Recommended Viewing: Maximum Overdrive @Central Cinema {3/28}
I was delighted to see that one of my favorite cheesy movies from the 80s is making an appearance at Central Cinema this month: the…
Recommended show + free tickets (and a 7") from Mal de Mer!
[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5eTHw9MvoY] Heard of Mal de Mer? No, not that Mal de Mer. This Mal de Mer. If you're anything like me, you've heard of…
A night with Hotels
Although this was not my first time seeing local band Hotels, this was my first visit to the Columbia City Theater. The theater recently came…
Mark your calendars for 826 Seattle's Write Like I Do series
Rad people backing up a great cause is the chocolate-and-peanut butter of our functioning world. In this particular case, it's a troupe of excellent craftspeople…
Paul
To paraphrase a popular T-shirt, there are 11 types of people in the world: - Those who are confident in the belief that they who…
Recommended show + free tickets: Goldfinch at the Tractor {3/20}
Two things that are making Friday very extra Friday-y: A., This image is causing a full-frontal poster-gorgeousness coma. B., Goldfinch is playing the Tractor on…
Heartbeats
I brought earplugs to this screening, just in case, because Montreal wunderkind Xavier Dolan's first film, I Killed My Mother, was an absolute screechfest. Dolan,…
Win tickets to see Uh Huh Her at Chop Suey {3/27}
[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSJI0o7T4sk] Find yourself looking for some electro-synth in all that alt.earnestcore you've had on heavy rotation lately? Well, look no further: we have the…
Recommended show + free tickets: Chris Pureka at Chop Suey {3/22}
Were there a way to insert the needle-pulling-off-the-record noise here as the sound effect, we'd do it. Because this is the noise that rings out…
Recommended Show: Girl Talk {3/15 & 16}
A night at Showbox SoDo with Girl Talk = the best party you'll find in town tonight (and tomorrow night, for that matter). Seriously. How…