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Bumbershoot: Sundays Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, September 1, 2009The Dusty 45s “Best-kept secret” is a term tossed around far too liberally, but it’s safe to say that Billy Joe and the Dusty 45s ... Read more
Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha: Melvin Van Peebles Overshares
Published 7:00am Tuesday, September 1, 2009In Melvin Van Peebles’ homely home-video-art love-story curio, incorporating fragments of his 1982 stage musical Waltz of the Stork, the 70-something star-writer-director plays the lead ... Read more
Assaggio Ristorante (2010 4th Ave.) is opening a bar, il Baretto to
Published 7:00am Monday, August 31, 2009Assaggio Ristorante (2010 4th Ave.) is opening a bar, il Baretto to be exact. The small bar will have draft beer and focus on Italian ... Read more
Cat Power played Marymoor Park with The Pretenders on Thursday, August 27.
Published 7:00am Friday, August 28, 2009Cat Power played Marymoor Park with The Pretenders on Thursday, August 27. Erika Hobart reviews The Pretenders right over here.For the first half of her ... Read more
Just after Dow Constantine and Susan Hutchison set their first debate, Mike
Published 7:00am Thursday, August 27, 2009Just after Dow Constantine and Susan Hutchison set their first debate, Mike McGinn sent out a press release announcing he’s accepted three television stations’ invitations ... Read more
A few blind items from Craigslist, along with guesses as to which
Published 7:00am Thursday, August 27, 2009A few blind items from Craigslist, along with guesses as to which businesses they could be: 1.) A “turnkey” that’s billed as not in the ... Read more
Things are looking much better for vinyl releases this week and beyond.
Published 7:00am Wednesday, August 26, 2009Things are looking much better for vinyl releases this week and beyond. It wasn’t a bad month either. Some groups who dropped new vinyl this ... Read more
Spaced Out!
Published 7:00am Wednesday, August 26, 2009Its refreshing to seen a museum exhibit that doesnt pretend to offer great music or great art. Culled from the collection of an L.A. music ... Read more
Bettye LaVette
Published 7:00am Wednesday, August 26, 2009Similar to the Seattles grunge period in the 90s, Detroits Motown era of the 60s had more talent than it could support. For every group ... Read more
Jonathan CunninghamLast night, a world music party broke out at Triple Door.
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 25, 2009Jonathan CunninghamLast night, a world music party broke out at Triple Door. DJ Kuhnex (left) and DJ Jigsy kicked off their new buzzed about Kwassa ... Read more
The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 25, 2009Bat for Lashes ~ Wednesday, August 26 I wonder if David Lynch knows he has an English-Pakistani doppelgänger running around named Natasha Khan, a modern ... Read more
High Crimes
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 25, 2009An Oxycontin robbery spree sheds light on Washington's status as a front-runner in prescription drug theft. Read more
The Weekly Wire: The Weeks Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 25, 2009WEDNESDAY 8/26 Comics: Baker’s Dozen Continuing through September 9, Comics Savants: A Survey of Seattle Alternative Cartoonists is just that: A wall-size sampler of local ... Read more
Are Gays Too Late to Destroy Marriage?
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 25, 2009Their influence may ultimately be nothing compared to what straights have done. Read more
Seattle Police are reporting that a 50-year-old Beacon Hill Man was shot
Published 7:00am Monday, August 24, 2009Seattle Police are reporting that a 50-year-old Beacon Hill Man was shot and killed by his 29-year-old son Saturday morning in a house on the ... Read more
If you’re going to serve food until four in the morning, you’re
Published 7:00am Friday, August 21, 2009If you’re going to serve food until four in the morning, you’re going to serve drunk people. Ga Ga Loc joint should probably qualify as ... Read more
Michelle MartinThe Flaming Lips are coming to Marymoor tonight. They go on
Published 7:00am Friday, August 21, 2009Michelle MartinThe Flaming Lips are coming to Marymoor tonight. They go on around 8:30 p.m., but I suggest getting there early because I’m anticipating a ... Read more
You know that panicky feeling when you’re trapped somewhere and a bomb
Published 7:00am Thursday, August 20, 2009You know that panicky feeling when you’re trapped somewhere and a bomb is about to go off? No? Neither did I until last night at ... Read more
28 Days Later
Published 7:00am Wednesday, August 19, 2009Danny Boyles confidently harrowing 2002 horror film is the thinking mans zombie movie. What lifts it to a genre peak is its savage ability to ... Read more
Stage Review: Seattle Operas Ring
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 18, 2009New singers struggle to fit comfortably into a beloved production. Read more