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• I, Anonymusic: The Coup Played My Basement

  12-09-2015 22:52 via thestranger.com
  
  STEVEN WEISSMAN
  When I walked through the front door of my house, I had no idea that my roommates were hosting an after-party for the Coup that evening. I had no idea Boots Riley and his notoriously talented group of backing musicians were even in town or that they had just played a show at Seattle Center. I had no idea that our address had been circulated at this show. I had no idea what I was in for…
  
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• Top Ten(ish) Concerts That Aren't Happening at the Stranger Genius Awards This Weekend

  12-09-2015 19:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Aquatic and enigmatic: the strange tonalities of Optic Echo.
  Have you heard about the Stranger Genius Awards? It's kind of a big deal, in case you were unaware, but on the off-off-off chance that you aren't attending, we're not here to judge you. We're here to guide you to the other excellent live music happening around the city, so let's get to it.
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  Raica, Ethernet, Mike Jedlicka, and _wndfrm
  Go catch some spectral, globby ambience and dub techno sewerscapes at Gallery 1412.
  Blackstreet
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• Republican State Sen. Andy Hill: I’m not running for Governor

  12-09-2015 03:38
  
  State Sen. Andy Hill, R-Redmond, many Republicans’ hope as their most viable 2016 challenger to Gov. Jay Inslee, said Friday in a message to friends that he won’t seek the state’s highest office. “I believe strongly that this state lacks leadership and that we desperately need a new voice and new direction and, while I also believe it is a great time politically to undertake this effort, I’ve decided it would not be best for the Hill family at this time.” Stat
  
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• Governor Inslee, Who Knows How to Call a Special Session, Will Not Call One on Education—Yet

  12-09-2015 02:03 via thestranger.com
  
  In November of 2013, Washington Governor Jay Inslee called a special session to quickly give Boeing an $8.7 billion tax break—the largest tax break given to any private company by any state in the entire history of the United States. Is our governor going to call a special session to address Washington's years-old problem of unconstitutionally underfunding its public school system? Not yet. Office of Governor Jay Inslee
  As Jen Graves and I were pointing out during our rage spiral on this w
  
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• Who's the Real Winner of the Kim Davis Debacle? Ugh, Mike Huckabee

  12-09-2015 02:02 via thestranger.com
  
  I won this week's challenge, which means I get immunity. Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com
  Now that L'Affaire Du Kim Davis is receding into the past, let's try to figure out who, if anyone, came out on top.
  I suppose you could say that the gay couples won, though the stress of being repeatedly shunned before a national audience probably wasn't much fun.
  You might say Kim Davis won, because she got to make a big show of her principles, though the scrutiny of her alleged adultery and suspici
  
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• Frye Art Museum Director Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker is Leaving Next Year, and Apparently It's No Big Deal?

  12-09-2015 01:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, director of the Frye Art Museum since 2009. Mark Woods
  Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker is leaving the Frye Art Museum after her contract runs out at the end of September 2016.
  Danzker and the board say that Danzker made the announcement to the staff back in June, that the split was Danzker's choice to move on, and that the board and Danzker are mutually highly pleased with each other and ready to happily part ways.
  But it's odd that the museum didn't announce anything. Instead, as
  
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• Tim Burgess, Who Depends on Big Money in Local Politics, Just Endorsed a Measure to Get Big Money Out of Local Politics

  12-09-2015 01:41 via thestranger.com
  
  "Have a seat and let's talk about campaign finance reform." Kelly O
  We'd been hearing rumors this was coming, but that didn't make the moment any less dramatic for those who've been following campaign finance reform in Seattle. At a candidate forum last night, Council President Tim Burgess, who has stood in the way of campaign reform in the past, endorsed a new public campaign financing measure (Initiative 122) on the ballot this fall. With that move, Burgess joins a list of supporters, includin
  
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• Attorney General to Supreme Court: Reconsider your decision against charter schools

