It's a slow news day, other than...nope, there's really nothing out there. So why not enjoy Randy Bachman (BTO!) talking about the time the Doors, Led Zeppelin, the Byrds, Ike and Tina Turner, and a metric shit-ton of other rockstars gathered in Woodinville for a three-day musical happening, July 25-27, that Seattle has not seen since. more ›

On our way to a festival film at SIFF Cinema, we took a brief tour through Folklife. Five minutes was more than enough. more ›

• The Grateful Dead came alive once again--kinda--this weekend at the Gorge.
• Thanks to the state cutting $1.5 billion from edu-ma-cation funding, more than 2,900 Washington teachers found out Friday their summer break just got extended.
• Folks in West Seattle saw something this weekend, it could have been a dolphin, could have been a group of whales. But they saw something.
• The high school kids in Mill Creek, who threw down in a mean food fight last week blew it for everyone when they lost their prom. (tear) Now it's back on. (suckas) Bring on the haunting photo decisions to wear sequins and gaudy white "pimp" tuxes. Oh the horror! more ›

The Seattle-PI asks in the headline of a couple-hundred-word story a question we could answer in one word and a single photo. more ›

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HIPPIES UNITE: Innovative guitarist/singer/songwriter Keller Williams is a mainstay on the jamfolk scene and, much like Yonder Mountain Stringband (also on the bill tonight), is responsible for inspiring throngs of hippies to bounce and twirl. We've never caught him live, but we understand he puts on quite the show. He'll be at Marymoor tonight, blowing some minds. more ›

The ever-dangerous folk music festival scene strikes again! While we were enjoying Sasquatch and the teeming crowds of drunks it brings, there was apparently a shooting at the peace-and-love-in that is the Folklife Festival. The most intense thing at the Folklife that we knew and loved were over-enthusiastic marimba players and drum circles. Apparently, times have changed. Three people were injured on Saturday when a fight broke out near a drum circle. According to witnesses, one of the men engaged in the fight tried to pistol whip another brawler, and the gun went off. The Folklife version of the magic bullet traveled through a man's nasal passage, another man's hand, and finally ended up stuck in a woman's leg. more ›

Last night's show at Chop Suey was solid. Sure, they threw an extra band on the bill (meaning that it was doors 8, show 8:30), but both Ra Ra Riot and The Little Ones delivered with tight sets. And yet, there was something troubling in the air. What was it? more ›