Seattle Weekly

Really, Rick Anderson should get a Pulitzer Prize in journalism for his first-​rate, eye-​opening, in-​depth investigation «The Art of Bankruptcy» (Seattle Weekly, August 14 – 20, 2013).
We hadn’t known that we had a Leona Helmsley AND Bernie Maddox living in our ecogreen midsts. An isolated case, no doubt.

Not much to elaborate on if you already read my review on The Stranger. I was looking for an equivalent to Denver’s Westword. I did not exactly find it here but if you combine this newspaper with The Stranger it covers all the bases. Whatever one lacks in information the other seems to make up for it.

I, too, used to be a faithful Weekly reader. Now I don’t even bother picking it up. Especially bad is what has been passing as «food writing,» dining out being of particular interest to me. It’s difficult to wade through Hanna Raskin’s horrible writing to get at what is ultimately just another mean, protracted and holier-​than-​thou Unilocal review that somehow made it onto the pages of a weekly newspaper. The way she shits all over small businesses (restaurants) that are part of our community is reprehensible. But what does she care? She’s not from here, hides her identity and probably has no intention of sticking around (if we’re lucky). Real food critics know what they’re talking about beyond what they Google. Most importantly, they WANT to be on the side of the restaurant. She just wants people to think she knows what she’s talking about. Here’s hoping that someday the quality of the food writing in this city will rise to meet the quality of the food…

This weekly is the better of the two major weekly newsies out there in Seattle. Its political view points are a bit more intelligently written tha in the other one and the articles on other subjects are also pretty well written.
The classifieds are amusing, the pictures pretty well done, and the ads are helpful. Its another basic weekly but its a bit better than the others… and also the ads for local businesses are pretty tastefull as far as that can go when advertising is concerned.
I’ve had occaision to have to call them once or twice for adverts and never been let down by their friendly staff who always check and double check their work against what you want/​need.

HOLY SHIT! Seattle Weekly rules and here’s why: so i was carving this pumpkin right? Right! I put down some SEATTLE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, and wow, it soaked up pumpkin guts like no other i mean holy shit seriously guys. Seattle. Weekly. If you need to carve a pumpkin once a week guess who has you covered? SEATTLE WEEKLY! It literally comes once a week.

I can’t believe I’ve not Unilocaled The Seattle Weekly. Whenever I need to find out what music is playing, or what cool new independent movie there is to see, I consult the Weekly. When I drive over the Cascades and approach the Emerald City, one of my first stops is at a gas station (
) in North Bend to pick up an SW to map out my stay in Seattle.
There are also generally cool articles, columns, and advertising.

I needed a great deal of info. Here it is.
I may miss the old days and not really connect with the clubs now, but the Weekly came through for me.
super.

I now get the random daily stuff from SW via twitter feed, and I really am enjoying SW now. They have funny non-​stories with smart writers. And they have a great non-​groupie approach to local music scene. I rarely to never have a physical copy of the weekly, but the online stuff is hot.
I misjudged you Seattle Weekly. You’re becoming The Stranger’s older, better looking sister by the day now.

I’ll be honest: I don’t read anything except the food reviews and Sign Language. My horoscope is always dead on.

This is what would happen if the high school newspaper wasn’t being edited by the English teacher.
Self-​important, sophomoric a**holes tout their opinions as news.

Two things I like about this paper:
1) They run Red Meat, one of my favorite comics ever (see photos for several examples).
2) When raining, pick one up and it works great as an improv-​umbrella.
That’s all.

Well if last week’s cover didn’t say that they were desperate to get their pick up numbers moving, I don’t know what would. (Kid in T-​shirt with the words «FUCK SCHOOL» emblazoned across the front).
I have to preface by saying I was employed here for the better part of three years and am offended weekly by the changes that have occurred since I left. Not that things weren’t already going south — they were in spades, the publisher at the time was a moronic and misogynist republican with a Napoleonic complex. I actually quit 5 months preggo. But at least that asshole let the newsroom do their job.
The new owners (New Times) have destroyed what was once a pretty good read and for sure a great source for reviews on local events, food, music, etc… When I was a teenager I would try my very hardest to read the Weekly and like it. I knew that smart, cool people read it and I wanted to be one of them.
Now, alas, it truly is the Weakly. Not even the lifeblood of Village Voice Media (owners prior to NT) flowing through it, and a shell of what it was back in the day when David Brewster owned it, the Weakly is sure to die off soon. Very few of my former co-​workers remain, (many of them have joined Seattle Metropolitan, it’s like a who’s who of former SW folks there), and let’s face it — Seattle is too smart to be taken in by the word FUCK on the cover of a paper.
Give it up New Times, just let the Stranger take it over. The ad revenue needs to stop being split between the two of you and we really do need at least one Alt Weekly in town — let the real one win.

A while back I started re-​reading the Weekly occasionally to read the restaurant reviews. Then I stopped after I read a review that went on and and on about Zoka bars. If you’ve had one you know they’re basically giant magic bars (sweetened condensed milk, coconut, choc chips, nuts, graham cracker crumbs, butter).
That’s the Weekly: stuck in about 1980. And talking about it as if they just discovered something really great.

If The Stranger is like your cool older brother who showed you how to smoke your first bowl and turned you on to Kurt Vonnegut and Elvis Costello back in the day, then The Weekly is like your crazy uncle who still tries to act like he’s 18 and spent the late nineties stockpiling canned beans and bottled water in his basement in anticipation of Y2K.
Of course, just because your uncle is obtuse and reactionary, that doesn’t mean that your brother isn’t a pretentious stoner asshole.

Not great, but not bad either. They tend to be the less «in your face» version of Seattle life.
When I first got to Seattle, I tended to use this paper to navigate around easier and figure out what events were going on. Less ads and a bit less junk to wade through to get to the point. And it was a fairly good resource to start living downtown.
However, after living in Seattle for a little bit, you will notice that this paper tends to miss a lot of events. Especially if your taste is not mainstream. And the «safe» writing tends to get bland after awhile.
So I still check out their listings for events and news online. But find that it’s better to compare it with «The Stranger» to get all the information.

Seattle, weakly. An inoffensive also-​ran in the weekly alternapaper division, with new corporate parents who can’t force out the old staff fast enough so it can transform itself into a bland, opinion-​neutral lifestyle magazine. Mostly harmless.

eh my magizine reviews are purely based on the band/​concert /​stuff to do listings and the stranger does it better. sorry guys you just happend to miss too much.

For all my complaining about The Stranger, I don’t have much good to say about its competition.
Also free, and less angsty, it is nonetheless boring. Some good political writing and features make up for the general blandness. I think the Tom Tomorrow cartoon is really the highlight for me. Savage Love in The Stranger just kills Dategirl here.

The first rule of journalism is to write at an eighth grade level. The Seattle Weekly won’t insult your intelligence level like that. In fact, they go into enough depth that I know exactly what to do if the avian flu pandemic ever hits. I’ll quit my job and stay at home wearing a mask. Now that’s good reporting.