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• Never Heard of ’Em: Throwing Muses

  07-02-2015 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  There's a difference between summer music and winter music, right? At least, the same music can sound different in summer and winter? I sure think so. I'll get to Throwing Muses in a minute, but I wonder: Since we've had an odd watered-down semi-summer in the middle of winter, how does that affect your music-listening? Sometimes I listen to music for this column and it fits the mood of the world so well: It's clearly a blast-this-from-your-sunlit-boom-box album, or a perfect m
  
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• Gun-rights advocates rally in Olympia, but can’t get in the door

  07-02-2015 21:57
  
  Gun-rights advocates go to the state Capitol, governor’s office, governor’s mansion to protest a ban on openly carrying guns into the House and Senate viewing galleries. The doors were locked.
  
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• New landslide shuts down Amtrak between Seattle, Everett

  07-02-2015 21:37
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Whales, personhood, vaccines: your political week in review

  07-02-2015 19:48
  
  Busy week in the realm of politics, both in Olympia and elsewhere in the state. To recap:
  
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• The Top Five Things to Do in Seattle Today: Talib Kweli, The Maldives, Morgan Delt, and More

  07-02-2015 19:37 via thestranger.com
  
  Talib Kweli flamed the helmet of CNN house anchor Don Lemon.
  THE VALUE OF BLACK LIFE
  Sat Feb 7 at 8:30 pm at EMP Sky Church
  "[Talib Kweli] was last seen on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri—maybe you've heard of it—having police threaten to "blow [his] fucking head off," dissing how the media was covering the Mike Brown protests, and flaming the helmet of CNN house anchor Don Lemon like it was going out of style. I'm looking forward to what he and Draze have to
  
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• Jack White's Management Responds to the University of Oklahoma Guacamole Situation

  07-02-2015 18:53 via thestranger.com
  
  A note just came in from Jack White's Management team concerning developments surrounding his recent concert at the University of Oklahoma. They're going back and forth over there. Have a look:
  White played OU's McCasland Field House on Monday, February 2. A day before the show, The Oklahoma Daily printed White's contract, including the $80,000 amount that would be paid to him. The article also printed White's tour rider, which included many things, such as a specific guacamole
  
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• Chief Kathleen O'Toole Places Seattle Police Officer Sam Byrd on Leave

  07-02-2015 17:30 via thestranger.com
  
  SPD"I have no tolerance whatsoever for arrogance or rogue cops," O'Toole said in an interview last June.
  Sam Byrd is the East Precinct police officer who wrote things like "social justice is nothing more than racism," "the Feds will look for any reason to take over local law enforcement. If the facts aren't there, the facts are fabricated," and much, much more on his Twitter feed, as I reported yesterday.
  At about 9 p.m., Seattle police chief Kathleen O'Toole sent out the follo
  
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• Second SPD officer put on paid leave over social-media posts

  07-02-2015 07:47
  
  For the second time in a week, Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole has placed an officer on paid leave in response to what she described as social-media posts that have been “called into question.”
  
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• ‘Loving parents’ in Lake Stevens case had changed recently, friend says

  07-02-2015 07:16
  
  Whatever was going on behind the doors on 11th Place Southeast in Lake Stevens where police found three children abandoned last week got worse about four months ago, according to people who know the family.
  
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• A rare outburst of what money really means in politics

  07-02-2015 06:41
  
  A state senator’s pique demonstrates how much money matters in politics — and why dark money is so dangerous.
  
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• Ex-Seahawk charged with wage theft, tax evasion

  07-02-2015 06:12
  
  The state Attorney General’s Office on Friday charged former Seahawk Sam Adams and his chief financial officer with multiple counts of wage theft and tax evasion in connection with two fitness clubs Adams owned in Seattle and Tacoma.
  
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• Nickelsville boots leader; homeless site now teetering

  07-02-2015 06:10
  
  Nickelsville is about to lose its present site near the Chinatown International District after its residents voted to cut ties with longtime organizer Scott Morrow.
  
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• Shellfish poacher sentenced to 5-plus years in prison

  07-02-2015 06:09
  
  The head of a poaching enterprise that sold illegal oysters and clams to Seattle-area restaurants and fish markets was sentenced Friday to 5 ½ years in prison. The value of Rodney Clark’s illegal catch is conservatively estimated at around $700,000.
  
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• Eastern Washington hit with dirty rain

  07-02-2015 05:11
  
  SPOKANE — Residents of Eastern Washington are reporting rainfall that contained milky-colored or light gray dirt.
  
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• ‘Pompeii: The Exhibition’ unearths buried world of wonders

  07-02-2015 04:45
  
  “Pompeii: The Exhibition” at Pacific Science Center gives visitors a glimpse into the everyday life of Pompeiians, whose city was frozen in time, untouched for centuries, after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
  
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• Redmond police: Woman assaulted by masked man

  07-02-2015 04:14
  
  A Redmond woman was assaulted Thursday evening by a man wearing a mask, police said.
  
