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His name forever associated with the Godfather trilogy, Oscar-winning writer/director Francis Ford
Published 7:00am Wednesday, June 17, 2009His name forever associated with the Godfather trilogy, Oscar-winning writer/director Francis Ford Coppola was in town earlier this month for SIFF. There, he was the ... Read more
Rocket Queen: Coming From Obscurity
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2009Light in the Attic reissues another Sixto Rodriguez album and welcomes him to Seattle. Read more
The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2009Tragically Hip ~ Wednesday, June 17 That rarest of all North American beasts—the cult band that’s also a household name—the Tragically Hip have gotten more ... Read more
Ever since I first profiled him in March 2008, I’ve watched Wizdom
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2009Ever since I first profiled him in March 2008, I’ve watched Wizdom evolve from an MC concerned strictly with the personal to one capable of ... Read more
Not So Young, Still Fresh
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2009A seminal punk-pop trio tours behind their first album in nearly a decade. Read more
Dance: Letting Bodies Be Bodies at OtB
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2009Shameless cross-training at their Northwest New Works showcase. Read more
Reuben Koroma of Sierra Leone Refugee All StarsThere’s something strangely gratifying about
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2009Reuben Koroma of Sierra Leone Refugee All StarsThere’s something strangely gratifying about seeing a band of refugees play a successful gig in the United States. ... Read more
Mad Rads Trouble-Making Hipster-Hop
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2009Do we really want this quartet to behave? Read more
The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Notable Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2009WEDNESDAY 6/17 Photography: Miniature Inmates Cheryl Hanna-Truscott spent more than six years photographing women in the Washington Corrections Center‘s prison nursery program, near Shelton, Wash. ... Read more
Krist Novoselic’s column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly.Last summer, after
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2009Krist Novoselic’s column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly.Last summer, after a show with Flipper in Portland, I was carrying my bass amp head ... Read more
Photo courtesy of MyBallardBig news in Ballard, indeed: A new partnership has
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2009Photo courtesy of MyBallardBig news in Ballard, indeed: A new partnership has been formed to take over management of Hattie’s Hat this July. While current ... Read more
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force play Showbox at the Market tonight.Then,
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2009Femi Kuti and the Positive Force play Showbox at the Market tonight.Then, there’s this, which is miraculously not sold out at the time of this ... Read more
Khingz: Time to Share the Wealth
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2009Will the MCs new release also signal his Seattle sayonara? Read more
Hey Monday plays tonight at 6 p.m. at El Corazon.The word “Monday”
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2009Hey Monday plays tonight at 6 p.m. at El Corazon.The word “Monday” strikes fear in the hearts of most people. However, new pop-rock band Hey ... Read more
Every Little Step: The Origins of A Chorus Line
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 16, 2009In 1974, 18 years before MTV first assembled a group of comically mismatched 20-somethings and videotaped them being real, the choreographer Michael Bennett gathered 22 ... Read more
Nobody, apart from a few wretched members of the media, sees more
Published 7:00am Monday, June 15, 2009Nobody, apart from a few wretched members of the media, sees more movies at SIFF than the full series pass-holders: a.k.a. the “fool serious” crowd. ... Read more
It’s a given that, when we enter the Gap, American Apparel, Starbucks,
Published 7:00am Sunday, June 14, 2009It’s a given that, when we enter the Gap, American Apparel, Starbucks, or corner bar, the ambient music has been precisely selected to encourage our ... Read more
Note the title: This is not Richard Gere’s story. Nor is it
Published 7:00am Friday, June 12, 2009Note the title: This is not Richard Gere’s story. Nor is it the story of director Lasse Hallstrom (who had his 1985 breakthrough, let’s remember, ... Read more
While other candidates sometimes fail to go beyond general platitudes on good
Published 7:00am Friday, June 12, 2009While other candidates sometimes fail to go beyond general platitudes on good management, good snowplowing, or various other goods, matchmaker and former corporate executive Norman ... Read more
On Wednesday I mentioned a couple excellent jazz shows coming up this
Published 7:00am Friday, June 12, 2009On Wednesday I mentioned a couple excellent jazz shows coming up this Saturday. Turns out you’ll get a second shot at the second act: Wayne ... Read more