Elysian Brewing Company Sold to Anheuser-Busch

  23-01-2015 19:11 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger The Elysian: now owned by the brewers of Bud Light.
  This morning, Anheuser-Busch, the US subsidiary of global brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev, announced that it is acquiring Seattle's Elysian Brewing Company.
  The sale includes Elysian's brewing facility in Georgetown, as well as its four brewpubs throughout the city: Capitol Hill, Tangletown, Pioneer Square, and downtown's Elysian Bar.
  Capitol Hill Seattle has the scoop here. Washington Beer Blog confirms with Elysi
  
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• Elysian Brewing Co. Sold to Anheuser-Busch

  23-01-2015 19:11 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger The Elysian: now owned by the brewers of Bud Light.
  This morning, Anheuser-Busch, the U.S. subsidiary of global brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev, announced that they are acquiring Seattle's Elysian Brewing Company.
  The sale includes Elysian's brewing facility in Georgetown, as well as their four brewpubs throughout the city: Capitol Hill, Tangletown, Pioneer Square, and downtown's Elysian Bar.
  Capitol Hill Seattle has the scoop here. Washington Beer Blog confirms wit
  
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• Rainier ‘R’ to go blue and green for Seahawks

  23-01-2015 19:07
  
  Rainier ‘R’ to go blue and green for Seahawks
  
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• Seattle craft brewery sold to Budweiser owner, Anheuser-Busch

  23-01-2015 19:05
  
  Elysian brewery sold to Budweiser owner, Anheuser-Busch
  
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• Seattle craft brewery sold to Busweiser owner, Anheuser-Busch

  23-01-2015 19:05
  
  Elysian brewery sold to Busweiser owner, Anheuser-Busch
  
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• Don't Read the Comments—Sing Them! The Decemberists on Kimmel Last Night

  23-01-2015 19:02 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  The Decemberists' new LP cover, designed by the great Carson Ellis
  Fresh off the twin successes of a new album release and their very own DAY, Portland's beloved and bescorned the Decemberists appeared on Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show on ABC last night and whipped out this little ode to the troll nation.
  
  No Seattle tour date has yet been announced, but don't worry. They'll be along. If you're feeling desperate for Decemberists-related secondary source material in the meantime
  
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• State, contractor still battling over viaduct project

  23-01-2015 18:53
  
  State, contractor still battling over viaduct project
  
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• Feds grant Washington REAL ID deadline extension

  23-01-2015 18:37
  
  The federal government has granted Washington state a temporary extension from enforcement of tough new requirements for proof of U.S. residency for driver’s licenses and other government-sanctioned ID.
  
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• WSDOT Says If This Bertha Contractor Walks Out, We'll Get Another One

  23-01-2015 18:24 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Washington State Department of TransportationBertha's tunnel contractor may be entitled to a $20 million change order dealing with soil conditions at the site of the launch pit, pictured here.
  Information bombs tend to go off right before the Washington State Department of Transportation meets with elected officials. That's what happened Thursday, when, an hour and a half before an afternoon "update" meeting with the House Transportation Committee, the Seattle Times revealed th
  
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• Trisha Ready and Metaphors of the Ill Body

  23-01-2015 18:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  This book contains one of Susan Sontag's most famous sentences
  I must begin by saying that I have not read Illness as Metaphor, the key text in Trisha Ready's brilliant essay "How Listening to Music and Fighting with Susan Sontag Helped Me Cope with Chemo," an essay you need to read right now. But I have read a lot of Sontag's other books, not only because she was a great commentator of the theories of the French semiotician (a philosopher of language) Roland Barthes but she
  
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• The Morning News: Truck Driver Hit and Killed a Bicyclist Last Night at the Canadian Border

  23-01-2015 17:02 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Kevin_Hsieh / Shutterstock.comIt wasn't at this border crossing but a border crossing about a mile from here.
  Pickup Truck Driver Who Says He Killed a Cyclist Last Night Did the Right Thing and Turned Himself in Three Hours Later: I have to say, the driver has my sympathy here—at least if the Bellingham Herald's account is correct. First of all, it was 5:30 pm, so it was already dark, and the cyclist, a 53-year-old man, was "wearing dark clothes." Second of all, the cycl
  
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• Washington attorney general wants to outlaw ticket bots

  23-01-2015 16:54
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Officials ID man found dead in Ridgefield hunting blind

  23-01-2015 16:53
  
  The Columbian  (TNS)
  
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• Police: Woman shoots boyfriend in East Bremerton

  23-01-2015 16:03
  
  Police: Woman shoots boyfriend in East Bremerton
  
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• Man arrested in Edmonds New Year’s Day stabbing

  23-01-2015 15:47
  
  Man arrested in Edmonds New Year’s Day stabbing
  
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• Portland woman sentenced to 2 years for pouring hot grease on ex-boyfriend

  23-01-2015 15:32
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• West Coast seaport talks resuming after hiatus, rallies

  23-01-2015 15:27
  
  Labor strife at seaports along the West Coast prompted thousands of dockworkers to rally against employers they say are trying to exploit a crisis of cargo congestion at harbors that handle about $1 trillion worth of goods annually.
  
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• Navy decommissioning another frigate at Everett

  23-01-2015 15:14
  
  EVERETT — The Navy is holding a decommissioning ceremony Friday in at Naval Station Everett for the frigate Rodney Davis. It returned from its final deployment last month, after 28 years of service.
  
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• Spokane deli robber threatened clerk with cattle prod

  23-01-2015 15:11
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Man fatally shot at Federal Way apartment building

  23-01-2015 15:05
  
  Police are investigating at a Federal Way apartment building where a young man was shot and killed Thursday night.
  
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• Daily Rant&Rave: Keep off the slopes, drunk snowboarder

  23-01-2015 15:01
  
  RAVE To the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office and Seattle Police Department for finding my car within 30 hours of its being stolen. Their professionalism and prompt response made my day!
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Professional Criminal

  23-01-2015 15:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
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• 4 men in casino customer robbery may be tied to other cases

  23-01-2015 14:38
  
  4 men in casino customer robbery may be tied to other cases
  
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• Seahawks trying to trademark ‘boom,’ ‘go hawks’

  23-01-2015 14:27
  
  Seahawks trying to trademark ‘boom,’ ‘go hawks’
  
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• Teen driver in Seabeck crash that killed 3 pleads guilty

  23-01-2015 14:12
  
  Teen driver in Seabeck crash that killed 3 pleads guilty
  
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• Tukwila water main break buckles road

  23-01-2015 13:48
  
  Tukwila water main break buckles road
  
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• State should pay tunnel contractor for groundwater troubles, dispute board says

  23-01-2015 06:26
  
  A dispute-review board says Washington state should pay its contractors millions of dollars for dealing with severe groundwater flows, at the Highway 99 tunnel machine’s launch pit in Sodo.
  
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