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Dec. 12
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 12 - 18, 2012
Vol. 22, No. 15
Savage Love
As One Is Wont to Do
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Help the Hungry, Win Amazing Prizes!
Film/TV
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
: More Melodramatic Than a Mexican Soap Opera
by Cienna Madrid
Fred Won’t Move Out
: Elliott Gould Wrangles with Death
by Brendan Kiley
Any Day Now
: When Love Doesn't Conquer All
by David Schmader
Hyde Park on Hudson
: A Hopeless, Pearl-Clutching Cipher
by Paul Constant
I, Anonymous
Don't Make Me Kill You
by Anonymous
Music
Five Questions for John Darnielle
The Mountain Goats Frontman on Mental Health, Baking Bread, and Hockey
by Megan Seling
Breaking News: The Worst Christmas Songs Ever
A Definitive Ranking
by Dominic Holden
What's Crappening?
Music, News, and Weed
by Krampus
Up & Coming
Earplugs won’t stop your organs from rumbling.
by Stranger Staff
Sound Check
High On Fire with Jesus Christ's Twin
by Trent Moorman
Data Breaker
Optimo, Bondax, Kid Smpl, Prosumer, Beatmakers Showcase
by Dave Segal
Never Heard of 'Em: Can
by Anna Minard
The Homosexual Agenda
Holiday, Heels, and Hair
by Adrian Ryan
My Philosophy
Kreayshawn's Group Hug Tour, Riff Raff, Blackalicious
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Poster of the Week
Poster by Jesse Codling
by Aaron Huffman
Underage
Go See Health Problems Right Now
by Brittnie Fuller
Theater
Cienna's Christmas Corner
The Night Before Christmas
: Good for Greedy Children
by Cienna Madrid
Too Much Syrup
Our "Cynical Sondheim-Fanboy Jew" Reviews
Elf: The Musical
by Goldy
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of Dec 12
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
The Groin,
Foods
, and More
Bruises and Pride at Hedreen Gallery
by Jen Graves
Books
Revenge of the Girls
How Sigmund Freud and Chuck Palahniuk Got Their Comeuppance
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
The Best Thai in Seattle Is on Vashon
Plus, Fish Cakes in Belltown
by Bethany Jean Clement
Chow Bio
Boungu Kenken's Parking Lot Oasis
by Sarah Galvin
Features
VOTE! Who Should Be Crowned Drunk of the Year?
by Kelly O
Cockfighting in Mexico
It’s Kind of Like Soccer, but Bloodier
by Grant Cogswell
News
Now Comes Marriage
After a Fight That Lasted Decades, Washington's First Legal Gay Unions
by Eli Sanders
Rodney Tom, Traitor
The Democrat from Medina Enables a Republican Senate Coup
by Goldy
Proud to Be Black Market
Street-Level Pot Dealers Say Their Illegal Weed Is Still Superior
by Al Jacobs
Sources Say
Modest Sparks for Your Flaming Liberal Agenda
by Senator Rodney Tom
Worn Out
Enchantments at Hair Fair Wig Shop
by Marti Jonjak
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of
The Stranger
by Mary C. Selecky, Washington State Secretary of Health
I Love Television
Is Honey Boo Boo the Worst Honey Boo Boo
Ever
?
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Podcasts
Savage Love Episode 321
by Dan Savage
Suggests
‘Pacific Motel’ and ‘You Tharmy:)’
by Jen Graves
Brunch at Hi Spot
by Gillian Anderson
Drink Beer in Green Lake
by Bethany Jean Clement
Jenny Holzer
by Jen Graves
Pinball
by David Schmader
‘Django Unchained’
by David Schmader
King Noodle
by Gillian Anderson
‘Ham for the Holidays’
by Cienna Madrid
New Year's Eve!
by Megan Seling
Don’t Talk to the Cops
by Megan Seling
‘The Book of Mormon’
by David Schmader
‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’
by Brendan Kiley
Gavin Russom
by Dave Segal
Jared Diamond
by Paul Constant
Steven Arntson
by Paul Constant
School of Rock Presents the Beatles
by Dave Segal
‘Annie Hall’
by David Schmader
Third Place Books Sale
by Paul Constant
Lauri Chambers
by Jen Graves
Pleasureboaters, Mass Games, Absolute Monarchs
by Emily Nokes
Shabazz Palaces and THEESatisfaction
by Charles Mudede
‘Manhattan’
by Charles Mudede
Fiction
Revise, Revise
by Sherman Alexie