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RANDOM LINKS FOR 2/1/13

February 1st, 2013 by Clark Humphrey

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What was that car in that movie? There’s an online database for that.
As we patiently await the NBA owners’ vote that will likely bring back the Sonics, there’s word ofÂ a hockey team that may be in need of a buyer and/or new home. Seattle, alas, doesn’t have an NHL-ready space. The hockey configuration of KeyArena is too small and awkward. Until a new arena’s built, the closest thing we’ve got is the Tacoma Dome, whose ice-making gear was removed and would need replacing.
City Councilmember Jean Godden vividly explains why we cannot, dare not, return to the bad old days before legal abortion.
A homeless camp in Bremerton was shut down after five years.
Charles Mudede finds sublime meaning inÂ Macklemore’s “Thrift Store” rap.
KOMO has kind words for Jet City Stream, the new all-local online radio station.
The recently-deceased dad of local music-scene vet Ben London was an innovative avant-garde composer.
One of those online coupon dot-coms doubled its sales and still lost over half a billion.
The return of vinyl has inevitably led into the return of cassette-only music releases and evrn cassette-only labels.
Zoe Triska at Huff Post really hates classic novels with inappropriate, “commercial” covers tacked on, especially when they’re aimed at teen girls: