Oh, state maps. Some are fun, others really stupid. And yet we just...can't...stop...posting them. more ›

Sometimes nothing's more eloquent than silence and nothing's more beautiful than negative space. This hand-cut map of Seattle from studiokmo takes advantage of that fact, turning the water and the places people live into empty space and making our roads into vast expanses of white. It's stark, it's elegant, and it shows the beautiful flow of our city. Less loud than the neighborhood maps, it still speaks volumes about Seattle. It's yours for a cool $1,000. more ›

This roadkill blog mentioned on TechFlash yesterday is a total let-down. We are weirdos, and the thought of being able to instantly pull up a trove of information about the carrion of the I-90 corridor all in the name of wildlife conservation sounded freaky awesome. Pfft, yeah right. more ›

"SPOTTED ON BING MAPS" by CHRISTOPHER575 from the Seattlest flickr pool. more ›

The other day, Seattlest Abbey found a gem in the Seattle Municipal Archives' photo pool. When we saw that, we knew it wasn't just a dusty old transit study from which nothing came. Our friends at HistoryLink tell us: more ›

If you are anything like us, you frequently read glowing recommendations of fine little eateries on the outskirts of Seattle and think: I really should check that out sometime. But the truth is--urbanite that you are--you only vaguely know where places like Kent and Burien are (south?) and rarely take the time to actually venture out of your cozy little city. more ›

This Seattlest took one look at the weather forecast and headed to sunny Florida yesterday. Now here we are in our hometown of DeLand, population 24,375 (per 2006 census). Our mother doesn't have wireless at the house, and is operating off a 1997 iMac. It's cute and compact, but slow as hell, so we headed out this morning for the one source of public wifi in town: Boston Gourmet Coffeehouse. more ›

Are food safety and food tasty mutually exclusive goals? You have to ask after both Zesto's and Wild Ginger show up on the P-I's list of Seattle's dirtiest restaurants. more ›

Franklin vs. Garfield is one of the Seattle sports events that you just shouldn't miss. Here's what we wrote about it for The Stranger in September:

True local hoops fans don't miss this game between two perennial inner-city basketball powerhouses, even at the cost of connubial tranquility. The 2005 game at Garfield fell on Valentine's Day, but happily married Husky basketball coach Lorenzo Romar was there anyway. A win in this game means neighborhood bragging rights for the rest of your life.

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Over at Ballhype, Jason created a Google Maps mashup that shows the birthplace of every NBA player. Is Seattle represented? Yes, oh yes. more ›

Today is the last day of the Evo Barnstorm Ski and Snowboard Sale. Seattlest went yesterday, and if we had not recently purchased our gear at full price at another store, (can we say refund?), we would have walked out with a trundle of supplies. Don’t worry about missing the goods because you are shopping the sale on the last day because from the looks of it yesterday, Evo has plenty of merchandise. From Rossignol and Burton jackets and pants to K2 and Salomon ski and snowboards, all gear is marked down 40 to 80 percent. Everything is a steal and is worth the twenty-minute drive from Seattle. more ›

On our walk back up from the Pike Street Victrola the other day, we noticed a new store has arrived in the space that used to be a...what?...ethnic foods, was it? We always meant to go in and see. But we didn't. Not even during the "Going Out of Business" sale. more ›

is what you get when you lose even that. more ›

Seattlest has found a reason for everyone to welcome bicycles on the city's streets. The origins lie in Virgin Vacations' (has anyone asked The Name Inspector to do a write up on Richard Branson's desire to cater to virgins?) naming of the world's 11 most bike-friendly cities. Unfortunately, Seattle didn't make the list (Portland came in at number 2), which uses five criteria created by The Bicycle Friendly Communities Campaign to judge a community's bike... more ›

The National Weather Service had released a high wind warning for Seattle. It hasn't gotten quite that bad yet. more ›

, dropped a couple weeks ago, and we've been listening to it steadily since. more ›

This Friday and Saturday, for the eleventh year running, the Pyramid Alehouse will host the "Get Snowed In Party" in celebration of Pyramid's flagship winter ale, Snow Cap. more ›

