ROSEBURG, Ore. – 80’s glam-rock band Poison is in hot water over allegedly showing a woman’s bare breasts in a video projected behind the band during their performance at the Douglas County Fair. Fair organizers are demanding an apology. more ›

Whether it was the warm weather, the accompaniment of canines, or the abundance of fantastic alcohol, people were blissed-out at Saturday’s go-round of the Seattle International Beerfest. Here’s a taste of what we observed during our first SIB experience. more ›

--Hegelian dialectics are no problem for the Stranger's Charles Mudede, but Doobie Brothers lyrics are Greek to him. more ›

Today is No Pants Day. It's also Cinco De Mayo. Seattlest thinks celebrations for the former will get started after celebrations for the latter, continuing until tomorrow. Since they'll run into tomorrow anyway, Seattlest declares this weekend No Pants Weekend. You can celebrate as you see fit, but for all the ladies, tomorrow's DJ Assault show is going to be the place to get your Girls Gone Wild on. more ›

Seattlest roasted our first chicken only a year ago, but oh what a year it’s been. Like many in our progressive, nature-loving town, we’ve had our day in the vegetarian camp, but eventually we had to face the facts: from Copper River salmon to Salumi salami, from grease-bombs at Dick’s to the Palace Burger Royale, we love partaking of the flesh. Early spring means Dungeness crab, and summer is synonymous with barbeque; but when the days turn cold and rainy, we turn to roasted chicken. With Thanksgiving fast approaching, turkey may be on our minds, but it is chicken that gets a slot on our daily plates. more ›

Seattle as a city is currently in danger of becoming the guy at the party with the undone zipper. When we come strutting out of the men's room anxious to talk about technology and the environment and progressive politics all anyone can see is the Discovery Institute hanging out of our pants. Seattlest cringes every time the national media references a particular "Seattle-based think tank" - They won't let us pretend for a minute that we're not ground zero of the Intelligent Design "controversy." more ›

With their blend of schoolyard chants, '70s TV themes, and old school hip-hop, the Go! Team creates music made for summer. And since summer finally seems to be upon us, last night was the perfect time for the band, recently signed to Columbia, to play a sold-out show at Neumo's. Seattlest is happy to report that the U.K. multi-culti girl-boy indie collective lived up to our lofty expectations, as well as their own exclamation point. After their explosive performance at Intonation (can Pitchfork stop talking about it now, please?) and in their second Seattle show in as many days (they were the surprise guest at the KEXP barbeque on Sunday), the Go! Team certainly brought the rock. But before that we'd have to sit through three opening acts. more ›

When the film industry complains about the box office slump, they aren't talking about the growing public interest in indie films or documentaries; what they're really saying is, "Why didn't you all rush out to see Herbie: Fully Loaded last weekend?" The answer to that question is obvious, basically boiling down to "Because we don't pay $9 to watch crap---especially crap that has been digitally altered to downsize the protagonist's erstwhile monstrous mammaries." more ›