Bumbershoot 2014: Best single Bumbershoot day ever?
No need for a loping intro to this one. For future reference, this is what happened on Sunday, August 31st at the Seattle Center. For…
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…
Is the comedy album dead?
Nope! The comedy album is not dead. It probably should be, as almost every comedian has a podcast or YouTube channel now, or is appearing…
Score some sweet, smart, stylish graphic novels at Top Shelf Comix's big sale
Top Shelf Productions has roots in the Pacific NW, since its beginning in 1997, sharing offices from Portland, OR to Marietta, GA, and New York…
My Big Seven musical picks for Bumbershoot 2013
You won a special ticket for seven, and only seven, musical things to do at this year's Bumbershoot. They escort you in for these several…
Bumbershoot 2013: I like Mondays (festival day 9/2) & UPDATES
Third day of Bumbershoot 2013 seems like a zappy apex and a totally chill epilogue; the outstanding extra-musical affairs continue around the big musical bomps,…
Bumbershoot personal pan preview 2013: Saturday & Sunday
I am going to tell you what I know about this year's Bumbershoot line up for its full three days -- fortunately, it's a great…
Bread & Wine: Fantagraphics reissues a timeless romantic masterpiece about a dystopian prophet and a homeless man
It all started with an act of kindness to a passer-by. A man saw a paperback copy of Norman Podheretz's Making It as part of a…
Come on, Eileen! It's Capitol Hill Block Party weekend: day two {Saturday, 7/27}
This year's Capitol Hill Block Party kicks off the weekend days (after a thrills-packed Friday night) with JK POP, a Japanese and South Korean-obsessed groovy…
Summer lovin’, had me some jams!
I recommend all these tunes because apparently I can't stop playing 'em: here's a quick alphabetical assessments of what's been hummin' in my iPod on…