Kurt Vonnegut, up there with Twain and Melville and Kesey as the most original American novelists ever in the history of writing stuff, died tonight. He was 84. He'd been in the hospital since a fall a couple of weeks ago. Attention kids: this is what happens if you chain-smoke for 73 years. Based on our cursory search of local newspaper archives, Vonnegut's last local appearance would seem to be at Eastern Washington University's GET......

A record-setting 20 teams competed in Seattlest trivia at the Old Pequilar last night. The winning team scored 64.5 points (out of 80) and toook home $150. We'll post complete results this afternoon. Want to give it a whirl? Here are the 60 regular questions. Look for the answers later, too. Round 1: Geography -- Special All Islands Edition 1) What is both the county seat of and the largest town in San Juan......

Sometimes with club security, it's feast or famine. Recently, Seattlest had been at an all-ages show at the Croc, where a bouncer went through everything in our bag, rummaging through pockets, opening our coin purse, and ultimately confiscating an empty plastic water bottle. On the other hand, Wednesday night at Neumo's, the guy at the door barely glanced at our ID and let us in without so much as a cursory examination of our purse.......

Bill: I say... Hu's coming over for dinner. Melinda: Did you invite him? Bill: Yes. Melinda: You gonna be the host too? Bill: Yes. Melinda: And you don't know the fellow's name? Bill: Well I should. Melinda: Well then who's coming over for dinner? Bill: Yes. Melinda: I mean the fellow's name. Bill: Hu. Melinda: The guy who's coming for dinner tonight. Bill: Hu. Melinda: The guest of honor. Bill: Hu. Melinda: The Chinese......

Phillyist notes a fistfight between local pols that leaves one man down for the count. Jehovah's Witnesses get a Philly contributor out of bed, things get a little geeky with a film festival and geeky gets taken to a whole new galaxy when they talk with the Dragon Queen of the Dark Kingdom. Shanghaist gets all excited this week over a new nightclub in the city unfortunately named "Snatch" and Mike Tyson is scheduled to......