On the topic of kaiten sushi, we go, well, round and round. Instant gratification in grabbing dishes upon seating, but hard to know how long they’ve sat on the conveyor belt. A festive feeling, but no natural interaction with the sushi chef. Unlimited gari (pickled ginger), but no self-serve green tea like in Japan. Cheap, but sometimes questionable quality. Since our last experience at Sushi Land in Queen Anne, we’ve wondered why the constant crowds.......

One of the odder snowboard stories we've heard this season surfaced at the Hopvine last night when a friend of ours asked, Did I ever tell you how I dislocated my shoulder? No, we said, you mentioned you dislocated it but the Vicodin had you topic surfing. The story goes like this: E. (actual initial) is up at Whistler snowboarding and has an uneventful wipe-out, sliding on his butt to just slightly out of bounds,......

The past two days, contributors Jeremy "The Seattle Samurai" Barker and Katie "The Kalama Quickdraw" Tiehen debated the age-old question of whether Seattle or Portland is better. Both Jeremy and Katie raised some excellent points, but that's what rebuttals are for. Katie rebuts Jeremy: [ED: Jeremy, writing for Seattle, alleged that Portland's ascension to Green-ness and "hipster paradise"-dom was not without social and economic cost--most notably, higher housing prices in the urban core, which pushed......

No, not that Michael Jackson. The other Michael Jackson, the world's leading beer critic/scholar/historian/writer, was found dead in his London home last night. Likely, not many of you have heard of the anti-child molesting Michael Jackson. He was possibly the most important driving force in the world-wide beer community over the past 30 years. Starting with his first publication of "World Guide to Beer" in 1977, he has always been a strong voice for......

...in which we pit two bands against each other, to better determine how you should spend your Tuesday night. In this corner: Peachcake Weight: 200 lbs soaking wet Hometown: Phoenix Peachcake is composed of Stefan Pruett and John O'Keefe, two enthusiastic Arizona kids who like to dress up and make sunny electro-dance rock. Their debut full-length won't be out until this summer, but what we've heard of it is upbeat synthy pop songs with completely......

Pig shit, literally, on the front page of the Post-Intelligencer. Here's the opening to Monday's page one story: Chihuly victimized by his own success? Despite depression, legal woes, renowned artist still turns out the work By REGINA HACKETT P-I ART CRITIC Dale Chihuly is the most inventive glass sculptor in the history of the medium, but a massive career and many honors have not insulated him from personal and professional troubles that trail him lately......