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  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Guns 'N' (Over) Doses: The 11 Most Notorious Rock & Roll Crimes

    Varg Vikernes of Burzum and Mayhem burned down churches and murdered a band mate. ​As Duff noted in his most recent column, it's been a pretty bad week for hard rock bassists. First, Michael Todd of Coheed and Cambria was arrested after threatening to blow-up a Walgreens if they didn't cough u ... More >>

  • Film

    December 1, 2010

    The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector: From Top 40 to a Life Sentence

    Varg Vikernes of Burzum and Mayhem burned down churches and murdered a band mate. ​As Duff noted in his most recent column, it's been a pretty bad week for hard rock bassists. First, Michael Todd of Coheed and Cambria was arrested after threatening to blow-up a Walgreens if they didn't cough u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    The 50 Best Rock Singers of All Time, According to the P-I

    Overlooked​ The P-I now has a slide show up of "The 50 best rock singers of all time." Even though this kind of list is always stupid, and this one in particular was obviously haphazardly thrown together because they needed to fill some space and get their page views up, what the hell, let's ... More >>

  • Music

    October 6, 2010

    The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

    Overlooked​ The P-I now has a slide show up of "The 50 best rock singers of all time." Even though this kind of list is always stupid, and this one in particular was obviously haphazardly thrown together because they needed to fill some space and get their page views up, what the hell, let's ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2010

    Ty Segall

    Overlooked​ The P-I now has a slide show up of "The 50 best rock singers of all time." Even though this kind of list is always stupid, and this one in particular was obviously haphazardly thrown together because they needed to fill some space and get their page views up, what the hell, let's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Speaking of Living Colour

    They were my first inkling that black musicians and rock, especially heavier rock/metal, belonged in the same sentence. As a seven or eight-year-old kid in Detroit -- long before I heard about Jimi Hendrix or Bad Brains or Black Merda or Fishbone, hell before I even really knew about Chuck Berry o ... More >>

  • Music

    May 27, 2009

    Hendrix Gets the Rough Guides Treatment

    Perfect for music tourists in need of a map.

  • Arts

    February 11, 2009

    Whites Mistreated in Memphis!

    But everything else in this new race-and-rock musical is right on.

  • Calendar

    October 29, 2008

    The Sonics

    Friday, October 31

  • News

    July 30, 2008

    Johnny Rockets Flooded, Not Sunk

    You can return to your usual chair for your “Original Hamburger” next week. Probably.

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2008

    You're Not the Boss of Me

    You can return to your usual chair for your “Original Hamburger” next week. Probably.

  • Music

    March 5, 2008

    What's So Weird About Madonna in the Rock Hall of Fame?

    She's been through as much blood, sweat, and sex with Dennis Rodman as anyone else in there.

  • Film

    July 5, 2006

    July 5-12, 2006

    Audrey Hepburn, Molly Ringwald, and the Tour de France on film.

  • Arts

    February 15, 2006

    Wedding Singer Crashes

    Big '80s hair, yes, but no Hairspray.

  • Music

    October 5, 2005

    Ain't No Telling

    Seattle Weekly plays Jukebox Jury with Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix biographer Charles R. Cross.

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    Jimi's First Experience

    The 'white kid's' drug that made Jimi Hendrix feel like Marilyn Monroe and helped him 'see' his music.

  • Music

    April 13, 2005

    Yakety Yak

    Talking with EMP Pop Conference presenter Robert Christgau.

  • Music

    October 20, 2004

    Cocktails for Three

    Trio albums from Frank Kimbrough and Brad Mehldau go range roving.

  • Music

    January 29, 2003

    The Night Manager

    Rock 'n' roll madman Screamin' Jay Hawkins haunts the silver screen.

  • Music

    April 3, 2002

    Original isn't a good thing

    Ann Powers argues on behalf of sounding like something else.

  • Music

    February 6, 2002

    Days of our nights

    Ann Powers argues on behalf of sounding like something else.

  • Music

    June 27, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Ann Powers argues on behalf of sounding like something else.

  • News

    June 20, 2001

    Liza has left the building

    Squashing stereotypes with Seattle's boys in the band.

  • Music

    May 30, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Squashing stereotypes with Seattle's boys in the band.

  • Music

    June 28, 2000

    Bad boys

    Squashing stereotypes with Seattle's boys in the band.

  • Music

    November 24, 1999

    King Cobra

    John Petkovic knows it's only rock 'n' roll, but he likes it.

  • Diversions

    September 8, 1999

    Team of the century

    John Petkovic knows it's only rock 'n' roll, but he likes it.

  • Music

    August 4, 1999

    It's gumbo-rific!

    The skinniest Neville brother reminisces about New Orleans' first family of music.

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