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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Stabbed For an iPod Full of Jazz and Classic Rock in Kirkland, WA |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 3:55 pm |
| Tags: News Seattle |
| mugging risks, this being Seattle after all. Or do you sport the giant cans because you absolutely need to squeeze as much sound performance as you can from a 128 kb-encoded MP3? The question has fallen moot as time, incessant television advertising and the near-ubiquity of iPods themselves have wrung the last vestiges of cachet out of the |
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| Does Anyone Actually Like the Downtown Library? |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 5:36 pm |
| Tags: News Seattle |
| explanation of why she left Seattle: "its idea of progress and mine were fundamentally at odds and I didn't enjoy the destabilizing effect of a city always under construction and didn't get enough from the things that were eventually constructed." Photo: Seattle Public Library, by inzenity, from our pool. Thanks! |
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| Ohh-hh, Ohh-hh, Who Are the People In Your Neighborhood? |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 7:40 pm |
| Tags: News Seattle |
| When Amazon.com announced Amazon Fresh last week, it piqued some bloggers' curiosity, but we didn't spend much time thinking about it. Grocery delivery? Interesting, but we weren't going to dive in. Then this weekend we read about the "thug"-infested Safeway -- in Rainier Beach! Crap, we thought to ourselves. That's our Safeway, literally just a |
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| Baby Einstein Sucks the Vocabulary Out of Your Kid's Brain |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 3:11 pm |
| Tags: News Seattle |
| pet peeves. Little Miss Seattlest has already picked up our usual response to a lot of great debates: "Whatever." But we've never cared for Baby Einstein videos. We're not one of those evangelistic no-television people -- we own a television, and we're not afraid to watch it. But we figure our daughter has several decades to interact with |
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| UW Grad Student Is Self-Nominated Protector of Africans |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 3:16 pm |
| Tags: News Seattle |
| of African Studies at Seattle University, told the Times. It's lost on us too, but if children are being exposed to something as pernicious as irony, it must be stopped right now. What else have these Maasai been doing--giving children good advice that they just can't take? Free rides when they're already there? Barring an intervention |
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| Look at the stars. Look how they shine for...hey, HELP! |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 3:21 pm |
| Tags: News Seattle |
| of Changes. However, Seattlest is surprised the guy wasn't bum rushed by the entire bar. Check out this video: see if you can last one minute without wanting to cold cock the guy. From the P-I's hilarious account: "It took three or four of us to hold her down," said Robert Willmette, one of the bartenders at Changes. The |
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| Now Showing at Cinerama... |
| Published: August 14, 2007, 12:53 pm |
| Tags: News Seattle |
| ...your vagina. |
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| Seattlest Asks: Which Hood Is Seattle's Shadiest Hood? |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 6:52 pm |
| Tags: News Seattle |
| to live or hang out within Seattle city limits. (Sorry, Skyway and White Center. Check again after annexation.) Recent news stories have pushed several neighborhoods into contention: Rainier Beach: The Safeway parking lot is "plagued by thugs", disgruntled patrons firebomb a video store, and gangs patronize the library. Broadway: From |
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| We Survived Lunch at Fort Westlake the Bronx |
| Published: August 17, 2007, 6:10 pm |
| Tags: News Seattle |
| strategy involved in taking Seattle back, street by street, from people with very little money, clean clothes, or a complete high school education. Was it necessary to make the announcement in such a dramatic fashion? We think so. After all, the Seattle P-I's got a story on the recent street violence, the Seattle Times has coverage of the war |
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| Burglaries Suck |
| Published: August 21, 2007, 7:39 pm |
| Tags: News Seattle |
| Local photographer Jenny Jim nez got robbed big time. Some skeevy dudes broke into her house and stole a whole mess of shit worth over $20K, including photography equipment, computers, and her mother's wedding ring, which Jenny was going to use in her own nuptials this fall. Way to go, assholes. From her LiveJournal post: My home was |
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| Renton Fire: The Parrots Are Alright |
| Published: August 23, 2007, 2:55 pm |
| Tags: News Seattle |
| We're sorry to hear that a nail salon, a chiropractic office, and a Panda Express were destroyed by a fire in Renton this morning. And glad to hear no one was hurt. A shift supervisor at the Diamond Lil's casino across the street called 911 and said the fire was burning on a table inside "Stop 4 Nails" and quickly spread. The blaze also |
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| First Look at Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein |
| Published: August 24, 2007, 1:30 pm |
| Tags: New York, News, Seattle, Theatre |
| Here's a news report on Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein which is having a run in Seattle and is scheduled to open on Broadway this fall. Megan Mullally plays the role of Elizabeth, originally played by Madeline Kahn in the film. |
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| It's In The P-I...Much Later: The Return Of Honky McBeeperson |
| Published: August 27, 2007, 3:15 pm |
| Tags: News Seattle |
| Back in mid-July, the Seattle Times brought the sad story of Mark Cruz, Renton, to our attention. Cruz was busted for honking at the car in front of him, which was lingering at a green light. This morning (thanks, Kayvaan G!) we noticed the P-I headline "Hold that honk: car horns are for safety only." To our surprise, Mark Cruz was again in the |
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| News: Brazil, The Killers, Embryos, San Diego, Britney Spears |
| Published: September 5, 2007, 10:11 am |
| Tags: Anderson Cooper, Brandon Flowers, Brazil, Britney Spears, California, Elton John, Gay Marriage, Jamie Pedersen, John Barrowman, Madonna, Magazines, New Zealand, News, Seattle, Washington Dc |
| gay lawmaker and partner in Seattle. Mayoral candidates to address gay community in Auckland, New Zealand. Scientists win approval for human-animal hybrid embryos: "The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority published its long-awaited public consultation on the controversial research yesterday, revealing that a majority of |
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| Man Assaulted, Dragged on Seattle Street in Labor Day Gay Bashing |
| Published: September 6, 2007, 10:25 am |
| Tags: Crime, News, Seattle |
| Via Slog comes news of an ugly gay bashing in Seattle over Labor Day weekend. Andrew Geske, 26, was reportedly attacked while walking home from the Capitol Hill gay bar Pony early on Monday morning by a group of men in a black BMW who verbally taunted and physically assaulted him before grabbing and dragging him by the arm down the street |
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