Are there memories in particular that stand out when you think about playing Seattle or just memories about Seattle in general? I remember seeing some very straight but totally homoerotic lumberjacks at four in the morning somewhere. And it was one of the most enthralling visions of my West Coast existence. I always remember Seattle as a very sexy, rough and tumble town. more ›

We just got a statement from Senator Ed Murray on the R-71 signature count. It's like a word problem out of a stem-winder algebra book. Man, we'll be happy when politics is all done by computer. Says Murray--wait, got a pencil and paper handy? You'll need it: more ›

"After yesterday's count, a little over 10 percent of the petitions have been processed and the error rate is 13 percent," says the Seattle Weekly, adding that to pass, "the measure needs an error rate closer to 12 percent." R-71, a referendum to "Preserve Marriage, Protect Children," by opposing the rights of gays to get married or even get legally partnered, has gotten big ups from "Bible-believing" rural churchgoers. In some ways, we're torn, because if bigots didn't try to keep marriage all to themselves, who'd marry 'em? more ›

What with people wanting to put minority rights up to majority vote, we were doing some light R-71-related reading the other day and stumbled upon the Washington Values (sic) Alliance website, on whose logo (modified, on right, for purposes of commentary and mockery) we could spend pages doing a semiotic analysis. There we found "8 Good [sic] Reasons To Defeat Marriage Equality Bills." Here's one of the bullet points that caught our attention: