• Glass Beams' Mystical Funk and Bobbyy's Seductive Fusion

    Glass Beams' Mystical Funk and Bobbyy's Seductive Fusion
    The best new music to hit Dave Segal's inbox.by Dave SegalGlass Beams, "Snake Oil" (Ninja Tune)
    Unlike most musicians today, Melbourne, Australia trio Glass Beams understand the power of mystery. At a time when everyone in the biz is hustling overtime for increasingly diminishing revenues and fans seek access to and info about their fave bands on social media 24/7, Glass Beams remain an enigma—a very popular enigma, garnering over one million monthly $p0t1fy listeners and selling out shows
  • Time in Tent City

    Time in Tent City
    An interview with author Tony Sparks.by Adam WillemsTo Tony Sparks, author of Tent City, Seattle: Refusing Homelessness and Making a Home, the self-governing tent encampment Tent City 3 is as iconic and integral to the city’s social fabric as the Space Needle. Made possible by a 2002 consent decree that allowed the group to live legally on privately held land for 90 days at a time—the first such move by any US city—the camp is a “regular feature of Seattle’s neighbo
  • South Seattle Is Now the Only Badass Neighborhood in Seattle

    South Seattle Is Now the Only Badass Neighborhood in Seattle
    Thank the stars that South Seattle is still represented by a council member who doesn't haunt us or have the putrefied ideas of a zombie.by Charles MudedeLet's go back to the critics of Kshama Sawant. They were, if you remember, in the habit of describing her as divisive. What was meant by this? Just one thing: She totally represented the interests of the destitute and working poor. Sawant had nothing to offer the rich. Nothing. Why? Because they already have everything: political power, economi
  • The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: May 3–5, 2024

    The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: May 3–5, 2024
    Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration, Fogón's Cinco de Mayo Block Party, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15by EverOut StaffWhether you're putting the finishing touches on your weekend plans or you have no idea what you're doing right after you shut your laptop on Friday, we're here to help. We'd like to suggest cheap and easy events from Windermere Cup Week to the Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration and from Free Comic Book Day to Fogón's 2nd
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  • Sam Miller Is an Undisputable Genius of Comedy

    Sam Miller Is an Undisputable Genius of Comedy
    See Sam Miller Saturday, May 4 at the Egyptian.by Megan SelingOn Saturday, May 4, some of the Pacific Northwest's funniest people will take the stage at the Egyptian Theatre as part of The Stranger's Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy showcase. Andy Iwancio! Dan Hurwitz! Chris Mejia! Monica Nevi! Juno Men! Bernice Larson! Kermet Apio! And headliner Sam Miller! Plus, the whole night will be hosted by Emmett Montgomery, beloved weirdo, host of Friendship Dungeon and Joketellers Union, and one of 2023
  • Slog AM: Second Boeing Whistleblower Dies, Zebra Still at Large in North Bend, Paris Cleans Up River Seine for Swimming

    Slog AM: Second Boeing Whistleblower Dies, Zebra Still at Large in North Bend, Paris Cleans Up River Seine for Swimming
    The Stranger's morning news round-up.by Nathalie GrahamEvergreen State College says it will divest: Around a week after Evergreen students started their protest encampment, they will remove tents and stop the protest after Evergreen State College agreed to explore divestment from companies involved in the Israel-Hamas war. Additionally, the college agreed to publicly call for a ceasefire. Evergreen now joins Brown and Northwestern in the group of colleges that have listened to its student p
  • Bernice Larson Is an Undisputable Genius of Comedy

    Bernice Larson Is an Undisputable Genius of Comedy
    See Bernice Larson Saturday, May 4 at the Egyptian.by Megan SelingOn Saturday, May 4, some of the Pacific Northwest's funniest people will take the stage at the Egyptian Theatre as part of The Stranger's Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy showcase. Andy Iwancio! Dan Hurwitz! Chris Mejia! Monica Nevi! Juno Men! Bernice Larson! Kermet Apio! And headliner Sam Miller! Plus, the whole night will be hosted by Emmett Montgomery, beloved weirdo, host of Friendship Dungeon and Joketellers Union, and one of
  • I Saw U: Getting Onstage at Bad Girls Brunch, Rollerblading at Lambert House, Chasing Your Dog in the U District

    I Saw U: Getting Onstage at Bad Girls Brunch, Rollerblading at Lambert House, Chasing Your Dog in the U District
    See someone? Say something!by AnonymousI Saw U at Julia's Bad Girls Brunch
    You were full of the electricity. You went on stage and were fire itself. You took a pic with me in it. I waved, you showed me. You are so gorgeous!Zen and the Art of Mandolin
    five years ago maybe. we talked at a bus stop, our bus never came. you got a gig car and gave me a ride. tell me what bus stop it was. cheers <3
    "It's not fair. It's not fair."
    To the middle aged lady walking down the aisles of Albertson's mutter
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