SEATTLE'S SON: Northwest Film Forum is showing I Am Secretly an Important Man tonight and for all the Sub Pop fans and grunge-era Seattle faithfuls, this is truly a not-to-be-missed film. Directed by Peter Sillen, the documentary follows close friend of William Burroughs and Seattle's own Steven "Jesse" Bernstein, who despite his mental health issues, drug abuse and anger problems, was known in the Seattle music and art scene as one of the most influential voices of the late 20th century. A poet and performance artist, Bernstein influenced the likes of Kurt Cobain, writers, filmmakers and grunge/punk musicians before committing suicide in October of 1991. FYI--this film is only playing for two more days. more ›

Apparently we're not the only ones with hope for Microsoft! Wired Magazine published an interview this morning with Mary Jo Foley, author of the cutely-titled book Microsoft 2.0, about the future of the company as Bill Gates leaves the day-to-day ops in the hands of Steve "I walked away from Yahoo" Ballmer. more ›

This week we'd like to congratulate the -ist network's Mother Hen, Gothamist's Jen Chung, who found herself a recipient of Wired Magazine's Wired Rave Award. If that doesn't sound terribly exciting, keep in mind another recipient was J.K. Rowling. Yep, that's right, the -ist network and Harry Potter now have something in common. Go us. more ›

--There's a wind advisory in effect for tonight. Good thing you haven't even lugged the generator back into storage yet. more ›

Speaking of Violet Blue, she weighed in on the "Craigslist Experiment" over the weekend on her blog: more ›