Not that we need to feed his ego or anything, but John Roderick (of The Long Winters) is a funny dude. Whilst heating up our chicken pot pie from Trader Joe's, we perused a copy of the Weekly someone had left out. Starting from the back, it wasn't long before we saw a goofy cartoon Roderick giving us a great big toothy smile. With his column, entitled, "Exposing the Poker Skills of the Sasquatch! Class......

As previously mentioned, tonight's Wig Bash at the High Dive, as well as the second, final, and sold-out performance of Nada Surf at the Showbox. Also sold out: Springsteen at Key Arena Saturday. But never fear, there's still other options out there, like Golem at Nectar tomorrow night. We don't know much about them, but we've heard that the six-piece klezmer band play "Eastern European drinking songs" and that they're "fun as hell." That's enough......

Short and sweet: Aqueduct is teh awesome, and omfg, they're playing two record release shows at the Croc this Saturday. Lucky you, Seattlest has two pair of tickets to give away. Winners get their choice of show (all ages at 4pm or 21+ at 9pm), as well as copies of Aqueduct's latest (Or Give Me Death), their previous album (I Sold Gold), and Trying To Never Catch Up care of opening band What Made......

We did an Aqueduct giveaway in February to celebrate singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/pop song guru David Terry's third full-length album. And now we're doing another one to herald his triumphant set of record release shows this Saturday at the Croc. So f-ing what? There's no denying Terry's mature pop sensibilities (try as you might, Pitchfork), and everybody knows Aqueduct is certifiably awesome live, with Terry and friends playing over pre-recorded samples and beats, adding layers of texture......