The Boy Scouts really are good training for being a journalist (or pseudo-journalist, or pasty-faced blogger, however you want to refer to your intrepid Seattlest contributors as): Like those scouts with their trusty Swiss army knives, rule one is "Be Prepared." Alas, last night, we were decidedly not prepared. Admittedly, who could blame us? We've been hassled at more than one club's door for trying to carry in a voice recorder, and why bring a......

This week the weather's cooperating a bit more. Nothing like escaping rainy days with a film festival (except if you get stuck in a downpour while waiting in line, so pack that umbrella). Once inside you'll be golden thanks to your perusal of Seattlest picks. Trust us. Golden! But first, we want to highlight some special events: · A Conversation with Julien Temple, with musician/critic Sean Nelson, will no doubt cover Temple's three music......

One thing, if nothing else, was made clear at the Showbox last night when Boy Kill Boy and the Charlatans UK prissied their little music sets: They are definitely British bands. They wear tight pants, they use synthesizers, and when they speak into the microphone, you can't understand a word they say. Maybe Boy Kill Boy should have just skipped Seattle. Their polished, low-key verses rising into heavily distorted choruses with longing harmonies did......

In all the annals of music, it's hard to imagine anymore specific a genre than "gypsy punk." But that's just the sort of cabaret-esque insanity that Gogol Bordello brings to their shows. The band's story is as strange as their music and stage shows. Frontman Eugene Hutz is a Ukrainian refugee displaced as a child in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster. After bouncing through various European countries, he wound up in Vermont. As an......