Last Rites for the Village Voice, a Bohemian Who Stayed On Too Long

The death of the storied alternative weekly isn’t just the end of a newspaper. It’s the end of New York … More

Russell Wilson Is Worth Every Penny

RUSSELL WILSON IS THROWING FOOTBALLS TO ME. Well, not to me, exactly. I am standing just behind Mark Baysinger, Wilson’s … More

We Came Here to Get Away From You: Gentrification in the Gayborhood

It was 3 in the morning last March when Adé Cônnére was attacked. Cônnére had been performing at the gay … More

How the Seahawks Became the Social Justice Warriors of the NFL

They were on the plane when they heard what Trump said. On a late Friday night in September, the Seattle … More

My Father, the Charming Womanizer

My father weighed 67 pounds when he died, but that’s not how I remember him. I remember him in his … More

Amazon is Ruining My Sex Life—Dame

I sat across from him and listened. He was trim, tall, bearded (as they all seem to be), a recent … More

Women Edging Their Way Into the D.J. Booth – NYTIMES

When the D.J. duo Nervo, the Australian twins Olivia and Miriam Nervo, first began spinning three years ago, they used … More

My Gloria Allred Nightmare—Daily Beast

The interview with Gloria Allred was not going well. First, there’d been a technical snafu. And then, after a series … More

He Was Never Afraid — The Stranger

In 2005, Ace Hotel founder and Seattle native Alex Calderwood went to Dubai with his friend and business partner Nasir … More

Better Hearing Through Bluetooth – New York Times

Like many men of his generation, Larry Faust, 61, of Seattle, went to a lot of rock concerts in his … More

The Problem With Dr. Masters – Slate

On a recent episode of Masters of Sex—which wraps up its first season this Sunday—Dr. William Masters (Michael Sheen) did … More

‘Blurred Lines,’ Robin Thicke’s Summer Anthem, Is Kind of Rapey – The Daily Beast

Here’s a sure-fire way to get the No. 1 record in the country: engineer a fake controversy by making an … More