As you may have just read, our fearless leader Allecia Vermillion is leaving the Seattlest for an incredible new gig. We are all sworn to secrecy as to what that is but we can say this, it may or may not be the CIA. Allecia has filled our inboxes for quite some time here, has helped the site move in some incredible new directions and has been an editor writers dream of having. In celebration and in mourning of her new venture in life, the Seattlest gang has all chimed in to what her tenure has meant to us. She didn't know we were doing this, so Allecia, we hope you like it! It's a love-fest, and a well deserved one at that. more ›

It was thirteen days ago Seattle and the rest of the world learned about the passing of one of the most iconic entertainers, Michael Jackson. And since then we've been on serious MJ overload. Now in a fitting final star-studded tribute, the King of Pop's memorial service will take place today in Los Angeles. The event itself, planned to attract millions worldwide will also be broadcasting here in Seattle at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum's JBL Theater from 10-11:30 a.m., which will be free for fans to come watch and pay their final respects. more ›

back in 1993, music was, well, pretty much where it is now: A boys' playground of aggressive, booze- and drug-addled hyper-aggressive music, a scene that women fit into either by imitating the boys or by settling for the marginal spaces reserved for women, whether that was soul-searching singer-songwriter strumming an acoustic guitar, or tramped-out pop vixen delivering sugary three-minute radio singles. Into this toxic mix of misogyny, Liz Phair dumped an epic, brilliant 18-song LP that, even it hasn't changed the world, stands the test of time as having expanded the language in which a woman could communicate. more ›

Well, not exactly. Eddie Vedder wasn't involved. And it's a "new rendition of an old-school tune"—a cover of the 1955 ditty "Rock Around the Clock." The "new rendition" doesn't amount to much more than a single-word swap; "Clock," in both title and refrain, has been replaced by "Barack." more ›

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