Seattlest confidant/subliterate henchman "Pete the Polak" told us a long stupid story this weekend about how a friend of a friend of his once knew Duff and this credible source claimed that it was he and not Axl who wrote the lyrics for the timeless classic "Paradise City" and that said song was based on Seattle. We immediately called horse shit on this obvious lie, but upon activating a computer we could find no evidence......

Seattlest received a tip from our only contact in the bicycle enthusiast hobo underworld (a sub-species also referred to by anthropoligists with the more politically correct term "Urban Primitive") that New York's Idiotarod - an urban parody of the Alaskan dog sled race whereby shopping carts are used as the vehicle of choice - will come to Seattle this weekend in the form of The Seattle Idiotarod. The Village Voice covered the recent New York......

Seattlest went to see the allegedly brand new, fully-restored print of the 1959 Robert Bresson classic Pickpocket at the Northwest Film Forum Tuesday night. We havent seen the French masterpiece since the late '90s when we caught at least part of it at the Grand Illusion, but we must not have stayed for the whole thing because we don't remember falling this madly in love with distressed ultra-goddess Marika Green (move over, precious Natalie Portman!).......

Seattlest knows these two crazy Mormons from Orange County who are in the process of moving to Seattle by the slowest means possible: by foot. The Schmidts chose the Pacific Crest Trail for their route to sunny Seattle over the less scenic--and yet, less crazy--I-5 option. The intrepid couple post regular reports on their personal and meticulously detailed blog that’s a pleasure to read even if you hate hiking. In case you’re an idiot......