lauralh | older and wiser

Seattle has two alt-weeklies, because we're just so alt. You know, free papers devoted to a more liberal viewpoint than you get in the standard 25¢ papers, plus more local arts coverage and all that. Anyway, I used to read The Stranger only because they were brash and funny and more fun to read. But lately I've noticed that they care more about that than actually, you know, writing news. And also the capitol hill focus above all others is annoying. I still think their arts editors have better taste in movies and music, but the Seattle Weekly is just more interesting in the real news department. I don't know, maybe I'm just getting er jaded of irony or something. I do hate their absolute disdain of Ballard*, which is to say, pretending it doesn't exist. The Stranger may be too cool for Ballard but you know they secretly dig it.

* Ballard is the neighborhood I recently moved to, it has a lot of old people and blue collar workers and actual aged hipsters. And Stygian Triplets on skateboards.