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• The Long-Awaited Return of Polyglot Funkateers Cymande

  19-02-2025 19:00 via thestranger.com
  If you think you haven't heard Cymande, yes, you have. Their music has been sampled by De La Soul, Wu-Tang Clan, the Fugees, and more.by Dave Segal
  You've probably heard the Anglo-Caribbean groupCymande,whether you realize it or not, especially if you dig quality vintage hiphop and crafty electronic-music producers such as Luke Vibert. That's Cymande's incomparably uplifting tune "Bra" adding spring to De La Soul's "Change in Speak," and the guitar from "Dove" lending deep intrigue to Wu-Tang Cl
  
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• Mayor Harrell’s State of the City: Lots of Words, a Basketball, and One Giant Social Housing-Sized Hole

  19-02-2025 18:06 via thestranger.com
  Many Seattleites may have been blissfully unaware that Mayor Bruce Harrell delivered his annual State of the City address today. Hopefully, most were enjoying the moody, blustery weather in a park somewhere rather than sitting through the event at Benaroya Hall alongside city hall staffers, carefully vetted community leaders, random high schoolers, and other elected officials forced to partake in the proceedings.by Tobias Coughlin-Bogue
  Many Seattleites may have been blissfully unaware that Mayo
  
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• Slog AM: Trump Makes More Power Grabs, RFK Jr.'s Eyeing Childhood Vaccines, a Baby Seal Was Lost in Connecticut

  19-02-2025 18:05 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Hannah Murphy Winter Good morning!We’ve got a day of soft weather ahead of us: a rainy morning, a cloudy afternoon, and highs in the low 50s. Go outside, get a little mist on your face, touch some moss. It’s Day 31of the Trump administration, and in those 31 days, the New York Timeshastallied260 “major moves” in the administration. That’s 8.3 major moves a day. Even if you’re paying attention to half of that, you should b
  
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• Why RFK Isn’t a Joke

  19-02-2025 00:30 via thestranger.com
  “Medical Freedom” Is Not Free by Vivian McCall
  Get your yucks out. Worm guy is funny. Worm guy is ridiculous. Ha ha ha ha ha therewasafuckingworminhisbrainorsohesays.
  Last week, the Senate actuallyconfirmed Robert “The Worm” F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. A vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist is the most powerful health official in the United States, and therefore one of the most powerful health authorities in the world.
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• Rest in Peace to “Nasty” Nes Rodriguez

  19-02-2025 00:00 via thestranger.com
  "Nasty" Nes Rodriguez died on Saturday, February 15. He was 63.by Daudi Abe
  For people who lived in Seattle during the 1980s—of a certain age and demographic—the name "Nasty" Nes Rodriguez holds especially profound significance. He DJ’d for some of Seattle’s first rappers, including the Emerald Street Boys, cofounded NastyMix Records, and, as a radio DJ, introduced some of the country's best hiphop to Pacific Northwest fans long before it hit the mainstream.
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