Not that we care anymore (So You Think You Can Dance has taken over our capacity of interest in reality TV at the moment--my God that Mia Michaels routine last night was incredible!), but all our American Idol crushes will be in Tacoma tonight strutting their stuff for the girlies. We can hardly contain our amusement that this tour is being sponsored by Pop Tarts. That's just brilliant. So, who spent $75 on a ticket......

Our daily drug of choice… Seattlest has been busy burning the midnight concert oil the past couple weekends and we’ve got some reporting to do. With all the great new releases already this year, the amazing shows, and intriguing spring concert schedule; 2007 looks to be Epic. Need proof? Our noses have been stuffy and our chests congested (it is the cold & flu season); but in the past week alone we’ve managed to......

After some un-Country-like hemming and hawing Seattlest decided that the Merle Haggard show was too expensive and we stayed home. Yeah, yeah, it was a once in a lifetime opportunity, but it's the city -- once in a lifetime opportunities come up three or four times a week. Others went and are happy to tell us about it. We are very interested in this event from the evening, though: Merle played through several of his......

Flickr photo by King Tufu Sunday, February 11th at The Paramount Theater Neko Case and Merle Haggard We can't say enough about shows at The Paramount. It's the whole experience that we enjoy; and the atmosphere of this show was amazing. Easily one of the best shows we have ever seen there. It was a crappy night out but the rain didn't stop people from lining up outside for a chance to see Neko......

COMEDY: Sarah Silverman is the reason we tell people to see "The Aristocrats" and now the woman has a TV show and a movie of her own, where she gets to say "I like to tell people that when God gives you AIDS (and God does give you AIDS, by the way), make...lemonaids." Two shows: 6pm/9pm // The Showbox // SOLD OUT, but... MUSIC: This is turning out to be the best Sunday ever. One......

Seattlest is going to see a show tonight at the Showbox. It's Of Montreal which has been around forever, it seems, but is currently rising to the point that they're selling out the Showbox. It's also The Blow from Portland and Aqueduct from here. Of Montreal is a kind of guitar disco dirty pop thing - We've been listening to Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? and we can see why tickets are available through......

Tuesday, February 6 >>> Spanish classical guitarist Pepe Romero at Benaroya Hall. The flying-fingered flamenco phenomenon, knighted by the King of Spain, plays several of his father's compositions and one of his own, plus other Spanish works. * video: Recuerdos de la Alhambra 7:30 pm // $29-$61 // Cheap seats are in the rear orchestra section. >>> From the North at High Dive. Seattle rock music history comes full circle in a way with......

Next to Centerfolds, Seattle's only male strip club (unless you count that place way out in Rainier Valley--which we don't), sits a dive bar worthy of the moniker, Crown Hill Pub. It is, afterall, in Crown Hill, and seeing as they only serve beer and wine, it is merely a pub. Most establishments which only serve beer and wine make up for lack of hard liquor with a vast selection of local microbrews and regional......