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May 25, 2012
Chastity Belt's Casual Come-Ons and Stripped-Down Riffs Make Excellent Party Jams
Chastity Belt Fuck Chastity Belt Out now, chastity-belt.bandcamp.com "This is the worst music you will ever hear. Chastity Belt is the worst band to ever exist," proudly proclaims their Bandcamp profile. Sadly, for fans of the worst song in the world, that's far from the truth (and surely that hono ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
Spatulas at Koral Stir Up a Sexual Frenzy
Koral Bar & Kitchen in Bellevue calls itself a "New American Kitchen," serving regional American cuisine--comfort food favorites and a few upscale dishes--in an atmosphere more casual than sister restaurant Pearl. After trying pan-fried trout, roasted beets with arugula, tuna crudo, Penn Cove mussel ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2012
Recommended Reading: The New Yorker's "Song Machine" (And How It's Related to the Worst Song in the World)
Fans of Erin's Nice Hits! column will definitely want to peruse this New Yorker story by the great journalist John Seabrook that follows Swedish production team Stargate and their "top-liner," Ester Dean. As the article explains, the "top-liner" writes the melody and lyrics after Stargate writes the ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2012
Say What?!: The Nine Weirdest Feuds in Music
Do you ever hear of musicians feuding and scratch your head, saying, "huh?" Like, why are these people even talking about each other? I'm not talking about Oasis vs. Blur or Azealia Banks vs. Kreayshawn-- those make sense. They're working in the same sphere, and it's only natural that they don't lik ... More >>
Film
March 14, 2012
Adventures in Plymptoons!: Meet Cult Animator Bill Plympton
Do you ever hear of musicians feuding and scratch your head, saying, "huh?" Like, why are these people even talking about each other? I'm not talking about Oasis vs. Blur or Azealia Banks vs. Kreayshawn-- those make sense. They're working in the same sphere, and it's only natural that they don't lik ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2012
The 50 Greatest Things You Missed at the 54th Grammy Awards
It's something of a culture shock to be sitting in a basement apartment on a cold and rainy Seattle evening after having spent the previous night in Los Angeles in the same room (well, arena) as Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen. Part of me wants to curl up in bed and wallow in my post-vacation d ... More >>
News
January 25, 2012
Victoria Jackson's Tea Party
A Saturday Night Live star's journey to the rabid right of modern politics.
Film
November 23, 2011
The Weird World of Blowfly: The Song Remains Insane
A Saturday Night Live star's journey to the rabid right of modern politics.
Blogs
November 23, 2011
Definitely Not Nirvana: The Ten Worst Covers of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Trying to cover Nirvana is like trying to cover Radiohead. At best, it comes off as uninspired and tepid. At worst, it's a blatant cash-grab in an age when smiley-face t-shirts are sold in every mall in America, or a pathetic attempt to be "edgy." There's something about Nirvana that's impossible to ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2011
Ed's Kort Haus Gives Phinney Ridge the Karaoke Spot It's Long Deserved
Phinney Ridge finally has its own karaoke night: Ed's Kort Haus has been welcoming in singers every other Monday since July. The Greenwood Avenue strip has always been known for great karaoke, but this is the first time a spot south of NW 85th has ever done it. I walked in last Monday ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2011
The Top 11 Bands We Never Expected to Hit the Road Again in 2011
After Soundgarden closed their reunion tour at the Gorge last Saturday, we thought it'd be fun to take a look at a few more upcoming concerts that made us scratch our heads and wonder if somehow we'd tripped back in time. They've been off the radar for years, but if you still hold a candle fo ... More >>
Film
February 23, 2011
I Am: The Year's Best-Funded New Age Vanity Doc
After Soundgarden closed their reunion tour at the Gorge last Saturday, we thought it'd be fun to take a look at a few more upcoming concerts that made us scratch our heads and wonder if somehow we'd tripped back in time. They've been off the radar for years, but if you still hold a candle fo ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2010
Our Top 10 List Of 2010 Top 10 Food Lists
Thank you FoodNetworkHumor.com for getting us all hot with your great list.Oh baby. Oh baby. Yeah, baby, that's so good. I've got to have some more. Give it to me. That's not dialogue from some porn site, but the ramblings of Food Network superstars. Or, at least that's what I imagine them m ... More >>
Music
September 15, 2010
An Incomplete History: Notable Paul McCartney Covers and Tributes
From Cher's "My Love" to Jack White's performance for the First Family.
