Seattlest is still getting our bearings after spending the last few weeks of 2007 on the east coast, but one of the most surprising things we've seen is commentary lamenting the closure of the Taco Bell on Broadway. more ›

Saturday night Seattlest was at a sparsely attended Crocodile for the intense post-rock of Baltimore's Wilderness. Considering it was a noise-heavy bill, we were expecting a phallocentric crowd, and that's exactly what we found: a lotta dudes at the Croc anxious to hear some loud shit. They would not leave disappointed, especially if they failed to wear earplugs. more ›

We're pretty lucky here in Seattle that our main industries are pretty clean from an environmental standpoint. We've been shipping all of those dirty industries out of cities since the seventies and have been doing so at hyperspeed now that we've recognized our urban areas as holding pens for the creative class. There just aren't a lot of harmful byproducts invloved in computer software manufacturing - Maybe an overabundance of NorWestNerdCons, but that's about it. Every economy's gotta grow, though, right? Isn't that the system that we've agreed to? An economy that isn't expanding is dying, so bring on those new industries. more ›