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They're talking; are you listening? Here's the round-up on speakers of note.

Noam Chomsky is coming on Wednesday to talk about what he consistently talks about, this time titled "Illegal but Legitimate: A Dubious Doctrine for the Times." The good news is that he's going to be at the large-ish venue, Meany Theatre, at UW and tickets are free. That would have been great news for you maybe a week ago, though, which leads us to the bad news: It's sold out. Seattlest is quite sure that both the linguistic and political sides of Chomsky would have issues with a free event being "sold out," but there it is.

Except for 2Pac (who has more posthumous recordings than Beethoven) the career trajectory of hip-hop artists generally follows this simple pattern, dubbed the Nas effect: album detailing how tough life growing up on the streets was, album describing how pimpin' they are now they are rich and can buy more Rolls Royces then you have had hot meals, and an album describing how street they are even though they are rich.