"What passion cannot music raise and quell?" It's a question Dryden asked centuries ago, as relevant in today's rap lyrics as in the vocal and instrumental curlicues of the Baroque era: joys, hopes, sorrows and fears can all be expressed in verse. Some 200 years before Mozart, 400 years before 50 Cent, Eminem and Three 6 Mafia, Handel was laying the groundwork. The big story's supposed to be Ewa Podles, a majestic Polish contralto of......

Tonight, if you aren't going to see DJ-AM (you fool!), your best bet is Beck and Le Tigre at the Paramount. We know that Beck is a Scientologist, but at least he didn't yell at Matt Laurer (or if he did, it was in private). If you're feeling nostalgic for 1993, then Evan Dando at the Tractor is your thing. We don't know if Evan is as dreamy as he was back then, but here's......

Everyone's favorite mega-coffee-selling corporate behemoth has started to annoy some independent record sellers as they become more and more of a force in the music retail business. The latest Beck CD was available at many Starbucks a week before it was in stores. (Granted, it was available on the internet months before, but what can you do.) While this is most likely due to baristas not paying attention to the giant 'DO NOT SELL......

To all you aspiring hip-hop MC's out there. Advertising Age and the Daily News are reporting that McDonald's is offering between one and five dollars everytime a song that plugs their signature sandwich is played on the radio. Based on the popularity of Busta Rhymes' silly "Pass the Courvoisier", we are not surprised that this type of product placement happens. We are, however, surprised that the story and the price associated with this type......

-The M's start playing something vaguely resembling baseball. -Boeing's charming CEO is fired for his inability to keep it in his pants. -Seattlest explores the Seattle skyline with Flickr. -We look into what it will cost to have 50 Cent rock your Bar Mitzvah. -Where else are you going to one-stop-shop for hundreds of lady bugs and mathematics books? -Seattlest gets our porn on at the renovated Taboo. -We envy L.A.'s closely contested mayoral election.......

Occasionally when we take a break from adding bulletproofing to our trusty Seattlest offices on the off-chance 50 Cent stops by for an interview, we amuse ourselves with the Clear Channel College Entertainment site. What is the Clear Channel College Entertainment site, you ask. Well frankly it's one of the more entertaining and revealing sites on the internet. Pause for you to be shocked that Clear Channel can actually provide some entertaining content. Let's say......