The Year of Magical Thinking at the Intiman Theater
Joan Didion is not the most empathetic of writers. In her studies of the 1960s and 70s, Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The White Album, she…
Bumbershoot begins tonight (unoffically) with Ear Candy's kick-off party
Tonight, Bumbershoot unoffically begins with my friends from Ear Candy's kick-off party at the High Dive. It'll be quite the party, to say the least.…
Bumbershoot preview: UH HUH HER
UH HUH HER sounds nothing like the inspiration for the band's name, the Polly Jean Harvey album from 2004. Instead, they would fit more at…
Bumbershoot preview: Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears
When I first saw Black Joe Lewis perform, I was underwhelmed. They were opening a sold out show at the Showbox for Spoon in 2007…
Imaginary Interview: USE
The seven-piece dance party band USE, nee United State of Electronica, is just about ready to release their long-awaited sophomore album L O V E…
Party with USE on Sunday and get their new record early
I'm just getting ready to work on transcribing my interview with the lovely ladies (and, full disclosure, my friends) of USE when I got an…
The Year of Magical Thinking – now at the Intiman
The last time I was really, really starstruck was in late 2005. I went to the Seattle Public Library to see my favorite living American…
Imaginary Interview: The Not-Its
When you visit The Not-Its website, it promises that “if you’ve never seen us before, be prepared to jump around – it’s guaranteed to be…
Imaginary Interview: Kathleen Flinn
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry is Seattle author Kathleen Flinn’s brilliant memoir about attending the legendary culinary school Le Cordon Bleu in…
Bumbershoot preview: Seattle Noir
The short story collection Seattle Noir begins and ends with the same crime: poisoning. The crimes and stories here cut through numerous socioeconomic classes and…