Dick Contino, Accordion Heartthrob, Dies at 87
Dick Contino, whose energetic accordion playing and movie-star looks made him a teenage star in the late 1940s, but whose celebrity ebbed after he was
Amanda Lepore, a Fixture of New York’s Nightlife Scene for Decades, Finally Bares It All
In the opening line of her new book, Doll Parts, Amanda Lepore introduces herself as “the most expensive body on Earth.” And yes, on the
This Is What 1970s Motion Capture Tech Looked Like
How one of the most infamous TV shows of all time—one apparently cancelled in the middle of its first episode—gave viewers a very early look
Maple Street Book Shop to close in June after 53 years
After 53 years in business, Maple Street Book Shop will close its doors for the final time on June 17, the owners announced Monday morning.
Television’s Marquee Moon: The Story of a Band, A City, and Guitar Rock Masterpiece
If ever a band was a product of a particular time and place, it’s Television. If ever there was a record indebted to that same
Twenty Years of Tini Bigs
On December 7, Tini Bigs, which has been open “more consecutive days in a row” than almost any other independent bar west of the Mississippi,
Phantasm: Remastered Shines and Terrifies Again in 4K
I was first introduced to Phantasm almost two decades ago. I had discreetly rented the tape from Blockbuster (that whole “not being 18” thing was
Inside Stevie Wonder’s Epic Magnum Opus ‘Songs in the Key of Life’
“Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision,” Stevie Wonder once said, a warning to any who doubted
Hitchhiking has become a lonely activity since the 1970s
Today, very few venture onto the Trans-Canada Highway sticking out their thumbs. There was no awe-inspiring moment of, “Hey, why don’t we hitchhike out west
Mama’s Mexican Kitchen closes after 42 years in Belltown
To Tina Donley of Seattle, the Thursday closing of Mama’s Mexican Kitchen in Belltown is yet another symbol of “new Seattle” replacing the old, pre-Amazon
History of the Wet T-Shirt Contest
Traditionally, among the privileged teens and college-age students of this great nation, spring break is an opportunity to get hammered, sunburned and near-naked at all
A FEMINIST ARGUMENT FOR WET T-SHIRT CONTESTS
A blank canvas—an item to be styled or worn alone, the white tee is lazy or elegant, sexy or grungy. When wet, however, the white
