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• The Glaring Absence of Lakeith Stanfield, and Other 2018 Emmy Nominations Observations

  12-07-2018 23:32 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonAnd the Emmy for Most Egregious Omission from the List of 2018 Emmy nominees goes to...Nominations for the 70th Emmy Awards, recognizing excellence in the field of making engaging streaming content for laptop computers and phones the art of television, were announced this morning. Lots of worthy and talented people and shows were recognized. I'm not saying you should care. I'm not saying I care. I am, however, just saying:
  The idea of not nominating Lakeith Stanfield—whose po
  
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• Reader: Shove Your Parents' Weird Sex Shit Down Your Memory Hole

  12-07-2018 23:13 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Day: Reader Advice Round-upby Dan Savage
  Recent Savage Love Letters of the Day: My Great Aunt the nun was reincarnated as a celibate and he sent me an email, a sex worker ghosts a client and the client wonders if he should contact her, a woman just wants her husband to swing without her, and a letter writer's lovely mother is cheating on their dad—gasp! And, as always, last week's column and Savage Lovecast.First, a response from BLOW, the "lopsided" bisexual in t
  
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• Seattle bike shares could double to 20,000 bikes under new proposed rules

  12-07-2018 23:10
  The city would also significantly increase the fees that bike-share companies pay to use streets and sidewalks, and conduct audits to ensure bikes are parked correctly.
  
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• We Got a Call from a Bisexual Unhappy with Our Sex Issue

  12-07-2018 22:57 via thestranger.com
  
  How bisexuals rank Trump Administration officials in terms of fuckability.by Christopher FrizzelleSpecifically, he was unhappy we left bisexuals out of the Trump Administration Fuckability Index. After doing some digging, we can report that bisexual guys find Ben Carson more fuckable than Mike Pence. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
  First, some background: When we were combing through the data to decide which details we wanted to highlight in our 2018 Sex Issue Survey Results, we decided to have a sect
  
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• Bisexual Men Find Ben Carson Sexier than Gay Men Do

  12-07-2018 22:57 via thestranger.com
  
  How bisexuals rank Trump Administration officials in terms of fuckability.by Christopher FrizzelleThis post goes out to the bisexual man who called our offices to complain there wasn't enough about bisexuals in our 2018 Sex Issue. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
  When we were combing through the data to decide which details we wanted to highlight in our 2018 Sex Issue Survey Results, we decided to have a section about bi people. We did this because we found some interesting numbers about bi people and
  
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• 35 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: July 12–15, 2018

  12-07-2018 22:40 via thestranger.com
  Sorry To Bother You, Blade II, Yellow Submarine, and Other Critics' Picksby Stranger Things To Do StaffFrom Boots Riley's ingenious satire Sorry to Bother You to the real-life designer in the documentary Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist and the Robert Pattinson- and Mia Wasikowska-fronted Damsel, this weekend's movies are full of giant personalities.Follow the links below to see complete showtimes, tickets, and trailers for all of our critics' picks, and, if you're looking for even more options, c
  
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• The World Cup Has Been the Best Part of Summer in Seattle

  12-07-2018 22:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Greg ScruggsMatthew Marinovich, whose great-grandfather was born in Croatia, celebrates the country's first-ever trip to the World Cup finals. Greg Scruggs
  Croatia emerged victorious over England yesterday, cementing the World Cup final match-up this Sunday between the scrappy Slavs and 1998's winner, France.
  Amid a 100-plus crowd watching intently on an outdoor screen in Occidental Square, Matthew Marinovich rocked a red-and-white checkered jersey and waved a massive Croatian flag.
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• Seattle: Put Down the Air Conditioner and Walk Away

  12-07-2018 21:43 via thestranger.com
  
  It's hot... but not that hot.by Katie Herzog Stephen Brashear/Getty
  After months of gloom, Pacific Northwest summers cause a sort of regional amnesia, like mothers experience immediately after giving birth: We forget how awful October through June can be because July is just so damn perfect.Except when it's not. This week temperatures are breaking the 80-degree mark, causing people all over the city to start hanging out in the magazine section at Walgreens and, even worse, contemplating purchasi
  
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• Seven Fast Food Restaurants Agree to Stop Practice That Screws Workers

