The title is enough to send anxious shivers down our spines. Parents DO have a lot of weird crap. Why? What does it mean? At what point do we turn around and realize we too have an entire corner of our home filled with empty DOS software boxes from 1989, the clutter becoming a comforting companion that promises not to make us question our own purpose or mortality? more ›

CommuteSeattle is an "initiative of the Downtown Transportation Alliance (Downtown Seattle Association, King County Metro and the City of Seattle)" which is responding to the fact that driving in and out of Seattle on a regular basis begins by giving you a twitchy eye and ends with a Glock in the glovebox which you promise to only use on people who drive up beside you and try to merge. It's for commuters, employers, and property owners, and it tries to assemble all the information any of them might need to help people choose life (outside a car). We count ten little car-alternative icons on the home page for commuters. Ten! Maybe they should add one for Snow Day. more ›

MONSTER MASH: Everyone's favorite non-robotic, non-dinosar body of awesome, a.k.a. the ferocious, hard-banging electronica/hiphop group Truckasaurus, is playing at Neumos with Head Like A Kite and Slender Means on Saturday. Heads up--Truckasaurus might be a band and not a car-eating machine, but they can still metaphorically smash your face in with their thumping, crunching, stomping version of music. It's beautiful, too. Imagine that! more ›

Head over to kexp.org and check out the new KEXP homepage digs. Seems that the site launched sometime around noon-ish, as this morning it was the old brokedown, and now it's the new hotness. The good: Easier to navigate and all the goodies (song of the day, podcasts, show reviews) are now front and center. The bad: Banner ads. The momentarily ugly: It's not always coming up pretty the first time loading, so be sure to refresh as needs be. More info on the new homepage in the FAQs. All hail your pledge drive dollars at work! more ›

What is it about Seattle and innovative cabbies? It was a cabbie who co-came-up-with the idea for the monorail (along with a poet), and now we've got a cabbie jumping into the digital age: along with books, mp3s and pornography, you can now shop for cabs . more ›