Could we be any vaguer? No, but that doesn't mean there's still not any reason to get excited. With In Rainbows making its formal debut atop the Billboard charts, Radiohead is set to cover North America in two tour legs, one prior to and one following their recently announced European summer tour (June 6 in Dublin through July 8 in Berlin). more ›

With unseasonable weather descending upon much of North America, schools getting ready to reconvene, and sports seasons getting exciting, it's a busy time of year for us here in the Ist-A-Verse. Luckily, even with all the things we have to do, we still managed to get together to let you know what we've all been up to. more ›

This week's Comment of the Week was posted as a reply to a post about an immigration announcement out of the office of Mayor Greg Nickels and uses the word "homo" six times, including such creative constructions as "homo liberals," "homo culture," and "liberal homos." more ›

With the nice weather this morning, we were inspired to continue our profiles of summer beers. None of these are overwhelming in the taste category, but a summer beer does not have to be. more ›

The Senate passed the bill on Tuesday by a 41-8 margin, despite the Seattle Times editorial claiming a case "hadn't been made" for action. No word on how the Seattle Times editorial board Frank Blethen feels about most of the legislative body pretending he doesn't exist. more ›

Tuesday, February 6 more ›

Written by Howard Schultz more ›

Jagshemash! more ›

To your roster of historic and colorful rhizomes (Russets, White Rose, Blue Victor, Yukon Gold, Yellow Finn, Red Ruby...Cascade, Nooksack, Ontario, Seminole) you can now add the Ozette. It's a fingerling grown for centuries in the gardens of Makah Indians on Washington's most western coastline, brought there, it's believed, by Spanish conquistadors who had discovered all manner of edible tubers in the South American Andes. more ›

Seattlest read enough "Band to Watch" articles to get either mildly excited or moderately annoyed at the latest Norwegian band to bring their act to the states – 120 Days (file under this year's Serena Maneesh). Formerly known as "The Beautiful People" – these fresh-faced Oslo boys had all the girls swooning at Chop Suey with a formulaic mix of Roland Samples and sexy drum beats (think New Order), oversaturated guitars (think My Bloody Valentine), and a singer with enough swagger and skill to make it all flow (um, Bono?). It's a sound with influences we dig; we just question the concept of originality. One thing is for certain though; their live show definitely lived up to the "Pitchfork-Hype" we expected to regret and the tinge of rock was a pleasant surprise from a band known for 9 minute songs. In fact, after listening to their latest self-titled release, most everything about this band surprised us – mostly their amazing on-stage energy. Not typical from a band with such shoe-gaze aspirations. We just wouldn't want to be their roadie – we've never seen so much damn equipment on stage for one band! 120 Days seem poised to assimilate most of North America as they close out a successful tour here on the West Coast. Holding it down on hump day, Seattlest took in all the experimental/ambientness we could handle from local opening bands Joy Wants Eternity and New Grey Area – unfortunately we probably needed to drop some E to really enjoy the mix of slide show and live show. Really now, that hasn't been done well since The Knife.... more ›

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SketchFest Seattle, the country's first sketch comedy festival and the only one in North America to take place at Capital Hill's Erickson Theatre, is entering its final weekend of shows. more ›

Londonist prepares a Happy Birthday bath for Buddah this week and then things get all cliched. A madman goes on a rampage while axe-wiedling and London's mayor warns an American diplomat to avoid the kitchen if the heat bothers him so much. more ›

Recently, West Seattle mom (Volvo driver, PCC shopper) Karina Aldredge learned that there is strong scientific evidence that "levels of PBDEs are rising rapidly in the environment and in human bodies, particularly in North America where the use of PBDEs is the highest": more ›

Monday Nov. 28 more ›

A few weekends ago, our mountain bike team competed in the 24 Hours of Adrenaline race in Whistler, British Columbia. (That's in Canada for those of you following along at home.) If by "Adrenaline" one thinks of non-stop rain, mud, and suffering, then that was the right title for the event. more ›

The lights are out down in L.A. Not the first time they've seen that down there. All of downtown L.A. is affected including the electrical equivalent of some 1.8 million households. more ›

There are some things in life that are so sad they are funny, and there are other things that are so funny they are funny. Luckily, Sketch Fest Seattle falls into the latter category. more ›

America wasn't always the greatest county in mid-North America. In fact,there was even a time when some parts of this nation didn't allow dancing. Imagine that: you had the right to carry a concealed weapon into an Olive Garden, but you couldn't shake-shake-shake, shake your bootie. more ›

Keep an eye out for these creepy bikes from the netherword around town starting today. Ghostcycle is planting them at various locations to raise awareness of the death-defying nature of riding a bicycle in the city and to remind you that when your car and a bike attempt to occupy the same space at the same time bad things will happen, generally to the bike and the person on it. more ›

Seattlest may not be convinced that there's any good reason to leave our fair city -- but at least we can rest assured that we've got a modern and easy-to-use airport to assist us in our travels when necessary. more ›

One of the most-anticipated, most-discussed and most-watched sporting events of 2005 will be played today. You probably don't know what we're talking about. That's because this event is a soccer match. more ›

The Port of Seattle announced a 20% increase in container traffic for the year of 2004 over 2003, due chiefly to the port's good relationship with China. Harbor traffic is measured in container TEUs or "twenty-foot equivalent units," so the precise number is just under 1.8 million TEUs, a record for the port. The Port of Tacoma just edged us out with slightly more than 1.8 million TEUs. You'd think we could have picked up another couple of thousand TEUs from somewhere and led the Sound, at least. Congratulations to Tacoma on that one. Tacoma is ranked as the seventh largest cargo port in North America. more ›