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    Posted August, 14 at 6:46 pm by Krist Novoselic, The Daily Weekly
    I have been promoting election reform since 1997. It's been a long journey and the issue has yet to break into the political mainstream in a big way.

    I was copied about this reader comment on The Young Turks. The commenter was responding to remarks from host Cenk Uygur lamenting the need for a new third party.

    Regular readers of Contention & Conscious know I often write about political association. But what struck me about the comment is how it hit the mark regarding the election reform I and others are working on.

    Topics: Shameless Self-Promotion

  • In the End, the Puppies Always Win: Political 101 With Kurt Triplett

    Posted August, 14 at 5:48 pm by Vernal Coleman, The Daily Weekly
    When last we left Interim (with a capital "I") King County Executive Kurt Triplett, he was waxing reluctant on the county's $56 million shortfall and all of the services he might have to cut in attempt to navigate the H.M.S. King County through budgetary equivalent of Syclla and Charybdis.

    Then on Thursday he told the P-I he was still considering cutting funding for the county's two animal control shelters, and hoped that some private organization could assume operation. But then the Seattle Humane Society declined to take the bait, citing their own budget concerns. What came next sounded distinctly like thousands of pet-owning Seattlelites rending their garments at the idea of the Centers' residents being turned out into the cruel, dark night.

    Cue the backtracking music.

    Triplett now says that under no circumstances will the County Executive's Office "leave the the region without animal services."

    Of course now Triplett has only a few weeks to decide whether the county will eat the budget hit, or find a replacement entity to take over Animal Control. Just ask yourself, Kurt, "What would Cooler do?"


    Topics: County of King

  • Pete Rock DJs at War Room Tonight

    Posted August, 14 at 4:50 pm by Jonathan Cunningham, Reverb
    You remember Pete Rock, don't you? He's only one of the best hip-hop producers of all time. The material he made as a part of the Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth duo is timeless and he's the first true producer/rapper that was able to pull off both responsibilities well.

    Now that's he's a seasoned rap veteran, he does more DJing these days than anything, and he's spinning a set tonight at War Room. He's also hosting the Rock the Bells show earlier in the evening at the Showbox where local artists Project Lionheart and Khingz open up. The cover at War Room tonight is $10 and doors are at 9 pm. Clearly, he'll be across town until 11 or so, but show up early if you want to. If he spins "They Reminisce Over You" I'm going to lose my shit. That song is so amazing and hearing him play it tonight would be perfect. Check out the video for that track after the jump.

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    Topics: Happenings

  • What a Candidate's Election Night Party Location Says About the Candidate

    Posted August, 14 at 4:37 pm by Mike Seely, The Daily Weekly
    Mayoral candidate James Donaldson will hold his election night "party" at the Belltown branch of Uptown Espresso. "The site was used throughout the campaign as a meeting location and is consistent with the lifestyle espoused by Donaldson, who has never consumed alcohol, drugs, or cigarettes and has been a vegetarian for 20 years," explains campaign manager Cindi Laws. Meanwhile, county exec hopeful Ross Hunter will be taking in returns in the comfort of his Medina home, while rockin' rival Dow Constantine, the likeliest member of this randomly selected, all-male revue to have something to celebrate, will be in close proximity to Jameson and Guinness at Kells. Searching for a fish out of water? Mike McGinn will be partying at Havana. With a midsection like that, he should shift his soiree to the Sloop.


    Topics: Campaign 2009

  • Nickels Sides With Sick Kids Over Whiny Neighbors

    Posted August, 14 at 4:04 pm by Damon Agnos, The Daily Weekly
    It's hardly a shocker of a campaign move, even in a city where nothing is more sacred than single-family neighborhoods, but Greg Nickels announced today his support for the planned Children's Hospital expansion, which the City Examiner ruled against, citing inconvenience to the hospital's Laurelhurst neighbors. He's directed the Department of Planning and Development to appeal the Examiner's recommendation to the City Council. Be it Chicago-style bullying or just competent-style getting things done, now's a good time to mount up, regulator.

