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Dylan: Driving In The Flats In A Cadillac Car

Journey Hires "Filipino Steve Perry" As Lead Singer

Foreign moments in music-video history

Foreign moments in music video history

Save Internet Radio!

Feed the World Redux

Bezos at the Movies

Cookus Interruptus: Beyond Online Cooking Shows

The Third Party in Tonight's Debate (the Other Barr)

It's Not Every Day That You Get to See a Live Power Line Down

Last night's snow caused widespread power outages, and someone took this YouTube video of a power line down at Roosevelt and 127th. (I'm assuming it was taken last night, as it was posted this morning.) They also had some footage of transformers blowing.

When Seattle Sports Were Good: Dramatic Sonics vs. Blazers Preview, and a John Tesh Remix

Much has been written in the last month about the sorry state of local sports (Here, here, and here are just a few examples). And of course, the older we get and the worse things are, the better they used to be. On that note, please enjoy the following YouTube clip of the one NBC's epic preview for ... More >>

Dow in Hi-Def

Okay, not really. But Dow Constantine is on YouTube. Last night he posted a video after word of his plan to take on Larry Phillips made the rounds. Watch it below the jump:

Can YouTube Suspend You for Covering a Song?

I'm absolutely crushed that I can't access Rin on the Rox via YouTube anymore. The duo, which consists of two best friends named Erin and Roxanne, became an Internet sensation in just a few months time by covering pop songs in their bathroom using a webcam. They're absolutely adorable and they can s ... More >>

A YouTube Glimpse at Next Year's Huskies

Saturday's loss to Purdue was a bummer, though for all their heart, this year's Dawgs didn't quite have the talent to run with the nation's elite. Next year may be different, however. The talented Quincy Pondexter has regained his confidence and improved his game to the point where an NBA career o ... More >>

Why MySpace Music Won’t Succeed

Rupert Murdoch’s toy is trying to go legit; mayhem may ensue, and success may not.

News Clips— Valiantly streaming

Rupert Murdoch’s toy is trying to go legit; mayhem may ensue, and success may not.

In the realm of the sense

Rather than humans adapting to virtual reality, computer interfaces are adapting to ours.

Start me up

Three new Seattle companies vie to shape the ways we interact with music.

"I can tell you that I too suffer occasionally from nostalgia—although what I long for is the time when journalism consisted of checking the facts."

Three new Seattle companies vie to shape the ways we interact with music.

Brave New Radio

With radio gravitating to the Internet, the old way of doing business appears to be doomed.

Sic transit media

Small schools howl as newly wired big districts pull the plug on the region's pioneering media library.

Mooning the Giant

Last summer, Rob Glaser pissed off Bill Gates. Now, Microsoft is doing to RealNetworks what it did to Netscape.

A breath of fresh A.I.R.

Online, everyone can be a DJ. That's great news for alternative music fans.

Why I Agree With Bono

Krist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. Check back on Friday when he writes about what's circulating through his iPod.​When I logged onto Twitter yesterday, I discovered U2's Bono going down in Tweeted flames. Turns out the singer/philanthropist wrote a for ... More >>

In Praise of YouTube

​In a celebration of free music on the internet, here's a some of my current YouTube Fav's. Nine Inch Nails "March of the Pigs" NIN are recorded live with an excellent example of punk for the modern era. Trent Reznor seems hard on mic's - good thing there are roadies to help pick them up afte ... More >>

Lynn Shelton Talks "$5 Cover" at Sundance, Blurs Lines of Reality

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog Maybe I'm one of few people left in America who still cares whether reality television is actually real or not, but I'm getting more and more confused about how accurate MTV's new web series "$5 Cover Seattle" will be. It's starting to feel like MTV and director Lynn She ... More >>

Visual Arts: YouTube Diffusion

Traveling to Iceland to study light. And Björk.

Video: Kingdome's 10-Year Demoversary

On March 26, 2000, the Kingdome done got imploded. Sadly, ESPN Classic's telecast -- which featured Kenny Mayne and was the first live programming the channel ever aired -- isn't on YouTube. So you'll just have to make do with this feed from KOMO. Man, TV sure looked crappy 10 years ago.

M.I.A.'s Controversial "Born Free" Music Video Gets Pulled From YouTube

​Yesterday, M.I.A.'s new music video for "Born Free" whipped up a huge frenzy for its terrifying portrayal of a paranoid police state, including violent arrests and a brutal execution. Now the video's been pulled from YouTube in the U.S. and the UK. A YouTube rep told BBC: On YouTube the rules ... More >>

A.M. Music News: The Dead Weather, Built to Spill Kings of Leon, and the End of Lala

Chris KornelisThe Dead Weather at The Paramount on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.​-- MSNBC: First Imeem, now Lala: Apple's shutting down the music streaming site they purchased earlier this year. Speculation is rampant that it means they're gearing up for an online version of iTunes that could possi ... More >>

Imogen Heap

Chris KornelisThe Dead Weather at The Paramount on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.​-- MSNBC: First Imeem, now Lala: Apple's shutting down the music streaming site they purchased earlier this year. Speculation is rampant that it means they're gearing up for an online version of iTunes that could possi ... More >>

An Incomplete History of the Musical Relationship Between Joanna Newsom and Robin Pecknold

From the Pope to the Moore.

Winnebago Man: Internet Anger Goes Viral

From the Pope to the Moore.

