May 9, 2008
Don't call it a comeback, but the Cherry Poppin' Daddies have a new album out (Susquehanna) after a nearly ten-year hiatus. The '90s swing revival band plays two shows tonight at the Triple Door.
Seems like local quartet Lucy Bland play a show every weekend. Tonight the blip-happy electro-pop band are at the Comet, and coming up at the High Dive, they're on the bill for the one of the many Noise for the Needy benefits next month. Here's the story of the band:
Also playing two shows tonight is the truly green indie rock of Cloud Cult at Neumo's. Their latest album (Feel Good Ghosts) was recorded at a wind-powered organic farm heated and cooled by geothermal energy. Last we heard, tix were still available for the 11pm show, though the link to buy on Neumo's site doesn't seem to be working.
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When we walked into the Bagley Wright Theatre last night, we had absolutely no expectations from Aurelia's Oratorio. We'd seen the publicity photos and figured it had something to do with playful illusion, but that was the extent of it.
What we saw was astounding. Curtains alive and in love, violent clothing, puppets watching a show starring Aurelia's head, and Aurelia's leg disappearing right in front of us, as a thread-hungry creature unravels the lace of her stockings.
Aurelia's Oratorio is stunning, startling, funny, dark, dreamy, and best of all, it had us smiling and feeling like a delighted child for the majority of the performance. See for yourself while you can. It's only here through the weekend. And hey, it's stars Aurélia Thierrée, Charlie Chaplin's granddaughter. How can you pass that up?
The only sour note of the evening was the late start. Because the highfalutin' types were still dining and drinking in the "rotunda," the show started nearly half an hour later than it was supposed to. Thus, we and our fellow (paying) peasants had to sit in the theater and wait while these people finished their fucking wine and dessert.
Does this seem a little ridiculous to anyone else? It's been our experience that, in the theatre world, when the show time says 7:30, it means 7:30.
Aurelia's Oratorio plays tonight at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. // Seattle Repertory Theatre // Buy tickets
Photo copyright Richard Haughton, 2008
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May 9, 2008
Seattlest just got our stimulus check from the government—cha-ching!—and we're looking for ways to spend it that don't involve just handing it over to the oil companies. We thought we'd share some ideas: 1) A new tattoo. Recommendations for artists and studios are very welcome in the comments. 2) Gifts for Mom. Sunday is Mother's Day, and our mother is in the opposite part of the country. It would've been cool of us to surprise...
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Or sunburns, more likely. We doubt any of of you have actually thought to pack sunscreen on your person, given the state of our weather lately. KOMO says it's only fifty-five degrees out there, and maybe it is, but it feels awesome outside. It's Friday afternoon, people. Just get up, walk to the elevator, and be on your way. No one will even notice. Go on now. You know you want to. You know you...
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If there's one thing you can say that the artists whose shows opens tonight at Roq la Rue have in common, it's that they both really like women. Esao Andrews, an NYC-based artist, likes to contort the feminine form into the oddest situations: stuck inside the bowl of a flower vase, riding a giant swan, or with a head blasting hot air into the sack of a hot air balloon. Japanese artist Fuco Ueda is...
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At least, we think this picture counts as evidence. To recap, as Seattlest Jack pointed out a couple of days ago, there's some urban legends about the meaning of sneakers hanging from power lines. Obviously, as an urban legend, there's a lot of interpretations, as commenters on Jack's post pointed out: Some said it means drugs can be easily scored in the area, some think it's a gang thing, others heard it meant that...
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Fortunate we are, in Seattle, to have lounges for serious drinkers of cocktails, connoisseurs of the art (as opposed to cocktail lounges for "serious drinkers," another category entirely). The best cocktail bars, the ones that care, cluster downtown, in or close to hotels. ZigZag, for one (a cocktail called the Toronto), Suite 410 (that's their Pisco Sour), Oliver's, Vessel. They're not flashy (Milk & Honey in New York is almost anonymous). They hire experts...
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Someone named Shilo Urban at Seattle-based CultureMob claimed yesterday that: It’s going around the streets of Seattle like wildfire that Johnny Depp is going to buy the old Crocodile Cafe and make it much, much cooler (and hotter) than it ever was before. Apparently Seattlest isn’t in touch with "the streets," cuz we haven’t heard a thing. Or maybe we’re just not hanging with the right drunks. This is from several unreliable sources, some...
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Maybe we've seen Outbreak too many times, but this does not sound good: Canadian authorities have a train in northern Ontario traveling between Vancouver, B.C. and Toronto, Ontario under quarantine after one person died and several others came down with an undetermined illness. Apparently, 10 people have come down with flu-like symptoms on the train and one woman has already succumbed to the mystery illness. We guess flu-like symptoms are better than ebola-like symptoms,...
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Last year we went all crazy for rhubarb, but this year, sadly, we’re been rather silent on the subject. (Truth be told, we’ve been rather silent in general--but no more!) To mark our return to rhubarb (and posting), we’re talking about something too ambrosial to possibly ignore: Rhubarb-Vanilla Bean Jam. If from experience or hearsay, your brain is wired to connect the words "making jam" with terrifying thoughts of pressure cookers, piles of jars,...
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READING: This weekend, 2008 Seattle Reads author Dinaw Mengestu is making the rounds to the city's libraries to read from The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears. This novel about immigrant life in D.C. has gotten so much love from so many corners that we're kind of ashamed we haven't read it already. If you don't want to purchase this book, sign up now on the Holds list at the library: we're currently Hold #424....
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