Are there memories in particular that stand out when you think about playing Seattle or just memories about Seattle in general? I remember seeing some very straight but totally homoerotic lumberjacks at four in the morning somewhere. And it was one of the most enthralling visions of my West Coast existence. I always remember Seattle as a very sexy, rough and tumble town.
Seattle’s vintage clothing and boutique stores are some of the best places to find pieces done by local artists. We stumbled upon these slips while browsing the racks of the fifties-femme shop Pretty Parlor on Capitol Hill, and brought one up to the counter along with a simple question: "Who made this?"
"You could say that this book is about what happens when you give your rites of passage a body-swerve."
With the premiere of Project Runway tonight and Product Runway coming up on August 28th, what better time than now to catch up with Project Runway alum and Seattle native Jack Mackenroth? We got a chance to catch up with Jack and get the deets on PR, Tim Gunn, Kevin Christiana, and the fashion design event coming to Seattle next week.
It's right smack in the middle of Seattle's 2009 Elections, and we've noticed a familiar name on the ballot. Kay Smith Blum...Kay Smith Blum--like, CEO of Butch Blum? Yes, Seattle's premier high fashion retail exec is running for Seattle School Board Position #5, and we got a chance to ask her what's the deal.
Our August 18 primary is being held entirely by mail--we got our ballot last week. If you're still scratching your head over the mayor's race, check out Publicola's interviews with the mayoral contenders (scroll down to item #5).
It's been over a decade since The Big Lebowski first graced the big screen. Lauded as the first cult movie of the Internet age, the film has brought out a dedicated and undying following over the last few years. This has culminated with the touring, annual Lebowski Fest. The fest brings together Achievers from far and wide to celebrate bowling, White Russians, and everything else Lebowski. Seattlest chatted with (Co-)Founding Dude Will Russell, who was responsible for the first Lebowski Fest in Louisville in October 2002.
Making music together since the turn of the millennium, Portland’s The Decemberists are one of the Pacific Northwest's most dynamic musical acts. Among other accomplishments, the band has established themselves as strong storytellers who artfully blend disparate elements of folk, rock, and country. The band’s often weird and winding narratives parallel the kudos picked up by the band along the way, including participation in a one-on-one shred-fest against Stephen Colbert (and his pinch guitarist Peter Frampton), among many other more traditional honors. This evening, the band will be playing in Redmond for the first time and are looking forward to exploring the sonic expanses through a live performance that may or may not include their cover of a local legend. We were album to catch up with guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Funk on the eve of tonight's Marymoor Park show.
Despite what you might infer from their name and the (current touring) company they keep, Foreign Born is a band that was born and raised in the good ole U.S.A. While the band shifted south from San Francisco to L.A., they are by no means a band that can be easily classified as having an "L.A. sound," typified by heavy fuzz and a fascination with glam. Instead, the band finds inspiration from artists like ELO, Bruce Hornsby, and the Doors--or at least Val Kilmer’s portrayal of the Doors--and can count Ed Droste of critical darlings Grizzly Bear among the band's growing legion of fans spread across the globe. In advance of Foreign Born's show at Chop Suey tonight (with headliners The Veils and openers The Other Girls, $12, 21+), we were able to catch up with lead singer Matt Popieluch to discuss the band's sound, influences, and upcoming plans.
It has been quite a year for Deer Tick. In addition to being named the "#1 Breaking Band" at SXSW 2009 by Rolling Stone, the band found itself in an unusual but fortuitous situation by attracting the eyes and ears of one of TV’s biggest names. As it turns out, newsman and self-described avid music enthusiast Brian Williams can be counted among the growing masses of Deer Tick's devoted fans. Williams hand-selected Deer Tick as the first band to be featured on his new web-only music interview series, BriTunes.
Husband and wife theater team Mike Daisey (the monologist) and Jean-Michele Gregory (the director) met and began collaborating together in Seattle before moving to New York eight years ago. We spent an afternoon in their ground floor Brooklyn apartment, talking about the move, about how starting out in Seattle helped their careers, and what they miss about our town.
Phillip Margolin will be reading from his most recent suspense-filled legal thriller, Fugitive, at 7 p.m., on Wednesday, June 17, at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park. Margolin was nice enough to share some insight with us on his latest novel, and his life in general.
Seattle-born and Mercer Island-bred, Burnett’s the kind of guy you want making movies—He’s genuinely in the business for the love of it, but he still possesses enough savvy to endure amidst the industry rat race. And when you ask him about screening his horror movie The Hills Run Red at the Seattle International Film Festival, he’s pretty much over the moon.
Robinson, who plays "conjure man" Bynum Walker in Joe Turner, is in his seventies, he's tall, and he'll look familiar if you are a dedicated fan of Kojak. Or Baretta. Or Quincy, M.E. Or Starsky & Hutch. A contract player for Universal in the '70s, Robinson played bit parts on dozens of T.V. shows.
Has anyone ever told you that you reminded them of someone else? More often than not, these comparisons are mildly entertaining. Sometimes comparisons can be flattering and other times, definitively less so. But regardless of where these comparisons fall on the spectrum, there comes a point where the novelty wears off and you want to be evaluated on your own merits. Murray Lightburn of The Dears reached this point some time ago.
