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Deborah Hoonan and Lisa Trujillo were in high school when they met in the mid-'80s. Hoonan attended Puyallup's Rogers High, where her father, Pat, was head football coach and...
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Dear Uptight Seattleite,I recently joined a support group for new moms at Microsoft, and I'm having trouble fitting in. They're just so intense. Like if they're planning a...
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Sir Richard Bishop no longer calls Seattle home. From the early '90s until last year, he lived and worked in Ballard as a member of the eccentric and talented Sun City Girls...
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In a city with only one McDonald's Playland, has Greek become the family cuisine of choice? Half the kids in this city have grown up with feta-doused fries and gyros omelets...
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Atom Egoyan's 12th feature film offers a typically kaleidoscopic rumination on voyeurism, videography, the relative nature of truth, and the aftermath of tragedy. It's closer...
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Black Whales hasn't put out any albums yet, but in 18 months of existence, the band's nevertheless built a reputation on live performance alone. And that's not due to a...
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Where better to showcase emerging arts talent than Georgetown, the neighborhood that's made “on the cusp” a form of greatness? This year, SW's annual Artopia event...
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For all the sad Björk fanatics who missed her 2007 Volta tour, or for those who were there and want to relive the experience over and over again, here’s the...
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With their boisterous, vintage R&B sound that almost literally jumps out of your speakers, Ryan shaw’s recordings have “there’s no way this guy doesn’t...
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John Belushi stars in the 1978 raunch-out comedy Animal House. It’s wildly uneven, a period film that no one thinks of as a period film (looking back to the pre-Vietnam...
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Tim Burton’s very enjoyable 1988 post-mortem comedy stars Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, and Winona Ryder—few of whom have been used so well since....
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The local author’s Gothic Charm School: An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them (Harper, $13.99) takes a wry, humorous approach to advice subjects including:...
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It’s tempting to call Sunset Rubdown the “side project” of Wolf Parade singer/multi-instrumentalist Spencer Krug (also of Frog Eyes and Swan Lake), but that...
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If there was ever a desperate need for a band like Atlanta band the Coathangers, a fierce foursome of punk rock women who can shriek, “I’m gonna break your...
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Together with his lanky younger brother Drake, Damien Jurado uses Hoquiam to create songs inspired by his and Drake’s coastal Washington upbringing. Like Mark Lanegan,...
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One of Seattle's best hip hop monthly showcases, featuring a rotating cast of local MC and production talent. Performers this month include Onry Ozzborn & the Gigantics (Onry...
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Dear David Byrne: I am a singer who used to be in a popular and highly influential ’80s band until we broke up because we all hated each other. Since then, I have pursued...
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John McCauley was born in the wrong decade. From his clear affection for American rock icons of the late 50's and early 60's, to his penchant for Dylanesque folk mumblings...
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How did it happen that the Seattle Storm is having a special Pride celebration promotion—Friday, 7 p.m., KeyArena, vs. the Los Angeles Sparks—and the Seattle...
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When Bill Callahan chose to perform under his birth name after operating as Smog, and occasionally (Smog), his record label asked him to reconsider. It warned that album sales...
