We're attending a wedding this summer. And, like any prospective wedding guest, before we buy a gift we're going to figure out how likely it is that the couple will eventually divorce. more ›

The above "dramatization" shows just how local attorney J. Michael Gallagher can help you get 2009 off to a good start: by dissolving your loveless marriage. We were so entranced by this low-tech, low-class advertisement (h/t Videogum) that we just *had* to visit this sleazebag's website with the wonderful url DontBeAWeekendParent.com (pop-up alert). more ›

Like the large-scale divorce it is, Seattle and Oklahoma City have divvied up the personal artifacts and furniture once associated with the Seattle Supersonics. We get to keep the trophies, championship banners and retired jerseys--which will be kept and shown at the MOHAI. Oklahoma City and the Thunder (or whatever the team will be called) has been awarded some CDs, a flat screen TV, a basketball inflater, and a replay monitor. For once in this nasty divorce, it sounds like we actually got the better deal...we'll take small victories. more ›

The wife of Nicholas Francisco, a 28 year-old father from SeaTac who has been at the center of a national missing person search since February, has filed for divorce from her missing husband. In the dissolution papers filed at King County Superior Court, Christine Francisco cited "willful abandonment that continues for a period of time," as a reason for her request of dissolution. more ›

Late last year, Sean and Robin Wright Penn filed the paperwork necessary to put their marriage the way of yesterday's hangover. more ›

Trouble in Tahiti / Rita: Seattle Young Artists Program @ CHAC more ›

A while ago we interviewed local author Amanda Ford about her new book Kiss Me I'm Single: An Ode to the Solo Life. Tonight's book reading is supposed to include "one or more of the following: a lively discussion of archetypal paradoxes that pervade human existence, origami lessons, singing of vintage sorority songs, libation consumption, kissing, the use of metaphors." more ›

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All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing! more ›

Kids have been getting shafted by disputes between their parents since the first caveman hired an attorney to protect his rock collection after breaking it off with the cavewoman. Or at least since the 70s--same difference. But there's a kid down in Oly who's about to suffer above and beyond what most casualties of divorce go through. His father has converted to Judaism (we're picturing Goodman in The Big Lebowski) and wants his son to convert as well. The son has agreed--although maybe "agreed" should have quotes around it because a twelve-year-old can't really disagree with much that his legal care-giver decides--to also convert to Judaism, even though one of the stipulations is that he gets circumcised. more ›

--Gaysuit isn't just what Seattlest puts on for a night on the town anymore. It's also a less than creative slug at the Times. more ›

PREQUEL TO MCARTNEY'S WINGS: Richie Unterberger, the author of several books on the history of rock, shows some film footage and plays some music recordings of unreleased Beatles material. He´s promoting his latest book, The Unreleased Beatles -- Music and Film. We had no idea they were in jail! (Ha! Because of the "unreleased" -- see how...oh...sure, we can move on.) more ›

No, not the game company. (We'd love to know how many hours Cranium's lawyers spent agonizing over Cranium's Collectibles, though. And whether or not Cranium will be buying craniums.com.) more ›

Yes, a real pie is baked onstage during the performance. We'd call it a gimmick, but the theatre was crammed with moms and daughters for whom pie-making, apparently, inspired the same kind of emotion as going for it on 4th and 2 with 1:12 left to play. The flour-sifting, butter-chopping, dough-rolling, and pan-trimming met with hoots, gasps, sighs, and chuckles. more ›

Tuesday 14th more ›

With the playoffs underway we thought it would be fun to look at all of the former Mariners you may come accross more ›

Another copious serving of live tunes (not to mention opportunities to leave your smelly apartment), courtesy of Seattlest. You can thank us later. more ›

Monday night at the Showbox, things were just a little off. In the smokers' area outside the venue, a blond dude writhed on the ground, either having a seizure or a "seizure," we couldn't tell which. The venue's bouncers were being tough on digital SLR cameras, due to their potential use as weapons (whaaa?). Right next door at the Green Room, some guy was getting kicked out and a girl was crying. Meanwhile, inside the sold-out all-ages show, it was hot, at least a thirty-degree temperature difference between the venue and outside. Wait a minute---doesn't the Showbox have air-conditioning? Isn't that what caused their little fire earlier this month? Turn that shit on! It would've saved Seattlest from sweating like a pig. more ›

Now that Memorial Day weekend is past us, and Folklife and Sasquatch have played their last rain-soaked notes, it's time to focus on the things that really matter: SIFF films. Just for fun, go check out the SIFF 2006 profile on Flickr. It's got a lot of great pics, including a bunch of Jessica Biel looking vacuous and a dozen photos of Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn. Dudes, we understand that you really like his gangster trilogy (Pusher I, II, III), and he's one of your Emerging Masters and all that, but seriously, stop slobbering his knob. A couple photos would've sufficed. more ›

Phillyist notes a fistfight between local pols that leaves one man down for the count. Jehovah's Witnesses get a Philly contributor out of bed, things get a little geeky with a film festival and geeky gets taken to a whole new galaxy when they talk with the Dragon Queen of the Dark Kingdom. more ›

Another week of Seattlest making all your plans for you. You don’t even have to think! Joy! more ›

Call Rumsfeld! The United Kingdom is exporting weapons of mass distortion to the U.S.! [Insert laugh-track] more ›

, one of Seattlest's favorite films from 2005, you don't have much by way of options. Until recently, it was playing at the Uptown Theatre. You could wait for it to be out on DVD; its post-Oscars release is not until March 21st. Nah, don't bother: director Noel Baumbach's third full-length continues to play both locations of the Big Picture, the cushiest theatres in town. We do so enjoy having a cocktail with our film, and oh! what a film it is. more ›

There was *a lot* going on last weekend, what with the game itself and all other Superbowl-related activities. This weekend, not so much. So if you don't have anything planned for tonight (besides four episodes of Arrested Development), you could always drop by Chop Suey for a free show featuring The Divorce and Wolfmother. Expect a lotta hipsters, as both DJ Franki Chan and The Cobra Snake will be on hand. OMG, I can't wait for all the postmortem pics of terrible 80's fashion, coupled with Sparks tongue and girls trying real hard to look fierce. more ›

While you may not be accustomed to getting music news from Seattlest that's not along the "Die, Fledermaus, Die" lines lately we do actually listen to the rock music. You, know, sometimes, when we're feeling guitar-y. more ›

Over the weekend, Seattlest had the chance to make it the Grand Illusion's showings of Love Crazy (1941) and Double Wedding (1937). (These aren't from the Thin Man series, but we thought more people would twig to a post titled "Nick & Nora" than "Bill & Myrna.") You have until Thursday to see them, at 7pm and 9pm showings. more ›

Here we are in the home stretch of the 31st annual Seattle International Film Festival. If you haven't seen a great foreign film/documentary/indie flick, or at least an advertisement featuring aspects thereof, you only have till this Sunday to do so. Between now and then, some festival films of note (and in a nutshell) include: more ›

Since we are still a little shaken over the story (later retracted) on E!'s website that Nick and Jessica filed for divorce, we haven't really left our house much in the last 36 hours. When we were, even briefly, able to hold back the tears, we've been very much enjoying 'Can't Stop Won't Stop : A History of the Hip Hop Generation' by Jeff Chang. This book traces the rise of hip-hop from its Jamaican influences through its 'birth' in New York City to its rise as the dominant cultural force it is today. There are a lot of nuggets to be found. Plus, it's hard not to like a book that references both Robert Moses and Ice Cube (both of whom would be guests at our cocktail party in a perfect world). more ›