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Long Beach (New York)

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Cold War Kids Prove Grandy Right: For the 1 Percent, Smaller Is Better

    Cold War Kids Columbia City Theater Thursday, March 1 You know what the worst thing is about Bruce Springsteen's unnaturally intimate, upcoming set at Austin's South By Southwest? That everyone who can't get in -- the 99 percent -- is going to feel disappointed on a day that should be more musicall ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 29, 2012

    Cold War Kids

    Cold War Kids Columbia City Theater Thursday, March 1 You know what the worst thing is about Bruce Springsteen's unnaturally intimate, upcoming set at Austin's South By Southwest? That everyone who can't get in -- the 99 percent -- is going to feel disappointed on a day that should be more musicall ... More >>

  • Music

    January 4, 2012

    Reviews: It's January 2012 and Seattle Sounds Like...

    Our take on every local release of the month.

  • Diversions

    January 4, 2012

    Ask a Mexican!

    Our take on every local release of the month.

  • News

    November 30, 2011

    The Boy Scouts' Police Problem

    Dozens of teenage Explorers have been sexually abused by cops. Should the Scouts share the blame?

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Iraq 2003-2006

    Dozens of teenage Explorers have been sexually abused by cops. Should the Scouts share the blame?

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Through @ 2: Yes, That's Beck's Guitarist Sipping Coffee Next to You at Lighthouse

    Matt Wignall​The situation I'm having drinks at Phinney Ridge's 418 Public House with 27-year-old singer and multi-instrumentalist Jessica Dobson and her husband, Peter Mansen, who plays drums in her band, Deep Sea Diver. The romantic comedy-worthy story of how they met: Dobson, who's from Ora ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Seattle-Area CEOs Are Seventh Highest Paid in the Country

    ​Breaking news! Seattle-area CEOs make far, far more money than you. But don't fret. They make more than a lot of other CEOs too.

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    USPS: Seattle Has 10th Highest Number of Dog Attacks on Mail Carriers

    ​The mail carrier has always been the traditional arch-nemesis of the canine, and vice versa. But how does Seattle's population of postman-perforating pooches stack up with other cities? The United States Postal Service is glad you asked.

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Today Reverb Recommends Checking Out The Fling at the High Dive (For Free!)

    ​It's been said about many a band, but I'll say it again about this one: the Long Beach quartet The Fling--brothers Dustin and Graham Lovelis on guitar and bass, plus guitarist/keyboardist Justin Roeland and drummer Justin Ivey--are a modern day Beatles fan's dream. That's Beatles circa Rubber ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 27, 2011

    The Fling

    ​It's been said about many a band, but I'll say it again about this one: the Long Beach quartet The Fling--brothers Dustin and Graham Lovelis on guitar and bass, plus guitarist/keyboardist Justin Roeland and drummer Justin Ivey--are a modern day Beatles fan's dream. That's Beatles circa Rubber ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2011

    Crooked I

    ​It's been said about many a band, but I'll say it again about this one: the Long Beach quartet The Fling--brothers Dustin and Graham Lovelis on guitar and bass, plus guitarist/keyboardist Justin Roeland and drummer Justin Ivey--are a modern day Beatles fan's dream. That's Beatles circa Rubber ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    2011 Grunge: Nirvana's in a Museum, Soundgarden's in the Studio, and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder Is on Tour With His Ukulele

    ​I think it's safe to say that 20 years ago, nobody could have predicted where grunge's three most important bands would be today. Let's take a quick look: -- Soundgarden: After a sorta reunion last year, the band says they're in the studio working on new material. We're not holding our breat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    The Garbage We Eat: Pacific Fish Ingesting Our Plastic Before We Ingest Them, Says New Study

    Curt, shoe​It's no surprise to scientists that humans are unknowingly eating their garbage. As former University of Washington oceanographer Curt Ebbesmeyer, tracker of floating shoes and body parts, told SW in 2008, floating oceanic garbage patches that include refrigerators, TVs, computer s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Bill Gates Says State Budgets Are So Dishonest That "Enron Would Blush"

    ​Bill Gates, a man who, no matter how many untold billions of dollars he gives away to charity, still seems to have untold billions more, was in Long Beach, Calif., yesterday telling states that they need to manage their money better. Actually, "telling" isn't the right word. "Mocking" or "sha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    90s Flashback of the Day: Nirvana Plays "About a Girl" in 1990, Rings in 1994 in Oakland

    Did you know Nirvana has a Facebook? And whoever runs it posted this video this morning of the pre-Grohl Nirvana playing "About a Girl" at Bogart's in Long Beach in 1990. Says Nirvana's Facebook: Rare footage from 1990 - Nirvana at Bogart's, if you were lucky enough to be there, you were probably ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Royce Lynn Baxter, Alleged Tumwater Underwear Thief, Caught With Panties and Pitbulls

    ​Having a thing for collecting women's panties is neither a crime, nor is it all that unusual. That changes once it starts to involve breaking into people's houses and raiding their dressers. It also never helps to get caught later with bag full of stolen underwear, along with a gun and four s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Win a Pair of Tickets to See Avi Buffalo at Neumos Tomorrow Night

    ​Tomorrow's a packed night for shows in Seattle -- Gorillaz will be at Key Arena, the Crocodile's got Brooklyn buzz band Bear In Heaven, and the Long Beach underagers Avi Buffalo will be in town to headline Neumos. The show is all ages, starts at 8 p.m., and The Head and the Heart will open. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Tonight's a Good Night to Hit the High Dive: Cataldo The Red River

    ​Eric Anderson of Cataldo is going to be headlining the High Dive tonight; Paige Richmond calls his music "downright infectious" and "totally lovable." I'm personally more interested in the openers though -- out of Long Beach, California, the folk-pop outfit (with eight members at last count) ... More >>

  • Diversions

    September 8, 2010

    What's Up With Mexican Hatred of African Americans?

