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Big Freedia
A forerunner of “sissy rap,” a New Orleans sub-genre of bounce music featuring exuberantly gay, cross-dressing male DJs,…
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Red Women’s Dance Party
Most people remember DJ Spinderella from her heyday as a member of the groundbreaking female rap trio Salt-N-Pepa.…
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Pride Parade
Maybe it’s just me. No doubt it’s just me. But when did Seattle’s annual Pride Parade change from…
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1 Thelma & Louise
Ridley Scotts 1991 female-desperado classic Thelma & Louise is as insightful, exhilarating, and gorgeous as its sex object,…
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The Best of SIFF 2011
In case you couldn’t catch absolutely every movie during SIFF, which ended last weekend, the fest is reprising…
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The Black Lips
Imagine a shocking act that involves bodily fluids and, most likely, The Black Lips have already done it…
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The Mountain Goats
When John Darnielle played a solo set this past February at UWs Meany Hall, the performance harkened back…
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Stephanie
The local post-punk outfit Stephanie has been on a hiatus of late, during which lead singer Wil Adams…
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The Fading Collection
Despite a five-year break at the end of the last decade, Seattle trip-pop duo The Fading Collection have…
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Cibo Matto
Seminal is an understatement when describing the ageless ladies of Cibo Matto. Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori have…
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Taking Back Sunday
Reuniting the lineup that first propelled the band into the spotlight eight years ago, Taking Back Sunday’s self-titled…
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Okkervil River
The U Districts Neptune Theatre has been transitioning from a movie theater into a music venue since February,…
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Kid Cudi
Long a frontrunner in the brooding emo-rap that Kanye West tried out via 808s and Heartbreak and Drake…
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KEXP Fathers Day Dance Party
Before you fork over the cash for a boring ol tie or semi-useless gadget of the moment, give…
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Eroyn Franklin
Local artist Eroyn Franklin’s Detained chronicles her investigation into the old INS building and the Northwest Detention Center.…
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Man’s Favorite Sport?
Rock Hudson is living a lie! The well-groomed San Francisco resident works in retail, has an unseen fiancée…
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Cynthia Camlin
Glacial Speed first appears to comprise the same topographic map reprinted 80 times. The contours of brown and…
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Deborah Butterfield
After the female nude, horses may be the most popular subject for artists from the Stone Age forward.…
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Animalia
Werner Herzog’s recent 3-D documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams shows that man has been depicting beast since the…
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Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
Yesterday’s forgotten cultural ephemera becomes today’s precious nostalgia. Just as the Boomers cherish hula-hoops, Howdy Doody, and Elvis,…