Pool photo courtesy of Seattlest Flickr user Tim Willis Last night, fanless in our excessively hot apartment, Seattlest resorted to sticking our head and shoulders in the freezer for a good five minutes. We then sat on the floor holding a cold bottle of water against the back of our neck. We're terrified of turning on the stove, lest we just burst into flames. All this, and we grew up in Florida, where these temperatures......

Finally, H&M, the Ikea of clothing stores, will make its glorious debut in Seattle. Our inside sources (H&M's myspace page) tell us that not one, not two, but three H&M stores are scheduled to open in Seattle this fall. Fans of affordable fashion will soon flock to new locations at 5250 520 Pike Street, University Village and Westfield Southcenter. We know, the lack of Eastside locations is shocking, but who knows? Perhaps they'll arrive......

THEATRE: Young Jean Lee's Theater Company presents Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven (A Show about White People in Love), which is an aggressively exotic title for someone raised in Pullman, WA.Writer/director Young Jean Lee's worst nightmare was to make a confessional, ethnic identity play with a flowery Asian-sounding title. So, the young NYC-based artist did just that [...] a character named "Korean-American" navigates increasingly disturbing levels of a pseudo-Korean world intercut with......

When the Crocodile Cafe abruptly closed down a month ago, we turned to a friend of ours looking for the inside scoop. Kultur Shock guitarist Val Kiossovski was bar manager down for quite a while (he's now running his own place in Lower Queen Anne, Solo, one of our favorite hangouts), so we figured if anyone knew, he would. Unfortunately, he was busy with problems of his own: rescheduling his band's show. Kultur Shock......

Tonight, the nation's hardcore gamblers' eyes will be on Seattle as our fair burgh hosts Monday Night Football. The Hawks' opponent is the San Francisco 49ers, the team that was everyone's trendy pick to be a darkhorse contender in the NFC, with the eminently predictable result that they've started 2-6. Here's how ESPN's The Sports Guy saw it in his season preview:Call it the Winston Wolf "Let's Not Start Sucking Each Other's Popsicles Yet"......

Starring Michael Caine as Clay Bennett Steve Martin as the Seattle SuperSonics and Sonic Fans as Uncle Ted.......

Seattle condo, or Baltimore project? "Through the wire" by Seattlest Flickr pool contributor onejen adds a grittier perspective to Pike Place residences. (Fans of the Wire might want to check out this profile of David Simon in the most recent New Yorker...)......

Fans of the Ignite Seattle tech event series who are less enthused about the fact that everyone's a fan of Ignite Seattle should probably check out Thingamajiggr. Thingamajiggr sounds like it's Ignite + tickets, somewhat. Organizer Brady Forrest of O'Reilly Radar says that there will be some short talks at the beginning, but it's more of a social party than Ignite. There will be SMS game experiments going on, there are DJs scheduled, some art,......

One more time: David Gilmour, "the legendary voice and guitar of Pink Floyd," has a new concert DVD out next Tuesday the 18th. It's a double-disc affair with all five-plus hours of his acclaimed 2006 Royal Albert Hall concert--featuring songs from Gilmour's On an Island album, along with Pink Floyd favorites, as well as guest performances by David Crosby and Graham Nash *and* a grand finale with David Bowie on "Comfortably Numb," plus nearly......

We never really got into Pink Floyd, but not for lack of trying. In high school we actively endeavored to enjoy the band by any means necessary. We listened to Wish You Were Here under the influence of homemade acid and moonshine, we viewed The Wall whilst freebasing peyote, we played Dark Side of the Moon simultaneous with Sister Act, and still--nothing. We gave up and found Radiohead instead. So we aren't too excited......

Pike Place Market’s very public Centennial Celebration wraps up this Friday, the 100th anniversary of its onion-borne existence. As with any freshly-minted centenarian, the Market will dawdle obliviously amid the avid attention of family, friends, and Willard Scott the press. To commemorate the milestone, there will be stage performances, special presentations and, as we noted earlier this week, other activities taking place from 9am on. But the candles won’t truly be lit until around......

When a Californian real estate developer announced this week that he was determined to bring a Major League Soccer team to the Pacific Northwest it was good news for some and bad news for others. Fans of the game in Seattle and Portland, where Michael Keston is proposing to set up the MLS expansion team, should welcome the chance at entry into the U.S.'s highest league. MLS in Seattle has always been a long-shot with......

It'd been awhile since we'd last been to the Tractor Tavern and, well, we found that we'd missed the place -- the faded old cowboy boots hanging from the ceiling, the curious glory-hole in the men's crapper, the huge oil painting of the bright red tractor, and then the other one of the majestic horse with all the lightning in the background. Okay, that one's kind of weird, but it fits somehow with the country......

Sometimes we feel that we are taking our home town for granted. We probably focus on the lousy weather, the passive aggressive nature of the people, the ineffective local government, and the selfish NIMBYs who ruin everything. However, on Sunday as we were driving north on the viaduct we glanced over to see the Olympic Mountains in all of their snow covered glory, and we were reminded that there are few places we would rather......

Before you move it's a good idea to throw out the crap you don't need any more. And our Oklahoma City-bound basketball franchise is doing just that, firing longtime Sonics executive Wally Walker. Walker, whose incompetence as an executive was exceeded only by the incompetence of his hires, was the team's CEO and a partial owner under the Howard Schultz administration. What's worse, a thank you party that Walker's throwing this weekend--originally intended as thank......

Washington Husky running back Michael Houston is off the team and, presumably, not going to get a pickup from Orange Cab anytime soon after some Saturday night hijinks involving a taxi, a McDonalds, and--it goes without saying--a strip club. From the Times: According to a police report from the King County Sheriff's office, Houston, two other men and a woman were picked up by an Orange Cab at Déjà Vu, a strip club on Bothell......

