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• Not Your Parents', But Your Hip Grandparents' Go-Go's

  24-06-2015 23:47 via thestranger.com
  
  I got it! The motif is Shirt Stripes vs. Pier Pillars.
  Well known pop group the Go-Go's had one of the HUGEST '80s hits, right? Their smash "We Got The Beat" became an instant and timeless anthem in 1981. It spent three weeks at No. 2 the Billboard Hot 100. (Meanwhile, the album itself, Beauty and the Beat, was at the top of the Billboard 200!)
  But I bet y'all didn't know there was ALSO another group called the Go-Go's! Uh-huh, they were an early '60s SoCal surf band!
  Yup, this earlier Go-Go's w
  
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• The Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee Loses Its Confederate Flag

  24-06-2015 23:36 via thestranger.com
  
  Courtesy CBS
  As more and more states debate over what to do with that racist historic relic (aka the Confederate flag), there's one place you won't be seeing it anymore... on top of the General Lee. One of the most famous TV cars in history, the General Lee was the Confederate flag-topped Dodge Charger often seen jumping piles of dirt in the classic hillbilly series The Dukes of Hazzard. However, reacting to the justified outrage of the American public over the controversial flag, Warner Bros. (
  
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• Celebrate Legendary Composer Terry Riley's 80th Birthday with These 5 Classics

  24-06-2015 23:09 via thestranger.com
  
  Bow down to the master minimalist, 80 years young today.
  It's innovative minimalist composer Terry Riley's 80th birthday today. While it is optimal to celebrate this American legend's music every day, you should probably devote more time than usual to it on this auspicious occasion. When the world's bullshit becomes too unbearable, I often reach for a record or CD by Mr. Riley to calm my frazzled nerves, elevate my mind, and inflate my soul. His catalog abounds with desert-island discs that are
  
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• The Seattle Police Department Is Pondering What to Do With Body Cam Data

  24-06-2015 22:53 via thestranger.com
  
  Can body cams predict problematic officer behavior? SPD
  There are few things sexier to the corporate world than big data algorithms. As us plebes continue to upload more finely detailed pictures of ourselves online—with much of that profile being sold off for advertising and who knows what else—companies are seeing dollar signs by making sense of our habits.Police departments are no different. At Tuesday's body cam meeting in the basement of the Seattle Police Department, vendors and
  
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• The Seattle Police Department Is Considering Predictive Policing

  24-06-2015 22:53 via thestranger.com
  
  Can body cams predict problematic officer behavior? SPD
  There are few things sexier to the corporate world than big data algorithms. As us plebes continue to upload more finely detailed pictures of ourselves online—with much of that profile being sold off for advertising and who knows what else—companies are seeing dollar signs by making sense of our habits and next moves.Police departments are no different. At Tuesday's body cam meeting in the basement of the Seattle Police Departme
  
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• New Restaurants in Capitol Hill and Rainier Beach, Local Breweries Win Awards, and Thai Curry Simple's Pop-Up Dinner

  24-06-2015 22:38 via thestranger.com
  
  Rainier Beach's Stone House Cafe: adorable buildings and a beautiful view of Lake Washington.Stone House CafeNow Open
  Naka, a kaiseki-inspired restaurant from chef Shota Nakajima, formerly of Sushi Kappo Tamura, opens today at 5 p.m. in the former Le Zinc space on Capitol Hill. Kaiseki is the Japanese tradition of coursed meals comprised of artfully plated, seasonal dishes. While you could relinquish all control and order one of three omakase options, ranging from $75 to $170 (if you have the ca
  
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• Reminder: Tonight at Town Hall, I Will Interview Stephen Witt, Author of How Music Got Free

  24-06-2015 22:23 via thestranger.com
  
  You can download this e-book on the Pirate Bay if you want.
  Those with an interest in music, or the music business, or computers, or writing, or reading, or books, or any combination of the above mentioned may want to come to Town Hall tonight at 7:30 p.m., where I will be interviewing Stephen Witt, author of the excellent new book How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy. Most striking about the book, beyond Witt's crack reporting and d
  
