Friskis & Svettis is a Swedish health club. Norrköping is the tenth largest city in Sweden. It’s not clear why these flashmobbers chose to dance to Easter Gaga at Christmas:
“Ho Ho Ho’s will never be the same,” says Kelly Lichtenwaldt, drummer for Seattle band Quickie. He is talking about his band’s new Christmas video, “All I want for Christmas is a Ho Ho Ho!” “We’re tapping into our inner reindeer Ramones,” says Quickie’s lead singer Lou Trez. “The world needs to see that reindeer …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEsEIJd7mp8 At this time last year, KGW’s Abbey Gibb was shivering in Spokane’s cold and laboring at that market’s woebegone NBC affiliate, KREM. She was just a recent San Diego State, Magna Cum Laude, Valedictorian, journo grad with a dream to anchor in the big leagues and a Society of Professional Journalists award for excellence …
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I had a fine time watching last weekend’s Montana-related playoff games, though the Sam Houston State/MSU blowout was rather painful at times, due to the Bobcats tossing away several good opportunities to at least keep the game close. Perhaps the Griz will fare quite a bit better tonight…. And re: a Division I football …
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Wednesday December 14th, 2011 was a day I looked forward to for at least two months. For on that day two of my favorite bands, Streetlight Manifesto and Reel Big Fish were playing a double bill at Seattle’s King Cat Theater. I arrived just before Lionize came on stage. Lionize is a four-piece composed of …
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Here’s a highly sexualized clothing advertisement from the Philippines, where it is the most popular video of the day:
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All photos by Kris Chall Bingham. Here’s “Hej Tomtegubbar” from the Lucia pageant that was presented by the Scandinavian Department of the University of Washington at the Swedish Cultural Center in Seattle, Washington on December 12, 2010.
Maybe the song is a bit sappy, but it’s a good question. – Anne Seymour Mette
If you “like” Amnesty International USA on Facebook today, you can listen to all of Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan — all 75 tracks by various artists. There are 75 covers of Dylan songs there for 6+ hours of music. I’m listening to Mark Knopfler’s cover of Restless Farewell while typing this …
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake Alternative Singer/Songwriter Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres Avant-Garde Jazz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Hpu9Llpw8 Steven Wilson – Grace for Drowning Progressive Rock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrwSEhBnJ-A Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues Indie Folk Kate Bush – 50 Words for Snow Art Rock St. Vincent – Strange Mercy Art Rock Haken …