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Stairwell Sisters have joined the slowly growing community of all-girl old-timey bands, and recently released their third album, Get Off Your Money. They do much better when they tackle the traditional fiddle tunes, but their originals do the genre plenty of justice. They’ll be joined at the Tractor tonight by local old-timey heroes the Tallboys.

Seattlest has been making some semblance of a living writing about music for a few years now. During that time, we've tried to put into words performances by some truly great artists (Chris Thile comes to mind), and it never gets easier to verbalize music. Talking about music really like dancing about architecture, although we have felt the inexplicable desire to dance inside extraordinary buildings before.

One more time: David Gilmour, "the legendary voice and guitar of Pink Floyd," has a new concert DVD out next Tuesday the 18th. It's a double-disc affair with all five-plus hours of his acclaimed 2006 Royal Albert Hall concert--featuring songs from Gilmour's On an Island album, along with Pink Floyd favorites, as well as guest performances by David Crosby and Graham Nash *and* a grand finale with David Bowie on "Comfortably Numb," plus nearly three hours of extras. Auburn Stadium Theaters is screening a very special theatrical cut (ninety minutes) of said concert footage on the big screen this Saturday, September 15th at noon.

We never really got into Pink Floyd, but not for lack of trying. In high school we actively endeavored to enjoy the band by any means necessary. We listened to Wish You Were Here under the influence of homemade acid and moonshine, we viewed The Wall whilst freebasing peyote, we played Dark Side of the Moon simultaneous with Sister Act, and still--nothing. We gave up and found Radiohead instead.

Monday night Seattlest headed to Chop Suey for the Easy Star All-Stars performance of Radiodread, a dub-reggae version of Radiohead's OK Computer. We went in knowing of the group's previous reworking of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, filled with a morbid curiosity of whether this would be a regrettable showgoing decision (but also knowing that horrible shows are easiest to write about). We're happy to report that while the show is most definitely a bastardization of a classic, it's mostly harmless and disposable, so we don't wish for any accidents to befall their tour bus.

, one of Seattlest's favorite films from 2005, you don't have much by way of options. Until recently, it was playing at the Uptown Theatre. You could wait for it to be out on DVD; its post-Oscars release is not until March 21st. Nah, don't bother: director Noel Baumbach's third full-length continues to play both locations of the Big Picture, the cushiest theatres in town. We do so enjoy having a cocktail with our film, and oh! what a film it is.

Most area bowling alleys have some form of state-sanctioned gambling: lottery tickets, pull-tabs, keno, etc. Four alleys south of Seattle also have casino-style gambling, with poker, blackjack and so on. We have mixed feelings, but since casinos seem to keep these alleys afloat, we’re not gonna complain.

There was *a lot* going on last weekend, what with the game itself and all other Superbowl-related activities. This weekend, not so much. So if you don't have anything planned for tonight (besides four episodes of Arrested Development), you could always drop by Chop Suey for a free show featuring The Divorce and Wolfmother. Expect a lotta hipsters, as both DJ Franki Chan and The Cobra Snake will be on hand. OMG, I can't wait for all the postmortem pics of terrible 80's fashion, coupled with Sparks tongue and girls trying real hard to look fierce.