Nothing against Portland, but Seattle put the Pacific Northwest on the cultural and economic map. And nothing against Portlandia, but…
During the ’60s and ’70s, Li’l Bit’s family bestowed nicknames corresponding to genitalia, such as “Li’l Bit” and “Uncle Peck.”…
Last year’s festival sold out months in advance, and there’s no reason to believe this year’s won’t, too. And after…
Not a composer, but an inventor of genius was Arnold Schoenbergs description of John Cage, and the phrase is even…
Baz Luhrmanns flamboyant, cartoonish, often headache-inducing Moulin Rouge (2001) has maybe a thousand musical cues that trigger samples, cover versions,…
Even Filipinas want to be her. Things settled down during my second and final week in the Philippines. One big…
Photo courtesy Joshua HustonAnd if not lasers, then what we eat will be beyond cuisine, beyond borders, beyond the traditional…
I’m new here (like Gil Scott-Heron), so just let me introduce myself (like Humpty). My name is Grandy, pronounced with…
1. We don’t know what chillwave is, and we refuse to find out. So we’re outsourcing it to Eric Grandy,…
Our friend and colleague Travis Hay has taken in on the chin in recent years. After freelancing for the P-I…
Rodney Crowell has lived a Nashville dream life. He was a member of Emmylou Harris Hot Band in the ’70s,…
A new copy of The National’s Boxer, $12.99.I’m not sure if this story is funny or sad, but it’s true,…
Hey, did you hear that the White Stripes broke up today? That means they’re going to continue not making music…
It was a good run; after earning a spot high on Seattle Weekly’s “Top 10 Seattle Hip-Hop Videos of 2010,”…
Rihanna and Lady Gaga owe some of their success to C89.5 FM. Die-hard dance-music fans already respect C89.5 FM as…
http://www.elasmodiver.com/It’s a Basking Shark, and yes, there’s a connection.Once upon a time, I thought about going to cooking school, until…
Dear Mexican, My gabacho friends look at me askance for being a gabacho who enjoys mariachi music. They, and even…
K Records’ Khaela Maricich of The Blow hasn’t released an album of new music since 2006’s whimsical and charming Paper…
How the influential radio station at Nathan Haleâaka Hitmaker Highâgot its start.
Including Ace of Spades, Metallica, and Lemmy: 49% Motherfucker, 51% Son of a Bitch.