This Sunday, they return to Seattle for the fourth time (they most recently played Bumbershoot), with the Hold Steady at the HUB Ballroom at the UW. Art Brut's newest effort singles like "Modern Art" and "Bad Weekend," but it still delivers some memorable songs like "Direct Hit" and "Nag, Nag, Nag, Nag." more ›

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We start things off this weekend with a simple two words from Donte: Muthafucking Justice! more ›

The trio of authors Akashic's showcasing includes the novelists Felicia Luna Lemus and Joe Meno, neither of whom we've read and therefore can't comment on. But trust us--it's worth going for Chris Abani alone. An exiled Nigerian playwright and novelist, Abani was such a thorn in the military regime's side that they even tried to assassinate him in London (prompting his move to the US, where he currently teaches at UCLA). more ›

, took KEXP by storm. The KEXP "bump" got them attention in indie circles nationally, landed some songs in a TV sitcom, and scored them a record deal with local indie Sarathan, who supported them in their first national tour. more ›

Over the weekend, we made three trips to the new Stumptown Coffee on 12th Ave (next to Cafe Presse). We're not actually coffee geeks, it just worked out that way. (These people are coffee geeks.) We're more of a cafe geek. If you aren't familiar, Stumptown Coffee is based in Portland, and this is their big move into the Seattle market. (Edmonds' ZuKafe claims to have been their first Puget Sound wholesale account.) more ›

The above video is of James Chapman's electro outfit Maps, performing "It Will Find You" live with full band at the Mercury Prize Ceremony (right before he lost the award to the Klaxons) earlier this month. If you didn't get the chance to check them out when they played this weekend at John in the Morning at Night, you can still get your hands on their debut album. Seattlest has three signed copies of Maps' lushly futuristic full-length We Can Create. Just fill out the form below for your chance to win. No worries: Your info is safe with us and will not be shared with advertisers and/or the government, yadda yadda yadda. We'll be drawing three winners Tuesday at 5pm. more ›

Saturday at the Croc, we hated most of the crowd at first sight. Who invited the tools to John in the Morning at Night? Jager shots were being consumed, and there were way too many dudes in backwards white baseball caps, just chillaxing with their brahs. For this, we can only blame Vampire Weekend. more ›

Biodiesel drivers rejoice! There's a new place to fill your French-fry-smelling tanks thanks to Dr. Dan's Alternative Fuelwerks grand opening of a new, and may we say much more accessible, location, in the Ravenna neighborhood on Friday. more ›

Twenty-one year-old Mercury Prize nominee Jamie T has his first show in Seattle at the Croc Saturday, and it's a big 'un: John in the Morning at Night. He'll be primarily playing from his debut full-length, but we're sure he'll throw in a few songs not found on Panic Prevention. After all, as Jamie himself said, "There's, what, sixteen songs on the album? I had about forty-five songs for that record, just because I'd been writing and recording loads of shit all the time, and everything on the next one is going to be brand new." more ›

British boy wonder/musical polyglot Jamie T makes his first trip to Seattle to play the latest incarnation of John in the Morning at Night, coming up this Saturday at the Croc. On his debut full-length Panic Prevention, the young Mr. T. makes veritable sound collages, amalgams of rock, reggae, punk, soul, rap, heavy cockney accents, and assorted audio clips. That's exactly why he gets comparisons that run the gamut from a baby Bob Dylan to a "one-man Arctic Monkey" to "the bastard lovechild of Billy Bragg and Mike Skinner doing his best Joe Strummer impression" (eminently choice quotes care of Wikipedia). When we asked Jamie how he would characterize his sound, he cheekily referred to a bandmate's description: "My friend Ben who plays drums in the Pacemakers [his backing band] describes it best--well, it's the only way I like to describe it--like liquid shit being poured into your ear." Delightful. more ›

After paying for a financial feasibility study, the Muckleshoot tribe announced today that they'd be willing to donate land for an NBA arena down there in Auburn. more ›