MUSIC: Saul Williams--actor, poet, musician--comes to Neumos with his album, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust. In our interview, he said: "I characterize Niggy Tardust as an angel of mercy. You know, I think that in the face of America and our changing times there’s a lot to be said, a lot that could be said, and a lot of ways that it could be said. And if, you know, your revolutionary......

Yesterday Seattlest said the following: Sally Clark has pulled her nightlife plan citing the fact that everyone from the mayor to the other city council members to the lowliest 1st ave drunk hates it. Which is only vaguely true. Clark pulled the licensing portion of her nightlife plan that would require clubs to receive a license from the city which could then be revoked at the city's discretion. Kind of like a liquor license,......

Last Friday we had that nightmare where we go back to high school, only we were awake and wearing clothes. From what we read in the papers, high school is a nightmare that has to do with standardized tests leaving kids behind, but that's not the impression we left with. Our friend Marissa teaches at Shorecrest HS, and she invited us to the launch of the kids' literary and arts magazine, Tattoo. Now, we make......

You couldn't drive Rainier Ave. much of yesterday after a sailor drove his Beamer into a telephone pole Saturday night, killing himself and three fellow Navy men. The men served on the USS Abraham Lincoln, which is moored in Bremerton for temporary maintenence. The wreck knocked out power to 2500 homes, and after the police investigation wrapped up, Metro and City Light crews had to repair the damage, so the street was still closed Sunday......

Any day now Seattle will catch a break. I mean we are owed one. It's been a rough couple of months here in the Emerald City, and now that the shit stain of a month that was July is coming to an end, maybe with it so will our run of heart breaking news. Just how depressing has it been around here? So bad that the local papers haven't been able to blare the depressing......