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May 11, 2012
Karaoke Korrespondent Finds the Karaoke Bar of His Dreams: Queen Anne's Keys On Main
This week I checked out a new karaoke venue that is so one of its kind, I had to go back the following night for more. The show isn't fully put together yet and hardly anyone knows about it, but once this thing catches on it will lift the karaoke experience to a level no other k-bar can match. The s ... More >>
Music
April 4, 2012
Elvis Costello: The Hall-of-Famer
The slugger's still hitting 'em out of the park.
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom Has A Thing For Bob Dylan
As opposed to our favorite songs, or songs we'd like to think define our listening habits, taking a look at what a person actually listens to can be far more revealing. With that in mind, every Wednesday we ask an artist to take a look at the most-played songs in their iTunes libraries and share wit ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2011
Neil Diamond's Coming to KeyArena July 23 (And He Should Be Revered On the Same Level As Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash)
COMEINAYEAHHHH-HAAAAAAA!Holly Holy, Tuesday just got a whole lot better. Our old friend Ashley just dropped us a musical candy graham with word that Neil Diamond will be posting up at KeyArena with his greatest hits (it'll be a long night) on Monday, July 23, 2012. Tickets go on sale Monday a ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2011
Party in White Center Tomorrow Night!
Tomorrow's the big party for White Center, the neighborhood which emerged victorious in our first-ever Snackdown. The 6 p.m. event is a great chance to check out the city's best 'hood for eating--and to eat cake, courtesy of party host Full Tilt Ice Cream. Last week, we steered you toward a ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2011
Lynyrd Skynyrd Karaoke, to the Surprise of No One, Goes Over Well in Kenmore
For the second straight week I found myself in a city where I'd never sung. This time it was Kenmore at MVPub, a shiny new sports bar two blocks south of Kenmore Lanes on Bothell Way. It was Wednesday and I had new karaoke options everywhere that night, but I chose this spot because I liked t ... More >>
Calendar
September 28, 2011
Isabel Wilkerson
For the second straight week I found myself in a city where I'd never sung. This time it was Kenmore at MVPub, a shiny new sports bar two blocks south of Kenmore Lanes on Bothell Way. It was Wednesday and I had new karaoke options everywhere that night, but I chose this spot because I liked t ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2011
Who Should Play Sam Cooke In His Biopic?
Following in the footsteps of Ray Charles and Johnny Cash, the latest musical superstar to get the big screen biopic treatment might be R&B godfather Sam Cooke--today Billboard reported that a screenplay has been completed and the search is officially on for a director for the Cooke film. Th ... More >>
Calendar
January 12, 2011
Uncle Mike's Barbecue
Following in the footsteps of Ray Charles and Johnny Cash, the latest musical superstar to get the big screen biopic treatment might be R&B godfather Sam Cooke--today Billboard reported that a screenplay has been completed and the search is officially on for a director for the Cooke film. Th ... 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 >>
Arts
October 6, 2010
The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events
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
October 1, 2010
Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Celebrity Extravaganza
Hey... How ya like my wiener? We had Ray Charles in the section this week. And Kevin Bacon. That scary dude from Machete (his name is Danny Trejo) made an appearance, and so did Robert Plant. And Roman Polanski. And Richard Blais and Anne Burrell and Grant Achatz and Jimmy Page and Bill Gate ... More >>
Calendar
September 29, 2010
Alex Ross
Hey... How ya like my wiener? We had Ray Charles in the section this week. And Kevin Bacon. That scary dude from Machete (his name is Danny Trejo) made an appearance, and so did Robert Plant. And Roman Polanski. And Richard Blais and Anne Burrell and Grant Achatz and Jimmy Page and Bill Gate ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2010
$7 Haul: OK, I Guess Meet the Beatles! Is Worth Going Over Budget ... a Buck!
Not that I need any further convincing, but it's times like these that I'm reminded that one golden record is soooo much better than an armful of crap (I'm sure that, at the time, it felt right to bring home those Judy Collins records). Things have been a bit hit or miss lately around Everyda ... More >>
Calendar
September 15, 2010
Isabel Wilkerson
Not that I need any further convincing, but it's times like these that I'm reminded that one golden record is soooo much better than an armful of crap (I'm sure that, at the time, it felt right to bring home those Judy Collins records). Things have been a bit hit or miss lately around Everyda ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2010
Modern Sounds, Manassas, and a Few Other Records I Scored for $7.50 at the New Everyday Music This Weekend
Everyday Music is now open at 1521 10th Ave, right next to Oddfellows, and what will soon be Elliott Bay Book Company. Ray Charles, Modern Sounds in in Country and Western Music, 1962: Obviously, this was a huge crossover hit for the late Ray Charles. His covers of "Born to Lose," and "Bye ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2009
Music in Movies on Mondays: A Fistful of Dollars
My very first record is hard to pin down. I think I was given the soundtrack to Star Wars, The Best of Ray Charles and the soundtrack to Fistful of Dollars
Blogs
October 26, 2009
Starbucks Honoring Jazz Daily at 23rd & Jackson
Earshot Jazz Festival, and that reminded me of the only Starbucks I will consistently frequent, the store on the northeast corner of 23rd & Jackson. On every available wall hang one or two stunning photos from the time before WWII when this area used to play host to one of the most vibrant ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2009
I've Been Listening To...
