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• Jah Wobble Sweetens the PiL

  22-07-2024 21:33 via thestranger.com
  
  Jah Wobble of Public Image Ltd. performed at the Triple Door on July 20.by Dave SegalThe prospect of experiencing Public Image Ltd.'s landmark 1979 post-punk album Metal Box (aka Second Edition) live was tantalizing, even if it were just PiL bassist Jah Wobble and a pick-up band, 45 years after the fact. After all, Metal Box set a new standard for fusing avant-rock and dub; Keith Levene's scathing, scything guitar attack, John Lydon's harrowing lyrics delivered with traumatized charisma, and Wob
  
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• Denny Blaine Activists, Beachgoers Upset about Mayor's Texts

  22-07-2024 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Texts Revealed Harrell and Playground Donor Stuart Sloan Shared Disgust about Nudityby Vivian McCallThe activists who killed a City plan to build a children’s playground at Denny Blaine Park are angry with Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell after texts from his private cell phone to millionaire philanthropist Stuart Sloan, the donor behind the playground project, showed that both men shared a mutual “disgust” for nude bathers at the queer beach. They also feel Harrell gave Sloan prefe
  
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• The Top 40 Events in Seattle This Week: July 22–28, 2024

  22-07-2024 19:00 via everout.com
  
  Seattle Art Fair, Blastfest, and Moreby EverOut StaffHow's everyone's brat summer? If you only have a rough idea of what you're doing this week, let us help you fine tune your schedule. We're suggesting top-tier events from the Seattle Art Fair to Blastfest and from the Gossip to Niall Horan.
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  Niall Horan: The Show Live On Tour
  X-Factor star turned One Direction member Niall Horan soldiers on solo in the pop music space, most recently with his third album, The Show. T
  
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• Slog AM: Biden Is Out, Harris Is In, and the King County Water Taxi Has Never Been Hotter

  22-07-2024 17:40 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamIt's Joever, it's Kamalencing, we're existing in the context: After weeks of speculation and an op-ed by Aaron Sorkin in the New York Times saying the Democrats should nominate Mitt Romney, President Joe Biden tweeted a letter announcing his departure from the 2024 presidential race. Wolf Blitzer ran to the studio probably without even finishing his Wolf Spritzer. Minutes later, in a different tweet, Biden endorsed Vice President Ka
  
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