Was a great 20th-century composer—and Soviet collaborator—secretly howling behind the music?
It’s not easy being me. Sure, I’m pretty good at telling other people how to run their lives, but where…
Valentine’s Day advice for singles, couples, and even cynics.
Forget Iraq. Merle Haggard says it’s America that needs freeing.
John Cale, Tony Conrad, Angus MacClise, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela (aka Theater of Eternal Music), Inside the Dream Syndicate…
Seattle’s two new concert organs make themselves heard.
Peter Lorre, Bob Dylan, Doug McClure, and Nazis galore!
NEWS Wine Enthusiast Magazine, a respected publication in the field, has dubbed Wild Ginger as the winner (from thousands of…
Seattle Weekly’s music writers sift through a year’s worth of highs and lows to come up their annual top-10 lists.
Wishing the classical doomsayers would clam up.
Talk about your hasty exits! The Gnome has learned that Joe Pernice has asked off of Sub Pop and been…
Armchair techno pioneers Plaid grow complacent in their old age.
Bringing it all back home: Paul Westerberg’s Stereo/Mono
Get a thing going on with post-Bridget wannabes
Mountain Consolidated learned an important lesson during their first nationwide tour: Use those rest stops! Three of the boys from…
You live, you learn. Last week I said some terrible things about Her Holiness Clay Aiken, and already I’ve learned…
Another victory in the war on youth: The Speakeasy has been murdered. The news this month that Belltown’s Speakeasy Cafe…
Friday, Feb. 26—New York City 10 am: Meeting with my editor to discuss my current project, In the Mix. “What…
THE MOLDY PEACHES Self-titled (Rough Trade) 69 Love Songs, only some of them are about crack, and 50 have gone…
HERE’S A SURPRISE: Drunken revelers, cops clash at Seattle Mardi Gras. Also, this just in: Francisco Franco still dead. Mix…
