An armed man was forcibly subdued in the lobby of a downtown hotel this weekend after an alarmed ex-girlfriend alerted staff that the man had a gun and intended to use it. The altercation, which involved as many as four employees, escalated into a full-fledged wrestling match as the suspect became violent and refused to hand the firearm over. Seattle Police responded relatively quickly and relieved the hotel staff of the suspect, whom they......

Seattlest ventured into Belltown last night to attend the Buck 65 show at the Crocodile, mostly because Buck 65 is a divisive name in hiphop. You either love him or you don't, and we couldn't make up our minds based on the tracks he's got online. Our plan was to skip the openers. The guy touring with Buck 65 is named Bernard Dolan -- and, in the phrasing of Flight of the Conchords, what......

The Halloween crowd was bleeding out of orifices, jack-booted and silk gowned, and they roared at the songs about compulsive masturbation; the sheep fucked and sheared and shot; school kids on heroin and cocaine; the schizophrenic dead under an overpass; the anti-hymn with the chorus "banging in the nails." The Tiger Lillies stood on the Moore's stage beneath red and blue lights that left livid bruises on the smoky air and profaned life in an......

Amy Winehouse ain't gonna be playing at the Paramount next month: Due to the rigours involved in touring, Amy Winehouse has been advised to postpone her upcoming September US and Canadian tour dates. All ticket holders may obtain refunds at their point of purchase. Amy's European and UK tour dates in October and November remain in place. Plans are being made to reschedule her US tour for early 2008. Until then, Amy has been......

Seattlest James took a time-out from showering the Nickels administration with Gwen Stefani tickets and El Gaucho gift certificates to host the quiz last night at the Old Pequliar. Nine teams took refuge from the sunshine and warm weather to sit in a dimly -- excuse us, atmospherically -- lit bar and answer 80 questions in an attempt to win money. It was an intimate turnout. The winners? Freshly renamed The Origin of Spensor......

A record-setting 20 teams competed in Seattlest trivia at the Old Pequilar last night. The winning team scored 64.5 points (out of 80) and toook home $150. We'll post complete results this afternoon. Want to give it a whirl? Here are the 60 regular questions. Look for the answers later, too. Round 1: Geography -- Special All Islands Edition 1) What is both the county seat of and the largest town in San Juan......

-The Supreme Court decided that Bush's Guantanamo trials are illegal today in what the NYT refers to as a "stinging rebuke." -Triple whammy for Microsoft: They're cutting 148 sales jobs, Office will be late, and Vic Gundotra left for Google. -Which one of these guys do the Mariners pick up to stay competitive in the A.L. West? Or for next year? -Gnomedex kicks off tonight and tomorrow John Edwards will be talking to attendees......

San Francisco is proud host of a new reality show called "How to Get the Guy" that's unfortunately not a descendant of Will and Grace, Queer Eye, The L Word, American Idol etc. Also a biodefence lab is coming to the East Bay and SFist teaches wine pairing. Getting on the wrong train sucks. Getting on the wrong train and becoming the victim of what will later be described as a "stabbing spree" really sucks.......

Victrola is a cool coffee house on Capitol Hill where tech-savy baristas serve up beautiful espresso. They offer free wi-fi, but in an effort to reclaim their atmosphere, they have turned off the wireless router on weekends. The result? "The place was noisy and jumpin' - people actually conversed," according to a Victrola barista. Local tech guru Glenn's report at Wi-Fi Networking News has generated an impromptu philosophical debate about the cultural implications of free......

Remember the Reno 911 episode where the cops give a classroom demonstration on how to shoot someone without hitting a bunch of bystanders? That was hilarious, right? Because it was on TV. Fiction, then. You wouldn't really teach driveby skills to a class full of high school kids, just like you wouldn't teach them how to hotwire a car or whip up a batch of meth. YOU wouldn't. A member of the Grey's Harbour drug......

Five-time All-Star and former Sonics great Shawn Kemp and a friend got tagged for keeping things a little too Seattle this morning. He was arrested for marijuana and cocaine posession after a cop smelled the chronic that Seattlest imagines was pouring from their pickup's windows Cheech and Chong style. The officer approached Kemp and his friend while they were standing around next to the truck in a Shoreliine parking lot. According to some reports Kemp......

Say you love Mark Trail--with irony or without. Say you think he's pretty much a perfect Seattlite blend of environmentalist and rugged outdoorsman. You hanker for this hunk--but he's only available in the Sunday funnies. Where to go for a daily dose? The P-I does run Mark Trail daily...on their website. Check in with the poor fella; he's currently unconscious on the floor of a cocaine smuggler who uses stuffed trophy fish to traffic......