When your band's roster (Gonzalez on trumpet and congas; Andy Gonzalez, bass; Larry Willis, piano; Steve Berrios, drums; Joe Ford, sax/flute) has been in place since 1990, you have time to develop the musical telepathy that makes jazz jazz. And when that telepathy communicates both the bebop-and-beyond mainstream and Puerto Rican popular music (via the Bronx), you have an unusually savory mix. We first heard the Fort Apache Band on a very early (1988)......

Well, it's been a month, and that can only mean one thing: time for the next free edgy youth culture documentary, care of Scion. Last time around, the topic was blood diamonds in hip hop; this time it's all about nightclubbing in the late '80s NYC queer community. Paris is Burning is all about New York fashion houses, but not the ones you may think you know. African American and Latino gay men and......

Monday CALL 911! CALL 911!: Political and economic commentator and White House strategist during the Nixon administration, Kevin Phillips talks about his book, American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century. Phillips traces the set of related causes that caused the downfall of historical world powers. That same combination of ills he says -- global over-reach, militant religion, resource problems, and ballooning debt -- is......

Wednesday, November 1 >>>Benaroya Hall, 7:30pm. Seattle Arts and Lectures brings prolific big shot and errant van survivor Stephen King by. Maybe you’ve heard of him? For the Constant Reader, it’s an event not to be missed. He'll talk about Lisey’s Story, his latest novel. Tickets $25 and $35. But, like many things in King’s Dark Tower world, they’ve already moved on. >>>University Temple Methodist Church, 7:00pm. Keeping with the All Soul's Day theme,......

When Seattlest walked in the doors to Chop Suey for the Kinky show last night, we immediately wondered if we'd been transported to some other dimension where everyone at Chop Suey was smiling, talking, and happy. Really really happy. This is not our beautiful house, we thought...who the hell are all these fun, casually gorgeous people and are we really in Seattle? Based on Donte's review, perhaps we were at the alternate-reality Latino version of......

-Damn you, concrete strikers. Damn you. SAM will announce a new Sculpture Park opening date after the holiday weekend. -We may have little idea when it's coming (~Jan 30th), but we now know how much Vista will cost when it gets here (Windows Vista Home Premium, $239). It's available for preorder on Amazon. -Dan Savage is so confident he'll be arrested tomorrow he's packing an overnight bag. -The Fattest: 1: Mississippi*; 2: Alabama; 3:......

Before yesterday's game, seven Mariners of Latino descent asked for a private meeting with manager Mike Hargrove. Inside his office, they told Hargrove that, to show solidarity with immigration rights marchers, they were sitting out Monday's game against Minnesota. The Times reports what happened next: Adrian Beltre: "[Hargrove] said three times, 'Are you serious?' " "He was getting red, like he was ready to pop a fuse," added Guardado. And Hargrove's reaction? "Which one......

-Is there a haze to the air today? A certain weight suspended in the atmosphere? Have you noticed anyone discreetly masking a shotgun blast to the face? Is it... sniff sniff... Cheney! -Here's the audio track to a Q&A session with the liberal blogging All Stars who came through Seattle recently. Might help to wash off some of the evil. -Mediocrity? Good enough for the Sonics, who are bringing back Coach Bob Hill for......

When fans elected Major League Baseball's All-(20th) Century Team in 1999, they weren't very politically correct about it. Nowhere among the fifty available spots did they vote in a Latino player. Bad fans! Now, MLB is making up for it with a special election of sorts--fan balloting for the Latino Legends Team. Between today and October 10th, fans can choose who were the top people at each position whose parents happened to be of Hispanic......

The key play in Sunday’s loss to the Angels typified how bland and passionless the 2005 Mariners are. In the eighth inning, Richie Sexson stood on third base as the tying run. The batter, Yuniesky Betancourt, lined a one-hopper to the left of Angels third baseman Chone Figgins. Figgins dove, speared the ball, rose quickly to his feet and fired a throw home. Catcher Bengie Molina reached for Figgins’ slightly high throw just as Sexson......