    Topics: City of Seattle

  • ZZ Top Cancels Seattle, But Soldiers on Elsewhere

    Posted August, 14 at 3:58 pm by Hannah Levin, Reverb
    As I feared, ZZ Top has officially had to cancel their Seattle date. Industrious fellows that they are, however, they've rescheduled dates down the rest of the west coast and back to the east, dubbing the impromptu itinerary revisions the "Necessity is a Mother Tour." Sadly, it was just too damn late to make something work here. I was hoping for a secret show at the Tractor, but no dice. If I had the funds, I'd fly to L.A. next weekend for sure:

    Rescheduled ZZ Top Dates:

    18 Redding, CA - Redding Convention Center
    20 Anaheim, CA -House of Blues
    21 Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
    22 Rancho Mirage, CA - Agua Caliente Casino
    September
    4 Chicago, IL - House of Blues
    6 Sault St. Marie, MI - Kewadin Casino
    7 Sault St. Marie, MI - Kewadin Casino
    13 Washington DC - 9:30 Club
    14 Washington DC - 9:30 Club
    15 Boston - Orpheum Theatre
    17 Salamanca, NY - Seneca Allegany Casino
    18 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
    19 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
    20 Reading, PA - Sovereign Performing Arts Center

    Topics: Concert News

  • Julia's Celebrates Indonesian Independence

    Posted August, 14 at 3:48 pm by Jonathan Kauffman, Voracious
    Tomorrow and Sunday, August 15-16, Julia's Indonesian Kitchen (910 N.E. 65th St.) is celebrating Indonesian independence day with a prix-fixe special meal. Both the meat-bearing ($19.95) and the vegetarian ($16.95) platters center around yellow rice, which is cooked with turmeric, basil, lemongrass, and galangal. The rice comes with either Javanese fried chicken or tofu steamed in banana leaves, as well as a vegetable white curry, corn fritters, tempe, and rose-flavored soda. For more information on Julia's, read my 2007 review.

    Topics: Events

  • Helsing Junction Sleepover 2009 Line-up is K-rific

    Posted August, 14 at 3:44 pm by Sara Brickner, Reverb
    Please, forgive me my bad pun, but seriously: K Records has outdone themselves this year. The Helsing Junction Sleepover festival takes place a mere hour and a half from Seattle, the cost is low and the line-up is excellent (the details are after the jump, but some notables are Kimya Dawson, Mirah, the Pine Hill Haints, Calvin Johnson and Desolation Wilderness). It's $30 for Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights of the festival, which includes camping at what is purportedly a lovely little farm in Rochester, WA that's right across from the Chehalis River (so bring your swimsuit...or skinny dip...that's fine too.) It all starts Friday, August 21 and runs through Sunday, August 23.

    You should know, though, that there will be no food for sale on the premises (which means bring your own), no pets or firearms are allowed and (gasp!) no alcohol, either. Of course, that rule might just be to deter all the pricks who would get drunk and throw their empties everywhere. From what the beer garden at the KEXP BBQ looked like -- i.e. piles of PBR cans and plastic cups everywhere even though there were recycling bins every five feet -- it's safe to say that hipsters, super-trendy environmentalist posturing notwithstanding, are total motherfucking slobs when given half a chance.

    This, on the other hand, will be a crunchy good time that hopefully does not involve stepping on other jerks' discarded PBR cans. Check the full line-up:

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    Topics: Concert News

  • Fang-Friendly Footwear

    Posted August, 14 at 3:31 pm by Hannah Levin, Reverb
    Just in time for the sure-to-be-awesome Red Fang/Lions/Little Cuts show at the Sunset tonight, the UPS dude leaves these on my doorstep:



    If only Judas Priest would put out a Defenders of the Faith version, my life would be complete.

    Topics: Aesthetic

  • Your Arts & Biker Weekend Planner

    Posted August, 14 at 3:00 pm by Brian Miller, The Daily Weekly
    The weekend begins wrapped in sweaty leather and denim at SAM, where Marlon Brando and Kenneth Anger will terrify meek museumgoers with their rebellious attitudes and frank sexuality. A companion to the ongoing Target Practice show, "The Rebel Spirit in Post-World War II Film" is a wordy way of saying motorcycles, hot guys, and black leather jackets. Those being the totemic images from The Wild One and Scorpio Rising. The former stars Brando as the quintessential "Whaddya go?" rebel of the '50s--all sex and menace, a slouching rebuke to white picket fence probity. He's the anti-Ike. The latter is Anger's 1963 short film that incorporates bits of The Wild One, along with pop music of the day, in a homoerotic tribute to biker culture. It's both an underground movie and an art film, cut into a montage--barely narrative--that's by turns surreal, arousing, and disturbing. Years later, its influence would extend to the Village People and Tom of Finland. Somehow you suspect Brando would've approved. The Friday-night series continues with Zabriskie Point (Aug. 21) and Two-Lane Blacktop (Aug. 28). Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., 654-3121, seattleartmuseum.org. $7 (individual), $17-$19 (series). 7:30 p.m. BRIAN MILLER

    Make the jump for poets, percussion, and the theater of crime...

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    Topics: Arts & Culture

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