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March 29, 2012
La Rêve's Croissants and the Ooh La La of Sexual Cravings
As we finish the month of March, I'm finishing my series of sexy small treats, which has turned out to be quite international. Recall that Sexy Feast sampled dill scones from Macrina Bakery, sponge cake from Dim Sum King, and sakura mochi from Umai Do. Now I turn to a classic treat: the croissant. ... More >>
Blogs
February 24, 2012
Toast the 2012 Best Picture Nominees With These Oscar-Inspired Drinks
For Sunday night's Academy Award ceremonies, the simplest drink choice is Champagne. After all, what says celebration better than a glass of bubbly? But that seems like the easy way out, especially given cinema's memorable drinking moments over the years. None of the nine nominees for Best Picture t ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2012
Comment of the Day: Audacious Advice for Amanda Knox
As Italy eagerly awaits the return of Amanda Knox, who apparently "loves" the country despite her hellish ordeal and wouldn't mind, according to reports, a nostalgic little visit to Perugia -- perhaps to see who got dibs on her prison cell, one of our commenters had some rather peculiar advice for t ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2012
Washington Brewers Pay Homage to Belgian Beers at Belgianfest
In the late 1800s, monks at the Trappist monasteries in Belgium began brewing beer that would later inspire hundreds of breweries around the world. While the Belgian monks weren't the first brewers in the world, they have and continue to brew some of the tastiest beers to come out of that sma ... More >>
Blogs
January 16, 2012
Cafe Bambino Serves Berardo Caffe and Questions
Some days, I confess that I feel very Northwestern. Most days, I suppose. But some days, more so than others. Take yesterday, for example. It snowed. While everyone else was panicking about it, I was hopping in my Subaru and heading off to find any coffee shop situated on a decent hill. Snow is grea ... More >>
Blogs
January 16, 2012
Tell Me About That Song: New York Pop-Singer/Songwriter Rachel Platten
A lot went into writing your favorite song, but how much do you really know about it? This week New York pop-singer/songwriter Rachel Platten delves into Sweden, bong shops and the joys of traveling. Song: "53 steps" Album: Be Here Release Date: April 26th, 2011 When it was written: Oct. 2010 Whe ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2012
Amaro Will Settle Your Stomach or Balance Your Cocktail
On New Year's Eve, we planned a decadent home-cooked meal with friends that started with caviar pie, gougeres and pate, moved on to homemade pasta with carbonara sauce and ended with pumpkin cheesecake. This kind of gluttony is best capped off with a digestif--a high-proof, aromatic spirit that sett ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Kafe Berlin Redefines the Quick Hot Dog Lunch
When the first floor of the German Heritage Society building functioned as an office, letters, pamphlets and spreadsheets presumably accumulated there. Now that the organization has transformed the space into a restaurant, it's shifted its collection focus from paperwork to the best in local Germani ... More >>
Blogs
October 31, 2011
Does the Leary Traveler Have Seattle's Best French Fry?
