An artist who "used his own blood as ink" is now cops' main suspect in the murder of Shannon Harps. The 29-year-old man was picked up three days after the murder on a parole violation--being drunk on New Year's Eve, the night Harps was murdered. Cops haven't charged him with anything. They interviewed him the night he was arrested because, according to the P-I, a tipster said he "had made statements about the case in......

Generally after the warm, fuzzy glow of our New Year's hangover wears off, Seattlest is left staring into the abyss of January without much to cling to, except our quickly fading memories of the resolutions we made and the knowledge that tax season is fast approaching. This year we're filing as a newly married, first-time independent contractor who bought a home last year and we're mighty worried. We liked the 1040-EZ we'd grab while dropping......

Seattle-related only in the sense that we are but a minor gathering within the greater worldwide collection of souls who understand why Radiohead is the greatest band ever. Found this gem on the webs today. Thought it best to share, for those of us who've yet to come across it. It's a video made "for New Year's Eve, 2007" and features Radiohead performing every song from In Rainbows. Speaking of In Rainbows, color us curious.........

This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook. On Sunday morning, following a trip to a local farmer's market/major supermarket chain, we will be preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. Then at halftime we will throw our badly burned hands in the air and make hot dogs. On Wednesday we took our special touch friend to see The Kite Runner. She spent......

It turns out, it wasn't our booze-addled brains: The Seattle Center fireworks display on Monday night was messed up due to a computer program glitch (Y2K strikes 8 years late!). According to the Times: About a minute before midnight, technicians with California-based Pyro Spectaculars realized that the computer program that controlled the display was not going to work, said Mary Bacarella, a spokeswoman for the Space Needle. They rebooted twice, then decided to do......

Just in time for New Year's resolutions, Starbucks added a new word to their ordering lexicon: Skinny Latte. That's official SBUX lingo for "nonfat Latte made with sugar-free syrup." But not everyone's all Cinnamon Dolce with the idea. One New York barista cc'd Starbucks Gossip on her 5-point memo to corporate explaining why she won't be flogging the "skinny platform." Basically: 1) It'll confuse the staff. 2) It'll confuse the customers 3) "Skinny" is......

Seattlest David: What's up, computer? Computer: Good evening, Dave. Everything's running smoothly. And you? Seattlest David: Well, not so great. Can you explain why the bus tunnel's computers weren't working during the busy holiday shopping season? Computer: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. Seattlest David: Uh, ok, well, actually, looks like everything's fixed now. How about the problem with the New Year's Eve fireworks? Computer: I'm sorry, Dave, I don't have enough......

Of the dozens of New Year's photos in our Flickr pool, we decided to feature this lovely and tranquil shot by Jeff Blucher. Thanks for sharing!......

Maybe the first thing we should tell you about Striking 12 at CHAC -- besides the SAD tie-in, the rave reviews, or the fact that only 600 people in Seattle will have the chance to see it -- is that you can win half-off tickets to it. A limited number of $15 tickets are being held for those who correctly answer the following trivia question:Name at least one of the bands featured the first year......

A sign inside Fremont's High Dive states that the little bar's maximum occupancy is 98. Saturday night, with Bellingham's The Trucks in the house, it felt more like 398. Good for the band's young ladies, not so good for the claustrophobic. When Seattlest arrived, the Dive was already crowded for opener Black Eyes and Neckties, an appropriately costumed hard-punk outfit. The hyperactive, Seth Rogen-y singer's unintelligible shouting quickly became tiresome and the set--admittedly well-played,......

We randomly checked out the Walkmen and Kaiser Chiefs show at the Showbox last night, mostly in the dark about their work. Although we had seen the Walkmen live once before, we couldnt remember if they had made much of an impression. During the opening, a friend summed up their sound as "like the Strokes except not irritating." That's a good enough summary although we'd swap out the Strokes with Rod Stewart, who Walkmen lead......

The first time we saw Kultur Shock, they were opening for Gogol Bordello at Neumo's, and we have to admit, we'd never heard of them. It was an all-ages show, so we were drinking our fill in the Bad Juju lounge next door, until the insane sounds of the band dragged us away from our beers. Quickly we came to regret missing the first half of their set. Kultur Shock is self-described "Balkan punk rock......

Sunday. Usually, a quiet, contemplative day in the Blogosphere. But not here in the Ist-a-Verse. Nonono! Just look below and see all of the wild and crazy stuff our staffs are up to. In Austin, bands are beginning to confirm for SXSW and the rumor mill is up and running. Good thing, too, because we all know how much Austinites love live performances. Austin also found itself in the national spotlight, with Longhorn Legend......

OPENING: The McLeod Residence, Seattle's premiere lounge/club/gallery, celebrates their grand opening this evening. So if you weren't invited on New Year's, now's your chance to check out the swank digs and the current exhibits. 5-9pm // 2209 2nd Ave. // Free MUSIC: If there's one genre of music we know nothing about, it's lesbian electro hip hop. Tonight's the night to rectify that with Team Gina's record release at the Wildrose. Just a guess: the......

Our national football correspondent, Pauls Toutonghi, is scouting potential Seahawks playoff opponents for us, and may have found a way to make the Bears' Rex Grossman even worse Rex Grossman recently told reporters that he regretted not giving his "full attention" to his preparations for the Bears' season ending game with Green Bay. This would, of course, be unsurprising to anyone who saw Grossman's line in the box score: 2-for-12, 3 INTs (two returned for......