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• One of the Sexiest Trees on Capitol Hill Loses Roots to the Construction Boom

  24-06-2015 22:08 via thestranger.com
  
  That's one of the four roots the tree lost because of a new development. Charles Mudede
  Part of an email I recently received from Jana Ekdahl made me a little proud, and another part made me a little concerned. The proud part had to do with a piece I wrote in 2009 about the sexiest trees in Seattle. It turns out that my description of and attraction to the first tree on my erotic list, the Big One ("the lure of big trees is that they are heavy with life and are deep in thought"), inspired Ekdahl
  
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• Sarah Silverman and Lewis Black Back Bernie Sanders

  24-06-2015 21:51 via thestranger.com
  
  Sarah Silverman yesterday...
  I'm loving @SenSanders . He says what he means & he means what he says & he's not for sale. pic.twitter.com/4mVlO7vQ9i
  — Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) June 23, 2015Lewis Black today...
  Anyone who has listened to Black do stand-up knows he is not one easily enamored by politicians or presidential candidates. One of his old jokes, after all, goes like this: “A Republican stands up in Congress and goes, ‘I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA,’ and
  
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• Chris Christie Says He's "No Wallflower," Plans to Announce White House Bid by Next Week

  24-06-2015 21:34 via thestranger.com
  
  Chris Christie can make it home with one headlight, but it might take a couple days if he uses the Fort Lee bridge.Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com
  Chris Christie plans to announce his official run for the presidency in the coming days, reports Politico. MSNBC helps to confirm this assertion, reminding us that a month ago Christie said that he was "no wallflower" and would say something by the end of June.
  It’s true that Christie’s tough-guy demeanor and willingness to throw h
  
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• After Testy Meeting, Community Police Commission Decides, For Now, to Seek Consensus With Mayor on Reform Package

  24-06-2015 21:32 via thestranger.com
  
  This is Kevin Stuckey, who represents of the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) on the Community Police Commission. He threatened to quit the commission today over its attempt to bypass the mayor's office on police reform legislation. City of Seattle
  In a last-minute tantrum, Kevin Stuckey, the Community Police Commission's representative from the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG), threatened to quit the commission this morning unless it backed off on its stated plan to bypass the mayor's o
  
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• Mitski Talks About Her Breakout Album, Bury Me at Makeout Creek, Her First Seattle Show (Sat June 27), and More

  24-06-2015 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Mitski is playing The Funhouse at El Corazón this Saturday, June 27.
  I didn’t know anything about Mitski Miyawaki—who goes by her first name on stage—before I heard Bury Me at Makeout Creek in the fall of 2014, so I was startled to learn that she had two previous albums. (The most recent is named for a line in a Simpsons' episode.)Her third LP opens with the type of gentle acoustic strumming you'd typically associate with a classic folk record, before one screeching guitar
  
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• Your Complete Guide to Gay Pride 2015!

  24-06-2015 20:52 via thestranger.com
  
  Kelly O
  There are a billion things to do at Pride, so click here to learn about EVERY SINGLE DAMN ONE OF THEM!
  
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• Bumbershoot 2015 Announces Comedy and Words & Ideas Line-ups

  24-06-2015 20:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Pardon me, Mr. Kondabolu, but which way is Bumbershoot?
  Fans of people being funny and/or brainy on stages will be delighted to learn that Bumbershoot's 2015 line-up of comedic and literary matters (Words & Ideas) was announced this morning. Highlights with local interest include live versions of the podcast A Tiny Sense of Accomplishment with Sherman Alexie and Jess Walter, the provocative symposium series Why This? Why That? Why Now? moderated by Stranger contributor Ijeoma Oluo (topics to
  
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• Drones To Drop Abortion Pills Over Poland

  24-06-2015 20:05 via thestranger.com
  
  ThinkProgress:The First ‘Abortion Drone’ Will Drop Pills Over Poland This Weekend
  A coalition of reproductive rights group is re-purposing drone technology with a new goal in mind: Expanding women’s access to a safe method of ending an early pregnancy. The world’s first “abortion drone” is making international headlines for its upcoming flight, which is planned for this weekend. On Saturday, a small drone carrying packages of abortion-inducing medication will
  
