Music
The Media-Overload Inspirations of Fujiya & Miyagi
“We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are,” wrote Anaïs Nin. Even if…
Kate Silver
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Lo-Fi
The Factory’s Mylar balloons have long since deflated, “Baby” Jane Holzer sells real estate, and Barney’s offers customized…
Arts & Culture
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
Despite the loss of rent control, Nora Ephron will surive.
Music
Mark those calendars, LCD Soundsystem is booked at Showbox on Wednesday, May
Mark those calendars, LCD Soundsystem is booked at Showbox on Wednesday, May 2. Tickets went onsale Tuesday. The…
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Caffe Fiore
Upper Queen Anne is far from the great outdoors, but you’d never know it. Caffe Fiore’s rosy wood…
Arts & Culture
Which Brings Me to You: A Novel in Confessions
He said, she said: A breezy epistolary novel fit for NPR.
Music
Element
Between “Fly Girl” Sunday’s, B-girls spinning on an illuminated disco floor (with In Living Color‘s namesake J.Lo and…
Music
What Is Fun?
Ramones, “Chain Saw” (Sire; 1977). The Clean, “Thumbs Off” (Flying Nun; 1981). Franz Ferdinand, “Sexy Boy” (MP3; 2005).…
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Thee Chatham Renaissance Man
The Pop Rivets, “Fun in the U.K.” (Hipocrite, 1979). Thee Headcoats, “You’re Looking Fine” (Hangman, 1989). Billy Childish,…
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Girls, Girls, Girls
Judy Henske, “Big Fat Man” (Fair Star). Marianne Faithfull, “Before the Poison” (Anti-). iTunes Eleni Mandell, “I Love…
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Present Tense
On the first Wedding Present album in eight years, David Gedge takes his angst to Seattle and back.
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Maharaja
The first thing you notice upon entering Maharaja is—nothing! It’s too damn dark to see at all, not…
Music
Close Encounters for the First Time
Expecting the unexpected from the 21st annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival.
