Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2002
A punky blue-haired music store employee gets butt nekkid in the front yard of a straight-laced admirer. A gay Brit has to "come out" to…
Paul McCartney
When Conor Oberst parlays his stray-puppy cuteness and sensitive charm into gushing reviews and mother-daughter cd-listening bonding sessions, he's following in the footsteps of the…
Bright Eyes with the Bruces and M. Ward
{I, Imaginary Girl Liz here do solumnly swear to be a professional and objective music writer and I will not gush about Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos,…
Tullycraft
A rock ‘n roll dream night. I packed up the Capitol Hill kids for a road trip to Ballard to see one of those "scream…
ballboy
As a card-carrying curmudgeon and a 'been there/done that,' jaundiced music fan, it is rare that I am taken in by the star-making machinery. I…
Doves, with My Morning Jacket
Doves, Doves, Doves! Doves! DOVES! DOVES! D_O_V_E_S!!!! A thousand times - Doves! I am in love my friends. The rocks may melt and the land…
Cinerama, with ballboy
"9.28.02, The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco""9.30.02, Blackbird Cafe, Portland""10.1.02, Crocodile Cafe, Seattle"In late September - early October there was a miraculous alignment of…
Mates of State: a sonnet
Last Friday night Graceland, those Mates of State Beamed gems of love, rang thru their eyes and song. Whilst melodies made us adore and long.…
Talkin' shit about an indie rock t-shirt
Everyone knows the Indie-Rock-Show-T-Shirt Rule™, right? You know the one, that unwritten rule: whatever band you are going to see, you must, if you insist…
Arty Boys
The Three Imaginary Girls are vain. So when an incredibly talented local artist paints a picture of us, we glow. And of course, then we…