Recommended shows: Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live! {7/29}
One Saturday night back in freakin’ MIDDLE SCHOOL, I popped the TV on and flipped through the channels mindlessly. Before long I came across an…
Capitol Hill Block Party 2017: Day 2 Recap
Block Party day two was filled with interesting parallels. Two bands had the word “giant” in their name and two performers had backup dancers. Was…
Capitol Hill Block Party 2017: Day 1 Recap
Day one of Block Party is complete, and my heart is still aflutter. If there was one theme of the day, it could be summed…
Capitol Hill Block Party 2017 Preview!
We're officially in the thick of Seattle's Summer music festival season and that means it's time for block party again! It just so happens it's…
Robyn Hitchcock, Yep Roc Records, 2017
It is a little odd that Robyn Hitchcock has just released an eponymous album forty-one years into his musical career. Then again, Hitchcock has seemingly…
Talking with Jeff Baena & Aubrey Plaza about The Little Hours
The heavily improv’d medieval nun comedy The Little Hours screened at this year’s Seattle International Film Festival, and although I think the film suffers from…
The Beguiled
The plot of The Beguiled is a recipe for the perfect Gothic thriller: drop a wounded soldier from the North into the laps of seven…
Weather Diaries by Ride
It has been twenty-one years since Ride called it a day back in 1996, after the two primary songwriters, Andy Bell and Mark Gardener, dissolved…
Spiral into Animal Collective’s Sound-Drenching Show in Seattle
Animal Collective will be at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle, WA this Thursday, June 29, 2017. Opening the show will be special guests: Eyvind Kang…
Best of SIFF 2017 series {6/16 – 6/22}
Another year, another SIFF, another Best of SIFF program at the Uptown. Once again the festival programmers will be serving up a diverse roster of…