Finally--you, too, can audition to live in a house with 7 strangers. To find out what happens when people stop being polite (and start getting real)....read the news headlines! more ›

It's time to stop being polite, and start getting real. MTV casting directors are coming to town this weekend, searching for potential housemates for season 23 (yowza) of The Real World. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., they'll be in Pioneer Square at Fuel Sports Eats and Beats, an appropriately douchey location for the task at hand. Applicants (between ages 18-24) should bring a recent picture of themselves and a photo ID, along with an eating disorder, alcoholism, low self-esteem, daddy issues, and/or anger management problem. more ›

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We remember 1998 rather well. We were living in Buffalo, NY, smoking a lot of the ganja, playing a lot of the folk music, and occasionally going to class to discuss contemporary literature. Good times. A year later, we would move to Portland and, eventually (by way of New York, New Orleans and Orlando), make our way to Seattle to live happily ever after. more ›

Last year, at 22, cellist Joshua Roman became the youngest principal player in Seattle Symphony history. What did you accomplish when you were 22? Yeah, we thought so. more ›

This was not a very happy week for the -ist network as one of our own, more ›