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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Slats Featured in Wired

posted by on May 1 at 14:40 PM

Looks like the bigwigs have caught on to our local celebrities…

Seattle Notables tracks local residents like Slats, aka “the Original Hipster,” a quirky musician and nightclub aficionado noticeable for his Ramones-esque leather outfit and scraggly mop of brown hair hidden under a broad-brimmed black hat.

They even get an interview with our pride and joy!

“It’s kind of strange when I go in a bar and everyone’s taking a picture of me, or I walk down the street and they’re yelling my name,” says Slats, whose real name is Chris. “I’m just living my life and all of a sudden it’s like, ‘Whoa, what’s going on?’”

His real name is Chris!

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Turn the tables, Chris. Turn ‘em right around!

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1

They have Link, too.

Do not taunt Link.

Link has power-ups.

Posted by JC | May 1, 2008 2:46 PM
2

It's good luck to see Link! Good luck for the whole day!

Posted by Ari Spool | May 1, 2008 2:48 PM
3

Ramones-esque? Eh. I'd say he's more like the ghost of Johnny Thunders.

Posted by Jo | May 1, 2008 2:50 PM
4

What kind of luck is a Slats sighting?

Posted by Paulus | May 1, 2008 2:58 PM
5

Does he have hemorrhoids? Or does he take heroin in the ass? Also, whats with the holocaust victim rocker performance art thing he does?

Posted by Bellevue Ave | May 1, 2008 2:58 PM
6

Man, I miss working on the Hill. It was tradition at our office to always have after-work beers at Bill's if we had a Link sighting.

Posted by Porkchop Sandwiches! | May 1, 2008 3:01 PM
7

#4: You know like when you are at a bar, and that cute girl over there is really drunk, and she all of a sudden comes up to you and pins you against the wall, and you can't believe it (and neither will she, come morning)? That's all because of Slats.

Posted by Ari Spool | May 1, 2008 3:02 PM
8

I saw slats and some fugly looking bitch getting into a new Convertible Volkswagen Bug yesterday on Cap. Hill. not very punk rock of him or her despite them both looking like absolute morons wearing leather head to toe.

Posted by turbo | May 1, 2008 3:02 PM
9

SO Slats is the god of drunk lesbian rape?

Posted by Bellevue Ave | May 1, 2008 3:03 PM
10

#9: Well no, this would be relating to Paulus, so minus the lesbianism, and I meant she wouldn't believe it because he's so fucking hot. However, I find your attitude abhorrent, sir. When it comes to Seattle Notables, it's all in good fun.

Posted by Ari Spool | May 1, 2008 3:08 PM
11

wait, am i pronouncing this right? not-ables? Seattle Not-ables?

regardless, slats just grosses me out every time i see him. skinny as a rail, walking like he just got fucked in the ass for smack.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | May 1, 2008 3:12 PM
12

this is the first time i've agreed with bellevue avenue. kelly o, you MUST come to slog happy hour next week and film him dancing. it's a hoot!

Posted by scary tyler moore | May 1, 2008 3:20 PM
13

I love how Slats reads this shit here and just laughs

Posted by bobcat | May 1, 2008 3:42 PM
14

My favorite Slats sighting happened last summer. I was crossing Broadway behind Slats and a gal pal and a couple Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence were walking towards us. After the good sisters had passed by, Slats snickered and made snide comments about their appearance to his companion. I just cocked an eyebrow, bit my tongue and resisted the urge to comment about pots and kettles and their shared state of noir...

Posted by michael strangeways | May 1, 2008 3:48 PM
15

rad, they mentioned the myspace profile i set up for CSG.

Posted by bobcat | May 1, 2008 3:52 PM
16

I have nothing mean to say.

Posted by Mr. Poe | May 1, 2008 3:59 PM
17

My housemate calls him Teeter because he can't walk with any measure of stability. I guess.

Posted by Katelyn | May 1, 2008 4:11 PM
18

Slats is the man. He's never too cool to sit down and take a shot with anyone. Unlike many of you kooky wannabe hipsters flocking to the hill desperately trying to look cool. Buy the man a shot!

Posted by Tech-gaper | May 1, 2008 4:12 PM
19

@18: never too cool to stop being an alcoholic?

Posted by max solomon | May 1, 2008 4:27 PM
20

being as thin as he is, it probably doesnt take much to get drunk.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | May 1, 2008 4:30 PM
21

It's always a good idea to take a picture of Kelly O's butt.

Posted by Aislinn | May 1, 2008 4:50 PM
22

Each year I say I'm gonna be the Slats guy for Halloween, but my friends always tell me that it's mean to make fun of the homeless.

Posted by brian | May 1, 2008 4:57 PM
23

oh i get it, this another one of those things where journalists jerk one another off and try to implant one another into a story.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | May 1, 2008 5:14 PM
24

oh i get it, this another one of those things where journalists jerk one another off and try to implant one another into a story.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | May 1, 2008 5:15 PM
25

Why should I know or care who this person is?

Posted by Greg | May 1, 2008 5:42 PM
26

Why is everyone saying such cruel things about someone they don't know? Jealousy?


Posted by petenice | May 1, 2008 7:10 PM
27

you'll miss him when he's gone.

Posted by ziegler | May 1, 2008 7:45 PM
28

@26

thats a jenny jones guest line and makes you look ignorant. also everything said is factual. hes skinny and has a walk that makes him look like an addict or whore.

and ive got a beer belly and am an ass

Posted by Bellevue Ave | May 1, 2008 8:34 PM
29

@26

thats a jenny jones guest line and makes you look ignorant. also everything said is factual. hes skinny and has a walk that makes him look like an addict or whore.

and ive got a beer belly and am an ass

Posted by Bellevue Ave | May 1, 2008 8:35 PM
30


@26

thats a jenny jones guest line and makes you look ignorant. also everything said is factual. hes skinny and has a walk that makes him look like an addict or whore.

and ive got a beer belly and am an ass

Posted by Bellevue Ave | May 1, 2008 8:35 PM
31


@26

thats a jenny jones guest line and makes you look ignorant. also everything said is factual. hes skinny and has a walk that makes him look like an addict or whore.

and ive got a beer belly and am an ass

Posted by Bellevue Ave | May 1, 2008 8:35 PM
32

I can't believe that dude's still alive.

Posted by Nony Mouse | May 2, 2008 11:31 AM

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