We may have the lowest crime rate in 40 years, but it sure doesn't feel like it. Depressing crime news item #1 The guy cops thought might have killed Shannon Harps did not kill Shannon Harps. At least, his DNA didn't match samples found at the scene. He'll likely be released today. Once again, cops are suspect-less in the murder which happened three weeks ago now, and the terrifying possibility that Harps was murdered at......

Finally, someone else sees things our way. Like peanut butter and jelly, there has been one natural combination longing to be put together: having a beer and thinking about your favorite insurance company. Thank God Online providers Esurance have stepped up to the plate. Meshing together insurance needs with scenester whoredom, that's right, this year it's the Esurance Capitol Hill Block Party. The Esurance Capitol Hill Block Party is a huge, two-day explosion of......

The UW Daily alerts us to the news that the ASUW WAC-VOX production of Vagina Monologues opens tonight, as part of the V-Day campaign to end violence against women. We once watched the HBO version of The Vagina Monologues on a date and it totally worked out for us, so we're happy to recommend this to men and women alike. If for some reason you don't know already, it's a show where women deliver......

These cold nights we've been having really take us back to when we were kids and we had to ruin our awesome Halloween costumes with coats and bulky sweatpants to keep warm. The kids are out there working hard this Halloween night, so don't be an ass. Cough up the candy. Tuesday 31st, Halloween Night >>>"Devo Tribute Night" at Chop Suey. Teeth and Hair, The Pleasureboaters, The Torn ACLs, A Gun That Shoots Knives.........

Well the Seattle International Film Festival continues and Seattlest is busy trying to get in some good flicks. So far our nomination for best documentary is The Gits. Granted we are biased towards this punk band that came of age in Seattle in 1989, back when rent was dirt cheap, Capitol Hill was still a bastion of truly starving artists, and there was an explosion of new sounds on the scene. The band lived in......