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Like fighters in a boxing match, raucous Seattle music writer Chris Estey goes ‘toe to toe’ with cagey music maverick Calvin Johnson about beards and other mysteries of life in the new film, Have You Ever Had a Beard? A study in contrasts, this film compares the lyric heavy songwriting of Calvin Johnson to the …
Mood Swings is an animated online series about mom’s life when the kid’s aren’t around. In this clip, Janise, mother of Clementine and wife to Mathias, reconnects with her college days in a zany flashback.
Forgot to mention that I recently made a nice score at our (admittedly odious) Best Buy store up at Northgate, where I will occasionally buy TV shows on dvd when the “loss-leading” spotlight happens to shine on some portion of my Personal Pantheon! On the most recent visit, in addition to the hernia-inducing 57-disc 24: THE COMPLETE SERIES (list …
Neoconservatives accuse Barack Obama of leading the United States down the road to communism. In reality, mainstream Democrats have become more fiscally conservative since the Cold War era. Obama is no more economically radical than Richard Nixon, whose presidency produced the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, increased spending on social programs, …
How many weeks does Rolling Stone, the magazine, have left? I hadn’t seen a copy in six years (which says something in itself) and now, perusing the 3/1 issue with Paul McCartney on the cover I’m shocked at how small and ad-less the zine is these days. How can they possibly be making any money? …
[LISTEN, WHITEY! author Pat Thomas will be reading / presenting / playing music from the book and companion album on Sunday, April 22nd at Powell’s Bookstore in Portland.] Over a five year period in Oakland, CA, archivist Pat Thomas befriended key leaders of the seminal Black Power Movement, dug through Huey Newton’s archives at Stanford University, …
Bobby B! I can’t imagine what Maya Rudolph, daughter of the late, great Minnie Riperton, is thinking and feeling right now. Her admiration for Whitney Houston showed through her iconic, over-the-top impersonations of Houston. Rudolph will host SNL 2/18/2012. – Steve Stav
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Publicists for Whitney Houston have confirmed that the legendary singer died Saturday at age 48. While there are no immediate signs of criminal intent, police are continuing to investigate the singer’s death, which took place in her room on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hilton. TMZ is speculating that a combination of alcohol and …
Two days ago, a Zippy cartoon titled, “Shoe In” mentioned The Holy Modal Rounders, Peter Stampfel‘s band of the last 40 or so years. Peter has contributed to EPB, thus, this was the first mention of any EPB contributor in Bill Griffiths’ Zippy cartoons, or in any iconic cartoon for that matter: Go here.
On January 16, 2012, Mitt Romney tweeted that, “More Americans have lost their jobs under Barack Obama than any president in modern history.” I am so tired of hearing GOP Presidential candidates bash President Obama’s alleged folly. Instead, let’s focus on the last decade. First, according to the Wall Street Journal, the eight years of …
Story time: I live in Everett, Wa. Right before the Iraq war started my Auntie & I, along w/ others were protesting the war…my Auntie & I had a corner…we got many honks, but of course some comments that were not pretty. Well, Vern Fonk drove by, one of his offices is in Everett & …
I was recently asked, “Did the Iraq War foment the Arab spring? Is this even a legitimate question?” To which I responded: Yes, absolutely a legitimate question. Although I would do the professory thing and say, well, do you mean it was the sole and exclusive catalyst/cause? or it was a factor? Maybe because my …
If you haven’t seen this, it might be the funniest skit in Portlandia history. And the Parson Red Heads are in it, the quartet posing around Fred Armisen. – Steve Stav
Big Steve‘s definitely gettin’ it done! I enjoyed a wonderful steak dinner he and Tim Midgett prepared during my last Chicago visit in October 2009… – Tom Kipp Here’s, Mario Batali Voice, and here’s some commentary in the LA Times.
To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion, Virginia State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax) on Monday attached an amendment that would require men to have a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before obtaining a prescription for erectile dysfunction medication. Go here.
Surely yer ol’ Stereophile pal Ted would disagree, no?! LOL And c’mon, Marc, just look at that BASE! And that BELT! Plus, their tonearm and spindle are "stiffer than carbon fiber"! (As am I, just reading that…) As you well know, I simply adore the "pervy horniness" of this type of advertising copy, regardless of the product being hawked! And I really …
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Go here. The poor girl is addicted to Chicken McNuggets and eats only them.
Hi, I, along with Mr. Murphy, work at Franklin. While I appreciate everyone who went to the protest, the kind of language used does not help unify us, but rather divides. Specifically, to imply that if we didn’t go to the protest it means we don’t care is simply untrue, and very narrow-minded. I care …
On Tuesday January 24th, Seattle Public School teachers and students were forced to leave school three hours early due to a negotiated furlough day. In protest, the Seattle Education Association organized picketing events at a handful of prominent locations around town. The location closest to where I teach was at the five corners where I-5 …
Tuesday evening after working, standing on a picket line, then working again, I headed to Seattle’s King Cat Theater. NOFX were headlining. I have only seen NOFX at Warped Tour and have been wanting to see them at their own show for ages. Unfortunately the last time they were here they sold out before I …
Kearney Barton – The man who engineered the original Northwest sound when recording the Sonics and Kingsmen, amongst others, has died.
Here’s someone who has that ubiquitous almost famous look, like he was in a band, or has been there/done that, but nobody can quite spot/identify him. I keep running into him, and then saw him on record store day leafing thru stuff at Sound Fix in the Village. Some fan stared at him a bit …
Go here for the Wired magazine coverage of the decision. Here’s a background podcast on the case, made shortly after the oral arguments were heard by the Supreme Court in this case.