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Love as Laughter spits; Desmemberment Plan does Juvenile.
After a long wait and a whole lotta anticipation, all of Seattle’s entertainment press stumbled on February 22—including…
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Mogwai is fucking fantastic; the G-word.
Tinnitus alert: If only Steven Jesse Bernstein were alive today! The Seattle writer who demanded menacingly, “More noise,…
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The year’s best local releases.
The Gnome tried not to fall into despair. But the thought of compiling a Top-10 local discs of…
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Snooped at the Showbox; Dandy ads
First, the Gnome would like to extend a hearty “welcome back” to some world travelers. The acoustic Posies…
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Tracking everything from the Arena to Bumbershoot to the Tractor.
First and foremost, I’d like to thank every one of the Bumbershoot attendees who slinked over to the…
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The Metro Gnome
Well, you didn’t read about it in those Seattle propaganda rags (the Times and the P-I), but the…
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Over the hills and through the Locks to indie record stores he goes. . . .
When the Gnome is a record-shoppin’, don’t come a-knockin’! Your craggy correspondent hit the bins early this year,…
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Pavement doesn’t suck. No, really.
News flash: Pavement doesn’t suck live. At least, they didn’t suck at the Showbox, where the last American…
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The Metro Gnome
Mountain Consolidated learned an important lesson during their first nationwide tour: Use those rest stops! Three of the…
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Neko’s meltdown; psychedelic rockfest to invade Seattle!
Wow! Two implosions in two weeks; maybe the Kingdome or Microsoft had something to do with Seattle’s unusually…
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The Metro Gnome
A few years ago, New Yorkers desired all that Seattle had: a vibrant music scene, readily available lattes,…
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Pearl Jam on TV; who opened the local-release floodgate?
You’ve gotta love Pearl Jam. Um, what the Gnome means is, whether or not you appreciate the earnest…
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Trouble and Texas
The Gnome’s stirred up trouble before, but this is getting weird. First it was suggested in this column…
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Culture Wars
The Gnome’s sportin’ a fresh title, and if you must ask why, well, here’s the deal: though they’re…
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The Metro Gnome
The Gnome’s back at ya, following last week’s conspicuous absence. An editorial snafu caused the miscue, and the…
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Jimmie Dale Gilmore sneaks into Seattle; the Vogue rock.
The Gnome wants just two things in life: the return of the game show Name That Tune (it’s…
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The Metro Gnome
This weekend, the Gnome overheard a few conversations insinuating that PJ Harvey‘s new Stories from the City, Stories…
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The Orient Express, plus Eine Kleine Cure music.
Geez, the rain hasn’t even started dumping and already more Northwest music scenesters are joining the eastward migration…
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EMP, blah, blah, blah
The Gnome was less than pleased to discover that anyone who was anyone got invited to the Experience…