  12-07-2018 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  AG Bob Ferguson's message to other fast-food companies: “They know who they are. They are now on the clock.”by Heidi GrooverSeven fast food companies, including McDonald's, will end so-called "no poach" agreements, which some economists say can keep wages stagnant. Scott Olson/getty
  Seven fast-food chains will end a practice that can lock their workers into low wages, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Thursday.
  The practice, known as a “no-poach agreement
  
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• A Fucking Revolution with Krystyna Hutchinson and Corinne Fisher

  12-07-2018 21:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jenni MooreThe comedian duo of Guys We Fucked kicks off a three-date run in Bellevue tonight.Courtesy of GWF
  “Welcome to a new revolution,” reads Krystyna Hutchinson and Corinne Fisher’s Soundcloud bio. Since 2011, the New York comedy duo (known collectively as Sorry About Last Night) have facilitated discussions about sexual and mental health, kinks, pleasure, relationships, reproductive rights, sexual violence, and much more on their excellent podcast, Guys We Fucked.
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• Carmen Best Gets a Warm Reception at a Police Chief Forum in the Central District

  12-07-2018 20:42 via thestranger.com
  
  The three finalists for SPD's police chief position spent Wednesday evening in the Central District with police reform advocates. Acting Police Chief Carmen Best was a clear favorite.by Lester BlackActing Police Chief Carmen Best, center, with Nikkita Oliver of Seattle's People's Party and Andre Taylor of Not This Time. Lester Black
  Acting Police Chief Carmen Best and the two other people in the running to be Seattle’s next police chief spent Wednesday evening in the heart of the Central D
  
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• Fast-food chains agree to end ‘no-poaching’ policies

  12-07-2018 20:09
  Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced binding agreements with the companies — McDonald’s, Auntie Anne’s, Arby’s, Carl’s Jr., Jimmy John’s, Cinnabon and Buffalo Wild Wings — at a news conference Thursday. McDonald’s had previously announced plans to end the practice.
  
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• 7 fast-food chains agree to end ‘no-poaching’ policies

  12-07-2018 20:09
  Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced binding agreements with the companies — McDonald’s, Auntie Anne’s, Arby’s, Carl’s Jr., Jimmy John’s, Cinnabon and Buffalo Wild Wings — at a news conference Thursday. McDonald’s had previously announced plans to end the practice.
  
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• Japanese Pop-Rock Legends The Pillows Aim to Please

  12-07-2018 19:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Morgan TroperThe Pillows play the Moore Theatre this Sunday.AUGUST HALL
  In 2007, Julian Cope brought classic Japanese rock ’n’ roll to the indie literati’s attention with Japrocksampler—an astute, awkwardly named analysis of early Japanese rock music and the cultural revolution it helped precipitate. Groups like Flower Travellin’ Band and Speed, Glue & Shinki aren’t exactly household names in America, but they’re respected immensely by those who k
  
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• Goodbye Pivot, hello pints: Paul Allen’s old art gallery reincarnating as SLU putt-putt bar Flatstick Pub

  12-07-2018 19:41
  The space that formerly housed works by heavy-hitting artists from Paul Allen's private collection is being turned into a putt-putt pub, with plans to open soon.
  
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• The Top 12 Things to See at the Capitol Hill Art Walk Tonight

  12-07-2018 19:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffDon't miss Gettin' Ghibli With It at True Love Art Gallery, a tribute to the works of Hayao Miyazaki featuring artists like Nicole Allin and Braden Duncan. True Love Art Gallery
  Every second Thursday, rain or shine, the streets of Capitol Hill are filled with tipsy art lovers checking out galleries and special events. On our Capitol Hill Art Walk calendar, you'll find a bunch of great options for tonight's event. Below, we've compiled our critics' picks—the th
  
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• The Top 12 Things to See at the July 2018 Capitol Hill Art Walk

  12-07-2018 19:22 via thestranger.com
  Gettin' Ghibli With It, Genevieve St. Charles's One Night Snack, and more shows to check out on July 12.by Stranger Things To Do StaffEvery second Thursday, rain or shine, the streets of Capitol Hill are filled with tipsy art lovers checking out galleries and special events. On our Capitol Hill Art Walk calendar, you'll find a bunch of great options for tonight's event. Below, we've compiled our critics' picks—the things you shouldn't miss. Follow the links for more details and images, and
  
