Results tagged “rollingstones”

The fireworks show was really incredible and dangerous looking--maybe the best we've ever seen. The propane cannon was pretty weak, though (see video). Judging by the music that drifted out of the enclosure and over the hill it was some kind of wedding (thanks for the link anon commenter), and it looked like a better time was had on our side of the fence. Of course, as soon as we left the Rolling Stones probably took the stage, illuminated by giant heaps of burning U.S. currency. You know when you wake up on Sunday morning and you're going through the receipts you find in your jeans and thinking there must be some kind of mistake because no way did you spend that much money last night? Whoever bankrolled this thing has one of those coming to him tomorrow morning.

Pearl Jam’s singer and most frequent songwriter will be releasing a solo album bunch of songs later this year. Without the four guys who, surrounding him, comprise the one band that survived the grunge explosion/implosion and still rocks today. It seems he and Sean Penn think so much alike (politically? Madonna-ly?) that Vedder recorded a near-recordful of songs for Penn’s latest directorial effort, Into the Wild. (Eddie contributed to previous Penn projects I Am Sam and Dead Man Walking.) Here’s the theatrical trailer:

We're only weeks away from that magical time of year when we turn our local waters over to those diesel coughing, gray water vomiting, tourist dollar extracting devices the cruise ships. All hail! There have been a few changes at the Port this year and the new cleaner, greener personal have passed muster with the Bluewater Network, the cruise industry's traditional foil in local media, but Seattlest remains skeptical that increased cruise traffic in the Sound is in our best interest. See today's article on maritime pollution in the Post Intelligencer or this one on cruise ship wastewater. Let's throw our worries and a rock into a burlap money bag for the time being, though, and toss the whole thing overboard. Welcome to Seattle, cruise passengers! Hopefully you find something interesting on Seattlest for your 17 hours in the city! We're going to be talking a little bit about some of the cruise vessels that are coming to town and we're starting with the MS Zaandam.

Admission: We don't know shit about graphic novels (we were more baseball cards than comic books in our day)

Remember when you thought Neko Case just couldn't get any cooler? Ha! Now she's being held up as an example of the evils of rock-n-roll.

There's a whole wide world out there, and here's the proof:

As Seattle poops its collective pants over the impending Super Bowl, we’ve been busy collecting more germane goofiness. To wit...

Red Mill closed early one night last October so the staff could attend the Rolling Stones concert, and they’ll close early again on Super Sunday so the staff can watch the Stones’ halftime show (and the Seahawks). This was called to our attention by Red Mill’s recent the Panthers game), an amusingly awesome conflation of the Stones and Seahawks logos...

Both Red Mill locations are closing early on Sunday, and that can mean only one thing -- the Rolling Stones are back in town.

Tonight, if you aren't going to see DJ-AM (you fool!), your best bet is Beck and Le Tigre at the Paramount. We know that Beck is a Scientologist, but at least he didn't yell at Matt Laurer (or if he did, it was in private).