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• The Everlasting Death of Capitol Hill

  03-08-2015 23:14 via thestranger.com
  
  From the archives...
  With rents on Capitol Hill going through the roof, it's time to start a new gay neighborhood. But where should it be? The Stranger investigates.
  When out gay men and lesbians moved into rundown urban neighborhoods in the late '60s and early '70s, they rented apartments no one else wanted, started businesses on blocks where no one else thought businesses could thrive, and had sex under bushes that no one else wanted to have sex under. Neighborhoods like New York's East Villag
  
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• Seattle's Next Gay Ghetto

  03-08-2015 23:14 via thestranger.com
  
  From the archives...
  With rents on Capitol Hill going through the roof, it's time to start a new gay neighborhood. But where should it be? The Stranger investigates.
  When out gay men and lesbians moved into rundown urban neighborhoods in the late '60s and early '70s, they rented apartments no one else wanted, started businesses on blocks where no one else thought businesses could thrive, and had sex under bushes that no one else wanted to have sex under. Neighborhoods like New York's East Villag
  
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• I, Anonymous: To the People Who Raped Me

  03-08-2015 23:14 via thestranger.com
  
  steven weissman
  Six years later, having just now emerged from a crippling world of shame and fear, isolated from friends and avoiding the gaze of those who knew me then and may have heard I was raped, I would like to take a moment to address what happened and raise my eyes from the cracked and sordid pavement...
  
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• Today in '90s Music: Old Nirvana Song and Pavement's Secret History Come to Light

  03-08-2015 22:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Pavement's brilliant ephemera finally gets collected on wax. Spiral Stairs archive
  NME reports that a previously unheard version of a Nirvana song from around 1991 titled "Sappy" has surfaced on YouTube. A track by the same name appeared on the 1993 AIDS-benefit comp No Alternative, while a 1990 version of it showed up on the Nirvana box set With the Lights Out. The song's described in some depth in the video's caption:The band took another stab at recording Sappy at Sound City. Cobain played le
  
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• Don't Run, Biden, Don't Run!

  03-08-2015 21:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Dude, c'mon, no. Take some time off. Jason and Bonnie Grower / Shutterstock.com
  Can't we just keep the clown car to one party? Are we seriously supposed to consider Joe Biden for president? As an American, I'm opposed to this idea. I think we're just fine with Hillary vs. Bernie (they rhyme) plus 17 Republican candidates.17! One and then a seven after the one! Among serious contenders, the Republican race is "the most crowded in modern presidential history." (Don't take that "serious" seriously.
  
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• Starbucks Baristas React to Rumors about Howard Schultz Maybe Running for President

  03-08-2015 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  The Starbucks employees I'm about to quote shall remain anonymous and aren't represented in this photo. Mary Carmichael
  On my walk to work today, I decided to try and see what some Starbucks baristas thought about the prospect of their boss's boss's boss running for president of the United States. I blame Maureen Dowd for putting the thought in my head. According to Dowd, "potent friends of America’s lord of latte," are pressuring Starbucks' CEO to run for president.But getting an answer f
  
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• The Heavy Music Shows in August You Can't Afford to Miss

  03-08-2015 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  High on Fire: See them while you can. J. Hubbard
  Fans of giant amplifiers, ear-splitting noise, and frequencies that disrupt biological functions have a whole slew of shows to look forward to in August. So dust off your ear plugs, grab a pencil, and mark these shows on your calendar (because it's made of paper, right?).METZ
  August 4 at Neumos
  Sub Pop noise-rockers METZ have an excellent new album, II, which is scuzzy, L-O-U-D, and bursting with the kind of maniacal energy that could unhinge even
  
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• Vote! Vote! VOTE! Deadline for Mailing in Your Primary Election Ballot is Tomorrow!

  03-08-2015 20:23 via thestranger.com
  
  Holy shit: there are 47 candidates for Seattle City Council and the deadline for mailing in your primary election ballot is TOMORROW. James Yamasaki
  The future of the Seattle City Council is up for grabs in this election. Which means the futures of housing affordability, transportation, and police reform are also up for grabs. Which means you need to vote and then get your ballot mailed or stuffed in a drop-box (no stamp required for drop-boxes!) by tomorrow.
  What's a drop-box and where can you
  
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• Cell Phone Number of the Day: 917-756-8000

  03-08-2015 19:38 via thestranger.com
  
  Here's the headline over at Gawker:
  Call Donald Trump's Cell Phone and Ask Him About His Important Ideas
  Sam Biddle writes...
  Since Trump, in his considered political judgment, has decided that opening up a direct, personal channel of communications between his supporters and his primary opponents is a noble campaign tactic, we think it’s only fair and right that Republican primary voters be able to reach out to Trump himself. If it is the case—as Trump’s release of Graham̵
  
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• This Is My Favorite Part of Pioneer Square

  03-08-2015 19:24 via thestranger.com
  
  It's not just the water tower there, which makes you feel like you live in a real city, or the Columbia Tower in the distance.It's how the Smith Tower shows up and the Columbia Tower disappears a few feet farther down the street.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• The Morning News: Man Drowns at Seafair, Microsoft Invests in Uber, and Howard Schultz for President?

  03-08-2015 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  At the end of Seafair weekend, a man sadly drowned. cpaulfell / Shutterstock.com
  A 32-Year-Old Man Drowned Last Night as Seafair Came to a Close: "Witnesses said the man hopped off a 20-foot pleasure boat to swim, without a life vest, and later was seen bobbing in the water," Seattle Times reports. "About an hour and a half later, the man was found by a police robotics unit about 45 feet underwater, hidden in heavy silt," KOMO says.
  Wear a Life Jacket, Wear a Life Jacket, Wear a Life Jacket: Tha
  
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• Why We're Endorsing Jill Geary for Seattle School Board

  03-08-2015 15:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Jill Geary Courtesy Jill GearyWe can't figure out where Jill Geary's bizarro accent is from—Australian with a splash of Canadian?—but we liked what we heard. Geary spoke passionately about closing the school-to-prison pipeline for students of color, supporting teacher and student boycotts of excessive standardized testing, and proactively pushing the district to put in place a curriculum that respects and sheds light on the real history of Native Americans. Click like! Go team! Expec
  
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• Graham Trucking wins Albert Lee Appliance Cup at Seafair

  03-08-2015 02:19
  
  Graham Trucking wins Albert Lee Appliance Cup at Seafair
  
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