    ​Eric Anderson of Cataldo is going to be headlining the High Dive tonight; Paige Richmond calls his music "downright infectious" and "totally lovable." I'm personally more interested in the openers though -- out of Long Beach, California, the folk-pop outfit (with eight members at last count) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Barack Obama, Tutta Bella Owner Chat Over Lunch In Pioneer Square

    POTUS-tested, Secret Service approved!​While President Obama's visit to Seattle today was remarkably low-pro, dude's gotta eat. So just where did he sit down to fill up, and with whom? Grand Central Baking Company in Pioneer Square, alongside Tutta Bella owner Joe Fugere. The two men, joined ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    New Cooking/Competition/Reality(ish) Show "Masterchef" to Feature Two Seattle Locals

    This is Mat Follas, the apparently unmedicated psychotic who won the British version of Masterchef in 2009​Gordon Ramsay is a machine. Seriously, he's got like 200 different restaurants running in cities all over the globe, maybe 17 different television shows being broadcast continuously on a ... More >>

  • News

    June 16, 2010

    The Killer of His Daughter's Mother

    A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner.

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Tonight: LMNO at Chop Suey

    ​LMNO, with Kev Brown, JFK, All Flags Burn. Chop Suey, 1325 E. Madison St., 324-8000. 8 p.m. $10. To celebrate the Year of Our Lord 2010, Long Beach lyricist LMNO decided to release 10 albums. You may be forgiven your trespasses for thinking of this project as The Decalogue, as LMNO, who isn' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    LMNO

    ​LMNO, with Kev Brown, JFK, All Flags Burn. Chop Suey, 1325 E. Madison St., 324-8000. 8 p.m. $10. To celebrate the Year of Our Lord 2010, Long Beach lyricist LMNO decided to release 10 albums. You may be forgiven your trespasses for thinking of this project as The Decalogue, as LMNO, who isn' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    What Is Washington's Biggest Tourist Trap?

    Half-man, half-alligator. All trap.​According to this unwieldy Flash map, Jake the Alligator Man is Washington's biggest tourist trap. Who is Jake? He's a half-man, half-alligator on display at Marsh's Free Museum in Long Beach and a former Weekly World News cover boy. Whether you agree with ... More >>

  • Music

    April 21, 2010

    Year of the Buffalo

    Ten months and one Sub Pop deal later, a teenage band learns to handle the hype.

  • Calendar

    March 3, 2010

    Snoop Dogg

    Ten months and one Sub Pop deal later, a teenage band learns to handle the hype.

  • Music

    February 10, 2010

    Rocket Queen: Love Is Laughter

    Two local benefit shows take aim at leukemia.

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Sub Pop Signs Buzzed-About Avi Buffalo

    Sub Pop Records has inked a deal to release a 7-inch and full-length LP with Avi Buffalo.​It was just last month that I caught Avi Buffalo perform at MusicFest NW, and I predicted that the young singer-songwriter would be playing to packed houses within the year. ("Avi Buffalo" is both the sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    The Valkryies Tour Diaries: Los Angeles

    A very sunburned Stevie Barile of the Valkyries​For those of you who have missed their updates, the Valkyries are still on tour, traveling along the West Coast and playing shows with the Neon Nights. They recently sent along a couple of hilarious missives a few days ago and I haven't been able ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Touch Me Satan at the Sunset This Thursday

    Granted, there's more than enough rock to keep me busy over the next three nights (Thee Oh Sees tonight, PJ Harvey tomorrow, Johnny Nails' CD release on Wednesday), but I just might have to make it four nights in a row now that Anchor Tattoo proprietor Curtis James drew my attention to Touch Me Sat ... More >>

  • Music

    June 10, 2009

    Rocket Queen: Mad Love

    Noise for the Needy turns up the volume on mental-health issues.

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2009

    Crystal Antlers

    Sunday, June 14

  • Arts

    August 30, 2006

    Big Ideas, Small World

    Dengue Fever's incurable grooves.

  • News

    April 28, 2004

    So Long, Sodo

    The grand ambitions of a developer clash with an impassioned politician's hope to save Seattle's working waterfront.

  • News

    March 31, 2004

    His Past Life

    An old molestation allegation is renewed against the former head of Seattle Children's Home.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2006

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2006.

  • Food

    November 19, 2003

    A Thanksgiving Guide to Dining Out

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2006.

  • Music

    August 20, 2003

    Hey, Ladies

    Raunch-rock quartet the Girls rub the mascara from their eyes.

  • News

    January 22, 2003

    Ship Out of Shape

    A patched-up oil tanker piques local fears.

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    Owl's Not Well Up North

    The northern spotted owl is disappearing from B.C., as well as Washington.

  • Film

    September 4, 2002

    Corporal Punishment

    Criminally bad cop flick features a lard-ass De Niro.

  • News

    March 27, 2002

    All together now

    Criminally bad cop flick features a lard-ass De Niro.

  • News

    September 5, 2001

    Swept away

    Or, Here come the mud (part 2)

  • News

    February 7, 2001

    Missing the bad old days

    A sanitized, transparent government can't make the necessary compromises.

  • Arts

    November 17, 1999

    Manpower(less)

    Susan Faludi's new book gives men another chance.

  • News

    July 14, 1999

    Striking contrast

    Comparing the current waterfront dispute with the bloody strike of 1934.

  • News

    March 10, 1999

    The ships hit the fan

    The 'New Carissa' crack-up and other near-disasters show why rescue tugs are needed, and why they might not be enough.

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