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• What Every Menstruating Woman Should Know

  24-06-2015 19:25 via thestranger.com
  
  One-hundred-percent cotton tampons are the safest. SASIMOTO/Shutterstock.com
  Have you read this Vice story about a young woman who was nearly killed by toxic shock syndrome (TSS)? The horrifying details: After suffering from flu-like symptoms, 24-year-old Lauren Wasser collapsed with a 107-degree fever, was rushed to the hospital where she was placed in a medically induced coma, got gangrene, and ultimately lost a leg and some toes. Wasser is now suing Kimberly-Clark Corporation—the manufa
  
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• PHOTOS: Wash. State Patrol Most Wanted, as of June 18, 2015

  24-06-2015 19:21
  
  PHOTOS: Wash. State Patrol Most Wanted, as of June 18, 2015
  
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• Religious Right Demands that the Pride Flag Be Taken Down

  24-06-2015 18:01 via thestranger.com
  
  First they came for the Confederate battle flag, and I did not speak out—because I am not a racist piece of shit. Then they came for the pride flag...
  TAKE DOWN THE FASCIST, ANTI-CHRISTIAN GAY PRIDE FLAG
  Under the banner of what is dishonestly called a gay pride or gay “rights” flag, hate, fascism, and intolerance has festered for years, specifically against Christians and conservatives.Under the auspices of a “rights and equality” symbol, Leftists have been on a ra
  
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• Morning News: Mariners to Join Seattle Pride for the First Time, Washington Senators Vote for the Trans-Pacific Partnership

  24-06-2015 17:41 via thestranger.com
  
  Not coming to the Seattle Pride parade on Sunday: this guy or any of the players. The team's mascot, however—a moose—will be in attendance. Alan C. Heison / Shutterstock.com
  Mariners Baseball Franchise Will Participate in Pride This Sunday: "About 30 staffers will march," KUOW reports, "although no players will as they'll be on the road in Los Angeles." The contingent will include the team's mascot—a moose.
  Mayor Murray to Propose Gender-Neutral Bathrooms: Seattlish is right, a
  
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• The Morning News: Mariners to Join Seattle Pride for the First Time, Washington Senators Vote for the Trans-Pacific Partnership

  24-06-2015 17:41 via thestranger.com
  
  Not coming to the Seattle Pride Parade on Sunday: this guy or any of the players. The team's mascot, however—a moose—will be in attendance. Alan C. Heison / Shutterstock.com
  Mariners Baseball Franchise Will Participate in Pride This Sunday: "About 30 staffers will march," KUOW reports, "although no players will as they'll be on the road in Los Angeles." The contingent will include the team's mascot—a moose.
  Mayor Murray to Propose Gender-Neutral Bathrooms: Seattlish is right, a
  
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• Marquee Moan: A Brief Speculation About the Guy Who Yelled Out "Fix the Sound" at the Television Show Last Night

  24-06-2015 15:36 via thestranger.com
  
  Tom Verlaine and Jimmy Rip of Television onstage in Barcelona last month. They looked exactly like this last night at the Moore except that Verlaine was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, and no one in the Barcelona audience is demanding a goddamn foot rub. Jesus. Christian Bertrand / Shutterstock.com
  The venerable punk-era-but-not-punk-rock band Television played at the Moore Theatre last night, and the modern age asserted itself almost immediately. After "See No Evil," the very first song (not
  
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• Leftovers from U.S. Open donated to food banks

  24-06-2015 15:29
  
  Leftovers from U.S. Open donated to food banks
  
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• A Brutally American Week in America

  24-06-2015 15:01 via thestranger.com
  
  MONDAY, JUNE 15 This brutally American week of politics, racism, and deadly gun violence kicked off in upstate New York, where earlier this month convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat went missing from the Clinton Correctional Facility, instigating a $1-million-a-day manhunt that continued throughout this week and beyond. While the killers remain at large, today their alleged accomplice appeared in court. As Reuters reported, 51-year-old prison employee Joyce Mitchell stands accused
  
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• Neighbors annoyed by loud talking crosswalk signals

