Results tagged “thunder”

The PSBJ was just explaining "debtenfreude" to us--the delight you take in another's real estate misfortune. Now we have a word for how we feel after reading this headline: "Economy eats into funds for Thunder arena project." The AP says "the tax approved by voters as a way to lure the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics to town--where they were renamed the Thunder--has produced $4.2 million below projections." Seattle leadership has gotta be happy they're not knee-deep in a Key Arena renovation right now.

Oklahoma business man and Thunder co-owner Aubrey McClendon has lost close to two billion dollars since last summer. The one-time funder of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is being forced to sell his prized wine collection to make money. He occasionally he writes for Seattlest on the subject of technology.

• White Center Now reports that King County Executive Ron Sims has proposed two staggered fare increases for Metro buses on his blog. In other news--Ron Sims writes a blog?!
• Yesterday's late afternoon thunder and lightning struck a little too close to home for a West Seattle Blog reader. A cedar tree in their neighbor's back yard was split in two by a lightning strike, sending cedar chips flying everywhere.
• PhinneyWood wants to let you know that, if you've had trouble with getting a green building permit, there's a meeting scheduled just for you this Wednesday at the Phinney Neighborhood Association.

• Apparently, not everyone in town shares our deep-seated fear of clowns, thanks to J.P. Patches. According to My Ballard, hundreds and hundreds of you, many donning clown make-up yourselves, came out on Sunday to watch the unveiling of the new J.P. Patches statue. As for us, just writing those sentences and the Flickr photos we saw were enough to prompt a cold sweat which, in this weather, actually ain't half bad.
• You know when these words are involved in a headline--"home-built helicopter"--it's not going to be good.
• Capitol Hill Seattle spotted and posted evidence of one of the greatest help-wanted fliers of all time.

Lightning, thunder, and heavy rains are beautiful and exciting, particularly to us in the Pacific Northwest who get to witness them so infrequently. When a storm comes in we always hope we're near a window (or camping, so said people on the bus this morning) so that we can catch random glimpses of nature's fireworks.

The Go! Team - "Grip Like a Vice"

Stand at the corner of First and Pike, and you almost hear the thunder of Seattle's hotel wars, the howitzers of the future as they battle for attention in the trades, the travel mags, the lifestyle glossies.

We don't mean to steal Mary's thunder; however, her photograph moved us to write down some of the thoughts we've been having about the Ballard Denny's closure. We knew it was coming; however, just like the presence of vampires in Sunnydale, we didn't actually want to think about it. The light, the clouds, the darkness of the trees, and the Shell sign way in the distance all punctuate the loneliness of the now-derelict sign.

If there's anything we learned studying literature in college, it's that everything either comes from Shakespeare, Greek mythology or the Bible. Seattlest used to entertain herself by playing "From Whence Did That Allusion Come?" Yeah, we only had two friends in college.

On a weekend when Blue Angels were literally drenching Seattle skies with violent peals of thunder, Seattle Opera's new production of Flying Dutchman saturated McCaw Hall with vibrant voices and reverberant horns.

There are going to be some angry PR people in sports media land. The Storm have one big off-season story, who they will draft. That draft is today. But the Huskies completely stole their thunder by announcing picking their new women's coach. Weird...anyway, here's the scoop, courtesy of the Times.

Sports: The Sonics are 6-9, on a two game losing streak, and everybody's fighting. The Orlando Magic are 11-4, have won their last four, feature Dwight Howard, and come from some place very warm! What's not to love? Tip-off is right when the next snowstorm is supposed to hit. Worth risking your life for? Yes!

You'd think you could enjoy a quiet evening in your apartment without a crane falling over and killing you, right?

We only got into mangos this year. We're not big tropical fruit fans, so when we got one in one of our first SPUD boxes, we pureed it for our daughter. And that was the first time we confronted the nightmare that is dissecting a mango.

Seattle likes to earn its accolades. We're one of the smartest, fittest, best barista having-est cities in the country, and yet our mid-sized city attitude constantly has us noting any mention we get that has us topping the Big Boys (not unlike a civic "Short Man's Complex"). Usually it's at least something truly noteworthy, but well, not always. Seattle is now home to the world's largest bass drum.

It’s not everyday we get a rock warrior passing through town, much less Thor, the self-proclaimed “Legendary Rock Warrior.” But tonight we will.

Here at Seattlest, we love the New Pornographers, but one big reason we love them is our obsession with Neko Case, the female voice of the band. Her alt-country (whatever that is) solo work makes our teeth just vibrate with excitement.

Seattlest faves and old skool raves, the Go! Team, are headed back our way (10/25, to be exact). Yes, yes- you missed them the first time around. So did a lot of people. "It's too hot," you said. "I don't want to come home smelling like an ashtray," you said. "The album is too treble-y. Where's the bass?" you said. Well, Go!

, a William Devane starring revenge flick scripted by Paul Schrader.

With their blend of schoolyard chants, '70s TV themes, and old school hip-hop, the Go! Team creates music made for summer. And since summer finally seems to be upon us, last night was the perfect time for the band, recently signed to Columbia, to play a sold-out show at Neumo's. Seattlest is happy to report that the U.K. multi-culti girl-boy indie collective lived up to our lofty expectations, as well as their own exclamation point. After their explosive performance at Intonation (can Pitchfork stop talking about it now, please?) and in their second Seattle show in as many days (they were the surprise guest at the KEXP barbeque on Sunday), the Go! Team certainly brought the rock. But before that we'd have to sit through three opening acts.