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RJD2 Proves Not Everything Can Be Accomplished With Sampling
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007It sounded like a good idea . . . until we hit "play." Read more
Jeffery Taylor’s a Slave to Vinyl and the Cool-O-Meter
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007Jeffery Taylor is an art-school dropout. He put in time working for a local eye-patch-donning glass artist and playing in bands like Climax Golden Twins ... Read more
Lavender Diamond’s Hokey Idealism Almost Seems Possible
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007"Neo-flower-child missionary" music is exactly as earnest as you expect it to be. Read more
Why Pricey ZinZanni is Seattle’s Best Entertainment Buy
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007It’s spring, and I’m in love. It’s been an intermittent but long-standing affair (we met back in October 1998), but just recently I had a ... Read more
Getting Your Freak On Just Got Harder
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007Seattle high schools are laying the smack down on dirty dancing. Read more
Children’s Festival Looks Beyond Raffi and Rogers
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007Brian Faker has demonstrated with his past programming how good kid shows can be. Read more
Our Take on Lifesavas at Chop Suey, and Peter Bjorn and John at Neumo’s
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007Watch a slideshow of Portland hip hop, and hear live tracks from the "Young Folks." Read more
SAM and Hempfest Wrestle Over Who Runs the Waterfront
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007The potential duel over mid-August herb carnival is due in large part to an unruly Toolcat. Read more
French Corruption, Kawai Japanese Rocker Girls, and a Hitchcock Jewel
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007Big Fox, $19.98 If, when you saw Big for the first or 14th time, you said to yourself, “Yeah, but it would have been so ... Read more
Wake Up and Smell the Tacos
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007Dear Mexican, I have no problem with immigrants. My grandparents were Dutch on one side and Irish on the other—but they came here legally, through ... Read more
For a Look or a Touch Examines Seldom-Discussed Aspect of the Holocaust
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007Admirably, this project avoided any distasteful hint of me-too-ism. Read more
El-P Brings His 9/11 Record to Neumo’s
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 8, 2007Shit will happen, and it ain't gonna be pretty. Read more
Morrissey, Kings of Leon, !!!, Andrew Bird, and LCD Soundsystem
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 8, 2007Kings of LeonVenue: The Moore TheatreDate: May 2, 2007Would Meatface approve? Yes. He was pitied into the sold-out show.And the hipsters? Of course. But they ... Read more
Should Kids Serve Time for Skipping School?
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 8, 2007Fifteen-year-old Tam Chau hates school. For that, there's a jumpsuit waiting with his name on it at juvie hall. Read more
Checking out the Pleasureboaters, Obsessing Over Betty, and Remembering Howard Bulson
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 8, 2007Punk rock forged by young hands is chaotic by definition. Questionable hygiene habits, undercooked, left-leaning politics, self-induced injuries, or an overall sense of aimless petulance—these ... Read more
Seattle Opera Singers Enjoy Flawless Support in La Bohème
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 8, 2007Seattle Opera’s handsome, impressively crafted La Bohème provides an ideal frame for the singers to work in. Director Jose Maria Condemi gives us the piece ... Read more
This Man Knows His Plungers and His Pearl Jam
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 8, 2007From the Warfield to the Showbox, Glen Rinzler keeps the show going. Read more
Trail of Bread Crumbs Leads to Arthur & Yu
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 8, 2007Putting together a band can be like swimming against the current in a cold river—until it gets warm. Read more
At-Risk Youth Saved by the Power of Phat Rhymes in The Hip Hop Project
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 8, 2007This is a story you’ve heard before: Inner-city kids falling to drugs/crime/pregnancy are saved by the power of music/dance/art. Don’t let that premise (or the ... Read more
Image: Katsushika Hokusai circa 1831, Courtesy of SAM SAM is throwing a grand,
Published 7:00am Thursday, May 3, 2007Image: Katsushika Hokusai circa 1831, Courtesy of SAMSAM is throwing a grand, grand opening party to celebrate their spiffy, new, double-size space.And very grand indeed ... Read more