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Guest columnist Larry King hits the clubs, bow tie and all.
Questions and comments and things: I’m on loan from USA Today and CNN, subbing for my good friend…
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Bebel, why have you forsaken us?
What the hell did we do to piss off Bebel Gilberto? The mercurial Brazilian songstress releases one of…
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EMP’s first big party; Metallica’s big payday.
Here’s a riddle: How do you tell the difference between a Seattle music industry crowd and a Los…
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The Metro Gnome
Like any cynic worth his salt, the Gnome goes into most shows expecting the worst. Your craggy correspondent…
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Eitzel vs. Kozelek; Seattle vs. Portland
CPAs Wanted: The Gnome was only joking last week in suggesting that fellow mopey San Francisco songsmiths Mark…
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Mayor Schell is too a wimp.
Whew! Now wasn’t that something? The Gnome spent most of New Year’s Eve trying to burrow onto the…
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Smokin’ out with the Wu; Novoselic does Nirvana
Joan Jett may not give a damn about her bad reputation, but folks ’round these parts should probably…
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The Metro Gnome
Yes, the Gnome’s had some unpleasant words for our turtlelike mayor and his reactionary police squadron in the…
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The Metro Gnome
Three hours and 15 minutes! That’s how long the Gnome and a couple hundred devotees stood at the…
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Real live touring bands, oh my.
Ah, what a time. The first hints of spring hang in the air. The ground isn’t quaking violently…
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The Metro Gnome
The Gnome’s had about all he can take, so listen up: All you people who call KCMU and…
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The Metro Gnome
How does the Gnome love thee? Let Cupid count the ways. First he split town, leaving you in…
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Run your mouth at Hattie’s, people.
It ain’t always easy to keep up with the surge of rock shows going on in this town,…
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Revisiting that dirty kitchen sink
A reader from Cincinnati writes: “Gnome, is it time for the Grunge Revival yet?” No, you sick bastard.…
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The Metro Gnome
Props to Seattle’s hip-hop community for the harmonious messages dispensed at last Saturday’s downtown rally (for more info,…
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Bring on the new clubs!
Even though the Gnome’s over 21, he’ll still have one less club to frequent come October 30. That’s…
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The Metro Gnome
It’s been almost nine years since The New York Times misguidedly printed Megan Jasper’s “Lexicon of Grunge,” a…
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The Metro Gnome
Politics and music don’t mix much these days, unless it’s a crusty conservative in a blue suit lambasting…
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Reading is fundamental.
Sheesh, the Gnome waddles up to Canada for a longish weekend and comes back to find that not…
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Please show Silkworm the love
This time the Gnome’s really pissed! No, not drunk, you limey wanna-bes. We’re talking fumes billowing through the…