  24-06-2015 14:16
  
  Neighbors frustrated by loud talking crosswalk signals
  
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• Man tells story of losing legs to promote vaccinations for deadly disease

  24-06-2015 13:53
  
  Man tells story of losing legs to raise awareness of deadly disease
  
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• The History of Hiphop Fashion in Fresh Dressed

  24-06-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The History of Hiphop Fashion in Fresh Dressedby Charles MudedeBefore watching this informative documentary by the cofounder of the influential Ego Trip magazine, Sacha Jenkins, I was on the side of those who argued that hiphop had four elements: DJing, rapping, dancing, and graffiti.There were some who maintained that fashion constituted a fifth element, but I thought this was a bit of a stretch because fashion did not present an innovation that, upon its formation, was outside of capitalism, o
  
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• "So You Reproduce Like a Starfish?"

  24-06-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  An Estimated 70 Million People Are Not Sexually Attracted to Anyone, Yet Asexuals Are Invisible in Pop Cultureby Katie AllisonHow our culture thinks and talks about gender and sexuality has evolved a lot in recent years. The marriage-equality dominoes are falling fast, more and more transgender people are telling their stories, and homophobic bullying is being addressed in schools nationwide. While we still have a long way to go, we've made extraordinary progress in the last decade.But as it bec
  
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• Güeros Is an Episodic Tour Through the Student Revolt in Mexico City

  24-06-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Güeros Is an Episodic Tour Through the Student Revolt in Mexico Cityby Brendan KileyWhen crusty old activists talk about their klieg-lit close-ups—defending the barricades in Paris of ’68, fighting off police during the occupation of Zuccotti Park in 2011—they talk about adrenaline.In the old braggarts’ telling, they were nothing if not animated. They debated, fought, and fucked, a great mass of seething life pitting their bodies against the brutal coolness of business as usual and devo
  
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• Yes, I'm Still on PrEP, and Yes, I Still Think of It as a Godsend

  24-06-2015 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Yes, I'm Still on PrEP, and Yes, I Still Think of It as a Godsendby Evan J. PetersonA few weeks ago, I met a guy at Shade in Seattle. We chatted about books, Vonnegut in particular, and then we kissed for a while. When I found out he was only visiting Seattle for the weekend, I suggested he come home with me. He withdrew a bit and said, "Well, I should let you know. I'm poz."I leaned in and said, "We're in luck. I'm on PrEP."Bingo. We talked a bit more about other STIs, recent tests, etc. when w
  
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• Willie Nelson: Gay-Rights Advocate, Fifth-Degree Black Belt, Wizard

  24-06-2015 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Trent Moorman Interviews Willie Nelsonby Trent MoormanThe 82-year-old outlaw-country-music king and gay-rights advocate Willie Nelson isn't just alive and kicking, he's kicking through boards. For his 81st birthday, Willie earned a fifth-degree black belt in the Korean martial art called GongKwon Yusul, where feet smash boards like they're matchsticks. (Willie says it's more about mental strength, though.) His musical footprint is substantial, with more than 60 studio albums released and more th
  
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• What Is Puppy Play and Why Is It So Popular?

  24-06-2015 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  What Is Puppy Play and Why Is It So Popular?by Matt BaumeLast weekend, I was hanging out at the Cuff, the leather bar at 13th and Pine, when a man to my left pulled out a pink rubber ball. He held it up in the air, and around the patio half a dozen guys suddenly dropped what they were doing and turned to stare. He swayed his arm a few times, the men in front of him following every move with their eyes—and then, with a quick flick, he tossed the ball into the middle of the crowd, provoking
  
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• The Anomalous Monogamous Gay Couple!

  24-06-2015 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  (How Does That Work?)by Levi Hastings Levi Hastings[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Teaching Tribal History Is Finally Required in Washington Public Schools

  24-06-2015 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Teaching Tribal Sovereignty Is Finally Required in Washington Public Schools. The Next Fight: Getting Teachers to Embrace the Curriculum.by Sydney BrownstoneWhen Shana Brown was in 11th grade, her US history teacher took a metal wastebasket, flipped it upside down, and started banging on it like a drum. "Go, my son, get an education! Go, my son, get off the reservation," he sang. Brown had grown up on the Yakama Indian Reservation, but went to public school nearby."Yeah," she says, letting sever
  
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• "So You Reproduce Like a Starfish?"