Blogs
August 4, 2010
Minka Kelly, a Blue-Veined Diamond Cutter, and a Pledge to Sing Newer Songs at Citrus
"Hey, Jeff--I'm cold. Will you be my human blanket?"The first thing that I noticed (even before the pink & blue neon bar and two eight foot bubble walls) as I walked into Citrus on South Lake Union was how many young women they had in there for a Monday night. There were tables full of them a ... More >>
Music
March 31, 2010
Big, Small, Paul, and Cham
Two of Houston's finest rappers are making nice. For now.
Blogs
December 7, 2009
Seattle People: Scott Digs The Flaming Lips, Madvillain, and Has a History With Weird Al
Jenny JimenezEvery week, photographer and conversationalist Jenny Jimenez ventures out into the city and brings back photos and notes about the folks she encounters. This week she bumped into Scott, a junior at UW studying film with aspirations to direct. Interview by Jenny Jimenez: Can you ... More >>
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November 27, 2009
A.M. Music News: The Post-Thanksgiving Twitter Edition Featuring ?uestlove, Fred Durst, and Weird Al
Katy Perry-- Yoko Ono: "Notice your beauty & the beauty of people & things around you. You are young enough and old enough to appreciate beauty." -- ?uestlove: "this state dinner crashing thing smells of balloonboyisms. security was too air tight for this to be a fluke. this feels "inside". ... More >>
Blogs
October 23, 2009
Meanwhile On Voracious ...
Over on our food blog, Sara Brickner and I ginned up the 10 Best Songs About Food Not Written By Weird Al Or Raffi. Not that we're not huge fans of both artists (you trying entertaining kids for 90 minutes, Grizzly Bear), but picking "Apples and Bananas" would have been, well, low-hanging fru ... More >>
Blogs
September 11, 2009
Your Arts & Goats Weekend Planner
It's a gorgeous weekend, and that can mean only one thing: Drive to Puyallup and see the goats! We're talking about the Puyallup Fair, and Lauren Lynch supplies a preview: This year's Puyallup Fair begins Western style with a cattle drive through downtown. (No, there aren't ordinarily cows i ... More >>
Arts
September 9, 2009
The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events
It's a gorgeous weekend, and that can mean only one thing: Drive to Puyallup and see the goats! We're talking about the Puyallup Fair, and Lauren Lynch supplies a preview: This year's Puyallup Fair begins Western style with a cattle drive through downtown. (No, there aren't ordinarily cows i ... More >>
Calendar
September 9, 2009
Puyallup Fair
It's a gorgeous weekend, and that can mean only one thing: Drive to Puyallup and see the goats! We're talking about the Puyallup Fair, and Lauren Lynch supplies a preview: This year's Puyallup Fair begins Western style with a cattle drive through downtown. (No, there aren't ordinarily cows i ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2009
Microsoft One-Ups TV on the Radio, Begins Work on Wireless Internet on the TV
If the venture fails, the device can be used as a prop in sci-fi 'B' movies. (Click to enlarge. Pic from Ars Technica.)Or at least wireless Internet over the TV waves. Microsoft is working on a technology called WhiteFi that will use the airwaves once set aside for TV to instead broadcast lon ... More >>
Diversions
June 3, 2009
Why is “Authentic” Mexican Food So Terrible?