  12-09-2015 01:36
  
  Attorney General Bob Ferguson is asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider its “Friday surprise,” delivered on the eve of the Labor Day weekend, a decision that invalidated the state’s 2012 charter schools initiative and denied state money to nine charter schools just beginning the school year. “The decision not only invalidates Initiative 1240 but also unnecessarily calls into question the constitutionality of a wide range of other state education programs. These impo
  
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• Reports: Kent shooter didn't like victim 'disrespecting his mother'

  12-09-2015 01:27
  
  A 37-year-old man Kent police arrested Thursday during a homicide investigation told police he had a problem with the 42-year-old victim "disrespecting his mother," probable cause reports say.
  
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• New Jessica Jones Teaser and Debut Date!

  12-09-2015 01:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Okay, comic-book fans! Here's your first teaser for the upcoming Marvel/Netflix joint Jessica Jones. All season one episodes will debut on November 20 at midnight, so clear your binging schedules. For those just jumping on the Jones bandwagon, the comely Krysten Ritter stars as the titular Jessica—the private eye/retired superhero who keeps getting dragged back into the "fighting super villains" game. Also along for the ride is Mike Colter as Luke Cage, David Tennant as Killgrave (aka Dare
  
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• Private Schools Are Not the Solution

  12-09-2015 00:45 via thestranger.com
  
  There should be only one way for primary and secondary education. SK Design/shutterstock.com
  Some years ago, I discovered that my 13-year-old son didn't know basic algebra. He was attending a public school in North Seattle. He is black, his classroom was stuffed with students, and his teacher had a vague idea of who he was. I decided to send him to a private school.In a year, his grasp of mathematics was normalized. And five years later, he was able to master Mathematical Applications for the Ma
  
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• Rick Perry Drops Out of 2016 Presidential Race

  12-09-2015 00:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Bye.Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com
  One down, 16 more to go.
  CBS reports that the Texas governor has decided to excuse himself from the field. Reporters apparently got ahold of some remarks the candidate plans to give later on today in St. Louis, which read: "I step aside knowing our party is in good hands, and as long as we listen to the grassroots, the cause of conservatism will be too."WILL BE WHAT, TOO, PERRY? Listening to the grassroots, too? What do the grassroots whisper to you, s
  
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• Will Developers Stick to the Grand Bargain on Housing Affordability?

  12-09-2015 00:41 via thestranger.com
  
  We've got a loooong way to go on creating affordable neighborhoods. James Yamasaki
  The fate of affordable housing in Seattle may depend on a consensus among developers—but that consensus may be unraveling.
  This week, a high-profile developer lobbyist began to voice his opposition to the "grand bargain" between developers and social justice activists that was proposed by the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) committee earlier this summer. In an email to all nine city counci
  
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• Lots of Oklahoma Weirdness in Documentary About Session Musician Leon Russell

  12-09-2015 00:39 via thestranger.com
  
  Director Les Blank shooting A Poem Is a Naked Person. JANUS FILMS
  This documentary, A Poem Is a Naked Person, which opens today at the Grand Illusion, was a Les Bank film commissioned by the American rural boogie songwriter/producer/session man Leon Russell during his early 1970s ascent to stardom. In the mid-’60s, Russell was part of the famous LA session group the Wrecking Crew, but while he was scoring a big hit with Joe Cocker, he also started a label, built a studio, and went solo.Poe
  
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• The Mend Is a Wonderful Psychodrama

  12-09-2015 00:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Josh Lucas (Sweet Home Alabama, Secondhand Lions) has a knack for giving good performances in bad movies, so John Magary’s assured debut, The Mend, upends expectations by aligning a good actor with a good film. Normally a pleasant-looking man, Lucas appears to have bathed in a toilet bowl to play Mat, a Giant Id who lives to eat, drink, and fuck. Mat reconnects with his lawyer brother, Alan (Stephen Plunkett, equally strong), when he crashes his Harlem house party…
  
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