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• California Cannabis in Crisis

  12-07-2018 19:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Josh Jardine DAVID MCNEW/GETTY IMAGES
  California activated its recreational adult-use cannabis program on January 1, 2018, and with it being the nation’s most populous and prosperous state, expectations were “high.” (Get it? “High,” like when you use cannabis, is the joke, see? This is gonna be a great column.) The state was positioned to prosper greatly, and everything was going to be amazing.
  So let’s check in on how the Golden State has been faring with
  
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• Where to See Live Outdoor Music This Summer

  12-07-2018 18:48 via thestranger.com
  Live outdoor music series, festivals, and shows from July through September.by Stranger Things To Do StaffSummer in Seattle calls for spending as much time as possible in the sun, and what better incentive to do so than live outdoor musical entertainment? Below, we've compiled all the summer-long series (like Hotspot at Waterfront Park and KEXP Concerts at the Mural), festivals (like Capitol Hill Block Party and the Jazz Port Townsend festival), and special concerts (like Chamber Music in the Pa
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: Mudhoney's Ripping End-Days Hard Rock, "Paranoid Core"

  12-07-2018 18:24 via thestranger.com
  
  Gr*nge legends Mudhoney's new single is an end-times ripper that proves they haven't gone soft one iota.by Dave SegalStill touched, still sick. Emily Reiman
  Mudhoney, "Paranoid Core" (Sub Pop). Do any Mudhoney fans really want the venerable Seattle band to change? No, not really. Against the odds, their Stooges-homaging rock still packs a powerful punch, long after most of Mudhoney's peers have sagged into obsolescence or shuffled off into oblivion. Whatever Mark Arm, Steve Turner, Guy Maddison,
  
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• Slog AM: Get To Know the Potential Seattle Police Chiefs, Washington Asylum-Seeker Speaks Out, Anti-Nazi Billboard Springs Up

  12-07-2018 17:45 via thestranger.com
  
  That billboard's something.by Rich SmithInterim police chief Carmen Best once met Ethan Hawke. Now it's your turn to meet Carmen Best. Mat Hayward / Getty Images
  Mayor Durkan Will Probably Pick Carmen Best As Police Chief: But The Seattle Times has done all the hard work of interviewing her and the other two candidates, all of whom spoke about police accountability at a forum yesterday.First Asylum-Seeker Released In Washington Speaks About Separation From Son: "Padilla said her son was taken fr
  
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• Ancient ‘Iceman’ shows signs of a well-balanced last meal

  12-07-2018 17:13
  NEW YORK (AP) — Talk about a paleo diet. Scientists have uncovered the last meal of a frozen hunter who died 5,300 years ago in the Alps. The stomach contents of the corpse, widely known as Oetzi the Iceman, offer a snapshot of what ancient Europeans ate more than five millennia ago, researchers said. On […]
  
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• Puffins are a dwindling treasure in Cannon Beach, plus Costco fans try to #SaveThePolishDog | Thursday Morning Brief, July 12

  12-07-2018 16:53
  Morning Brief is a newsletter from The Seattle Times delivered straight to your inbox every morning, Monday through Friday. Our editors choose the morning’s most important and entertaining items, and deliver them to you in short, easy-to-digest bites.
  
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• Judge finds man accused of mailing explosives incompetent

  12-07-2018 16:17
  Eleven packages containing explosive materials were mailed to the Secret Service, Dahlgreen Naval Base and FBI headquarters in March. The devices were glass vials or bottles containing a smokeless powder and a fuse, according to an indictment.
  
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• Judge finds Everett man accused of mailing explosives incompetent

  12-07-2018 16:17
  Eleven packages containing explosive materials were mailed to the Secret Service, Dahlgreen Naval Base and FBI headquarters in March. The devices were glass vials or bottles containing a smokeless powder and a fuse, according to an indictment.
  
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• Nathaniel Reed, tireless environmental advocate, dies at 84

  12-07-2018 16:10
  Nathaniel Pryor Reed, a tireless environmental advocate who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act, has died in Quebec. He was 84. Adrian Reed tells The Associated Press his father fell and clipped his head on a rock July 3 while fishing on the Grand Cascapedia River. He never regained consciousness and died Wednesday. Reed was deputy […]
  
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• For candidate Carmen Best, ‘nothing more important to me than being chief in Seattle’

  12-07-2018 15:00
  The interim Seattle police chief was not originally among the finalists for the job. But Mayor Jenny Durkan announced this past weekend that Best was back in the running, and she is now considered the front-runner. This is the third of our three profiles of the candidates.
  
