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  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    From Steve Miller to Bob Dylan: Rock's 10 Most Essential Greatest Hits Compilations

    The primary problem with hits compilations - and there are many - is that a listener can wander for years under the impression that they possesses a well-rounded understanding of a band's catalog because they've heard the hits. That's not rockist snobbery, that's just the truth. I was at least 20 ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Chateau St. Michelle Books the Best Oldies Lineup Possible In 2012: Ringo, the Real Beach Boys, John Fogerty

    Chris was ecstatic when the "real" Beach Boys (with Brian Wilson) announced back in February they'd be playing Chateau Ste. Michelle's summer concert series. Today, the bill for the entire series was announced, and it's the best possible oldies lineup in 2012, with Ringo Starr, John Fogerty, Crosby, ... More >>

  • Music

    November 2, 2011

    The Month Ahead

    Looking forward to Wild Flag, Black Star, The Field, and more.

  • Arts

    August 31, 2011

    Ear Supply: A Snowball in Hell

    I never thought I'd live to see the day.

  • Music

    August 10, 2011

    The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

    From Adele and Arctic Monkeys to the Go-Go's and Calexico.

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Zoo Tunes Is the Wild Rose of Summer Concert Festivals

    Brandi makes us randy.​In terms of musical programming, Seattle's Pride Week usually caters to the boys, with electro-beats and divas far outstripping the folkier sounds typically favored by females. But that's OK, because area lesbians basically have their own summer-long festival: Zoo Tunes, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Rapture's Soundtrack: Final Requests From Sarah Silverman, Janeane Garofalo, Michele Norris, and Others

    ​If, as Family Radio president Harold Camping says is true, and Saturday is the last day, what would your ideal soundtrack be? As part of our Reverb Questionnaire, we've asked our subjects just that. So without wasting any more precious time, here's how our respondents answered the following q ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    From Miles Davis to Ry Cooder: A Look Back at Bumbershoot's Indoor Mainstage Past

    ​Local music impresario Jon Kertzer has kept himself busy over the last decade pulling shifts at Microsoft, DJing KEXP's Best Ambiance show, and, most recently, collaborating with Sub Pop on the world-music imprint Next Ambiance. In the '70s and '80s, Kertzer held several leadership roles at B ... More >>

  • Arts

    October 20, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    ​Local music impresario Jon Kertzer has kept himself busy over the last decade pulling shifts at Microsoft, DJing KEXP's Best Ambiance show, and, most recently, collaborating with Sub Pop on the world-music imprint Next Ambiance. In the '70s and '80s, Kertzer held several leadership roles at B ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2010

    Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls

    ​Local music impresario Jon Kertzer has kept himself busy over the last decade pulling shifts at Microsoft, DJing KEXP's Best Ambiance show, and, most recently, collaborating with Sub Pop on the world-music imprint Next Ambiance. In the '70s and '80s, Kertzer held several leadership roles at B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Diva Meets Indie: Renée Fleming's Dark Hope

    ​My feeling about "crossover" musical performances is that anyone gets to sing anything they want, as long as they don't make it sound stupider than the original. What makes opera superstar Renée Fleming's Dark Hope, her new pop/rock disc, far from stupid--at best, a gorgeous success--is that ... More >>

  • Film

    May 26, 2010

    SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

    ​My feeling about "crossover" musical performances is that anyone gets to sing anything they want, as long as they don't make it sound stupider than the original. What makes opera superstar Renée Fleming's Dark Hope, her new pop/rock disc, far from stupid--at best, a gorgeous success--is that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Reverb Questionnaire: NPR's Michele Norris On The Jackson 5, Steely Dan, and the Other "Stairway to Heaven"

    2007 NPR by Stephen VossMichele Norris appears with Rosanne Cash at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 1, at The Moore. Tickets are $35 and $45 via STGPresents.org.​Michele Norris' may be the most popular voice in the city of Seattle. If there are radios in this town that her soothing voice doesn't inhabit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Ben Gibbard Soundalike Owl City Makes List of 100 Unsexiest Men

    Gibbard? Who's Gibbard? Oh, right, he's just the guy I'm ripping off--all the way to the bank.​Lots of people think Owl City--aka Andrew Young, the tunesmith behind "Hello, Seattle"--sounds a lot like Ben Gibbard, even though Young himself prefers to flat-out dodge the comparison. Count the Bo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2010

    Nellie McKay

    Gibbard? Who's Gibbard? Oh, right, he's just the guy I'm ripping off--all the way to the bank.​Lots of people think Owl City--aka Andrew Young, the tunesmith behind "Hello, Seattle"--sounds a lot like Ben Gibbard, even though Young himself prefers to flat-out dodge the comparison. Count the Bo ... More >>

  • Film

    September 13, 2006

    The Black Dahlia

    Opens at Metro and other theaters, Fri., Sept. 15. Rated R. 121 minutes.

  • Diversions

    July 6, 2005

    Oh, Canada

    Opens at Metro and other theaters, Fri., Sept. 15. Rated R. 121 minutes.

  • Music

    November 17, 2004

    Isis

    Le Tigre, Haiku d'Etat, Drive-By Truckers, Lesbians on Ecstasy, The Late Great Daniel Johnston, Junior Boys, Turing Machine, Beastie Boys/DJ Green Lantern, The Hidden Cameras, Ricardo Villalobos, and Wasteland.

  • Music

    July 21, 2004

    Seven Nights

    Le Tigre, Haiku d'Etat, Drive-By Truckers, Lesbians on Ecstasy, The Late Great Daniel Johnston, Junior Boys, Turing Machine, Beastie Boys/DJ Green Lantern, The Hidden Cameras, Ricardo Villalobos, and Wasteland.

  • Music

    May 26, 2004

    Summer Music Calendar

    Le Tigre, Haiku d'Etat, Drive-By Truckers, Lesbians on Ecstasy, The Late Great Daniel Johnston, Junior Boys, Turing Machine, Beastie Boys/DJ Green Lantern, The Hidden Cameras, Ricardo Villalobos, and Wasteland.

  • Film

    May 14, 2003

    Movies S-Z: From Seaside to Los Zafiros/The Sapphires: Music From the Edge of Time

    Le Tigre, Haiku d'Etat, Drive-By Truckers, Lesbians on Ecstasy, The Late Great Daniel Johnston, Junior Boys, Turing Machine, Beastie Boys/DJ Green Lantern, The Hidden Cameras, Ricardo Villalobos, and Wasteland.

  • Music

    February 26, 2003

    Everybody's Crooner

    Tony Bennett's 50-year career is at its peak.

  • Film

    January 26, 2000

    Eye Of The Beholder

    Why was this film made?

  • News

    December 1, 1999

    Getting personal

    Why was this film made?

  • Arts

    May 26, 1999

    Bach for more

    Oregon's premier classical festival turns 30.

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