All the world’s on stage in Bellevue.
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A few weeks ago, I had an unrelentingly terrible day. Finally, I hit the gym to sweat the frustration out…
CITIES: CONVERSATIONS IN THE COURT OF THE KHAN The cerebral physicality of UMO Ensemble meets composer Amy Denio, director Robin…
1. TULLY’S TWISTERS WIN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP: Seattle’s second pro basketball team was granted a franchise in 2004—and immediately opened its…
Bill Crofut and guests, Dance on a Moonbeam: A Collection of Songs and Poems (Telarc) As fascinating as “modern” music…
Wizards & Wildmen: Piano Music of Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison. Anthony de Mare, piano (CRI) Gifted pianist Anthony…
Also: Wire, Joni Mitchell
Death—what a concept. Serious contemplation about the Grand Finale can do in any sap’s head. It raises so many difficult…
Wales’ Super Furry Animals draw Rings Around the World.
The music industry’s hate-fueled gender gap and its chart-topping front men.
DEAR PET LADY, In answer to the person whose dog helps empty the cat box [The Pet Lady, May 30],…
Of all the precious moments that withstood the ravages of one too many keg parties, what’s your favorite memory from…
Roddy Doyle; and Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo.
A top man at Seattle’s classical music station is out, but managers insist declining ratings weren’t his fault.
RED SNAPPER Making Bones (Matador) KRISPY From the Country (Bomb Hip Hop) Sometimes the import bins yield treasures that are…
A Little Night Music isn’t dancing.
Would you like to get paid to drink vodka?
R. KELLY “Happy People” (Jive) The impulse to write off R. Kelly, to reduce his records to mere by-products of…
Why am I such a snob? Because I’m better than you. And I’ve had it up to here with you…
