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All of Seattlest will be struggling to remember that Sunday is the day we turn our clocks back one hour. We hope you remember too.

JAZZ: Though it's presented by Starbucks, the real stars of Hot Java Cool Jazz are the five area high school jazz bands. Each band (representing Garfield, Roosevelt, Shorewood, Mountlake Terrace, and Edmonds-Woodway) shows what they got, while all proceeds from ticket sales go back to the performing schools. It's pretty much win-win.

Our day started early at the KEXP Backyard stage where the Mountlake Terrace trio, Mon Frere, woke us up, got us moving, fed us our delicious brunch of new wave keyboard and guitar anthems. We headed straight there – hadn’t even had our coffee yet, still a bit bleary-eyed from the night before. But this seemed the way to go. Jump right in. Don’t tip-toe into the lake like a pussy. Just get in there. It’s the best way.

This Friday you will have the chance to hear tomorrow’s jazz stars today! It’s the 10th anniversary of the Hot Java, Cool Jazz concert at the Paramount, sponsored by Starbucks.

Imagine this scenario: You're a cop. I know, I know. You're a cop, and into the station walks a concerned parent of a Mountlake Terrace High School student who is holding photographs of her daughter being sexually assaulted by two other students. "This is despicable," you say and the woman agrees. "This is a travesty," you say and the parent once again concurs. "Who would treat an American flag that way and where would they get one so large," you say and the parent stares at you blankly. "That's the flag!" your partner says over your shoulder, "That's the flag that was stolen from Jack Long Park!" And the parent stares at you blankly.