  24-06-2015 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  An Estimated 70 Million People Are Not Sexually Attracted to Anyone, Yet Asexuals Are Invisible in Pop Cultureby Katie AllisonHow our culture thinks and talks about gender and sexuality has evolved a lot in recent years. The marriage-equality dominoes are falling fast, more and more transgender people are telling their stories, and homophobic bullying is being addressed in schools nationwide. While we still have a long way to go, we've made extraordinary progress in the last decade.But as it bec
  
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• Scenes from the War Against Black People

  24-06-2015 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Scenes from the War Against Black People: 10 Crucial Films About One Crucial Subjectby Charles Mudede and Sean NelsonIn light of recent events in Charleston and Ferguson, and the general sense that a war has been declared on black people, we offer this list of films about racial tension, racial violence, racial strife, and, in short, race, that have been saying so all along. This isn't intended as a definitive list or the last word. In fact, we're hoping it's just the beginning. If you've seen t
  
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• SAM Invokes New Spirits in the Ambitious Disguise: Masks and Global African Art

  24-06-2015 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  SAM Invokes New Spirits in the Ambitious Exhibition Disguise: Masks and Global African Artby Jen GravesThe rippling hide of a cow splashed across the wall at Seattle Art Museum looks like just that. But keep looking, and a previously unseen form appears in its surface. The form is a backside—is it part of the living cow still visible? Maybe? Whoa, no.That's a curvaceous human backside.A woman's behind and thighs are at eye level. The tail of the cow rises up where her spine would be. No on
  
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• Poo-tee-weet?

  24-06-2015 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Book-It's Slaughterhouse-Five Spares the Pyrotechnics and Lets Vonnegut's Words Do Their Unsettling Workby Brendan KileyAt first glance, Slaughterhouse-Five seems like a maddeningly difficult novel to translate for the stage. It's a morality play (about how carelessly people violate the Golden Rule) embedded in a memoir (about surviving WWII and the firebombing of Dresden) embedded in a science-fiction story (about being kidnapped by aliens, stripped naked, and put on display with a porn star in
  
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• My Whole Life I've Been Asked If I'm a Girl or a Boy

  24-06-2015 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  My Whole Life I've Been Asked if I'm a Girl or a Boyby Sarah GalvinWhen I was 5, my family moved to a new house off Aurora on 115th. My dad invented a game in which the house was a ship, I was a sailor, and he was the captain. The purpose of the game was to distract me from my fear of the house and to persuade me to follow rules. I preferred a version of the game I invented in which I was also a captain—the captain of a pirate ship. At first I was Captain Hook from Peter Pan, but through o
  
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• Literature's Biggest Asshole Shows His Soft Side

  24-06-2015 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Queer Literature's Biggest Asshole Reveals His Soft Sideby Christopher FrizzelleDale Peck is one of those writers who's infamous among literary types and unheard of among normal people. His book reviews 10 years ago were all anyone could talk about. They were mean and unpredictable. He called Rick Moody "the worst writer of his generation" in the New Republic, the same magazine in which he compared Ulysses to diarrhea. He was a grandstander and a flamethrower, which made him fun to read, but it
  
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• If You're Against Sex Work, You're a Bigot

  24-06-2015 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  If You're Against Sex Work, You're a Bigotby Conner HabibI should start an essay like this by telling you about how great sex workers are, how important sex workers' rights are. I should "create sympathy in the reader" for anyone who takes their clothes off and performs sexuality. I should show you porn stars saving cats stuck in trees, sex workers volunteering at soup kitchens, strippers just trying to make it work for their families.I should tell you about how it feels to deal with anti-sex-wo
  
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• Have You Heard the Buzz About Substation?

