When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or in Bumbershoot's case, when headliners Ani DiFranco and Devo both cancel, scramble like mad and book Iggy and The Stooges and Elvis Costello in their places. Whee! At least on the former; we're a mite wary of the latter. And as a bonus, the Stooges, short a bass player, are touring this summer with none other than Mike Watt. The lineup (as it stands now--who knows who......

Seattlest happily revisited a little bit of our musical past Friday night by attending the world premiere of the Minutemen documentary We Jam Econo. The film, by director Tim Irwin and producer (and Seattleite) Keith Schieron, mixes amazing live footage with recent interviews with surviving band members and various other survivors of the 80s punk scene. We left all wiggly and inspired and suggest that you do the same; see the bottom for dates......

Apparently, there is something out there called 'nature.' It has trees and birds and such things. We are a little scared of it. If you, on the other hand, are more intrepid than we are and you also happen to enjoy the indie rock, head over to the Gorge Amphitheater tomorrow to see the Sasquatch Music Festival. As you most likely know, the lineup features the Pixies, Wilco, Modest Mouse, Kanye West, the Dears, Arcade......