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Seattlest doesn't know crap about jazz. (Until we recently drank a Brother Thelonious, we thought Monk was actually a dude in an orange robe.) But staple a big-time Seattle rock drummer (above, going off solo) to a jazz act and we're interested enough to listen and learn.

WAMU Zoo Tunes recently announced their upcoming concert lineup. Personally, we say Meh -- but we're not every day listeners of The Mountain, so to be honest, we don't even recognize half the names on this list. Herbie Hancock would probably be great. The guy's a jazz legend after all.

"Go see George Colligan," our friend e-mailed from DC. "He's one of the best pianists working today."

A raucous good time was had by all at the Starbucks shareholder meeting yesterday as founder Howard Schultz tore into analysts for expecting too much of the company. Hahaha! Starbucks stock lost 9.4% of its value recently after analysts' January growth expectations were missed, even though the company's own forecasts were met. Hahaha!