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Candid Reflections From Music Pioneer Laurie Anderson on Releasing Rage, Yoko Ono, and Amelia Earhart's Legacy

28-03-2024 21:00 via thestranger.com

Anderson Brings Her Let X = X Tour to Seattle, With New York Jazz Ensemble Sexmob Handling the Horns.by Audrey VannPioneering electronic musician Laurie Anderson has produced a treasure trove of work throughout her 55-year career. Last week, we took readers through "Five Laurie Anderson Songs That Aren’t “O Superman," but that barely scratched the surface of her seven major label albums, two full-length films, and the numerous experimental instruments she's invented—just to nam

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Icing Out Pride

28-03-2024 19:00 via thestranger.com

The NHL deserves a loser trophy.by Adam WillemsThe Seattle Pride Hockey Association (SPHA) has a sticky origin story.
In 2019, Joey Gale, who had recently moved to Seattle from the Midwest, hit the ice to play in a local rec league game. But his stick stood out among the rest, as he’d wrapped his in Pride Tape, a rainbow-colored departure from the black adhesive players typically use. The tape set off queer hockey peer Steven Thompson’s gaydar.“Steven… emailed me t

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Baltimore's Key Bridge Wasn't Built for 21st Century Capitalism

28-03-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com

"When this bridge was built, there were no ships of this size."by Charles MudedeLet's begin with what has to be the most important reading of the deadly accident that destroyed a huge section of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024. It appears near the middle of a NBC News report with this headline: "Why the Baltimore bridge stood little chance against a fully loaded cargo ship." It takes the form of a statement made by Roberto Leon, "a structural engineer at Virginia Tech." Ac

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Inside Ann Davison’s War with a Judge She Doesn’t Like

28-03-2024 17:00 via thestranger.com

About a week after Vaddadi disqualified a single assistant city attorney on a single criminal case, the CAO’s office began disqualifying Vaddadi on all future criminal cases in the SMC.by Ashley NerbovigLast week, Republican City Attorney Ann Davison asked a higher court to review Municipal Court Judge Pooja Vaddadi's decision to disqualify an assistant city attorney from prosecuting a case. Vaddadi’s ruling came a week before the City Attorney’s Office (CAO) created a policy t

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Slog AM: Climate Protesters Block Amazon HQ, City Council to Discuss Minimum Wage Rollbacks, and Trump Lawyers to Argue Election Interference Is Free Speech

28-03-2024 16:29 via thestranger.com

The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Hannah KriegWeather girl Hannah here: REAL Seattle-heads will love this. Today, it's gonna rain. Like, the whole fucking day. This morning, temperatures will hover around the high 40s and then tip over to the low 50s around 1 pm. So I’d suggest some boots and a water-proof jacket, but you’re an adult, you can dress yourself.
Climate pledge who? Wednesday morning, “troublemaker” protesters blocked Amazon’s downtown corpora

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