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Not so much disappeared as just dead

In an attempt to polish up the rusty language skills, I worked my way through an interesting obituary (with the help of a dictionary in another tab of Firefox). I had only recently learned more about yé-yé music (courtesy of Radio Oh-la-la), so it was interesting to read about a Canadian artist in that genre. […]

Mmskuramoto, another weird spam destination

In the grand tradition of johnsmithsvt, we’ve started seeing spam for mmskuramoto. None of it has been allowed into the system, since it’s coming from a blacklisted IP, so I don’t know what flavor the spam is, but the attempts were surprisingly well-behaved: most spammers treat the 451 we return to blacklisted IPs the same […]

Why thricewise?

Partly because we could, and partly because it’s a cool word. My best guess as to what it means in context (and yes, I’m a very bad fanboy; I read issue one only because it was convenient, and have not yet read any subsequent issues) is that it’s being used as a peculiar synonym for […]

But she didn't mind the word "shit"

Here are the top five cover stories that alternative papers should avoid in order to prevent irate parents from complaining that the paper is in the library lobby where their six year old could see it, based on a true incident involving Seattle Weekly cover art that featured the words “Fuck School.” Santa Claus: We […]