  24-06-2015 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Have You Heard the Buzz About Substation?by Dave SegalThe Canal Substation on Northwest 45th Street buzzes ominously. The building—which supplies electricity to Seattle—is festooned with signs warning DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE KEEP OUT. Across the street sits the similarly named Substation, an unostentatious new music venue attempting to capture the same magnetic force as its utilitarian neighbor. Owners Dave West, Ken Wallace, and Jeremy Rudo—in addition to talent buyer Tim Basaraba
  
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• At Hotel Albatross, the Tiki Drinks and Street Food Are All Over the Map

  24-06-2015 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  At Hotel Albatross, the Tiki Drinks and Street Food Are All Over the Map—and That's Part of the Problemby Angela Garbes{{ image: 1 }}If you haven't already noticed, Seattle is deep in the midst of a tiki thing. Looking for a drink with rum and fruit juice that's maybe on fire and served in a kitschy vessel? You can have one on nearly any night of the week: on "Tiki Sunday" at downtown's Pennyroyal, on "Tiki Monday" at Belltown's Rob Roy, on "Taco and Tiki Tuesdays" at Essex in Ballard, and
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: The Rainbow Correction

  24-06-2015 02:02 via thestranger.com
  
  I am a straight guy with some gay friends. I had this debate with them about the rainbow being chosen to represent LGBT community. I proudly support gay marriage and gay rights I just that I disagree about your use of the rainbow. With all brilliant and creative minds in LGBT community you could not come up with better than the rainbow? When I was a child I would chase rainbow without any labels in mind. My dad used to have "gay" rainbow flag on his front porch before the LGBT community started
  
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• A Propos of Podcasts: After You Hear the President on WTF, Check Out You Must Remember This and The Mystery Show

  24-06-2015 01:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Nearly every episode of You Must Remember This, Karina Longworth's film history podcast, is the best episode.
  There's no denying yesterday was a watershed for podcasting (and no, not just because Dan tidied up the Savage Love Live studio). The fact that President Obama not only appeared as a guest on Marc Maron's WTF, but did so for a full-length episode, IN THE GARAGE (even Mick Jagger and Keith Richards could only be bothered to call in for 10 min apiece), represents a huge moment not only for
  
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• Nick Licata's Plan for a Different Kind of Transportation Tax Has Died a Predictably Sad Death

  24-06-2015 01:33 via thestranger.com
  
  Nick Licata and Kshama Sawant are 0 for 2 on their effort to replace property taxes with business and parking taxes. City of Seattle
  An alternative way to pay for transportation improvements supported by Council Members Nick Licata and Kshama Sawant died in a council committee today. Just like the last time they tried this.
  Instead, the council unanimously passed a slightly amended version of a $930 million property tax levy pitched by Mayor Ed Murray.Where Murray's plan relies entirely on prope
  
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• Capitol Hill's New Rainbow Crosswalks

  24-06-2015 01:15 via thestranger.com
  
  This nice lady from CHEER Seattle says, "Yaaaaaaaay, GAY!" Kelly OSince they were unveiled this morning, social media has been flooded with people bitching about and/or celebrating Seattle's new street art. Below is a small sampling of other people's comments, exactly how they typed 'em. Which do you most agree with, SLOG?[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Angsty About The Fast Pace of Growth in Seattle? The Mayor Has a New City Department for You!

  24-06-2015 00:51 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle is on pace to permit 9,000 new housing units this year, according to Mayor Ed Murray. That's 30 percent more than last year. Phonlamai Photo/Shutterstock
  Mayor Ed Murray announced a new city department today that will plan for the city's booming development and growth. Wait, doesn't the city already have a department for this? Isn't it literally called the Department of Planning and Development? Yup.But now the mayor is doing away with that department and replacing it with two new ones.
  
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• Totally Fascinating Article About How Our Gut Bacteria May Affect Our Mood

  24-06-2015 00:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Scientists are trying to understand how microbiota can influence the brain. Juan Gaertner/Shutterstock
  How do gut microbes influence the brain? And is it possible they could function as psychiatric drugs? The research is still in its infancy, but the idea is one that's gaining traction in the scientific community, reports the New York Times Magazine in a story that will be published in this weekend's print edition.Micro-organisms in our gut secrete a profound number of chemicals, and researchers
  
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