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This Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 8:00am Monday, December 31, 2012WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2 Elude Judging by June’s Bingo EP, this trio could make a living as a Blink-182 cover band if they ever tire of ... Read more
Last Tuesday, I journeyed north to Bert’s Tavern on Bothell Way to
Published 8:00am Friday, December 28, 2012Last Tuesday, I journeyed north to Bert’s Tavern on Bothell Way to catch DJ Fehronemo host a Christmas night karaoke show. We’ve got some great ... Read more
The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events
Published 8:00am Friday, December 21, 2012WEDNESDAY 12/26 Classical: The Trumpet Shall Sound In the chorus “For Unto Us a Child is Born” in his Messiah, Handel sets the syllable “born” to ... Read more
Match Point
Published 8:00am Friday, December 21, 2012Not even legalized pot can save the restaurant matchbook. Read more
A Tribute to Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music
Published 8:00am Wednesday, December 19, 2012Patti Smith’s memoir Just Kids name drops Harry Smith (no relation) more than a few times, as the eccentric archivist of 20th century folk music ... Read more
Barbara A Superb Story Set in East Germany
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 18, 2012Set in East Germany in 1980, Christian Petzold’s superb Barbara is a transfixing Cold War thriller made even more vivid by its subtle overlay of ... Read more
Quentin Tarantino Talks About His Slave-Era Superhero
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 18, 2012Now a prosperous Hollywood insider, he tells of his struggle to make Django Unchained. Read more
It’s 2012, and Seattle Sounds Like …
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 18, 2012703 local releases reviewed. Read more
Tobacco Fails
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 18, 2012It seems to be easier for minors to get their hands on it these days. Read more
Psycho
Published 8:00am Thursday, December 13, 2012Theaters are still showing the amusing Hitchcock, about how the famed director came to make this 1960 shocker, which is always worth seeing again. And ... Read more
Mighty Diamonds
Published 8:00am Thursday, December 13, 2012Few bands that formed in the ‘60s are still going strong today. The Rolling Stones spring to mind, but Jagger and Richards are somehow preternaturally ... Read more
Dori Monson: A Tempest of Outrage
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 11, 2012Seattle can't tune out KIRO's six-figure bulwark of afternoon jabber. Read more
Ask a Mexican!
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 11, 2012Dear Readers, Behold your favorite Mexican’s annual Christmas gift guide, where I give shout-outs to some of my favorite books that deserve your money this ... Read more
The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 11, 2012Trash Talk & MellowHype/Thursday, December 13 It’s hard to believe that High on Fire’s set the next day probably won’t even claim the hardest pit ... Read more
Film: Peter Jackson’s Huge-Ass Hobbit
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 11, 2012Peter Jackson's new Tolkien adaptation has been supersized for three holiday seasons. Read more
Cole McBride is the sort of guy who wears a tie to
Published 8:00am Monday, December 10, 2012Cole McBride is the sort of guy who wears a tie to work–and actually pulls it off. But the Nashville native (and resident Seattleite) is ... Read more
Voicing Cage
Published 8:00am Wednesday, December 5, 2012John Cage’s voice-stretching Song Books (1970) are much closer to a theatrical “happening” than a traditional song cycle—depending on how you interpret his sometimes straightforward, ... Read more
The Rat & Raven’s Stiff Motherfucker
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 4, 2012A multitude of liquor options is often the worst option. Read more
Singles at 20, Bested by the Baker Boys
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 4, 2012A look back at the finest movie ever made about the Seattle music scene. Read more
This Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 4, 2012From King Tuff to Mighty Diamonds. Read more