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VIDEO GAMES ON STAGE : "Something sinister is coming to the subdivision." Jennifer Haley's new play explores suburban dystopia in which all of the adolescents grow increasingly obsessed with a zombie video game. more ›

While the country was busy blindly voting for whoever they fancied, Seattle Weekly writer Don Ward was hard at work being a true patriot and writing an important blog post for the Weekly. We only wish he'd opened our eyes sooner before we so ignorantly cast our ballot. more ›

• Few things bring us dorkier joy than guerrilla knitting, and PhinneyWood has photos of a newly spotted project.
• MyBallard reports that the Nordic Heritage Museum has plans to become a "world class museum" now that it's leaving its school house home. To this we say: held og lykke!
• According to HorsesAss.Org Bill Clinton got the biggest reception of the Democratic Convention by far. Guess ole' Slick Willie still has it.

Between the nonstop DNC coverage and last night’s episode of The Hills, we came to a striking conclusion: Bill and Hillary are the Spencer and Heidi of the Democratic Party. See for yourself: more ›

Also, we don't care that her people think that she has a bigger sack than Barack Obama. Please, just stick to killing horses. more ›

Kim: I tried for about five minutes after Iowa to convince myself I could and would get behind an Obama candidacy. I will vote for whomever earns the Democratic nomination, but I just honestly don’t get what the big deal is about Obama. I’ve been a Hillary gal from the beginning, and that hasn’t changed. The best thing I can say about Obama is that he makes inspiring speeches, that make me feel good about myself in a “I can do it!” sort of way. Like a pep talk before a ballet performance (sorry, yall, never played sports). But, I don’t think that’s enough. I think it’s important to be lifted up, but if you’re then left hanging, you just fall back down. His proposals and plans are either bad, or are copies of Hillary and John Edwards’. I really, really hope he doesn’t get the nomination, because I’m so happy to be excited about an election cycle and to feel optimistic about it; and I think I would hate to lose that feeling of excitement about real long-lasting transformation. I’m sure his supporters will jump on me for that since he’s supposed to be the change candidate, but I’m not buying it. Hillary has great plans, she has alliances and friends on both sides of the aisle (important for getting things through congress) and I don’t doubt for a second that she gets the weight and breadth of everything that comes across a president’s desk. John Edwards looks great on paper, but I just don’t like him. more ›

We Washingtonians don't get our chance to caucus until February 9th, and it was always unlikely that the Democratic nomination was going to be in doubt by then. more ›

The oddest thing about watching last night's Iowa caucus coverage along with the Sonics game is that we had one TV tuned to TNT, and one TV tuned to CNN--and Chuck Norris was on the latter one. more ›

1997: in January, Bill Clinton was sworn in for a second term; in August, Princess Diana was killed in a car crash; and a film about a shipwreck, Titanic, was the top-grossing movie. In the vineyards of the Old World, springtime came early, summer was hot, and the harvest was wet. The wine gurus and the voodoo sages swirled and tasted, ruminated and spat. Bah, they said, don't bother. Bah, said Parker. Bah, said Tanzer. Bah, said the Spectator. Don't bother. more ›

If you ever see Seattlest at a show and get annoyed with our habit of constantly looking over your shoulder, it's not that we're looking for someone better to talk to. We love to watch bands set their crap up. Yeah, that's really the only chance you have to talk to your friends, but we can't help constantly glancing up there while one band takes down and the next sets up. You can get a good look at what you're in store for by doing this. Like "Yes! A Theremin! Let's stay here!" or "Fuck! A Theremin! Let's get the hell out of here!" So Bobby Bare, Jr.'s band didn't set up a Theremin prior to their show on Wednesday night. They did get out a cowbell, though, and we knew what we were in store for and we wanted to leave before it happened. more ›

This Adbusters piece about liberalism and its current state of crisis isn't exactly new--looks like it's from their May/June issue--but it should be required reading in Seattle. The author talks about how liberals are rich white guys who don't really have anything to complain about, but don't seem to do much besides complain. They need to man up and start acting like the born and bred civic rulers they are and blah blah blah. You should read it. more ›

LOCAL AUTHOR, LOCAL AUTHOR: Clear Cut Press presents two of its novelists: Matt Briggs' Shoot The Buffalo is about a boy growing up in Snoqualmie during the '70s. Stacey Levine's Frances Johnson, set in a small town in Florida, details the random choices made by the eponymous Ms. Johnson. more ›

think. It just made us wonder: if it were up to the -ist-a-verse, what would we be voting for? more ›

Thirteen teams turned out for Seattlest trivia last night at the Old Pequliar. Want to see how you'd do? Here are all the questions. We'll post answers later today, along with a list of team standings and anything else interesting we find to say about the event. more ›

Italy vs. France more ›

Congressman Jim McDermott will be playing all the hits, sending out your long distance dedications, and generally getting the Led out all week. more ›