If the venture fails, the device can be used as a prop in sci-fi 'B' movies. (Click to enlarge. Pic from Ars Technica.)Or at least wireless Internet over the TV waves. Microsoft is working on a technology called WhiteFi that will use the airwaves once set aside for TV to instead broadcast lon ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2009
Late Review: Dance Flick
Any movie containing Amy Sedaris can't be all bad, right? Our Aaron Hillis went to see Dance Flick, which opens today at the Meridian and other theaters. Here's his take: The Wayans clan peaked with their 1988 blaxploitation parody I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. Their 2000 hit, Scary Movie, a parody of, ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2009
Tonight's Show Suggestions
Leslie and the LYs, Stereo Total at Neumos, 8 p.m., $13.50, all ages I once had deluded dreams of grandeur related to becoming an internet-based, chubby-white-girl rap sensation; but alas, Leslie Hall beat me to it, and based on her wicked stage presence and collection of metallic-based fashion, I' ... More >>
Calendar
March 25, 2009
Hooker Farm
Monday, March 30
Calendar
August 20, 2008
Monsters of Accordion
Monday, March 30
Music
July 9, 2008
Touch Me, I’m Funny
Sub Pop’s foray into comedy raised some eyebrows, but it really shouldn’t be all that surprising.
Blogs
March 2, 2008
The Daily Wire: Unsound Sounds
Sub Pop’s foray into comedy raised some eyebrows, but it really shouldn’t be all that surprising.
Blogs
February 4, 2008
PUSA Weird Al = 'MIXED UP S.O.B.'
Sub Pop’s foray into comedy raised some eyebrows, but it really shouldn’t be all that surprising.
Blogs
December 12, 2007
RIAA to Music Fans: You Are All Guilty!
Sub Pop’s foray into comedy raised some eyebrows, but it really shouldn’t be all that surprising.
Calendar
September 5, 2007
Pew-AL-Up
Snicker at people who pronounce it wrong
Blogs
July 18, 2007
Last Night: Voltaire at El Corazon
Snicker at people who pronounce it wrong
Blogs
June 28, 2007
Only 43 Hours Left to Buy Pre-Sale Devo Tickets!
Snicker at people who pronounce it wrong
Food
February 8, 2006
Cooks' Books for Couples
Staying in for Valentine's Day? Our arts writers found six books that'll help you pull it off—in the kitchen, that is.
Music
December 21, 2005
Home Listening for the Holidays
Seattle Weekly home-tests some Christmas-and-related albums.
Film
April 20, 2005
Orgazmo
Universal Home Entertainment, $19.99.
Arts
April 20, 2005
This Week's Reads
Jonathan Safran Foer, Åsne Seierstad, Jonathan Wilson, and Mary Guterson.
Music
October 13, 2004
Apart at the Seems
Good lyrics, bad poetry, and the Old 97's.
Music
September 29, 2004
The Straight Dope
Six Organs of Admittance heads the new psychedelic class.
Music
September 15, 2004
Sept. 15-21, 2004
Six Organs of Admittance heads the new psychedelic class.
Film
April 21, 2004
This Week's Attractions
Six Organs of Admittance heads the new psychedelic class.
Film
April 14, 2004
Police Academy: The Complete Collection
Warner Home Video, $59.92
News
June 6, 2001
Annus horribilis
Warner Home Video, $59.92
Music
September 20, 2000
Rock 'n' roles
The music industry's hate-fueled gender gap and its chart-topping front men.
Music
August 30, 2000
Citizen John
The music industry's hate-fueled gender gap and its chart-topping front men.
Diversions
December 15, 1999
WTO wish list
The music industry's hate-fueled gender gap and its chart-topping front men.
Music
July 7, 1999
Weird Al turns Flagpole Sitta
The music industry's hate-fueled gender gap and its chart-topping front men.
Music
May 12, 1999
NOUVEAU NOVELTY
Children of 'Ahab the A-rab.'
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