The continuing adventures of Billy Corgan, holy roller
Billy Bragg and Wilco further the legacy of Woody Guthrie.
KING LEAR Center House Theatre; ends Sun., Feb. 15 Given the right trappings, I’m a sucker for middlebrow Bard. I…
Also: Bright Young Things, The Brown Bunny, Criminal, Evergreen, Love Me If You Dare, Red Lights, Uncovered: The War on Iraq, and Warriors of Heaven and Earth.
VARIOUS ARTISTS The Hip Hop Box (1979–2003, Hip-O) It’s suggestive that the 50 years since Brown v. Board of Education…
Our Market is second to none in terms of intriguing juxtapositions. Besides 500 actual neighborhood residents (mostly low-income tenants and…
Newbie novelists descend on booze-soaked Ballard, after first being grilled on the heritage of that hood.
The Gnome can sum up his trip to last week’s CMJ Music Marathon in one pithy, shopworn, Scorpions-related phrase: “Here…
Glenn Dixon talks about the man upstairs.
A DJ battle is a little like a Home Run Derby for people who hate sports. Pyrotechnical display, gratuitous spectacle,…
The director of Mysterious Skin says ‘it’s in the story.’
Seattle Weekly’s music writers were asked to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here’s what they came up with.
Send listings two weeks in advance to film@seattleweekly.com Oddballs, Events, & Rep Alien That’s Alien singular, not Aliens plural, and…
Wednesday, October 26Deerhoof + Lavender Diamond + We Are WolvesWith The Runners Four, Deerhoof have finger-painted their masterpiece. Chop Suey,…
SPOTTED OUTSIDE OF: Tower Records, 500 Mercer, 283-4456 NAME: Amanda Shock AGE: 36 WHAT DO YOU DO? I’m a painter…
This sucks. We like Days of Our Nights to be like Chee-tos and Ding Dongs: fluffy fun that leaves you…
The complete list of how readers voted—and who won!
Seattle Weekly music writers choose the best bets for your Bumbershoot dollar.
An old joke about Sammy Davis Jr., attributed to a mid-’50s newspaper columnist, resurfaces in the liner notes of the…
Escapist CD sets gold standard for Congolese compilations.
