By josh
October 3rd, 2005 @ 7:00 AM
news
- across the pond perspective: A bunch of short-sighted people who listen to BBC 6 voted Nirvana’s Nevermindthe most overrated album of all time. To put this in context, these are sort of people who think that the album that helped to put our city on the map is more overrated than X&Y. So take it with a grain of salt. [bbc]
- worse than the teen dance ordinance? Pretty much every news outlet in the Western hemisphere has commented on the idiocy about to befall Seattle’s strip clubs. At their Monday meeting, the city council will consider a measure that will seriously tarnish our city’s liberal cred by keeping lapdancers under fluorescent lights and four feet away from their clients. [guardian]
- serious sad news: Playwright August Wilson, who announced his liver cancer diagnosis this spring, died this weekend at Swedish Hospital with his family at his side. [seattletimes]
