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Winter Wonderfuck

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Winter Wonderfuck

Tonight’s celebration titled “a Winter Wonderfuck” is snowy showcase of Seattle’s varied flavors of local rock. Henry Boy…

Dan Infecto

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Dan Infecto

To me, accomplished Seattle bassist and vocalist Dan Infecto has always merely been one-half of the dark, rumbling…

Space Cretins

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Space Cretins

Black leather jackets, shades, and blistering riffs go a long way, as any Guitar Wolf fan knows all…

Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine

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Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine

Jello Biafra knows you’re a fucking phony. Possessed by possessions, slave to your laptop, worshipper of shitty indie…

Talbot Tagora

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Talbot Tagora

The problem with covering someone else’s song – in this case, Tabot Tagora’s superbly murky, sexed-up cover of…

Pufferfish

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Pufferfish

Sure, Pufferfish’s second full-length effort, Swell, is chock-full of cheery banjo solos and lively traveling songs that command…

Joshua Morrison

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Joshua Morrison

I have to imagine that being in the military keeps you pretty busy – what with drilling and…

Why Your Fixation on Our Simple, Sensible Style of Winter Garb?

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Why Your Fixation on Our Simple, Sensible Style of Winter Garb?

Dear Uptight Seattleite, I know you’ve covered the topic of Northwest fashion before, but there’s still one thing…

Squirrel Nut Zippers

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Squirrel Nut Zippers

There’s retro, and then there’s retro. The re-emergence of mid-’90s alternative bands, of course, a natural thing, as…

Christmas Pageant and Midnight Mass

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Christmas Pageant and Midnight Mass

The supposed innocence of the Blue Moon’s sixth annual Christmas Pageant and Midnight Mass begins and ends with…

Daniel Carroll

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Daniel Carroll

“I did the Paramount, I did the Moore. I felt like I was done with Seattle.” So says…

Cultural Transcendence

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Cultural Transcendence

A quintet of artists mount separate installations in “Cultural Transcendence,” a curator’s conceit that doesn’t really unify the…

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Let’s just go out on a limb here and say that, in an otherwise mediocre spin-off movie series…

Boxing Day

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Boxing Day

Boxing Day is, for good reason, one of the biggest and best shopping days of the year. The…

The Corner

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The Corner

Candidt, the swami of the local hip-hop scene, founded his monthly showcase of Seattle’s extensive rap talent, “The…

Law’s adoptees at Wing Luke.

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The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

WEDNESDAY 12/23 Music: Hits for the Holidays The best pop stars know how to turn on the charm…

Messiah Sing- and Play-Along

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Messiah Sing- and Play-Along

In the chorus “For Unto Us a Child is Born” in his Messiah, Handel sets the syllable “born”…

Noah Gundersen and the Courage

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Noah Gundersen and the Courage

At a certain age, agonizing over the existence of God and the purpose of life is pretty universally…

Whitehead (right) gets dressed down by Kevin McKeon for excessive hot-dog consumption in A Confederacy of Dunces.

Arts & Culture

Moments to Remember: Theater

Not the best plays—instead, our critics pick a half-dozen favorite stage memories from 2009.

Talbot Tagora: Did they take the picture yet?

Music

The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

Talbot Tagora Wednesday, December 23 The problem with covering someone else’s song—in this case, Talbot Tagora’s superbly murky,…