The Capitol Hill Block Party can be kind of intimidating. But no worries--Seattlest's dynamic music duo, Lily and Morgen, are ready to walk you through it. more ›

Last night it was packed even before the Mariners' game was underway. That was mostly due to the younger audience and their eager excitement for the show to begin. It could also be something to do with the early start time of 7:30pm. On a Friday? We were pretty confused about that, but we went with it and what a ride it was. Funeral Party got the crowd going and ready to... party. Ok, puns aside they had a great set with dance rock songs and you could visibly see the crowd jumping along. It wasn't clear if there were a lot of fans in the audience, at least not compared to the rest of the lineup. Though, songs like "Finale" and "New York City Moves to the Sound of L.A." were crowd pleasers. They certainly seem to be moving around the tour circuit so keep a look out for them next time they're in town. more ›

Though this has been a short week for any folks who had President's Day off, it's still somehow felt long,and a bit unsettling. Perhaps it's winter's disgruntled return, roaring back to remind us that hey, it's not April yet‐February needs to give us one more cold wet kiss before slouching off for the next year. Regardless, this is a week where we needed a pick-me-up. more ›

NYC’s fun. plays the type of music that you might expect from a band with such a name. Much to our delight and our mothers’ collective dismay, the band won’t be performing covers of “Celebration” or other dreaded party tunes. Instead fun.’s songs consistently marry thoughtful optimism, playful self awareness and undeniable pop hooks without the cheese of yesteryear’s “good times” melodies. more ›

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As people with advanced degrees in highly useful liberal arts disciplines who live in major urban areas and have underpaid jobs in the ‘creative economy’, you’d probs assume that at the mention of ‘professional bull riding’ we would turn up our noses and launch into some lengthy diatribe. It wouldn’t be hard; you’ve got the classic red-state/blue-state set-up, throw in the whole "using animals for entertainment" thing and you’ve got yourself a topic upon which we urbanites can be in superior agreement. more ›

Under the ‘genre’ section of their MySpace, Light Pollution classify themselves as Religious/Psychedelic/Healing/Easy Listening. A strange mix, yet we can’t help but agree. more ›

Want to get away from the craziness that is Seattle during the Fourth of July? Try the San Juan Islands. This Seattlest will be packing her camping gear and kayak to explore the beautiful (and likely rainy, WTF?) San Juan Islands. more ›

Seattlest, as you know, has long been an advocate of playing hooky on Friday. Today, if you're looking for an excuse to cut out early, just tell your boss you can't bear to sit in the office any longer on the Happiest Day of the Year. How did "they" figure out that today is the happiest? A simple math formula, of course: "According to the research this has been worked out using the equation O + (N xS) + Cpm/T + He." Naturally, divide the Cpm by T. more ›

We remember having pillow fights as a kid and always loved them. We'd smack our friends upside the head for a few seconds and then, invariably, we'd fall over shrieking with laughter. So when My Ballard tipped off us off to a flash mob pillow fight planned for today, we knew we'd have to go. more ›

Comfort is a two-way street. Sometimes we need comfort. And sometimes we give it. more ›

Long spoken of and rarely acted upon, the renovation and remodeling of The Seattle Center was again on the docket for Monday's City Council meeting. Center officials presented a number of new design ideas for the redevelopment of the Center. Central to these are the demolishing of Memorial Stadium and The Fun Forest. Proposed uses for the space include a new outdoor amphitheatre to replace Memorial Stadium, a brand new Center House, and plans to turn the asphalt of the Fun Forest into green space. more ›

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On Saturday, we took our godson, his mom and his dad to Baby Loves Disco. Since we don't have a kid of our own and don't have any experience with kid-themed events, 17-month-old Eli agreed to let us interview him about the party. more ›

We've been locking our keyboard in a drawer to keep ourselves from putting up any "this is the weekend the green line would have begun service" posts, both because it's been done and because it's history. Yes, it would have been great to have, but we decided against it. If there's anything like a blog to mark the day in the distant future when we'd have it paid off we'll be impressed. more ›

This Seattlest started his carpet-bagging campaign here about ten years ago, so maybe we have an imperfect understanding of the Fun Forest and it's cultural baggage. When we heard that the City Council had elected to raze the Fun Forest in 2009 our first reaction was "What?! They're clear-cutting the Wenatchee National Forest?!" But then we caught on, as we occasionally do, and realized they were talking about the little carnivalette that lives in Seattle... more ›

Bellingham jazz funksters, Megatron, had a few impressive solos, but for the most part, their songs were fairly simple and somewhat repetitive. But we're not here to harsh on Megatron. They did a good job warming the cold December crowd and getting everyone excited for our lady of the evening, the illustrious Ms. Sharon Jones and her acclaimed backing band, The Dap Kings. If Megatron had the crowd warmed up, The Dap Kings got them... more ›

"Azalea Way" by B.K. Dewey from the Seattlest Flickr Pool. A pleasant reminder of a fun snowy day, before the rain came and ruined everything.... more ›

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Birth of a fetish: The Register reports an unfortunate MSN messenger encounter between two young girls and Microsoft's badly programmed Santa chat bot. more ›

Look up the definition of “hot-to-trot” and you’ll find two sets of meanings: (1) willing and eager and (2) sexually exciting. more ›

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This weekend Mr. and Mrs. Seattlest drove out to North Bend to cut a Christmas tree down and haul it back to Seattle. No, we didn't hike up Si with an ax and harvest a sapling, although that does sound fun. There's a tree farm out there by the name of Crown Tree Farm. It was our first time getting a tree from anywhere other than those road-side dealies or the enclosures that pop up in big parking lots this time of year, or so we thought until we got on the phone with Dad in Illinois afterwards. "You don't remember when you and I and your brother went to cut down a Christmas tree?" he said. "So much for making childhood memories." We thought this was a Pacific Northwest thing, but apparently you can cut down your own Christmas tree even in the Midwest. more ›

Ah, football. We love it. It’s easily our favorite sport to watch as it gets our usual docile selves all fired up and yelling at the television every week. Basketball, even with its fast pace and high scoring, is a bore. And baseball? Baseball is almost as fun to watch as golf or the Lifetime channel. But for all of football’s glory, there remains its biggest upset. Which is that it’s one of those high-testosterone... more ›

On our walk back up from the Pike Street Victrola the other day, we noticed a new store has arrived in the space that used to be a...what?...ethnic foods, was it? We always meant to go in and see. But we didn't. Not even during the "Going Out of Business" sale. more ›

Bill Resler, beloved coach of the Roosevelt High School girls basketball team, which was featured in the documentary Heart of the Game, was fired on the eve of the season, reports the Times' Craig Smith. Roosevelt administrators aren't saying why, at least not publicly. Privately, according to Resler, they're telling parents he held forbidden offseason practices, which Resler denies. Smith cites previous complaints against Resler that he encourages rough play and sometimes swears. Those haven't... more ›

(This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook. On Sunday morning, following a trip to a local farmer’s market/major supermarket chain, we will be preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. Then at halftime we will throw our badly burned hands in the air and make hot dogs.) more ›

A sign inside Fremont's High Dive states that the little bar's maximum occupancy is 98. Saturday night, with Bellingham's The Trucks in the house, it felt more like 398. Good for the band's young ladies, not so good for the claustrophobic. more ›

Being born about three decades too late early to appreciate Go, Diego, Go LIVE: The Great Jaguar Rescue, a musical based on the TV show of the same name, we sent our two-year-old nephew. more ›