Seattle has changed a lot since the 90s, but not if you ask the national media! Seattlest is taking the (probably flannel!) gloves off, and setting the record straight on some of the stereotypes about our city. more ›

Seattle's graced the pages of plenty of magazines and papers recently. Unfortunately, if you believe what you read, we're all still stuck in 1998. more ›

Ellen Carpenter over at SPIN.com makes a great point: plaid is so, so in these days. Look at that Robin Pecknold from Fleet Foxes (pictured), Tom Hobden from Noah And The Whale, or J. Tillman! Something about the gentle, guitar-stroking, whiskered man just screams "I'm humble and gruff, yet still empathetic. And I probably smell like cedar, if you get close enough." Riffs Carpenter after a Fleet Foxes show,

I could have overlooked their militantly woodsy ensembles--they are from the Pacific Northwest, after all--if half of the audience hadn’t been rocking the same look. It seemed like a joke, like one of those Improv Everywhere missions. A flash mob: Lumbercon!