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Index to 1984-94 Misc. Columns

  • 6-86
    first ArtsFocus Misc. column: gummy transformers/Phil Ochs/Taiwanese comet cult
  • 7-86
    positive attitudes/Mayor of Belltown/Youth Defense Campaign
  • 9-86
    punk on homevid/cruising B'way/movie consolidation/bubblegum cards for flop films
  • 10-86
    Pete Bagge/fake crab meat/best-worst band names/Helga lookalike contest
  • 11-86
    against CDs/Writers Without Phones/Expo 86/first Frederick & Nelson mention
  • 12-86
    Rainbow Tavern/ballet for cars/soup in a tube/El Salvador tourism/novels with ads
  • 1-87
    Muzak/Astroboy/Video Shorts fest/see-thru buildings
  • 2-87
    first In-Out list/arthritis ads with rock songs/ferry troubles/liberals redux
    (uses Netscape tables)
  • 3-87
    Soviet TV/Mighty Mole/defending Audi/lesbian gym becomes bridal shop
  • 4-87
    Husky Stadium fall/Ring Cycle/Brian Wilson/Japanese wrestlers/American Motors
  • 6-87
    Microsoft Press movie book/live-action Far Side film?
  • 7-87
    Pine St. mess/Love and Shopping/Space Needle candy/Sinatra/Julie Cascioppo
  • 9-87
    Young Fresh Fellows doomed/Byrds for Time/Harmonic Convergence
  • 10-87
    Jack-in-the-Box floor show/Team Chalk/erotic thrillers
  • 11-87
    sex and fortified wine/PiL's "Seattle"/bicycle cops/Starbucks logo censored
  • 12-87
    the cut-out look/Bon sold to the Canadians/Emmett Watson calendar
  • 1-88
    In-Out list/Vespa scooters/first anti-poster mention/punk photos/TV reporters' names
    (uses Netscape tables)
  • 2-88
    old Rainier Beer ads/early infomercials/Boat Show/Art Buddies
  • 3-88
    The Wonder Years and The Monkees/Calgary Olympics/fake fat/Presidential politix
  • 4-88
    Apple vs. MS/Frank Lloyd Wright/lame parody/AIDS exploitation
  • 5-88
    pudding roll-ups/new zines/Tiffany/Godard/the real drug gangs
  • 6-88
    Romeo and Juliet II/Bill Speidel/Jesse Jackson/Bat Masterson/new Rainier Beer ads
  • 7-88
    Paul Allen/MTV and malls/NW films/Suzuki Samurai/Music Hall Theater
  • 8-88
    blue corn flakes/Three Stooges/John Keister and fireworks/gallery vandalism
  • 9-88
    reading list/fake jazz/colorized Un Chien Andalou/Quayle/Seattle Center development
  • 10-88
    downtown blackout/waterfront plan/topless clubs/creme-filled carrot cakes
  • 11-88
    end of KJET/Chicago report/smell of sports/grassroots politix/Mobil leaves town
  • 12-88
    Yuban's Nutcracker/skinheads/local celebs/people who find TV too slow
  • 1-89
    In-Out list/Age of Cocaine/Ramona/acid house
    (uses Netscape tables)
  • 2-89
    Mayor Royer/new age papers/product placements in novels/the Lite Right
  • 3-89
    first Twin Peaks mention/Aurora Village/Carnation Dairies/Japanese cars not sold here
  • 4-89
    Time Warner deal/Boeing psychic fair/Exxon/Martin Selig/Nat. Lampoon
  • 5-89
    Rio samba parades/oldies radio/Iran-Contra/Taco Bell Professorship
  • 6-89
    Miss Nicaragua/"mom food"/John Callahan/Warren Magnuson/LaConner
  • 7-89 (last column for ArtsFocus): Phranc/biodegradable plastic/romantic grafitti
  • 10-89 (first newsletter edition): Vancouver report/Trix Pops/Letterman and the Mariners
  • 11-89
    old gas station names/Boeing strike/Yul Brynner and Nancy Reagan/gourmet waffles
  • 12-89
    In-Out list/Blue Moon Tavern/Soviet devolution/woodstove fumes
    (uses Netscape tables)
  • 1-90
    '80s in review/Sam Beckett/prostitution museums/Hurricane Hugo cocktail
  • 2-90
    Frances Farmer/AT&T crash/Ranger Charlie's sex change/All I really needed to know...
