Myths of the Near-Past: Archive

May 16th

Identity Crisis

The Indians remain uncertain about RHP Roberto Hernandez’s future. Formerly known as Fausto Carmona, Hernandez remains in the Dominican Republic, where he was arrested in January on identity fraud charges. Acta said Hernandez’s representatives thought he would have rejoined the club by now, but he’s been unable to get a work visa to return to the U.S. AP

May 12th

The Champ

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2012 Q1 Review

What a weird three months. Tilquin Gueuze Elysian Valhalla Christmas Ale Fremont Publican IPA Cascade Honey Ginger Lime Dogfish Head Noble Rot Black Diamond Rampage Imperial IPA Brewers Union Wotcha a la Citra Kissmeyer Denied Entry Cascade Pater Upright De La Seven The Last Command (Josef von Sternberg, 1928) Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974) Margaret (Kenneth...

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Mar 19th

Mark Richardson: Things I Remember Writing:... →

Have you read Mark Richardson? If not, you are really missing out. markrichardson: Writing and memory are closely linked. This quote from Ernest Hemingway regarding his experiences with electroconvulsive therapy (which I’m sure I read before I started to think of myself as a writer) has stuck with me: Well, what is the sense of ruining my head and erasing my memory, which is…

Mar 5th

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Lost Weekend

I somehow managed to drink beer at 7+ new places this weekend. It helped that I went to Tacoma where every place was new to me. Friday The Wurst Place is on one of the weird, under-construction blocks in South Lake Union. Even though I work pretty close by, everything in that area seems imaginary and divorced from the rest of that part of Seattle, so much so that I often forget about it entirely....

Feb 22nd

Coming to Terms: Franzen, Wallace and the Question... →

This lovely essay voices many of my concerns about Jonathan Franzen, a few of my complimentary thoughts about David Foster Wallace, and perhaps even some heretofore under-examined (by me) ideas about the uses of modern literature.

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Saturday Prices at Über

Every draft beer (main size) is $2.50 off when they open at 12pm, rising by $0.50 every two hours. $4.5 - 8oz - Lost Abbey Angel’s Share 2010 (Brandy Barrel) $3.5 - 8oz - Dogfish Head Olde School Barleywine 2010 $2 - pint - Deschutes Hop Henge Double IPA $2 - pint - New Old Lompoc C-Sons Greetings $2 - pint - Chuckanut Vienna Lager $2 - pint - Alameda Black Bear XX Stout $2 -...

Jan 20th

100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year (BBC) →

4. Women’s tears reduce sexual desire in men. Women’s tears contain a chemical signal that lowers testosterone levels and dampens sexual desire in men, according to a team of scientists in Israel. They studied the effect on men of sniffing fresh tears, which the researchers collected in vials as they rolled down the faces of women watching weepy movies.

Jan 2nd

2011

MUSIC Biosphere: N-Plants Destroyer: Kaputt James Blake: James Blake Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo Loscil: Coast/Range/Arc Mark McGuire: A Young Person’s Guide M83: Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica The Rapture: In the Grace of Your Love Washed Out: Within and Without CINEMA 01 Drive (Nicholas Winding Refn) 02 Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami)...

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Next Step: Loan Strike! by Lawrence Weschler - The... →

‘The plan should be to spend the next several months developing, articulating, and organizing toward a major national mortgage and student-loan strike. Such a loan strike would begin—provided enough people sign on in advance (and I’m talking hundreds of thousands), and unless a concrete set of intervening demands is squarely met in the meantime—on, say, October 1, 2012, right in the...

Nov 24th

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Road Trip WA/OR October 2011

Nov 16th

The Worst Restaurant Ever, Reviewed →

Comedian and Conan writer Todd Levin imagines the Yelp entries for Mama Mia That’s Italyen Authentic Food Café (via kottke)

Nov 8th

Oct 6th

2011 Q3 Review

Elysian Raconteur Lost Abbey Framboise de Amorosa New Belgium The Trip IX Down Under IPA Scaldis Stone 15th Anniversary Escondidian Imperial Black IPA Wychwood Spring Ale *Drie Fonteinen Scharbeekse Kriek *Page-24 Hildegarde Blonde *Double Mountain Rainier Kriek *Mikkeller I Beat U *Golden Cap Saison *Dogfish Head Black & Red *10 Barrel Zitrone Kolsch *Gilgamesh Mint Kolsch...

Sep 29th

Very Long Movies

It occurred to me tonight that Seattle film exhibitors are showing a whole lot of very long movies over the next month-plus. Through October 25 I’ll be seeing: Mysteries of Lisbon 272 min. Jeanne Dielman 201 min. Celine and Julie Go Boating 190 min. World on a Wire 185 min. Aurora 181 min. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaucescu 180 min. Intolerance 175 min. Playtime 145 min. So if...

Sep 15th

This whole Sound of Young America interview with...

Sep 14th

Sep 11th

Bumbershoot! (Schedule)

Aug 30th

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Beach volleyball at Golden Gardens

Aug 22nd

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A montage of footage from this weekend’s trip to the Gifford Pinchot Nat’l Forest

Aug 17th

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Aug 1st

Track of the year so far? Burial “Stolen...

Jul 27th

Beer + Kombucha →

‘Lambrucha is by no means the last word on blending beer and kombucha. Goose Island has produced a Belgian pale ale with hibuscus and kombucha called Fleur. And homebrewers have discovered that Kombucha (culture) could be another trick to produce sour beers.’

Jul 27th

“A period of crisis is also the only moment in which positions are radicalised...”

– Pere Portabella in Sight & Sound

Jul 23rd

Workerism, Autonomia and Lessons from the Italian...

Jul 20th

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“What amazed me about the dead rat was its location—right next to the huge...”

– Charles Mudede in The Stranger

Jul 15th

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Jul 3rd