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Seattlest has always felt odd using the listening stations in music stores. We love 'em and--the purchased and downloaded ringtones of strangers on the bus not withstanding--still feel that they're the best way to check out new music. It's just kind of weird rocking out in a store with the cans on while other people around you browse the shelves, blissfully unaware of the epiphany you're having, or that in some small but significant way your life is changing. Good weird, but still weird.

When Fremont News closed last November, our hearts wept a little. We prepared to write another snarky post entitled something like "Fremont Ave. Prepares for Much-needed New Over-priced Boutique". We hate over-priced boutiques because, for example, they make us buy high-quality, cute shoes at appropriately expensive prices. The last thing we needed was yet another over-priced boutique to tempt our paltry pocketbooks; the last thing Fremont needed was yet another over-priced shop to cater to

--A P-I editorial targets what may be the state's last living Republican (via Northwest Progressive Institute)