Kenny Rogers

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Cake

Kenny Rogers

The World Widened Web

Torpid third Spidey segment sags under character bloat, mission creep, and evil schizo tap dancing. Quit while you're behind, Sam.

Greg Nickels' Quiet Storm

The mayor's nightlife policies have led many to believe he wants the city's sidewalks to roll up after dinner. But a visit to a secret smooth-jazz hideaway in West Seattle shows just how wrong that notion is.

Ken of All Media

Before Young Country was Six Pack Kenny.

Fear of Clothing in Las Vegas

Seattle's Greg Thompson, the Cecil B. DeMille of sex and schlock, knows what turns Middle America's crank.

Soft

Seattle's Greg Thompson, the Cecil B. DeMille of sex and schlock, knows what turns Middle America's crank.

2005 in the Mix

We asked Seattle Weekly's music writers to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here's what they came up with.

July 6-12, 2005

We asked Seattle Weekly's music writers to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here's what they came up with.

Music Calendar

We asked Seattle Weekly's music writers to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here's what they came up with.

Music Calendar

We asked Seattle Weekly's music writers to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here's what they came up with.

The peacemaker

We asked Seattle Weekly's music writers to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here's what they came up with.

Seven nights

We asked Seattle Weekly's music writers to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here's what they came up with.

PUGET SOUNDS

We asked Seattle Weekly's music writers to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here's what they came up with.

Summer Calendar

So many options, so little time.

Chestnuts toasted

Judging from this year's Christmas releases, it's best to stick with the classics.

Children of Bodom

Judging from this year's Christmas releases, it's best to stick with the classics.

The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

Judging from this year's Christmas releases, it's best to stick with the classics.

Tonight: Children of Bodom, Red Fang

​Red Fang, Kylesa, Iron Lung, Bison B.C. at Chop Suey, 7 p.m., $12, all ages If future Queens of the Stone Age leader Josh Homme had chosen to invite Black Flag founder Greg Ginn and Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler to his legendary Desert Sessions back in the late '90s, the results probab ... More >>

The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

​Red Fang, Kylesa, Iron Lung, Bison B.C. at Chop Suey, 7 p.m., $12, all ages If future Queens of the Stone Age leader Josh Homme had chosen to invite Black Flag founder Greg Ginn and Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler to his legendary Desert Sessions back in the late '90s, the results probab ... More >>

Electric Six

​Red Fang, Kylesa, Iron Lung, Bison B.C. at Chop Suey, 7 p.m., $12, all ages If future Queens of the Stone Age leader Josh Homme had chosen to invite Black Flag founder Greg Ginn and Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler to his legendary Desert Sessions back in the late '90s, the results probab ... More >>

Cake

​Red Fang, Kylesa, Iron Lung, Bison B.C. at Chop Suey, 7 p.m., $12, all ages If future Queens of the Stone Age leader Josh Homme had chosen to invite Black Flag founder Greg Ginn and Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler to his legendary Desert Sessions back in the late '90s, the results probab ... More >>

Cake

​Red Fang, Kylesa, Iron Lung, Bison B.C. at Chop Suey, 7 p.m., $12, all ages If future Queens of the Stone Age leader Josh Homme had chosen to invite Black Flag founder Greg Ginn and Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler to his legendary Desert Sessions back in the late '90s, the results probab ... More >>

Heart Will Rock Puyallup on September 25, Following Release of Red Velvet Car

Ann and Nancy will play the Puyallup Fair on September 25.​Heart will be doing the Puyallup on Saturday, September 25. Seattle's favorite female rockers join a Fair lineup that includes Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers with the Tacoma Symphony, Hall & Oates, and more. Last month the sisters Wilson ... More >>

The First-Ever Soft Rock Cafe Is Tomorrow Night at Hattie's Hat: Sneak a Peek at Our Mellow Gold Playlist

Christopher Cross comin' atcha!​Got plans tomorrow night? Cancel 'em -- and join us at 9 p.m. for the first-ever Soft Rock Cafe. A lot you are going to be hitting the stressful, sweaty swarms of Sasquatch or Folklife this weekend, but if you'd rather be in the chill zone, best come to Hattie's ... More >>

John Roderick

Christopher Cross comin' atcha!​Got plans tomorrow night? Cancel 'em -- and join us at 9 p.m. for the first-ever Soft Rock Cafe. A lot you are going to be hitting the stressful, sweaty swarms of Sasquatch or Folklife this weekend, but if you'd rather be in the chill zone, best come to Hattie's ... More >>

The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

Christopher Cross comin' atcha!​Got plans tomorrow night? Cancel 'em -- and join us at 9 p.m. for the first-ever Soft Rock Cafe. A lot you are going to be hitting the stressful, sweaty swarms of Sasquatch or Folklife this weekend, but if you'd rather be in the chill zone, best come to Hattie's ... More >>

Tonight: John Roderick Jason Dodson at the Triple Door

Autumn de Wilde​John Roderick, with Jason Dodson. Triple Door, 216 Union St., 838-4333. 6 p.m. $20. All ages. Usually when a musician announces he'll be talking a lot during a show, it's a dreadful omen--like when Kenny Rogers visited the Puyallup Fair a few years ago. Sure, he played "The Gam ... More >>

Record Shopping with Surfer Blood: Fleetwood Mac, the Supremes, Dreamboat Annie, Philip Glass, and the Soundtrack to Cats

Bargains everywhere!​The occasion: Following a stellar Bumbershoot performance just last month, the much-vaunted -- and recently signed to Warner Bros. records -- Floridian quintet Surfer Blood was back in town yesterday to co-headline Neumos with the Drums. The band has a recently acquired to ... More >>

The 5 Worst Baseball (Project) Songs Ever

Michael E. Anderson/Yep RocThis rotation goes a figurative 0-162.​With the possible exceptions of John Fogerty's "Centerfield" and Kenny Rogers' "The Greatest," songs about baseball are typically really corny. But, Scott Stapp's anatomically inaccurate "Marlins Will Soar" aside, they're also p ... More >>

Kenny Rogers

Michael E. Anderson/Yep RocThis rotation goes a figurative 0-162.​With the possible exceptions of John Fogerty's "Centerfield" and Kenny Rogers' "The Greatest," songs about baseball are typically really corny. But, Scott Stapp's anatomically inaccurate "Marlins Will Soar" aside, they're also p ... More >>

Whisker Tones: What the Hair On Your Face Says About Your Music

​As the saying goes, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but you can discover plenty about a band or celebrity by looking at nothing more than the follicles of their face. Don't believe me? Read on for proof. Or see for yourself in person. Fleet Foxes (Wednesday), Iron & Wine (Saturday), ... More >>

Kinyarwanda: Dramatizing the Rwandan Genocide of the '90s

​As the saying goes, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but you can discover plenty about a band or celebrity by looking at nothing more than the follicles of their face. Don't believe me? Read on for proof. Or see for yourself in person. Fleet Foxes (Wednesday), Iron & Wine (Saturday), ... More >>