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• Pierce County deputy, corrections officer hospitalized when patrol car rammed

  12-07-2018 14:30
  The Pierce County sheriff's deputy tried to pull over a woman in an SUV who was allegedly driving erratically in Tacoma when she rammed the patrol vehicle twice before speeding away, authorities said.
  
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• Technology linking patients at home to doctors in offices gains popularity

  12-07-2018 13:15
  Monitoring your health from your living room: Ochsner, a Louisiana-based nonprofit health-care provider, is banking on its belief that easy-to-use technology can help people control their chronic illnesses without costly hospital stays or emergency room visits.
  
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• A Fucking Revolution From Krystyna Hutchinson and Corinne Fisher

  12-07-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  The women of Guys We Fucked are shameless and unafraid.by Jenni Moore“Welcome to a new revolution,” reads Krystyna Hutchinson and Corinne Fisher’s Soundcloud bio. Since 2011, the New York comedy duo (known collectively as Sorry About Last Night) have facilitated discussions about sexual and mental health, kinks, pleasure, relationships, reproductive rights, sexual violence, and much more on their excellent podcast, Guys We Fucked.Every Friday, I can count on Guys We Fucked to p
  
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• Africa’s iconic baobab trees dying off at alarming rate

  12-07-2018 11:21
  CROOKS CORNER, South Africa (AP) — Africa’s ancient baobab, with its distinctive swollen trunk and known as the “tree of life,” is under a new and mysterious threat, with some of the largest and oldest dying abruptly in recent years. Nine of the 13 oldest baobabs, aged between 1,000 and 2,500 years, have died over […]
  
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• 3 finalists for Seattle police chief job pledge to hold officers accountable at public forum

  12-07-2018 07:46
  Interim Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best, Minneapolis police Inspector Eddie Frizell and Austin, Texas, Assistant Police Chief Ely Reyes answered questions from community activists and African-American clergy at a forum sponsored by Not This Time!.
  
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• 3 finalists for Seattle police chief job pledge at public forum to hold officers accountable

  12-07-2018 07:46
  Interim Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best, Minneapolis police Inspector Eddie Frizell and Austin, Texas, Assistant Police Chief Ely Reyes answered questions from community activists and African-American clergy at a forum sponsored by Not This Time!.
  
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• Bremerton man pleads guilty in girlfriend’s death

  12-07-2018 07:15
  Richard Heller pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree manslaughter after the first-degree murder trial in a Kitsap County court was underway.
  
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• Promising disease treatment using genes and electric shock adds speed, precision

  12-07-2018 05:19
  If the technique can be replicated in other labs, it may open up new possibilities for treating an array of diseases, including cancer, infections like HIV and autoimmune conditions such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, experts said.
  
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• Shoreline crash leaves 2 motorcyclists dead

  12-07-2018 05:18
  The collision occurred at Northeast 205 street near 1st Avenue Northeast and involved three motorcycles driving at high speed, says the state patrol.
  
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• 2 motorcyclists killed in collision with car in Shoreline

  12-07-2018 05:18
  The State Patrol says three motorcyclists were driving at high speeds just before the collision.
  
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• From farms to food banks: Excess produce helps those in need

  12-07-2018 04:59
  They call it “food rescue” — collecting unwanted produce from farms and providing it to food banks and the homeless — and it’s a big success in Chelan and Douglas counties.
  
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• Pastor misconduct complaints rattle Tacoma megachurch

  12-07-2018 04:40
  The pastor of the Life Center Tacoma megachurch has stepped down amid allegations of sexual abuse; a former church board member has filed complaints with federal equal-opportunity employment and state civil-rights agencies.
  
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• Some detained mothers being released in Washington state; not back with kids yet

  12-07-2018 04:03
  Immigration attorneys say some asylum-seeking parents held in federal detention here are being released, but it’s unclear when they’ll be reunited with their children.
  
