A couple Seattlest haters made it to the Guild 45th last week for a preview screening of Religulous (starting its run this Friday at the Neptune). This is definitely worth checking out, despite the weak moments, like when Maher asks some religious guy, "If heaven's so great, why don't you just kill yourself now?" Lame and inane! Organized religion really is comedy gold, like Maher says, but it would be a hell of a lot funnier without his condescending lectures, smug eye-rolling, and the ten-minute-long montage of nuclear explosions (cue the voice of Mr. Mackey: "Nuclear war's bad, mmkay?").

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Go to 911, upload that cassette.
And yeah, that question is such a juvenile and passive aggressive question. I wish the questioned individual would have responded with "I know you are but what am I?"
Or even better, "I'm rubber, you're glue...."
I'm loving the press he's been doing for it.