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• Listen Here: New Songs by Girlpool, Mac DeMarco, and Jamie xx

  11-05-2015 23:50 via thestranger.com
  
  The duo's debut album is arriving on June 2.• On Friday afternoon, Girlpool tweeted that they wrote and quickly recorded a new song titled "Your Heart" while driving through Idaho. I know that Waxahatchee's drummer Ashley Arwine recently joined the duo on stage to perform "Crowded Stranger" in Chicago—the groups are currently on tour together—but when I listen to their latest I'm reminded of how much I like Girlpool without the accompaniment of percussion. The way they echo one
  
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• Gentlemen Take Polaroids DJ Night Brings the Melodrama

  11-05-2015 23:44 via thestranger.com
  
  Gentlemen Take Polaroids: "Experience the peaks and troughs of emotional and sonic extravagance and excess" every second Monday at Rendezvous.
  Seattle abounds with DJ nights (that Portlandia sketch about them isn't so much satire as documentary with regard to our city's nightlife), but a recent addition to the bounty, Gentlemen Take Polaroids, occupies a distinctive niche, focusing on "melodrama in pop music history." Its closest kin is probably that Sad Bastard night that used to happen at Hava
  
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• I, Anonymous: Cars vs. Bikes, Vol. MCMLXIV—Passive-Aggressive Prius

  11-05-2015 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  STEVEN WEISSMAN
  Dear angry crew-cut dude who came to a screeching halt on a busy street because he thought I should cross right then and there: Do you really think you can order people to cross the street and nearly cause a pileup in the process? You pointed at me, and when I didn't move, you yelled "GO! I DIDN'T STOP HERE FOR FUN!" as if I didn't understand the concept of a crosswalk. Screw you, buddy—there was oncoming traffic! Just because you decided to stop doesn't obligate a person
  
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• John Roderick Raised More Money Than Tim Burgess Last Month—Plus, Fundraising Tallies in Other City Council Races

  11-05-2015 23:07 via thestranger.com
  
  In the month since he announced his city council campaign, former Long Winters frontman John Roderick has raised about $55,600. Courtesy of Roderick for Seattle
  A few weeks ago, local musician John Roderick got a very good start to his fundraising for a citywide council seat, raising $40,000 in his first week. Now, the latest numbers from the state Public Disclosure Commission show that good week helped make for a very good month, during which Roderick out-fundraised moneybags Tim Burgess. In Ap
  
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• Report: Hackers targeting Starbucks cards

  11-05-2015 23:07
  
  Report: Hackers targeting Starbucks cards
  
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• Hackers targeting Starbucks cards

  11-05-2015 23:07
  
  Report: Hackers targeting Starbucks cards
  
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• Santorum Will Make a Splashy Announcement on May 27

  11-05-2015 22:58 via thestranger.com
  
  Who got Santorum all over this podium? Ryan Rodrick Beiler / Shutterstock.com
  Good news, joke writers: You can take your santorum jokes out of cold-storage and start thawing them out. The man with the name that launched a thousand cringes has clearly set a date for his presidential splash: May 27. A Wednesday. Humpday. How perfect.
  I predict Rick will say he's deadly serious about running again, despite having been an also-ran the last couple times he tried running. Santorum just runs, I guess.
  
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• Report: Washington has too few kids in quality preschool

  11-05-2015 22:12
  
  Report: Washington has too few kids in quality preschool
  
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• Feds Approve Shell's Arctic Drilling Plans

  11-05-2015 22:11 via thestranger.com
  
  Kayaktivists trailing the Polar Pioneer, one of Shell's rigs that's now moored in Port Angeles. Kelly O
  The city of Seattle, a handful of permits, and ice are now the only things standing in the way of Shell's plans to drill in the Arctic over the next two years.
  Today, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approved Shell's exploration plan for the Chukchi Sea this summer, which, until today, had been one of the company's biggest regulatory challenges. Shell's plans also involve mooring
  
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• Portland cyclist loses leg in collision with pickup

  11-05-2015 21:46
  22-year-old Portland man is expected to survive a collision with a pickup truck that severed his leg in Southeast Portland.
  
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• Troy Kelley faces January trial; prosecutor wants his lawyer off case

  11-05-2015 21:01
  A federal judge has given indicted state Auditor Troy Kelley a Januarytrial date on tax-evasion charges.
  
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• Bainbridge teacher in student sex scandal appears in court

  11-05-2015 20:59
  
  Bainbridge teacher in student sex scandal appears in court
  
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• Blood bank sued for turning away transgender woman

  11-05-2015 20:50
  
  Blood bank sued for turning away transgender woman
  
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• Lawsuit against Uncle Ike’s Pot Shop dropped

  11-05-2015 20:33
  A neighborhood group suing Uncle Ike’s Pot Shop has withdrawn its lawsuit.
  
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• Obama administration approves Shell drilling in Arctic Ocean

  11-05-2015 20:22
  The approval is a major victory for Shell and the rest of the petroleum industry, which has sought for years to drill in the remote waters of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, believed to hold vast reserves of oil and gas.
  
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• Virginia Mason joins with ‘superbug’ widow to sue scope-maker

  11-05-2015 20:21
  Originally targeted in a lawsuit by widow Theresa Bigler of Woodway, Virginia Mason Medical Center is joining forces to sue the device maker tied to outbreaks of ‘superbug’ infections in Seattle and elsewhere.
  