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• Freed Immigrant Mother Still Doesn’t Know When She’ll See Her Son Again

  12-07-2018 03:47 via thestranger.com
  
  “It’s been enough. The punishment has been completed."by Heidi GrooverHonduran asylum seeker Yolany Padilla, right, remains separated from her son. HG
  Yolany Padilla knows a few things about her 6-year-old son. She knows he is in New York City. She knows he spends mornings in a day center and nights and weekends with a foster family about 20 minutes away (though she does not know anything about that family). She knows he received the small gift she sent him—a handheld video gam
  
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• Waste not: She cut her weekly trash down so much it fits into a small jar

  12-07-2018 03:41
  This woman buys in bulk, takes reusable containers everywhere and avoids plastic. The results are amazing.
  
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• To reduce waste, try this instead of that

  12-07-2018 03:40
  Small changes help. Bring your own cup for to-go coffee, your own bags for bulk food and the farmers market.
  
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• Your Complete Guide to Summer 2018 Live Outdoor Music in Seattle

  12-07-2018 03:00 via thestranger.com
  Live outdoor music series, festivals, and shows from July through September.by Stranger Things To Do StaffSummer in Seattle calls for spending as much time as possible in the sun, and what better incentive to do so than live outdoor musical entertainment? Below, we've compiled all the summer-long series (like Hotspot at Waterfront Park and KEXP Concerts at the Mural), festivals (like Capitol Hill Block Party and the Jazz Port Townsend festival), and special concerts (like Chamber Music in the Pa
  
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• The Dodgy Ethics of Using Spotify

  12-07-2018 01:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonSomething for everyone... who isn't a recording artist.
  Despite and because of its popularity, utility, and deep catalog, Spotify typifies the best and worst elements of the internet. Earlier today, Pitchfork released How to Be a Responsible Music Fan in the Age of Spotify, a short video (below) that details the finer points of how a service with 140 million active users and 70 million paid subscribers is essentially a corporation-friendly refinement of file sharing, and a perfect
  
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• World Cupdate: Croatia Beats England in 2018 Semifinal

  12-07-2018 01:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonCroatia will face France in the 2018 World Cup final on Sunday, July 15 at 8am PT
  No matter how full the more cosmopolitan bars and boîtes of Seattle get every four years, no event in the United States comes close to rivaling the mania that grips the nations of nearly every other continent on Earth during World Cup time. This is why you should be glad you're not in England right now, because until less than an hour ago, when Croatian striker Mario Mandzukic scored the winning
  
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• The Pillows Aim to Please

  12-07-2018 01:26 via thestranger.com
  Japan’s pop-rock legends tour America to coincide with FLCL’s new season.by Morgan TroperIn 2007, Julian Cope brought classic Japanese rock ’n’ roll to the indie literati’s attention with Japrocksampler—an astute, awkwardly named analysis of early Japanese rock music and the cultural revolution it helped precipitate. Groups like Flower Travellin’ Band and Speed, Glue & Shinki aren’t exactly household names in America, but they’re respecte
  
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• Sharlese Metcalf Steps Down as Head of KEXP's Audioasis Show

  12-07-2018 01:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Popular DJ Sharlese Metcalf steps down from hosting KEXP's Audioasis program after 10 years of stellar service. Maybe you should apply for the spot...by Dave SegalOne of the city's strongest and most devoted advocates for local music.
  Yesterday on Facebook, popular Seattle DJ Sharlese Metcalf announced that she will be stepping down as host of KEXP's local-music specialty show Audioasis after 10 years in the position. (If you're interested in applying for the job, go here.)Metcalf will still hol
  
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• Mother of 2 suspects in Randle teen’s death arrested

  12-07-2018 01:00
  Kindra Adamson was arrested Tuesday on two counts of rendering criminal assistance for allegedly delaying the investigation into the teen's death, authorities say.
  
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• Let’s Fuck

  12-07-2018 00:35 via thestranger.com
  
  98 sexy songs and songs about sex, plus a few sexy-ass videos.by Leilani Polk mediaphotos/Getty
  Used to be, I couldn’t have sex without some sort of soundtrack to propel and punctuate the activities; fucking in a silent room can be super awkward, especially if it’s with someone you don’t know too well, or at all. These days, I get it when the getting’s good, music or no—having a kid changes all things tremendously, especially your sex habits. But there is nothing th
  
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