more ›

Inspired by a random iPod event at Seattlest's Thanksgiving, a friend lamented the early death of John Denver and then launched into a diatribe about how he didn't pull a Kennedy; that is, Denver wasn't a dilettante pilot. He went on to explain that Denver was an experienced pilot who owned many planes and flew often. He died, our friend claimed, when one of the fuel tanks in the experimental plane he was flying... more ›

Over at new Crosscut.com, Knute Berger reports that the Seattle School District will send four local high schoolers to the White Privilege Conference in Colorado Springs. more ›

Mike McGonigal, of Chemical Imbalance fame, recently put out the highly anticipated fourth volume of his zine/cd/book/behemoth Yeti. We've barely begun to sink our teeth in to the 244 pages of obscure genius he's collected here and we've only had time to listen to the cd twice so far. We'd go in to more detail about its contents, but why bother? Pitchfork already reviewed it weeks ago, and at length. However they neglected to mention the creepy, crusty-looking portrait of John Denver by Zak Sally, which we can't tell if its supposed to be funny or just depressing as hell. Anyway, the "zine" comes highly recommended. Random aside: It sucks for the local arts scene that McGonigal had to dump Seattle for Portland, but who can blame him? more ›