Did you listen to The Works this week? We haven't yet. It's cocked and loaded on the iPod which ran out of batteries before we could listen to John Moe talk about Nerd Core and interview MC Plus+. We're not looking forward to it anymore, though, because now we're going to have to listen to it while knowing that John Moe is leaving KUOW. He's moving to Weekend America, which, yeah, is great and all,......

MUSIC: Blue Scholars and Common Market 8pm // Neumo's // $20. 21+ MUSIC: Harvey Danger with Slender Means and "Awesome." 9pm // Crocodile // $25. 21+ (also an early show at 4pm for all-ages; $5) PARTY: Arcana: New Years Masquerade Ball 9pm // Capitol Hill Arts Center // $30 (or $75 for deluxe pimp action) MUSIC: The Melvins, Big Business, Porn, "Hot Sauce" Butch Darlene 8pm// Showbox // $25 "MYSTICAL" PARTY: There's this weird......

As it should be, it's quiet this week in Seattle, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to do -- especially the closer we get to New Year's Eve. So without further ado, Seattlest's belated gift to you -- some shows: Thursday, December 28 >>> Vicci Martinez, Kym Tuvim, Jonatha King, and Danny Godinez at The Tractor. Singer/songwriter Vicci Martinez is not only an immensely talented artist with impressive stage presence, she's also cute as......

TRIVIA: By popular demand, there's Seattlest trivia tonight, just one day after we all celebrated the birth of the Lord. 8pm / Old Pequliar Tavern [1722 NW Market St, Ballard] / $5 per team BASKETBALL: Seattlest Seth and David will be watching their alma mater dear in the only high-school basketball game of the night. Garfield goes to Shorewood. Garfield's led by super soph Aaron Dotson, here's what Scout.com says about him:He is an explosive......

8bitjoystick called Seattlest out yesterday (which we love, btw, whether you do it on your random blog you expect us to magically find, or you have at us in the comments or you send us email. Please, tell us what we're missing and we'll consider it internally and then publicly enumerate the reasons why you're wrong.), and, befitting a blog about video games, 8bitjoystick is all over us for our lack of video game coverage.......

Yes, a real pie is baked onstage during the performance. We'd call it a gimmick, but the theatre was crammed with moms and daughters for whom pie-making, apparently, inspired the same kind of emotion as going for it on 4th and 2 with 1:12 left to play. The flour-sifting, butter-chopping, dough-rolling, and pan-trimming met with hoots, gasps, sighs, and chuckles. It may be a homespun metaphor, but who can say no to pie? Not......

They're baaack. And the five weeks since we last saw the gang from Seattle Grace have seemed more like an eternity. Okay, not so much an eternity, more like...a welcome respite. Don't get us wrong, Grey's Anatomy has long topped our hierarchy of Tivo season passes (well, hypothetically, anyway. Seattlest doesn't actually have a Tivo, but it strengthens our argument to pretend that we do) it's just that last night's episode was a little, how......

Seattlest did not only see movies, read books, and go to shows this year. Oh my, no. We also ate, and some of us ate very well indeed. Seth: My grandmother is a fantastic cook, which, since 1987, hasn't done me much good. That's when she and my grandfather moved to Arizona. But they moved back this fall, and one cold November evening Grandma supervised as my mom and I tried to replicate her divine......

Still hedging your bets about New Year's Eve? For what it's worth, here's what we're doing. Seth and David S. are going to the Capitol Hill Arts Center for their "Greatest Show on Earth" party. Don't look for them upstairs--they will be downstairs with the burlesque dancers and the top indie prog-rock band of 2005, Awesome. Matt is starting 2006 off right--with wallowing. Tomorrow morning he's having breakfast at the Kenwanda golf course to say......

We'd like to alert you to a couple gay-centric blogs out there, and no, we're not talking about the Slog. Seattlest has long considered the Queen City Cruise News' blog to be the authoritative faggy blog in the city and we're sure that they'll continue their great work, but yesterday they posted on the launching of a Seattle Gay News affiliated blog. Our soggy little heart warms just a few degrees every time we see......

With the on-set of snow and people's cheeks turning a rosy hue, our thoughts turn to that maternal idol indicative of the season--Dina Martina. Dina makes a triumphant return to Re-Bar for her annual Christmas Show. It began running November 25th and will continue until New Year's Eve. Performances are Thursday to Sunday with doors at 7 and curtain at 8. Tickets are $18 cash only. Make your reservations now! Dina has moved her show......

Last week's rejection of the monorail reminds us of an earlier failure by Seattle to produce cool futuristic transport -- no, not the Jetfoil. We're talkin' SST. On September 29, 1966, Boeing unveiled a full-scale mockup of its supersonic airliner, capable of blasting 274 passengers around the globe at 1,800 mph. Boeing first studied commercial SST use in 1952, and officially began its SST program in 1958. By1963, to compete with the British-French consortium......

Seattlest likes Nick Hornby, we really do. We like his witty, casual style of writing, we like that he's big enough of a music geek to write essays on specific songs, and we certainly like his McSweeney's connection. Most of all, though, we enjoy the movies made from his books. High Fidelity ranks among our favorites, due to its eminently quotable dialogue, great soundtrack, smart use of lists, and John Cusack's lovesick moping coupled with......

The National Football League released the Seahawks 2005 schedule yesterday, and it is not a pretty sight. There are several things about the NFL that annoy us. Instant replay is one. The culturally anachronistic ban on end zone celebrations is another. But the most aggravating thing about the league is the way that they create each team’s schedule. An NFL team that finishes first in their division will play other first place teams. Second......