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The Moondoggies
After two well-received albums on Hardly Art Records, the Moondoggies aren’t the new kids in town anymore, but…
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Black Swan
Black Swan isn’t a standard ballet movie in the tradition of The Red Shoes or The Turning Point.…
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Chris Mooney
Chris Mooney is back with another GOP-bashing tome, and why not? As the world becomes ever more complex…
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The-Dream
Terius Nash is one of the strongest songwriters of his time: He’s had a hand in writing three…
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Sign Language
Taurus (April 20-May 20)Whether or not you actually want to play the role of trusted confidante, this week…
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Jon Wells
Jon Wells is the publisher and editor of The Grand Salami, the independent Mariners monthly magazine sold outside…
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The Maxines
Earlier this year, Matt Murillo and Kelly Norman, two Texas transplants now living in Olympia, made a splash…
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The Trial of Joan of Arc
Big-screen interpretations of Joan of Arc are often ridiculous (Jean Seberg in Saint Joan, Milla Jovovich in The…
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Mickey Hart Band
The high-tech concept for Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart’s Mysterium Tremendum is way too difficult to describe in…
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Craft Spells
Damn, nobody told me Craft Spells main dude Justin Vallesteros moved to San Francisco. Bummer for us, because…
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Steve Coll
Corporations are people, my friend. Except, Pulitzer-winning journalist Steve Coll might argue, when the corporation in question is…
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Greg Proops
At first blush, many would peg Greg Proops as a Daily Show/Colbert Report type of comic. He’s a…
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Gauntlet Hair
The Denver duo of Andy R. and Craig Nice have been garnering attention for their inscrutable band name…
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SCUBA
Alice Gosti has been flinging food around in a series of works about family and home. (Her Spaghetti…
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Van Halen
David Lee Roth rejoins Van Halen for a celebration of their early, most-loved material, which you’ll get to…
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Ty Segall
One of the Bay Area’s finest psych-rockers, Segall plans on following up his acclaimed Goodbye Bread LP by…
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Dr. Strangelove
The 1964 Dr. Strangelove is now closer to the onset of the Cold War (the 1948 Berlin blockade)…
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Joe Pug
On his recently released third album The Great Despiser, Joe Pug’s country-folk melodies and artful songwriting recall John…
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Happy Days
This is a terrific production of one of Samuel Beckett’s most accessible plays, first performed in 1961. Chatty,…
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Grieves & Budo
Seattle-based indie hip-hop duo Grieves & Budo take the stage for one last stateside show before pushing off…