Email Author Rachel Shimp

2008 Stories by Rachel Shimp

• Walk it Out: Frazier Park

  published July 30, 2008

  Picnic spot: Prentis I. Frazier Park, 401 24th Ave. E. CENTRAL DISTRICTPicnic supplies: Madison... More >>

• Low at SP20

  published July 9, 2008

  I've used the words "quietly devastating" to describe this Minnesotan trio more than once, and while that phrase should go down with "soundscapes"... More >>

• Eric's Trip at SP20

  published July 9, 2008

  Who remembers Jale and Sloan? In the mid-'90s, I suspect that there were pockets of teenagers around the country (like myself) who ordered 7"'s by... More >>

• Voyager One

  published April 2, 2008

  Burbling, underwater guitars, reverberations that pierce the atmosphere and dive deep underground, slow and steady bass, and the chink of a... More >>

• Atomic Bombshells

  published March 26, 2008

  Susanna Welbourne is no pussycat doll—rather, she’s an Atomic Bombshell. As Kitten LaRue, she’s a member of the city’s... More >>

• Atomic Bombshells

  published March 26, 2008

  Susanna Welbourne is no pussycat doll—rather, she’s an Atomic Bombshell. As Kitten LaRue, she’s a member of the city’s... More >>

• Big in Seattle?

  published March 19, 2008

  Receiving news of all the Japanese bands in town this week, my attention kept being diverted to a book someone put on my desk recently: Hello,... More >>

• DJ Rekha

  published March 19, 2008

  "Because I'm working with my culture, and it's being accessed or consumed by other cultures, then I have a strong responsibility to how that... More >>

• Jason Collett

  published March 19, 2008

  Broken Social Scene have turned out to be anything but—although we haven't had the good fortune to see the whole group in Seattle since 2005,... More >>

• Conflict of Great Interst

  published March 19, 2008

  “Art, home accoutrements, and dead people’s furniture.” That’s what they’ve got on offer at the Anne Bonny, a newish... More >>

• Local Collective SunTzu Sound Celebrate Five Years of Funk

  published March 12, 2008

  On a humid night last July, I stood outside my apartment building on Bellevue Avenue, debating whether or not I... More >>

• Personality Types

  published March 12, 2008

  Imagine your face on the wall of the Museum of Metropolitan Art, flaws like blemishes and nose hairs exposed for the world to view up close. If... More >>

• Adventure Associates Travel Slideshows

  published March 12, 2008

  A funny thing happened on the way to our vacations. . . a female friend who recently embarked on a round-the-world trip, starting in Bangkok, was... More >>

• Music Nights at Faire

  published March 12, 2008

  We recently talked up White Center’s Café Rozella as a coffeehouse of unique pretensions; Capitol Hill’s latest and greatest may... More >>

• St. Patrick's Festival

  published March 12, 2008

  “As rough as a bear’s arse.” “As sharp as a beach ball.” “As sick as a small hospital.” “As small as a... More >>

• Beach House, Papercuts, Throw Me the Statue

  published March 12, 2008

  In the course of about a year (come summer), local band Throw Me the Statue has gone from a “You gotta see them”-type of... More >>

• Broken Disco XII with Boys Noize

  published March 12, 2008

  Electro isn’t a femme fatale—when it’s bad, it’s not “better,” it’s just fucking bad. Luckily for Alexander... More >>

• Travis Morrison

  published March 12, 2008

  Ex-Dismemberment Plan member Morrison’s forthcoming album, all ya’ll, is reportedly for everyone that loved his band, his solo... More >>

• The Belltown Pageant

  published March 5, 2008

  Seattle has characters in every neighborhood. There’s the man raging against Seattle police in front of Barney’s every morning, and... More >>

• Colette

  published March 5, 2008

  To date, the world’s best-known Colette has been the early-20th-century French novelist whose adventuresome spirit and life of romantic... More >>

• Girls Rock!: Meet the New Radiohead?

  published March 5, 2008

      "That girl thinks she's the queen of the neighborhood—I've got news for you, SHE IS!" Bikini Kill, of... More >>

• Say That You Love Me

  published March 5, 2008

  Getting dumped sucks. And while most people get used to it and accept it as a natural process, some people deliberately set themselves up for it... More >>

• Transmissionary Six

  published March 5, 2008

  Anybody remember the Back to Mine series, where artists like Underworld and Everything But the Girl would compile their favorite chill-out... More >>

• Ryan Boudinot & Jonathan Raban

  published February 27, 2008

  The Frye’s “New Works” quarterly reading series is just what it sounds like—authors get together and make connections between... More >>

• Choklate

  published February 27, 2008

  What do you think of, when you think of R & B? If the answer is Ray J—and there’s nothing wrong with that man’s pipes, or the rest... More >>