Wednesday, August 23 The Decemberists The Decemberists next disc, The Crane Wife, is slated for an Oct. 3 release. Since…
Groove Armada’s Andy Cato speaks out on Britney, playing live, and shakin’ that a—.
SUNDAY READINGS DAVID BOYER Let’s forget about gay marriage for the moment and remember that other once exclusively straight territory…
Also: Romeo and Juliet and Shoppers Carried by Escalators into the Flames.
WED – VISUAL ARTS Artist Fay Jones has legions of fans in the Northwest, and you can bet many of…
SANTA PHOTO COTTAGE If you haven’t read David Sedaris’ uproarious essay “The Santaland Diaries,” you may still harbor feelings of…
Paranoia gets played up at a Seattle conference and at a futuristic housing development in Renton.
Who says you need platinum records, Penthouse Pets waiting in the hot tub, and a massive substance-abuse problem to earn…
Wednesday, Dec. 8Jello BiafraGood thing this one’s starting early. The ex–Dead Kennedys frontman crows on in that familiar, clipped lisp…
Grip on pot In response to “Washington’s war on pot,” 8/17: This is the only statement I will make regarding…
ACT’s demise would be a painful one for this critic.
“I do love the camera,” she says.
Our consumer culture says, ‘Follow your heart,’ and Mary Kay LeTourneau did. Oops.
Dueling awards and dubious numbers.
THE HILLIARD ENSEMBLE/ CHRISTOPH POPPEN J.S. Bach’s Moriumur (ECM) In 1994, Professor Helga Thoene published an article theorizing that a…
Even as they mature musically, the Flaming Lips prove they’re still way out there.
THURSDAY – SATURDAY PERFORMANCE CYNTHIA HOPKINS The title alone should tell you that Hopkins’ Accidental Nostalgia: An Operetta on the…
Ladytron synthesize the new New Wave for a post-everything world.
ALSO: Isamu Noguchi, Three Sisters, High Noon, annd Anne Bogart/SITI.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS back, your intrepid columnists made one of their tri-annual trips to their spiritual homeland. As ever,…
