Here, homes are for money, not people. Charles MudedeA study conducted by Zillow revealed that house-price inflation (a form of inflation that, like stock-price inflation, apparently has little to no political impact) in most major metro areas surpassed in...
Today, coming spring brought passing winter down to its goddamn knees. Charles MudedeI promise to write on one of these days, and hopefully it will be cooler than today (70 degrees?), a new philosophy of property that takes...
It's SIFF season, baby! Seattle's favorite film fest returns this month with 262 films over 11 days (April 14–24) screening both in-person and online. We're rounding up some of our favorites. Every day, expect two more recommendations on Slog....
We last wrote about Seattle's Turrell Skyspace in 2019, and we're re-upping that writing today for two reasons. First: in honor of today's weather, which kisses 70 degrees. Second: to raise attention about a 35-minute tour happening at The...
It's SIFF season! Seattle's favorite film fest returns this month with 262 films over 11 days (April 14–24) screening both in-person and online. We're rounding up some of our favorites. Every day, expect two more recommendations on Slog.Vanishing black...
When a smoke was a smoke... The Grand Illusion at The Grand IllusionJean Renoir's The Grand Illusion is, of course, up there with films like Citizen Kane, M, The Godfather, Third Man, and so on. Though made only two...
The bird beef happened here... Charles MudedeThere is a South African rap track I really like to play now and then. It says: "Sleep is for the rich." Fair enough. The poor can't sleep because for them it's either...
A pro. Charles MudedeOn a cold and rainy late-fall night, I walked down an alley toward the door for one of Seattle's most prestigious cultural institutions, Dimitriou's Jazz Alley. The year was 2010. My wife and I had dressed...
Will today do a better sunset than yesterday? Charles MudedeWhat are we going to do about all of this lawlessness on I-5? Our liberal politicians, it seems, are just too soft when it comes to the criminals who rule...
Because the talk about inflation and high gas prices is endless, we can assume that it's pretty much empty. What is of much greater importance, and never makes the headlines, or has little political value for both the mainstream...