  • 3-90
    metal radio/Simpsons/Susan Faludi on Nordstrom/guilt and power/Spy imitators
  • 4-90
    game shows and newspapers/suburban crackheads/sculpture with live fish/flop fads
  • 5-90
    fake NW cuisine/1970 article on old hippies/Kids Fair/Earth Fair/Twin Peaks
  • 6-90
    St. Helens anniversary/NW chic/Envir-O-Mints/Church of Tina Chopp/Goodwill Games
    (uses Netscape tables)
  • 7-90
    Canadian TV/coffeehouse ageism/gourmet junk foods/eulogy for Upchuck
  • 8-90
    Vaclav Havel/"steel bikini" car ad/Miss Wash. really from Ore./enviro-fakes
  • 9-90
    Iraq/k.d. lang/comedy clubs/fur seals/KING-TV sold
  • 10-90
    Nike/police-blotter newspapers/end of Longacres/Espresso Dental/bus tunnel
  • 11-90
    Lite Lit/New Zealand politix/grownup Halloween/more on F&N
  • 12-90
    floating bridge sinks/against nostalgia/mall art/video games for girls/silicone for men
  • 1-91
    In-Out list/Nike Town/filk music/visions of Hell
    (uses Netscape tables)
  • 2-91
    Homer Spence/Sub Pop troubles/Gulf War/lava lamps for the rich
  • 3-91
    Gulf War/classic TV/Eastern Airlines/hometown news/imitation imitaiton vanilla
  • 4-91
    more Gulf War/DimeNovels/Archie McPhee's/"ultraliberals"/American Psycho
  • 5-91
    Bellevue Square bans artists/multicultural ed/mega-churches
  • 6-91(fifth anniv.): cartoonist Tom Davie/pre-Rush KVI/Nintendo/Pretty Woman
  • 7-91
    Vic Meyers/menswear/NW Noir/"essence of man"/EuroDisney
  • 8-91
    import records/Frisco report/microwave popcorn/Canadians
  • 9-91
    lesser Fla. theme parks/Seafair riots/bug-proof pantyhose/agit-art
  • 10-91
    piercing/Bill Nye/Ollie North/Mariners/The Commitments/Bart and Buster Simpson
  • 11-91
    Clarence Thomas/Andrea Dworkin/Hammering Man/Jesse Bernstein
  • 11-18-91 (first Stranger column): the Misc. Statement of Purpose
  • 12-91
    Joe Bob Briggs/KCTS/rejected ads/Nirvana/the future of rap
  • 1-92
    In-Out list/NW is no paradise/JFK/the hippie diaspora/F&N/Sea. Art Museum
    (uses Netscape tables)
  • 2-92
    Mariners/Yoko Ono/KNDD/love songs for vacuum cleaners/more Nirvana
  • 3-92
    B'way riot/Canadian pranks/Kuwait wasn't Vietnam/Seattle Weekly changes/F&N obit
  • 4-92
    why men don't get Madonna/Costco/Harkin/Wenders/coolness defined/Fat Tuesday
  • 5-92
    What if Jesus came back?/Almost Live/Wal-Mart/nude Trekkies/Walden condos
  • 6-92
    Rodney King riots/Perot/Larry Coryell/Pay n' Save/meditation tapes/Quayle
  • 7-92
    Stefanie Sargent/strategies for defeat/Nat. Lampoon/Pearl Jam/John McCaw
  • 8-92
    Designer clothes and nudists/Jersey's Sports Bar/public-access nudes/'50s soaps/KCMU
  • 9-92
    why I like the hydros/C. Love vs. Vanity Fair/Sabot Times/Criswell Predicts
  • 10-92
    moshpit tourism/anti-Columbus art/reactionary lit/Mango Tang/walking in Bellevue
  • 11-92
    "The Goddess Next Door"/Indecision '92/frat follies/doll museum
  • 12-92
    Guns n' Roses/NPR/Betty Page/"grunge fashion"/election roundup/cabinet picks
  • 1-93
    In-Out list/Black Star Beer/Xmas review/Seahawks/Russian faith healing/sour candy
    (uses Netscape tables)
  • 2-93
    stop the Commons/boring books/calendar of saints/Sears catalog/Pepsi
  • 3-93
    how to be a successful Seattle writer/TV news troubles/gays in Army/Boeing layoffs
  • 4-93
    Beehive Video/Squire Shops/Christian punk/Seattle-mania/Film Threat editor/hipness
  • 5-93
    Hollywood exiles and virtual unreality/Clinton/art about the poor/gonzo journalism
  • 6-93
    grunge aerobics?/tax revolt/mail art/anti-sorority ads/Carol Merrill/Conan
  • 7-93
    Demographic cleansing/grungemania in Italy/"The Other"/James M. Cain Insurance
  • 8-93
    who doesn't hate the media?/biker zine/Free Willy/Cobain/Mia Zapata
  • 9-93
    KCMU/cologne cult/"not grunge"/police chief and gays
  • 10-93
    Dog House/Dick's Drive-Ins/Husky scandal/rap lite/Commons/Xuxa
  • 11-93
    Belltown blackout/B&I Circus Store/Woolworth RIP/campus antisex leagues
  • 12-93
    rich recluses/"designer riot grrrl"/Crossroads Mall/cereal/anti-bigot bigotry
  • 1-94
    In-Out list/hypertext/game shows/supermodels/Xmas review
    (uses Netscape tables)
  • 2-94
    anti-Seattle comix/Tabitha Soren/Posies/Steely Dan and opera?/Dixie Lee Ray
  • 3-94
    C-Z Records/porn producers/public art/Spy/the Tide box
  • 4-94
    welfare non-reform/beyond the counterculture/punks are good for a city
  • 5-94
    Cobain exploitation begins/Newton-ized texts/Aldus-Adobe deal/snowboarding hype
  • 6-94
    more Cobain exploitation/OK soda/Tomata du Plenty/movies from TV shows
  • 7-94
    Barney/Barbie/Bob Barker/News Fax/Nalley's/Red Hook/World Cup soccer
  • 8-94
    Bikini Kill/comix for females/OK Hotel goes 21+/light rail/Costco
  • 8-9-94
    special all-found-text Stranger column
  • 9-94
    the real original "Generation X"/baseball strike/Vancouver report/Woodstock anti-hype
  • 10-94
    TV network switch/Olds Aurora/nudes in fashion ads/"Victorian drugs"
  • 11-94
    Kingdome trouble/Goths/Arts and Crafts Movement/cig ads
  • 12-94
    Sleaze Inc./Wired/transit plan/satellite TV/alien abductees/the Big If
  • 1-95 (last newsletter edition): Xmas review/zine reviews/Sub Pop-Time Warner deal


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