Can't Miss It: Thursday
HOOT AND HOLLER: On Monday we gave readers a heads up about Hootenanny for a Healthy Gulf, a gulf coast benefit starring Duff McKagen and Pearl Jam's Mike McReady. The event benefits the non-profit organization Gulf Restoration Network, a group devoted to protecting and restoring Gulf Region resources since 1994. With the recent anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the ongoing disaster that is the BP oil spill, we are reminded that this important and vital region needs as much help today as it ever has. The night has bunches of fun planned, fun in the form of silent auctions, raffles, even an audience sing-a-long. Joining McReady and McKagen are Pete Droge, Shawn Smith, Star Anna, Mark Pickerel, Kim Virant, Justin Davis, Tim DiJulio, and many musicians. Where there's good to do and fun to be had, we'll be there.
7:30 p.m. // The Moore Theatre // $20-$25
TIME TO QUIT: Local pop outfit, The Quit, has got pop down, wrapped up and blooming. Think 90s pop meets a less sonically experimental Peter, Bjorn and John and you'll be off on the right foot. The groups myspace page cites a varied and hard to imagine list of influences: Television, Bob Dylan, The Flaming Lips, Pixies, My Morning Jacket, Nina Simone, et al, and though list like that can't do much to describe a band's sound, hearing just one song makes it crystal clear that The Quit has roots in a wonderful range of pop influences. They know exactly where they want to go and how to take us there. Soulful, thoughful and in complete control, This group just may be one of Seattle's best kept secrets. The Quit plays with the energetic and solid Spanish for 100 and psych/pop group Elder Mason.
9:00 p.m. // Tractor // $6
FUN 'N BLUES: Cyndi Lauper has given so much to the world, and to wedding DJs. Time After Time, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, The Goonies Soundtrack. Lauper's voice has always been magnificent, and it is matched by her powerful spirit and drive for life. Now in her late 50s, Cyndi Lauper is still a girl having fun and working hard, balancing her music with acting, reality TV, GLBT activism and many musical collaborations. Her latest musical endeavor is this year's Memphis Blues, her eleventh studio album. The album consists entirely of blues cover songs. Lauper visits Seattle for her Memphis Blues tour, playing at Woodland Park Zoo as a part of the Zoo Tunes series. Cyndi Lauper's career has spanned nearly 30 years, and she has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, and Time After Time still = one of the best songs of the 80s.
5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. // Woodland Park Zoo // $32