While many restaurants go dark at the beginning of the workweek, The GastroGnome, Naomi Bishop, is here to inform you of good eating options where the lights stay on Monday nights. The Leary Traveler is a maverick among sports bars. Or perhaps it's a European café that just happens to show ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2011
Olympia's Couch Potatoes: State Pays Workers to Sit Home Doing Nothing; Vacations Included
KING-TVFrance at workIt's literally a cushy government job--being paid to sit at home on your couch and watch TV. But it goes on regularly, with Olympia's blessings. In the past four years, while Gov. Chris Gregoire and other state officials claim they've searched everywhere to find more bud ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2011
Pukkelpop Stage Collapse Kills Three
Image SourceFive days after a stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair killed five people, another stage (this one in Belgium) at another concert (this one the Pukkelpop music festival) has claimed even more lives. Depending on where you end up on the internet, the death toll is somewhere bet ... More >>
Blogs
August 9, 2011
Got Ćevapi? Sarajevo Lounge Serves Bosnian Cuisine Alongside American Bar Fare
Happy hour eats at Sarajevo Lounge: $5 hummus plate and $7 cevapi.The Place: Sarajevo Lounge, 2332 First Ave., 448-9000, BELLTOWN The Hours: 4-7 p.m. Tues.-Sun. The Digs: Named after the capitol of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo Lounge operates as a restaurant by day and club by night. I ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2011
Aperitifs to Tempt Your Tastebuds
Starting off the evening with a cocktail is something many Americans are familiar with. What goes into those cocktails--vermouth, Lillet, Campari, and the like--are also worthy of sipping on their own. This family of spirits is known as aperitif, a French word derived from Latin that means "t ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Think Twice: New Latin American Jewelry
Starting off the evening with a cocktail is something many Americans are familiar with. What goes into those cocktails--vermouth, Lillet, Campari, and the like--are also worthy of sipping on their own. This family of spirits is known as aperitif, a French word derived from Latin that means "t ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2011
HT Oaktree Market: Great for Groceries, Disappointing for Dinner
Don't eat me!Where most businesses strive for excellence, HT Oaktree Market revels in its mediocrity. The floors are dirty and littered with buckets to catch the drips from the ceiling when it rains. Tilapia swim miserably in murky tanks, waiting to become dinner. The pastry case has been emp ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2011
Top 6 Songs About Mother Nature's Worst Hits
These days it seems the whole world is crumbling beneath our feet. Earthquakes in Haiti and New Zealand and the recent earthquake and devastation in Japan have rattled nerves around the planet. From songs of great floods to dust-bowl ballads, songwriters have long been giving voice to the d ... More >>
Film
March 23, 2011
The Round Up: Again With the Holocaust Already
These days it seems the whole world is crumbling beneath our feet. Earthquakes in Haiti and New Zealand and the recent earthquake and devastation in Japan have rattled nerves around the planet. From songs of great floods to dust-bowl ballads, songwriters have long been giving voice to the d ... More >>
Film
March 23, 2011
Of Gods and Men: Terrorists Versus Monks in Algeria
These days it seems the whole world is crumbling beneath our feet. Earthquakes in Haiti and New Zealand and the recent earthquake and devastation in Japan have rattled nerves around the planet. From songs of great floods to dust-bowl ballads, songwriters have long been giving voice to the d ... More >>
Diversions
March 23, 2011
Ask a Mexican!
These days it seems the whole world is crumbling beneath our feet. Earthquakes in Haiti and New Zealand and the recent earthquake and devastation in Japan have rattled nerves around the planet. From songs of great floods to dust-bowl ballads, songwriters have long been giving voice to the d ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2011
Why Hundreds of Seattleites Would Be in Prison Along With Amanda Knox if This Was Italy
Edda Mellas and Curt Knox, the parents of Seattleite-turned-dubiously-convicted-murderer Amanda Knox have just been indicted on libel charges in Italy for telling a British newspaper that Italian police abused their daughter during an interrogation. They now face up to three years in prison. ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2010
John Howie Steak: In Case You Happen to Have an Extra $2000 Laying Around...
This just came in the mail yesterday. "AS THE ECONOMY TAKES ON A BRIGHTER SHINE, WHY NOT CELEBRATE LIKE 1999? John Howie Steak Offers $2,011 Per Couple New Years Eve 'Best Meal You Will Ever Have'" Really, John Howie? A "brighter shine" is how you want to describe things right now? On the d ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2010
Today in Sex: Legalized Child Porn Leads to LESS Pedophilia?
In an unsettling study published this week in Springer's Archives of Sexual Behavior, scientists say that legalizing child pornography has led to lower instances of child sexual abuse in Czechoslovakia, Denmark, and Japan. Um, what?! Uh, isn't child pornography, by definition, child sexual ab ... More >>
Film
November 24, 2010
Kings of Pastry: Made With Real Butter
In an unsettling study published this week in Springer's Archives of Sexual Behavior, scientists say that legalizing child pornography has led to lower instances of child sexual abuse in Czechoslovakia, Denmark, and Japan. Um, what?! Uh, isn't child pornography, by definition, child sexual ab ... More >>
Calendar
November 24, 2010
The Rules of the Game
In an unsettling study published this week in Springer's Archives of Sexual Behavior, scientists say that legalizing child pornography has led to lower instances of child sexual abuse in Czechoslovakia, Denmark, and Japan. Um, what?! Uh, isn't child pornography, by definition, child sexual ab ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2010
Massy Ferguson: If You Wanna Make Time With the Icelandic Ladies, Start By Learning to Pronounce Their Names
At SW's REVERB Music Festival last month, fans voted to send Seattle's Massy Ferguson on an all-expense paid trip to Iceland's Airwaves Festival in Reykjavík, courtesy of KEXP, SW, and Iceland Airwaves. Now that they're home, bassist/vocalist Ethan Anderson recently filled us in on Icelandic ... More >>
Blogs
November 5, 2010
Iceland: Home to More Than Just Bjork & Sigur Ros. Find Out at Tonight's Sister City Showcase: Reykjavík Calling at the Crocodile (It's Free!)