Obama to Answer YouTube Questions Today: Ex-King County Cop's Drug Legalization Query Tops the List

​Unemployment is at 9.4 percent, the war in Afghanistan is dragging on, the education system is failing children, and foreign countries are inching ahead of the U.S. in major industries. But what people really care about--what 99 of the top 100 questions submitted for President Obama's YouTube ... More >>

Even Peter Schiff Thinks His Dad Should Pay Taxes

​This week's cover story is about a Washington couple who made millions selling Dreamsicles--chintzy cherubs that are catnip to Midwestern grannies--then lost it all when the government busted them for not paying their taxes. The couple's spiritual guide was a man by the name of Irwin Schiff. ... More >>

Stanislav Bakanov, Oregon Dumbass, Arrested for Videotaping 140-MPH Highway Drive for YouTube

​On paper, the plan might have seemed bulletproof. Stanislav Bakanov would videotape himself driving his BMW at ridiculous speeds and post it on YouTube, thereby earning the admiration of juiced-up meatheads nationwide. Either he'd drive fast and get away scot-free, or he'd get pulled over, in ... More >>

Microsoft Continues the Dead-Playstation 3 Party With Rumored Launch of Hulu for Xbox Live

​If two weeks ago someone had told Microsoft's Xbox Live team that their biggest competitor would be hacked and its entire online network taken down for more than a week, they probably would given an appreciative wink and told said jokester to scram so they could get some real work done. Well, ... More >>

Top 8 Artists (Besides the Bieber) We Have YouTube to "Thank" For

If you're one of the 544 million people who have been swooned by Justin Bieber's puberty-tickling vocals in the music video for "Baby," the all-time most watched video on YouTube, then congratulations--you essentially gave a 17-year-old boy $65.5 million. Bieber, like the following musicians, fou ... More >>

Dell Schanze, Astoria Column Paragliding Badass, Arrested by Oregon Fun Police

​While descending the stairs from the top of the 125-foot Astoria Column in Astoria, Ore., a friend of Dell Schanze said that the act his buddy had just performed was "the coolest thing ever done in Astoria." Besides the filming of The Goonies, we're pretty sure the guy is right.

Why Haven't We Talked About the New Seapony Video Yet?

Today is a perfect day for those twee, summery scamps, and--hey, look!--they have a new video for the almost-title track off their recent Hardly Art debut Go With Me, "Where We Go." The video stars Emily Nokes of TacocaT and Derek Erdman of Derek Erdman, and was directed by Hardly Art's Ruben Mend ... More >>

Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, Accused Terrorist, Backed al Qaeda, Yemen, in YouTube Vids

​As an accused terrorist, who traditionally keep a low profile, Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif seems to have preferred the limelight, parading himself across the Internet, throwing up YouTube vids and leaving a trail of online comments, making known his intentions to find a new life in Yemen. The SeaT ... More >>

Jay-Z/Kanye West's "Otis" May Have Less 'Bitches,' But It's Overflowing With Soul

​"You know I thug 'em, fuck 'em, love 'em, leave 'em cause I" ... want to cuddle? OK, maybe there's a generation gap, but Jay-Z/Kanye West's new single "Otis," which finally dropped yesterday and sparked a monsoon of YouTube fakes, is a rather impressive feat.The single, from the much anticip ... More >>

Here's the Bible Passage that Inspired an Oregon Mother to Try and Circumcize Her Own Child

​Portland mom Keemonta Peterson was sentenced to five years of probation for trying and failing to circumcise her three-month-old son. Two factors were said to play into Peterson's logic in performing the delicate surgery: YouTube videos and an Old Testament Bible verse. We're not sure which ... More >>

Christopher Cristwell, Starbucks Barista, Fired for YouTube Song

​Christopher Cristwell loves coffee. It's safe to say, however, that he did not want to be a barista at Starbucks forever. Fortunately for him, the acoustic song he wrote and uploaded to YouTube just got him fired.

Occupy Pomplamoose!

America's most annoying band tours just in time to steal Christmas again.

Gummi Bears Crushed by Ocean Depths in UW Study

​Gummi Bears--the other, other white meat--are the most classic and arguably the most delicious of gummi foodstuffs. They are also apparently the most scientific.

2011's Top Six Developments for Seattle's Lazy

James Lee, 2010.​ It's most definitely still December. That means two things for certain when it comes to pop culture: there isn't a whole lot to watch on television, and you've probably been reading a lot of yawn-worthy, boilerplate "Best of 2011" lists lately. After this week's dramatic fina ... More >>

Does Washington Have the Dirtiest High School Basketball Player In America? Watch the Video and You Decide

​Poor Cole Vanderbilt. He's getting his 15 minutes of fame and it ain't a pretty sight. A red-hot YouTube video is out that is rapidly turning the Connell, Wash., high school basketball player into one of the most hated -- or at least, feared -- hoopsters in all the land.

Jesse Sykes: PIPA , Paranoia, Propaganda, and the Sad, Dark Irony of It All

Jesse Sykes' latest album, Marble Son, was one of the Weekly's top local albums of 2011.​Jesse Sykes is a Seattle-based singer and songwriter who has been living in Iowa (but we still claim her). This column was originally posted to her Facebook page, and then later added as a response to Duff ... More >>

Standing With the Man

Artists aren't fighting piracy to get rich. We're fighting to survive.