at The Crocodile

Saturday night, The Lashes rocked the Crocodile. For a reunion show, their antic filled set felt less like a nostalgia trip and more like a gosh darn celebration of what's good and fun in the world. The night included appearances by an oversized Santa, tons of fake snow and an onstage phone call to one very disoriented grandmother. Oh yeah, and Ben Lashes kissed a fan from the stage. Here are a selection of dizzying photos from the night. Enjoy!

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There is plenty of Friday and Saturday afternoon to catch the route 60, 131, 134, or 170 to catch this little festival with a big Northwest line-up.

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Rumor mill: Noise for the Needy has some exciting new headliners for their festival, and they are...

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For the keyword curious, here's the full top 50 ways folks found TIG in Google last month.

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at The Vera Project

The night was full of amazing music and pleasant surprises everywhere, which made it, as Ben Lashes said, "The party we've been waiting for all week."

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If Ben Lashes stops writing songs, he should go into PR.

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It's not every day I get an email from Ben Lashes, frontman for Seattle pop band the Lashes, and I've certainly never gotten one with such a compelling title before.

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Here are photographer Michael Alan Goldberg's favorite three, in his own words...

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at Bumbershoot 2007

The real story here was the return of guitarist Eric Howk, who suffered a terrible fall in May and was consequently paralyzed from the waist down. He came on stage to the massive applause of an audience who were truly thrilled to see him there, and then proceeded to play some kickass guitar.

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The Lashes have confirmed that they'll be playing Bumbershoot next weekend, in their first appearance since the injury of guitar player Eric Howk, who was tragically paralyzed from an accident back in May.

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