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• In Music News: Prince releases "Baltimore," Carrie Brownstein Pitches No-Hitter at Safeco, Taylor Swift: Catastrophe

  11-05-2015 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  "Hear my sexy pleas for peace!" Northfoto / Shutterstock.com
  • Although it was rumored that Prince's new song "Baltimore" would only be available to TIDAL subscribers, the Purple One chose to post it on SoundCloud over the weekend.According to Stereogum, "It was recorded at his studio in Paisley Park with 3RDEYEGIRL, and features vocals from Eryn Allen Kane (who recorded them separately)." Yesterday evening, TIDAL also had a live audio feed of Prince's Rally 4 Peace event at the Royal Farm
  
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• What Lefties in the US Can Learn from the Conservative Party's Big Win in the UK Election

  11-05-2015 19:42 via thestranger.com
  
  UK's conservative prime minister, David Cameron, who is on the far right, won this election convincingly. 1000 Words/Shutterstock
  Late last week, the conservatives in the UK (the Tories) found themselves dazzled by the sun of a brilliant election victory.By claiming, so far, an estimated 331 seats (a gain of 24 from the 2010 election) in the House of Commons, the Conservative Party, led by prime minister David Cameron, crushed Labor (a party roughly equivalent to our Dems), which ended up with 2
  
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• Virginia Mason joins widow in 'superbug' lawsuit against manufacturer

  11-05-2015 19:19
  
  Virginia Mason joins widow in 'superbug' lawsuit against manufacturer
  
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• Three Things Seattle Can Do Right Now to Improve Life for Renters

  11-05-2015 18:27 via thestranger.com
  
  Renters are being priced out while developers keep building new profit centers. Kelly O
  Right now, city leaders and tenant advocates are arguing over how to best address the lack of affordable housing in Seattle. Institute rent control? Sell city bonds to build affordable housing? Charge developers linkage fees? These are huge policy decisions that will likely require long, ugly fights over the next few months or years. Meanwhile, rent is still going up. Here are three small things the city coul
  
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• Cement spill blocks southbound I-5 lane into Seattle

  11-05-2015 18:25
  
  Cement spill blocks southbound I-5 lane into Seattle
  
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• Marysville man killed in crash near Index

  11-05-2015 17:59
  
  Marysville man killed in crash near Index
  
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• The Morning News: Tacoma Cop Kills Armed Man, State Buries Bad Bertha News, and an Osama Bin Laden Conspiracy Theory

  11-05-2015 17:49 via thestranger.com
  There was a fatal shooting in Tacoma last night. There is very little information as yet. The 34-year-old officer has been placed on paid administrative leave.Tacoma at Sunset / Shutterstock
  Tacoma Police Shot and Killed an Armed Man Last Night: After neighbors complained of "loud music." But the man's mother "was there and said she didn't hear any loud music." In any case, the man reportedly answered the door armed, and then a neighbor heard 14 shots. The dead man was a gun collector.The Steel
  
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• 4-legged ‘weed warriors’ to clean up around state Capitol

  11-05-2015 16:22
  
  4-legged ‘weed warriors’ to clean up around state Capitol
  
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• Tacoma considering bike share program

  11-05-2015 15:36
  
  Tacoma considering bike share program
  
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• Seattle food allergy group launches new recommendations to prevent peanut allergies

  11-05-2015 15:26
  
  Seattle food allergy group launches new recommendations to prevent peanut allergies
  
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• Charges: Woman drunk when she set house on fire with child inside

  11-05-2015 15:04
  
  Charges: Woman drunk when she set house on fire with child inside
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Friend Request from a Thief

  11-05-2015 15:02 via thestranger.com
  
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• Shoreline teachers on strike as Edmonds teachers remain in class

  11-05-2015 14:43
  
  Shoreline teachers on strike as Edmonds teachers remain in class
  
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• Anchor cable replacement begins on I-90 bridge

  11-05-2015 14:07
  
  Anchor cable replacement beginning on I-90 bridge
  
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• Repairs completed, ferry Elwha returns to service

  11-05-2015 08:26
  The ferry Elwha was back in service Sunday night, according to Washington State Ferries.
  
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• State in ‘weird place’ trying to alter reliance on school levies

  11-05-2015 07:16
  
  A controversial “levy swap” plan has turned politics on its head in Olympia, with anti-tax activist Tim Eyman calling on Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee to save taxpayers from the GOP.
  
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• Perfect Sunday to park outside with mom

  11-05-2015 06:46
  
  Puget Sound families enjoy a mostly sunny Mother’s Day on Sunday.
  
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• WSU experts prefer screw tops to corks for fine wine

  11-05-2015 06:31
  
  For the past six years, every wine made by a WSU enology student or researcher has come with a screw cap.
  
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• WSU envisions prickly lettuce becoming rubber source

  11-05-2015 06:31
  
  It’s a common weed you see by the side of freeways or vacant lots. Now WSU research may lead to making rubber tires from it.
  
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• For fitness coach, there’s no time for slacking off

  11-05-2015 06:16
  
  Rain or shine, three times a week, participants in fitness trainer and coach Robel Woldu’s classes meet at Bobby Morris Playfield on Seattle’s Capitol Hill.
  
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• Bellevue’s beloved Skate King rolling to a stop

  11-05-2015 06:16
  
  The boys and girls who skated, partied and flirted at beloved, bedraggled Bellevue Skate King over the decades are saying their goodbyes.
  
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• Teen killed by train in Snohomish County identified

  11-05-2015 05:31
  
  Kristi Bartz, 17, was struck and killed by a freight train Saturday northwest of Marysville. Family described her as a top student and athlete, with plans to attend the University of British Columbia in the fall.
  
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• Gonzaga group brings hygiene kits to women in Zambia

  11-05-2015 03:31
  A student group at Gonzaga University in Spokane is taking feminine-hygiene kits to girls and women in Zambia, Africa, a simple tool that can fuel social change.
  
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• Seattle U study finds laws pile up against homeless

  11-05-2015 03:16
  Report urges cities to help rather than harass homeless people.
  
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