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posted Friday, October 9, 2009 - Volume 37 Issue 41 |
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Arts and Entertainment
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Deadmau5 show bouncy, sweaty, grinding, gyrating
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Deadmau5
October 4
The Showbox Market
I felt bad for the line of ticketless hopefuls outside The Showbox Market on Sunday night, desperately hoping to gain entrance to a performance filled to capacity. Their frustration isn't lost on me, as years ago I too prayed for big miracles at concert venu more |
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No Exit a shining success from the Wrecking Crew
by Scott Rice -
SGN Contributing Writer
No Exit
Stone Soup Theatre
Through October 10
When I was a young punk hanging out in Austin, Texas, I was given a copy of Nietzsche's Ecce Homo. Admittedly, this was probably not the best place to start an exploration of existential thought for a hay more
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39 Steps a spoof at its highest level
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
The 39 Steps
Seattle Repertory
Theatre
Through October 24
You don't need to know Alfred Hitchcock movies to be in on the fun of The 39 Steps, now at Seattle Repertory Theatre, but it helps with at least a few jokes. This is a production that started more
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A taut Tryst at Seattle Public Theater
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Tryst
Seattle Public Theater
Through October 25
An excellent period piece is playing at Seattle Public Theater for the next few weeks. Tryst, by Karoline Leach, is a mysterious and riveting work, simple on the surface and deeply complex if you peel back a layer. more
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Michael Moore is back and looking for a fight
by Scott Rice -
SGN Contributing Writer
Capitalism: A Love Story
Now Playing
I recall watching the unseemly death throes of the Bush administration in the fall of 2008. The ordeal seemed to drag itself out like an ungainly beast slouching towards the finish line. And I remember watching as the presiden more
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The Blakes break in new album and 'zone in on the music'
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
The Blakes
September 29
Neumos
It was quick, simple, to the point, and unmistakably terrific. In just over an hour, The Blakes satisfied a crowd of devoted fans and well-wishers who came to celebrate new music and bid them farewell.
No, the local rock tr more
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A Dyke About Town: Mature Friends and Dunces
by Mercy Moosemuzzle -
SGN Contributing Writer
Mature Friends
Mercy and Cuteness joined Mature Friends (MF), after their friend Deliberation told them he enjoyed their exercise and travel groups. He warned them that there are very few women in the group. The Gay men who preponderate there have wanted to bring i more
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| MUSIC LOUNGE |
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Snow Patrol frontman Lightbody on his band, books, and Belfast
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| BITS & BYTES |
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| WHERE IT'S AT |
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Grizzly Bear, Mika lead the way in October
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Howlingly funny Zombieland is perfect
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| INSIDE HOLLYWOOD |
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Deep Inside Hollywood - Romeo San Vicente
Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson reunite over Beaver
When you're director Jodie Foster and you really want to make your mark after not directing a film in nearly 15 years (the family dramedy Home For the Holidays), of course the first project you think of is a black comedy about a man who wears a beaver puppet on his hand. That's a gi more |
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Book Marks
by Richard Labonte -
SGN Contributing Writer
The Show That Smells
by Derek McCormack
(Akashic Books/Little House
on the Bowery, $15.95)
This 10th title in a sublime literary imprint, curated smartly by Dennis Cooper for Akashic, is a creepy gem that's both grotesquely horrific and terrifically more
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Taproot stages winning Enchanted April
by Milton W. Hamlin -
SGN A&E Writer
Enchanted April
Taproot Theatre
Through October 24
Taproot Theatre, which makes its home in North Seattle in the Greenwood business district, is one of the few of Seattle's many theaters that has a clear mission statement. It's direct and easy to unde more
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Faust and Mahler: What a combo!
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Concert by the Seattle Symphony
October 3
Benaroya Hall
At the risk of sounding like even more of a musical snob than I am, there are some melodic pieces that are too often heard. (Radio is the culprit here.) One almost dreads hearing them again. Mendelssohn's more
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The 'other side' in Burien and fun with the slave
by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN A&E Writer
I have seen the enemy - though I don't like thinking of other humans as 'enemies,' 'cause I'm not into that kind of energy - and it ain't me, or, heck, anyone I know. They live in Burien, probably other places, too. Traveling through Burien on the bus to see The Fabulous Daughter a weeke more
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