As this third straight dreadful Mariners' season drags to a close, we were struck by something on USS Mariner. Their feeling is that Carlos Garcia has been doing a very good job as the team's third base coach. We found this quite amusing because we have always said that if a team is playing really well then the fans turn on the third base out of a lack of anything else to complain about.......

Hopefully you didn't waste your money this weekend having lunch in hell, because tomorrow the long-awaited Carnavas from the Silversun Pickups will be released – just in time to pick it up and get acquainted before the Silversun Pickups do their thing at the Capitol Hill Block party this Saturday. Seattlest got our grubby paws on an advance copy of Carnavas. Our initial impression: We likey. A lot. Carnavas is the rare album that......

Tuesday 18th >>> Thievery Corporation at The Paramount 8pm; $25-$35 (not including Ben Dover fees) Wednesday 19th >>> Billie Burke Estate at Tractor Tavern. Gay piano pop 70's style, complete with horns and overall fabulousness. 9pm; $5 >>> Quintron and Miss Pussycat, The Trashies, Herry Marry, Erin Jorgensen at the Sunset Tavern 9pm; $10 Thursday 20th >>> Digable Planets at Neumos. 'Cause we're cool like that. 9pm; $23 advance, $25 dos (Thursday and Friday)......

Fans are a bitch sometimes. If you ever watch any of the Tour stages, you'll likely marvel at a) how close they let the fans get to riders, even in the final kilometers (where at least they're behind barricades) and b) how insane Tour fans are in Europe. On the mountain climbing sections, you'll inevitably see these crazy guys running next to and even in front of the riders. And yesterday, the yellow-jersey wearing Norwegian......

Frank Hayes (no, not that Frank Hayes) is a solo dance work from Amelia Reeber featuring a foggy arctic landscape, a person rowing a small boat, and a polar bear. The piece was performed at On the Boards' Northwest New Works Festival (which is currently headed into its second weekend, the 16-18, by the way) and in Portland at TBA, back in 2004. Now, after Cthulhu, it will be the second film produced by Grant......

Dear Seattlest, You never pay any attention to the Sounders until you start getting all excited about the World Cup and accidentally come across an interview with their GM that seems to indicate that they're leaving the city. When was the last time you went to a game? What gives? -Pissed off soccer fan Dear Pissed off dork, You're entirely correct. We hereby vow to spend more time on the Sounders even when the World......

In the market for a Smoketeer air filter system? Or Vacu-Jig bowling ball drill? Maybe a two-basket deep fryer? Leilani Lanes finally closed last month after 44 years in the bowling business, and tomorrow they’re auctioning off damn near everything. Sad, yes, but also enticing. The official auction site lists a whole heap of stuff up for grabs, including furniture, fixtures and assorted equipment from the lounge, coffee shop and pro shop, as well as......

The Mariners roster is almost set. Jose Lopez won the second base job, as expected. Longshot bench aspirant Roberto Petagine made the team with a hot spring. The only competition left is for two remaining spots in the bullpen. Journeyman Jeff Harris and former Angel Jake Woods are expected to win these. Jamie Moyer will start Opening Day, followed by Joel Piniero, Jarrod Washburn, Gil Meche, and phenom Felix Hernandez on Friday against the A's.......

-Fans and admirers gathered at the grave of Bruce Lee on Sunday to honor what would have been his 65th birthday. There may be four or five residents of Seattle who still aren't aware that Bruce Lee is buried here. Now you know. -Doh! The DOJ approved the "merger" of the Seattle Weekly's owner Village Voice Media with New Times Media. -We think we once heard Rick Steves say that passport ownership in Seattle is......

1) Mercir (EMP Sky Church) - We started the day with some electro indie rock. With moody vocals, usually more atmospheric than lyrical, this three piece uses guitars, keyboards and a latop computer to create a rich wall of sound. 2) Citizen Cope (Main Stage) - We keep hearing about how great Citizen Cope is. That “Bullet in a Target” song is everywhere. Prior to Saturday, the other songs we heard by him (aka Clarence......

Fans of the "rock'n'roll" genre will presumably enjoy tonight's "Art of Modern Rock" exhibition held in conjunction with the Flatstock poster show series presented by the American Poster Institute. The Seattle Times already scooped Seattlest's team of investigative journalists on the story, but we think the show merits worth mentioning again, in so much as this may turn out to be the only part of the Bumbershoot festival certain members of Seattlest will see this......

Fans of progressive radio will want to tune in this afternoon between 12 and 3pm (you're late) for the Ed Schultz Show broadcast from Town Hall. If you had known about the event earlier you could have bought tickets to see it live and helped benefit First Place, but you already dropped the ball on that. Listen to AM 1090 to hear Ed talk to Governor Gregoire about her current trade mission (she'll be on......

The past holiday weekend offered a bevvy of Seattle activities, from the Folklife Festival to Sasquatch, to SIFF, and we’re sure there’s more. Well, we’re pretty sure, because some of us went to Canada instead. Just a quick jaunt to Vancouver on Sunday for some biking; perhaps we’d even try to catch the Bloc Party show that evening at the Commodore since somehow we’ve missed out on every other opportunity to see them in what......

If you're looking for unconditional love today, you needn't go farther than your couch. Tonight is opening night of Westminster, the ne plus ultra of dog shows. Tonight at 8 pm on USA: the Working, Terrier, Toy, and Non-Sporting groups. Tomorrow night, same time, the Sporting, Hound, and Herding groups, as well as Best in Show. Fans of the film should tune in to see the real deal. Sadly, Joe Garagiola (the baseball-catcher-turned-dog-show-commentator on......