Sweden is a country like no other. Somehow, its disparate raw ingredients, a few of which include a rich history of inclement weather, rule by Vikings, close-knit communities, and welfare states, have created some of the most affable, accomplished, and worldly people on the planet. Melding influences as varied as those that shaped his homeland, Emil Svanängen (under the pseudonym Loney Dear) creates some of the most beautiful and epically arresting music found anywhere on the globe. Like his fellow Scandinavian brethren Sigur Ros and fellow countryman Jose Gonzales, Loney Dear brings the world intricately crafted emotive music on a larger-than-life yet incredibly personal level.
"I don't know that you can make him too sympathetic. I don't think that that's possible."
Seattlest loves a new book by local author (and illustrator) Karen Burns called The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl. She's had 59 jobs and offers practical career advice for working girls and boys alike. We especially liked the tips on how to interview, how to handle jobs (and job situations) that aren't particularly appealing, and--almost making us want to jump back into employment-searching mode--how to gracefully leave a job.
MargiDavid Salon, in conjunction with Sound Magazine, will host Couture Carnivale, their second annual fashion show, at the Last Supper Club this Sunday, March 29th from 6-11 p.m. The show benefits FareStart, a job training and placement program for homeless and disadvantaged individuals. Sunday's event combines a fashion show featuring four local boutiques, burlesque performances by Miss Sugar Magnolia, Iva Handfull and Fannie Beaverhausen, and music by DJ Sang-Do. We caught up with Carrie from MargiDavid Salon to discuss the hotness.
It's tiny, it's funny, it's...science fiction? The Tiny Spaceship plays this weekend in the second session (7 p.m.) of the fourth annual Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival Saturday at the Cinerama. [Ed. note: These screenings totally sold out last year, so we'd recommend you get your tix in advance.]
OMG! Dating news from our Eastside bureau! Kirkland Bachelor and babydaddy extraordinaire Jason Mesnick is engaged and the roses aren't even all gone yet. Huh? You'll still have to suffer through lots of bungee-jumping, beach-walking and wine-sipping before the big reveal. Could the lucky lady be DeAnna Pappas, the bachelorette who dumped him last season? For clues, tune to KOMO's exclusive interview, in which a shirtless Mesnick does some pull-ups. You can tell by his biceps that he likes blondes.
Mog, a pretty cool music site (tagline: "Because The Web Mostly Sucks"), posted a cute video interview with guitar player/producer Chris Walla and drummer Jason McGerr of Death Cab For Cutie. They talk about lots of things, including music (shocking), and there are plenty of dramatic shots of the guys' fidgeting hands. It's just...cute. They're still our Seattle boys at heart!
Kathleen Edwards is a Canadian singer-songwriter who claims her primary influences are Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty. She spent some of her youth in Korea and Switzerland and she studied classical violin for twelve years.
If you haven't heard it yet, the above video is for Noah and the Whale's light-hearted poppy single "5 Years Time" off their debut album Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down. That catchy song just begs to be used in pretty much every movie trailer—Wes Anderson ones especially—and/or TV ad (we've already seen it in a car commercial). The folky twee British quartet plays a free show tonight at Chop Suey with openers Grand Hallway and Lindi Ortega (8 p.m. doors, 21+). A couple weeks ago we talked to singer Charlie Fink about his band's forthcoming U.S. tour.
Since our teams remain winless this season, Seattlest has decided to do the only logical thing to get us out of this funk...Eat! During Sunday home games, over 67,000 people flood into Qwest Field, and many of those fans stop for lunch along the way. Seattlest gets tired of bar food and $8 stadium dogs, so we asked the guys at MSG150, the International District lunch blog, to help us out with some new suggestions. We sat down with MSG150 last week while they reviewed a new restaurant in the ID.
Roq La Rue remains our favorite local gallery, still going strong after 10 years in business. They were closed all last month after their anniversary show, undergoing some remodeling and giving owner Kirsten Anderson time to relax (and travel to Amsterdam). Tomorrow, though, the gallery reopens with a new show: the return of Roq regular Brian Despain and the debut of Victor Castillo. In honor of the occasion, we interviewed her (again) about lessons learned and what's new.
Larissa Kelly can stop looking over her shoulder. Local Jeopardy! champ Emily Thorsley was defeated by freelance journalist Greg Lindsay in her second game. We asked her a few questions about her experience.
The Stranger's indefatigable Jonah Spangenthal-Lee gets a wonderful quote from the driver of the Subaru who ran into some (and over one) bicyclists in last Friday night's Critical Mass confrontation on Aloha on Capitol Hill: “I sympathize with [cyclists'] cause. I ride bikes too. I’m a liberal hippie democrat” [...] “I’m gay, the person with me was a lesbian and we were a attacked by eco-terrorists. It’s the most Seattle thing that could have happened." The driver apologizes for overreacting and says he hopes no charges are pressed either way. On the one hand, we're glad he has a sense of humor about it. On the other, he ran over someone and a cyclist hit him in the head with a U-lock, and charges for both are well-deserved.
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