Brothers of the Sonic Cloth and Mico de Noche split 10": I've been writing for months about how much I was looking forward to this release, and it showed up in my in-box at KEXP today. Delightfully, it's as heavy and sharp as I had hoped for. The vinyl comes with a download code so you can ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2009
Live Music Roundup: Tuesday, June 2
Rye Rye, M.I.A.'s young protege, plays a show at Neumos tonight with Champagne Champagne and Tigerbeat. That starts at 8 p.m. and costs $12. David Sanborn(pictured) begins a six-day stint at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley tonight for $32.50, and like all Jazz Alley shows, it's all ages. As much as some j ... More >>
Calendar
May 27, 2009
David Sanborn
Tuesday, June 2 through Sunday, June 7
Blogs
January 27, 2009
John Updike, American Shaman
STANDING amid the tan, excited post-Christmas crowd at the Southwest Florida Regional Airport, Rabbit Angstrom has a funny sudden feeling that what he has come to meet, what's floating in unseen about to land, is not his son Nelson and daughter-in-law Pru and their two children but something m ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2007
From the archives: August 24, 1983
STANDING amid the tan, excited post-Christmas crowd at the Southwest Florida Regional Airport, Rabbit Angstrom has a funny sudden feeling that what he has come to meet, what's floating in unseen about to land, is not his son Nelson and daughter-in-law Pru and their two children but something m ... More >>
Film
October 24, 2007
Control: Joy Division Return From the Grave
STANDING amid the tan, excited post-Christmas crowd at the Southwest Florida Regional Airport, Rabbit Angstrom has a funny sudden feeling that what he has come to meet, what's floating in unseen about to land, is not his son Nelson and daughter-in-law Pru and their two children but something m ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2007
Starbucks launches music label
STANDING amid the tan, excited post-Christmas crowd at the Southwest Florida Regional Airport, Rabbit Angstrom has a funny sudden feeling that what he has come to meet, what's floating in unseen about to land, is not his son Nelson and daughter-in-law Pru and their two children but something m ... More >>
Blogs
January 22, 2007
I'm Dead, Biiitch!
STANDING amid the tan, excited post-Christmas crowd at the Southwest Florida Regional Airport, Rabbit Angstrom has a funny sudden feeling that what he has come to meet, what's floating in unseen about to land, is not his son Nelson and daughter-in-law Pru and their two children but something m ... More >>
Music
December 20, 2006
Jingle Hell
The retail nightmare of hearing Starbucks' Holiday Grind, Sarah McLachlan's Wintersong, and other Christmas music travesties, on repeat, for weeks on end.
Music
August 2, 2006
Notable Shows
The retail nightmare of hearing Starbucks' Holiday Grind, Sarah McLachlan's Wintersong, and other Christmas music travesties, on repeat, for weeks on end.
Music
July 19, 2006
Aretha Franklin
Plus CD Reviews of King Curtis, Fingletoad, Strange & Siho, Beauregard Ajax, Edip Akbayram, and Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
Diversions
November 30, 2005
See Me, Hear Me
Historically minded music DVDs for your holiday dollar.
Music
October 19, 2005
Trigger Cuts
Jazz players cover Pavement, while digital hardcore goes acoustic.
News
October 12, 2005
The Day-Care Scare
Jazz players cover Pavement, while digital hardcore goes acoustic.
Music
October 5, 2005
Ain't No Telling
Seattle Weekly plays Jukebox Jury with Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix biographer Charles R. Cross.
Film
September 14, 2005
Crash
Lions Gate Home Ent., $28.98.
Music
July 27, 2005
George Jones
Also: Lisa Brokop, The Willowz, Carolyn Mark, Pet Shop Boys: Back to Mine, and Golden Afrique, Vol. 1.
Music
February 23, 2005
Five Ways the Music Industry Is Changing in Seattle (and Everywhere Else)
Starbucks is selling nearly as many records as it is lattes, but not for long, because the CD is almost dead. And you can hear it all by tuning in to KEXP-FM—from anywhere on the planet. Here's a brief survey of where the music business is now and may be heading in 2005.
Film
February 16, 2005
The Motorcycle Diaries
Universal/Focus, $29.98
News
December 29, 2004
Mossbacks to Remember
An annual farewell to folks who helped shape life in our neck of the woods before they left us.
Music
December 22, 2004
Under the Tree and Dreaming
From jazzy standards to surfin' klezmer to 'Randolph the Flat-Nosed Reindeer,' Seattle Weekly picks seven holiday CDs to make the eggnog go down easier.
Arts
November 3, 2004
The Work of the Work
Also: David Boies, Earshot Jazz Films, Spectrum Dance Theater, Death Cab for Cutie.
Film
October 27, 2004
Oscar on His Mind
Jamie Foxx steps into greatness portraying the musical legend. So who's to quibble over a little extra melodrama?
News
July 21, 2004
My Gospel Conversion
A local rock writer, weaned on punk, wakes up to music fueled by a higher power.
Music
June 23, 2004
The Professional
Exploring pre-genius Ray Charles.
News
June 16, 2004
Buzz
Exploring pre-genius Ray Charles.
Food
March 17, 2004
Goodness Gracious!
There's a whole lotta camp going on at Chopstix in Queen Anne.
Arts
August 27, 2003
An Oral History
The story of a small arts festival that became a Northwest tradition, told by the people who lived it.
Music
February 12, 2003
Great Scott
The story of a small arts festival that became a Northwest tradition, told by the people who lived it.
News
December 19, 2001
Holiday Music You Can Dig
Otis Redding, the Rev. Al Green, and Linus and Lucy balm your wintery soul.
Music
January 24, 2001
CD Reviews
Otis Redding, the Rev. Al Green, and Linus and Lucy balm your wintery soul.
Music
November 11, 1998
Lighting up at 100 Watts
Why Seattle is plugged into Reggie Watts.
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