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• Worries about religious hospitals snag WSU medical-school bill

  07-02-2015 03:16
  
  OLYMPIA -- A  bill authorizing Washington State University to open its own medical school in Spokane has hit a snag following a Seattle legislator's demand that the school promise to not limit its teaching based on the beliefs of religious-affiliated hospitals.
  
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• Clallam County man visited King County while contagious with measles

  07-02-2015 02:52
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Man arrested for pulling gun on driver in Beacon Hill road rage

  07-02-2015 02:37
  
  A man was arrested Friday afternoon after he pulled a handgun on a driver during a road-rage incident on Rainier Avenue South, Seattle police said.
  
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• Shoplifter makes Christmas list for items to steal

  07-02-2015 02:20
  
  Shoplifter makes Christmas list for items to steal
  
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• All We're Asking Is for Katy Perry to Apologize to Tacocat in Every Language, Then Take Us on a World Tour

  07-02-2015 01:54 via thestranger.com
  
  Hardly Art Records "It definitely hurt our feelings a little bit that she would rip us off so hard. It’s like, I thought I knew her better because I saw her softer side in that that documentary."
  I just got done with a hard-hitting interview with MTV concerning my band Tacocat's concern over Katy Perry's Super-Bowl halftime show during which Katy Perry completely ripped off our music video for the song "Crimson Wave," which we released one year and 11 days before the 2015
  
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• Carnation woman accused of trying to sell teen daughter's virginity

  07-02-2015 01:42
  
  A 46-year-old Carnation woman is accused of agreeing to sell her daughter's virginity and an arrest warrant has been issued for the out-of-state truck driver who planned to purchase sex with the 14-year-old, according to charging documents filed in the case.
  
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• Police Union President Tells Seattle Officers to "Be Mindful" on Social Media

  07-02-2015 01:24 via thestranger.com
  
  AMRon Smith, president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild.
  As Slog readers know, Seattle police officers have been authoring a stream of problematic social media postings. (For example, these, this, and this.) Now the president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, Ron Smith, has a warning for his membership:
  From: Spog Mail
  Date: February 6, 2015 at 14:24:37 PST
  To: Spog Mail
  Subject: Social Media Reminder
  Attention SPOG members:
  
  Please be mindful
  
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• In Case You Wondered, Yes, the Music Is As Bad As the Cover Art

  07-02-2015 01:18 via thestranger.com
  
  We've all laughed, even guffawed, at the album art, now it's time we took time to hear the music behind the worst album covers ever! Fair warning: Some of the sleeve art shown in the clip rates a NSFW tag, as there's at least one boner and some lady nipples.
  There are a few bands/artists like Brainstorm, Swamp Dogg, and Junior Parker who turned in good albums, but their art direction was obviously lacking.
  h/t (and a bear-hug thank you): Mister Estey
  
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• Religious hospital worries snag WSU medical school bill

  07-02-2015 00:59
  
  OLYMPIA -- A  bill authorizing Washington State University to open its own medical school in Spokane has hit a snag following a Seattle legislator's demand that the school promise to not limit its teaching based on the beliefs of religious-affiliated hospitals.
  
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• 5 Juanita High students charged with attempted rape of classmate

  07-02-2015 00:49
  
  Five Juanita High School students have been charged with second-degree attempted rape of a special education student.
  
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• Boobs, Booze, and Black People Hair: A Very Thorough Review of Black or White

  07-02-2015 00:30 via thestranger.com
  
  In his defense, this is black people hair we’re talking about. Nobody knows how it works.
  Black or White is offensive.
  Not because of its patronizing view of race relations, not because of the horrible acting—although that is all there in spades. It’s offensively boring. Every minute of this movie felt like an hour. In the back of my head was one of those cartoon clocks going “tick… tick… tick… tick.” I feel like this movie is a h
  
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• Adorable or Deplorable? My New Two-Word Architecture Column!!

  07-02-2015 00:28 via thestranger.com
  
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• NFL fines Irvin, 3 others for roles in Super Bowl shoving

  07-02-2015 00:18
  
  NFL fines Irvin, 3 others for roles in Super Bowl shoving
  
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• Seattle Police Officer Ranted on Twitter About Race, Obama, and Gays

  07-02-2015 00:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Twitter"Social justice is nothing more than racism," wrote SPD Officer Sam Byrd on his Twitter feed, in one of many tweets disparaging blacks, gays, and the Department of Justice.
  Another day, another reminder that the Seattle Police Department needs a social media policy. Above you'll see a tweet that a source within the SPD identified as coming from East Precinct Officer Sam Byrd. We'll come back to more of Byrd's tweets about race, gays, and Obama in a moment. But first let'
  
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• Seattle Police Officer Ranted on Twitter About Race, Obama, and Gay People

  07-02-2015 00:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Twitter"Social justice is nothing more than racism," wrote SPD Officer Sam Byrd on his Twitter feed, in one of many tweets disparaging blacks, gays, and the Department of Justice.
  Another day, another reminder that the Seattle Police Department needs a social media policy. Above you'll see a tweet that a source within the SPD identified as coming from East Precinct Officer Sam Byrd. We'll come back to more of Byrd's tweets about race, gays, and Obama in a moment. But first let'
  
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