Bumbershoot 2014: the Saturday of your life
“It's never too late to have a happy childhood.” ― Tom Robbins Play. I am looking at the Bumbershoot 2014 schedule for the first time…
Recommended Viewing: Strange Powers @the NWFF {12/10-12/16}
I know many of you are probably rabid Magnetic Fields fans, and since the Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields doc got a…
Best news of the day: Magnetic Fields are coming to Seattle
As imaginary keenan reported last week, there's a new Magnetic Fields album headed our way on January 26, 2010 {thanks to Nonesuch Records}. And as…
Discount tickets for Stephin Merritt's new opera
OK, so it's not in Seattle (and how I wish it were!), but because it has to do with our (my) favorite eccentric genius artist-who-only-wears-brown,…
Where's all the !!!!!!s for the NEW Magnetic Fields song?
Wow, things have been quiet all over recently. I'm guessing because most folks are spending their online time frantically trying to find those weirdo particular…
Stephin Merritt and his Volvo
I'm usually a utilitarian when it comes to my vehicles, but this commercial with Stephin Merritt singing "The wheels on the car go 'round and 'round"…
Plague Songs
Nothing says fun like biblical plagues! I mean, I'm sure the pharaoh was having a blast (or so I'm lead to believe by The Ten…