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posted Friday, August 14, 2009 - Volume 37 Issue 33 |
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Arts and Entertainment
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Bike Porn 3, an unexpected counter-culture pleasure
by Scott Rice -
SGN Contributing Writer
Bike Porn 3: Cycle Bound
August 8
Magnuson Park
I didn't know what to expect. Bike porn? I'm familiar with biker porn with pork chop sideburns, black leather chaps, and a cool Norton Commando to serve as a fulcrum. But I'd never heard of bike porn. Still, I bowed once again to my predilect more |
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Jeffree Star, Queen of the Internet
by James Whitely -
SGN Contributing Writer
Jeffree Star
August 18
El Corazon
Jeffree Star, the gender-bending self-professed 'Queen of the Internet' who is currently on his 'I'm Pregnant, Let's Party' music tour, is on his way to Seattle.
Star, who phoned me from a massage tabl more
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Depeche Mode rocks, fine form at Key Arena
by Jessica Price -
SGN A&E Writer
Depeche Mode
August 10
Key Arena
Depeche Mode is possibly one of the least likely bands one would describe as arena rock, but that's just what they proved themselves to be at Key Arena this week. Since their inception in 1981, founding and current members more
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SGN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Allegories and influences with Wicked author Gregory Maguire
by Eric Andrews-Katz -
SGN Contributing Writer
Gregory Maguire is best known for his retelling of classic fairy tales and putting them into adult settings. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (the source of the current Broadway musical) was published in 1994, and he has shown no signs of stopping. In add more
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Riding hard with Bike Porn mastermind Reverend Phil
by Scott Rice -
SGN Contributing Writer
My own pornographic preferences skew to vintage stuff. I dig the old Physique Pictorials and anything from the '70s. I like body hair au naturale and half-shirts over shorty joggers and striped tube socks. However, I also like lean and sweaty athletic guys. I don't mean jarhead football p more
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At the Croc, The Blakes keep getting better
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
The Blakes
August 3
The Crocodile
For a band climbing its way up, the toughest crowd is always the one in your backyard - especially if your backyard happens to be Seattle, where rock stars are born and bred. Local audiences have seen and heard it al more
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The Fray is irresistible at the Paramount
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
The Fray
August 6
Paramount Theatre
Despite what you've heard, pop music is alive and kicking. It may not receive the critical glory that its indie counterpart gets, but when executed with high marks, it's just as difficult to ignore. The Fray is one more
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Seattle dances to victory at OutGames
by James Whitely -
SGN Contributing Writer
Four dancers from the Puget Sound area competed at the Second World OutGames in Copenhagen, Denmark from July 25-August 2.
Seattle local Marcella Benson-Quaziena won two gold medals and one bronze medal in the beginning line dance competition. Another Seattle local, Ji more
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Crowd celebrates poetry at Ladies First
by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN A&E Writer
First, before I let you know that I completely enjoyed last weekend's Ladies First poetry/hip hop/music evening put on by CARA (Communities Against Rape and Abuse), having gotten into Seattle during the heyday of groups like Red Sky Poetry Theatre and several other similar poetry group more
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Amazingly wonderful performances at SFDI
by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN A&E Writer
Seattle Festival
of Dance Improvisation
August 7-8
Broadway
Performance Hall
At the end of last weekend's SFDI (Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation), an annual dance festival that brings together stellar local talents and up-a more
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| WHERE IT'S AT |
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Depeche Mode, Etheridge highlight August shows Depeche Mode, Etheridge highlight August shows
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Slow-paced Getaway is tortuously long
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A mature Tarantino rocks the cinema with Basterds
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| INSIDE HOLLYWOOD |
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Deep Inside Hollywood - Romeo San Vicente
Jane and Mulcahy Give 'Em Hell
While he's currently starring as a well-endowed-but-down-on-his-luck basketball coach on HBO's Hung, Thomas Jane will soon be seen wielding another weapon entirely in the violent detective story Give 'Em Hell Malone. Directed by Gay filmmaker Russell Mulcahy (Highlander), Malone features Jane as an more |
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Book Marks
by Richard Labonte -
SGN Contributing Writer
Between the Lines
by Bobbi Marolt
(Bold Strokes, $16.95)
The climax comes late, literally, in this emotionally complex story about two wealthy gal pals whose past secrets keep getting in the way of their happily-ever-after future. Blockbuster romance write more
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Queeries
by Steven Petrow-
SGN Contributing Writer
The Great Oral Sex Dilemma: Swallow or Spit?
What do you do when a guy unloads in your mouth?
It's an age-old predicament and one with no simple answer. Of course, it makes a big difference how well you know the guy. An anonymous trick is not more
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Icicle Creek Festival presents readings at ACT
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Readings of Him and The Jewel in the Manuscript
August 17-18
ACT Theatre
A special intensive playwriting/acting workshop has taken place in Leavenworth for the last two years. The Icicle Creek Theatre Festival was developed by Allen Fitzpatrick, a well-k more
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Many highlights at fantastic Rheingold and Walküre
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Wagner's RING: Das Rheingold/Die Walküre
August 9-10
Seattle Opera, McCaw Hall
The good news is that the current Seattle Opera Wagner RING is even more glorious than in its previous two incarnations. The sets seem even more beautiful, and the opening scene o more
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More money and Metro madness
by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN A&E Writer
Yes, dear readers, I'm still here, and this one is doing quite well, feeling groovy with my handy and wonderfully loving slave (who keeps astonishing this one with more and more tangoing in the sheets, dahling) and planning on my next tattoo very soon. That's 'cause the universe is fin more
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