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Reviews: It’s August 2012 and Seattle Sounds Like…
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 31, 2012Our take on every new local release. Read more
August: The Month Ahead
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 31, 2012It's a long month. Here's a show for every night. Read more
Ask a Mexican!
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 31, 2012Dear Mexican, I’m a Mexican-American high-school student, and just as patriotic as the Joneses who live next to me. In my neighborhood, a gabacho got ... Read more
Karaoke’s Napster Moment
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 31, 2012A string of lawsuits in western Washington has turned the industry upside down. Read more
Visual Arts: Spinning the Oldies at the Henry
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 31, 2012This jukebox show cheerfully recycles the past. Read more
You think $1.29 is too much for an mp3? How about $2
Published 7:00am Friday, July 27, 2012You think $1.29 is too much for an mp3? How about $2 for a CD? Silver Platters’ used-CD racks look like your high-school record collection—regardless ... Read more
Thurmond Brokenbrough—the Uncle Thurm of the title—answers the phone like so: “You’ve
Published 7:00am Friday, July 27, 2012Thurmond Brokenbrough—the Uncle Thurm of the title—answers the phone like so: “You’ve reached Uncle Thurm, the man with the plan, the master of disaster, the ... Read more
All right, people, we kind of fucked up. Somehow Costco, Kroger, Walmart,
Published 7:00am Friday, July 27, 2012All right, people, we kind of fucked up. Somehow Costco, Kroger, Walmart, and a bunch of other corporate overlords convinced us that we needed to ... Read more
True, Kevin Calabro doesn’t do riffs like “Two in the cake, one
Published 7:00am Friday, July 27, 2012True, Kevin Calabro doesn’t do riffs like “Two in the cake, one in the puddin’ ” anymore. That was one of our faves when he did ... Read more
Brash, supremely confident, always ready with an outrageous remark, John Henry Browne
Published 7:00am Friday, July 27, 2012Brash, supremely confident, always ready with an outrageous remark, John Henry Browne is the defense attorney prosecutors love to hate and clients love to hire—especially ... Read more
Mike McGinn’s improbable ascendance to City Hall in 2009, and the subsequent
Published 7:00am Friday, July 27, 2012Mike McGinn’s improbable ascendance to City Hall in 2009, and the subsequent pothole-strewn two and a half years of his first (and only) term, carries ... Read more
Where, oh where can Michael Mastro be? The 87-year-old bankrupt Medina real-estate
Published 7:00am Friday, July 27, 2012Where, oh where can Michael Mastro be? The 87-year-old bankrupt Medina real-estate tycoon and his 62-year-old wife Linda are the nursing-home version of Bonnie and ... Read more
When LeMay—America’s Car Museum made its ambitious debut in Tacoma earlier this
Published 7:00am Friday, July 27, 2012When LeMay—America’s Car Museum made its ambitious debut in Tacoma earlier this year, it was clear whom the facility’s forefathers had in mind when they ... Read more
How great is the cemetery at the summit of Queen Anne Hill?
Published 7:00am Friday, July 27, 2012How great is the cemetery at the summit of Queen Anne Hill? Well, Asa Mercer, William Bell (of Denny Party fame), and Washington Governor John ... Read more
When Eddie Money comes to town, where does he play? When Rick
Published 7:00am Friday, July 27, 2012When Eddie Money comes to town, where does he play? When Rick Springfield drags those sad eyes of his to the Northwest, where does he ... Read more
Dear Seattle Health Department, The Dray does not allow pets on the
Published 7:00am Thursday, July 26, 2012Dear Seattle Health Department, The Dray does not allow pets on the premises, only service animals. Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet. Although ... Read more
Don’t tell the weekend crowds which gather across the street at Jade
Published 7:00am Thursday, July 26, 2012Don’t tell the weekend crowds which gather across the street at Jade Garden, but the less-palatial Harbor City is the source of the best in-city ... Read more
The north end has a plethora of venues to karaoke in, especially
Published 7:00am Thursday, July 26, 2012The north end has a plethora of venues to karaoke in, especially on weekends. In Greenwood alone are six awesome Friday-night options within five minutes ... Read more
Back when the Mariners played in the Kingdome, Sluggers—then called Sneakers—was primarily
Published 7:00am Thursday, July 26, 2012Back when the Mariners played in the Kingdome, Sluggers—then called Sneakers—was primarily a baseball bar. In fact, it was such a baseball bar that many ... Read more
The Fairmont Olympic’s Terrace Lounge, with its upholstered Empire club chairs, patterned
Published 7:00am Thursday, July 26, 2012The Fairmont Olympic’s Terrace Lounge, with its upholstered Empire club chairs, patterned carpet, and tabletop flowers, hosts downtown’s poshest happy hour. There’s even a piano ... Read more