Just last month at our annual REVERB Fest, we (plus KEXP and all you voters) hooked up Massy Ferguson with a trip to Iceland to represent Seattle and play at the Iceland Airwaves Festival in Reykjavík. Iceland is back on our minds tonight -- the Crocodile's hosting a Sister City Showcase: Reykja ... More >>
Music
October 27, 2010
An Incomplete History: How Athens, Georgia, Became the "Liverpool of the South"
From R.E.M. to of Montreal.
Blogs
October 9, 2010
Congrats to Massy Ferguson, Winners of a Trip to Play the Iceland Airwaves Festival!!!
Congratulations to Massy Ferguson, who are headed to the Iceland Airwaves Festival, Oct. 13 to 17. Reverb readers -- and, let's face it, probably a few bots -- picked Massy out of the 60 Seattle bands performing at REVERB Festival tonight to represent the REVERB class of 2010 in Reykjavík, ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2010
How Much Is Enough? Cake Robot To Kill You With Frosting
Cake robot won't stop--EVER! Oh, Vienna... Home of the pastry gods, of tiny little sausages, of killer cake-decorating robots. The above picture is of an automatic cake frosting robot created by the Vienna-based studio mischer'traxler for an "experimental series" entitled, "'til you stop - ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2010
Readers! Which REVERB Band Should Represent This Year's Festival Class at the Iceland Airwaves Festival?
SW and KEXP are linking arms with the folks at the Icelandair to send one of the bands performing at SW's REVERB Local Music Festival (Oct. 9!!!) to Iceland for an all-expenses-paid trip to play the Iceland Airwaves festival. Here's how it works: 1. Cruise over to the REVERB Festival site an ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2010
If the Seattle Mariners Were a Country...
...they'd be Spain. Or so says the world's best financial journalist, Michael Lewis: Fusing your two favorite subjects: macro-economic financial issues and Major League Baseball, I thought I would say a European country and you could tell me what team they would be in baseball right now. Spai ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2010
Seattle Sweats Through Hottest Days of the Year
Remember when this was the cloudiest, gloomiest summer on record? Well, no longer! It hit 96 degrees at SeaTac on Sunday, 95 on Saturday, both on perfectly blue-sky days. Those are records, people. Clearly we've been overdoing our prayers for cloudless days. Left side of the room: pray for su ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2010
London's SXSW Chatter, Broken Bells In 3D, the Rolling Stones In PG (And At Pacific Place)
-- NME: Former London mayor Ken Livingstone, a candidate for the post he once held, says that if elected, he wants to launch a SXSW-esque festival in the city. -- UnderWire: Bust out your 3D glasses. You're gonna need 'em for the video for Broken Bells' "October." -- NPR Music has an early ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2010
Germany Vs. Denmark: Nirvana's Winning Opening Act
Charles PetersonKrist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. Check back on Friday when he writes about what he's been listening to.The FIFA World Cup is raging and I don't care. No disrespect, but my brain isn't wired for sports. When people ask me about the Su ... More >>
Music
June 23, 2010
Potato Heads
Moscow, Idaho’s music scene breaks into Seattle.
Calendar
June 16, 2010
World Cup Soccer: USA vs. Algeria
Moscow, Idaho’s music scene breaks into Seattle.
Blogs
June 10, 2010
On the Road With Jane's Addiction, Reminded of Some of Mankind's Troubling Detours
Jane's Addiction Drummer Stephen PerkinsDuff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.I've been on a brief two-show European run with Jane's Addiction that started with a gig in Amsterdam. It certainly is interest ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2010
Russian Swaying Bridge Pale Imitation of Tacoma Narrows Disaster
A bridge in Volpograd in Southern Russia was shut down after it began to sway violently. But like acid wash jeans and democracy, the U.S. got there first. Witness "Gallopin' Gertie," the Tacoma Narrows bridge that collapsed nearly 70 years ago.
Blogs
May 14, 2010
More News From Cafe Campagne: From Burgers to Breakfast
In my mind, everything in Paris is in black and whiteYesterday, we had the news that chef Daisley Gordon at Campagne had come up with a new, iconic, totally Froggish burger with which to gild the board at Campagne Restaurant. Today, there is new news, from downstairs at Cafe Campagne, which, ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2010
Happy Easter, Reverb Readers
As a child of the '70s and the agnostic--if spiritually sympathetic--daughter of a music-loving minister, this is always my jam this time of year. Interestingly enough, Jesus Christ Superstar covers are rather popular in some unusual circles. The Afghan Whigs do a killer cover of "The Temple" an ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2010
Introducing the Surly Gourmand, Voracious' Newest & Nastiest Contributor
You're unlikely to catch the Surly Gourmand dead or alive inside Ballard's Bastille. Okay, maybe dead.Greetings. Many of you already know me. However, I'm aware that not everyone is acquainted with my particular brand of depravity, so I suppose an introduction is in order. I'm the Surly Gourm ... More >>
Calendar
November 18, 2009
The Books
You're unlikely to catch the Surly Gourmand dead or alive inside Ballard's Bastille. Okay, maybe dead.Greetings. Many of you already know me. However, I'm aware that not everyone is acquainted with my particular brand of depravity, so I suppose an introduction is in order. I'm the Surly Gourm ... More >>
Food
November 11, 2009
Search & Distill: Beaujolais Nouveau’s Not Worth the Money
Buy yourself some solid French wines instead.
Blogs
November 5, 2009
Former State Supreme Court Justice Faith Ireland Throws Off Robes, Picks Up Barbells
The ruling is in -- Ireland winsAs many people have observed, there are indeed second acts in American life. Ruthless capitalists become philanthropists. Congress members leave office and return to the Capitol as lobbyists. TV broadcasters turn into Republican non-partisan politicians. But he ... More >>
Food
November 4, 2009
Search & Distill: The Cure for Cold, Dreary Winters (and Sobriety)
Mulled wine is good wine gone bad.
Blogs
November 3, 2009
Meanwhile on the Daily Weekly, Novoselic Talks About Touring East/West Germany While the Wall Came Down
Gary Thorstensen, Kurt Cobain and Kurt Danielson in Budapest during a 1989 tour that took Nirvana and Tad through East and West Germany. From Krist Novoselic's column today on the Daily Weekly: It's one thing to observe history, it's another to do it with nine people crammed in a little van. ... More >>
Calendar
October 28, 2009
Mikael Colville-Andersen
Gary Thorstensen, Kurt Cobain and Kurt Danielson in Budapest during a 1989 tour that took Nirvana and Tad through East and West Germany. From Krist Novoselic's column today on the Daily Weekly: It's one thing to observe history, it's another to do it with nine people crammed in a little van. ... More >>
Calendar
May 27, 2009
Peaches
Gary Thorstensen, Kurt Cobain and Kurt Danielson in Budapest during a 1989 tour that took Nirvana and Tad through East and West Germany. From Krist Novoselic's column today on the Daily Weekly: It's one thing to observe history, it's another to do it with nine people crammed in a little van. ... More >>
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September 10, 2008
England
Gary Thorstensen, Kurt Cobain and Kurt Danielson in Budapest during a 1989 tour that took Nirvana and Tad through East and West Germany. From Krist Novoselic's column today on the Daily Weekly: It's one thing to observe history, it's another to do it with nine people crammed in a little van. ... More >>
Calendar
May 14, 2008
Living Dead in Denmark
Gary Thorstensen, Kurt Cobain and Kurt Danielson in Budapest during a 1989 tour that took Nirvana and Tad through East and West Germany. From Krist Novoselic's column today on the Daily Weekly: It's one thing to observe history, it's another to do it with nine people crammed in a little van. ... More >>
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