• The Year in Review and what I'd Like to See: A look back at the old year and ahead to the new one; plus the adventures of Captain Drift.
• Only a Spudboy: This year's oddest ad mascot; plus a dubious investment scheme.
• Silent K: Doing my part to support an endangered American institution; plus Martin Luther King Day and a page about nothing.

February

• It's Been a Long, Hard, Downhill Climb: The Fastbacks, greatest rock n' roll band in the world, call it quits after 22 years; plus Sesame Street retools itself for a long-attention-span generation.
• Lent Came Early: The No-Fun Zone at this year's local Mardi Gras.
• Nickled and Dimed Dept.: Young white males face bleak job prospects; plus the nation's first shopping-mall cinema closes.

March

• Putting the 'Decade' into 'Decadance': Ten Seattle print periodicals that have come and gone.
• It's Sad to See Women Fighting Over a Guy: A female gallery owner tries to un-display a female photographer's male nudes; plus the ultra-rare March snow.
• COCA Classic:The Center on Contemporary Art parties itself back to life; plus yr. editor's experience at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
• Trip Asides: More on our eastern jaunt.
• Snapshots: A visit to the world's most infamous hole in the ground.

April

• Spring has Officially Arrived: Sights from an Easter picnic, a science fiction convention, and a body-painting demonstration; plus a new alterna-arts mag reviewed.
• The Age of Uniforms: Matt Briggs remembers one woman's lifetime of work, as told by clothes.
• Letter From Astoria: Matthew Stadler reports from one of America's strangest and saddest towns.