First of all, let us say that we didn't plan our Super Tuesday get-together as an Obama event. We support Obama; we've even given him $$. But we didn't ask candidate affiliation before inviting some friends, who invited some friends, and it just so happened that all 10 people who came to Seattlest HQ last night were Obama supporters (except for one girl who backs the Phoenix Suns. She was not a winner). One girl......

Last night we made up for our dumb-assedness last week and caught episode 2 of Douglas Coupland's JPod, and damn if that weren't a strange beast. Coupland's surreal, self-referential, novelistic discourse on globalism has been transformed into an odd-ball, dry-humored, dramedy miniseries that's strangely addictive. The show centers on Ethan and his fellow programmers in the "J" pod at Vancouver's EA (redubbed Neotronic Arts for the show) campus. Ethan & co. are working on a......

Dive bars are not supposed to have good beer, right? Well, this is not exactly a dive - but it is definitely a little unpolished compared to most good beer bars in the city. That is just fine with Seattlest. Duck Island is located just up Aurora on the north side of Greenlake, right next to Beth's Cafe and in the same 2 block strip as Kangaroo & Kiwi and Uber Tavern. The Beer:......

Seattlest watches as a S.L.U.T. is born and Seattle Flickr users go nuts over a local art installation. A restaurant critic demands a Diner's Bill of Rights over a gnat next to her drink, and, in lieu of a Portlandist, Seattlest debates with itself over the identity of the Northwest's crown jewel. Seattlest also joins the guys from Fantagraphics for an ill-fated gun party in the woods. LAist saw national headlines soar this week with......

--One branch of the Hendrix clan is suing another that apparently gave the green light to the tasteless Hendrix Electric Vodka. Can someone please stand up and sue Love for the video game abomination? --Scooter Libby: Not Guilty! Wait, guilty, of course. --Three protesters were arrested in Tacoma today and one was shot. Shot? What the hell is going on down there? Ah, rubber bullet. --Lake City Way speed traps exposed! --Wawona fans are......

"I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, care if I'm old." Perhaps Kurt Cobain didn't care about aging, but we think he would care if he knew that Breed would end up as the soundtrack to Major League Baseball 2K7. The soundtrack also includes the Stooges and the Pixies. You can hear the whole thing here. Baseball video game soundtracks have advanced somewhat since the days when......

We'd like to start this week's run-down by wishing a very happy birthday to parent blog Gothamist, which turned four on Friday. If it wasn't for them, the rest of us wouldn't be here. They celebrated their birthday by nabbing an interview with Entourage star Adrian Grenier, who misses NYC public transportation when he's working in LA. They also reported on NYU students protesting a band whose name is also known as a slur,......

--There's a Nintendo video game based on the paintings of Bob Ross that was getting developed in Seattle, but it looks like it got yanked. Damn, damn, damn that would have been awesome. --Free piano on Capitol Hill. Uh, you provide the transport, we imagine. --If you spot a little riot going on in the streets this weekend, take a look around for a camera crew before you start throwing news boxes through windows. Battle......

8bitjoystick called Seattlest out yesterday (which we love, btw, whether you do it on your random blog you expect us to magically find, or you have at us in the comments or you send us email. Please, tell us what we're missing and we'll consider it internally and then publicly enumerate the reasons why you're wrong.), and, befitting a blog about video games, 8bitjoystick is all over us for our lack of video game coverage.......

--How many meetings does it take to decorate a port-a-potty in Lake City? [Insert Seattle process punchline here] --The first rule of Soup Swap is you do not talk about Soup Swap. The second rule of Soup Swap is you double your recipe. --"We try our best each food we cook, and each customer we serve to enjoy real Japanese culture thru our restaurant." --The struggle to harpoon Moby Dick (the book, not the......

The middle of the year is approaching, so we think it's fair to give you an update on the folks we listed as creating some of the best tracks to come out of the area last year. For those of you who missed out the first time, here's a second chance to hear what the Pac NW is putting out into the world. Suntzu Sound - Tickles SunTzu Sound is building on their momentum in......

The place: Shorty's. The dog: Chicago-style, with everything. The scene: Jenna Curtis, in a leather bikini, playing a video game called Target Terror. She's posing for Ethan Jack Harrington, the plein-air painter and chronicler of Seattle's street scene whose alternative, indoor work features alluring, partially-dressed women using firearms. No, not Guns 'n Roses; Guns 'n Whores. You might have seen some of the art on the wall at Whisky Bar, where Jenna works as......

All of the attention this weekend is on the Super Bowl, but really, who cares? There's a feigned hometown pride, but really, for most of the players in the professional ranks, they're going to play for whoever pays them the big bucks. George Bush may claim to care about black people, and the Seahawks may claim to care about Seattle, but let's wait and see what happens when it's time for contract negotiations. Our point......

-Yep, Seattlest will be all about the fine livin' in '06. Minimum wage in Washington is going up 28 cents on January, 1, to $7.63 an hour. -Microsoft and Nissan are getting together to bring you the most expensive video game accessory ever. The two are going in on a concept car that will allow you to use the car's steering wheel and pedals to play the Project Gotham driving game on a flip down......

John Bruce "Jack" Thompson is an attorney often cited in the media for his views on the effects of obscenity and violence in popular media. That's cribbed directly out of the Wikipedia entry for him and that same Wikipedia entry contains a large warning that the neutrality of the entry is disputed, which is cool to see in an encyclopedia. Jack Thompson has been hating on popular culture (the neutraility of this post should definitely......

With its portrayal of a tour gone awry and a band's refusal to admit it, we think Spinal Tap is one of the best rock-n-roll movies ever made. Come see the real-life version of the movie when the Ashlee Simpson World Tour stops by the Paramount on Thursday. From the Saturday Night Live Acid Reflux debacle to the booing at the Orange Bowl, this has been a tour for the ages. This is definitely......

Entertainment giant Sony announced yesterday that they are planting roots in Seattle's fertile developer soil by opening a development studio in the city. The move, no doubt, can also be attributed to the prominent members of the SOE team who were booted from Microsoft--namely, Matt Wilson, who had his last large project in Redmond closed down last year. After the Mythica debacle at Microsoft Wilson opened FireAnt, Inc., all of whose members will be joining......