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Authority Zero My whirlwind week ended the night of January 26th with The Voodoo Glowskulls and Authority Zero headlining at Seattle’s EL Corazon. Unfortunately I missed the first band, Success!, but arrived just in time for a full set by Skyfox. Skyfox is a four-piece similar in look and sound to Blink 182. Singer . . . → Read More: Authority Zero, Voodoo Glowskulls and Skyfox at El Corazon, By Holly Homan 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 . . . → Read More: Seattle: I’m Interested in Bigger Education Issues Than Just Money, By Daniel Magill
"Powerful and sensual vocals" On January 25th I headed out on a chilly, rainy night to catch Concrete Blonde at Seattle’s Neptune Theater. I’ve seen Concrete Blonde two or three times prior, but I’ll see them 100 more times if I can. When Concrete Blonde initially came on stage, it looked like they were . . . → Read More: Seattle Loves Concrete Blonde at the Neptune, By Holly Holly Homan [Tommy Keene will be appearing along with Portland's Parson Red Heads at Sam Bond's Garage in Eugene on Jan.27 and at Mississippi Studios in Portland on the 29th. They will also be playing Seattle's Sunset Tavern on Jan 28th, with The Riffbrokers supporting.] What is the difference between Tommy Keene and the most famous . . . → Read More: Never Mind The Mainstream – An interview with Tommy Keene, By Steve Stav 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 . . . → Read More: Seattle Teachers Hit the Picket Lines, By Holly Homan
Eric Melvin playing guitar real fast 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 . . . → Read More: NOFX, Poison Idea, Old Man Markley and Rat City Ruckus Ignite a Sold Out Crowd at Seattle’s King Cat Theater, By Holly Homan As most of you are aware, the San Francisco 49ers ended their season in dramatic fashion, losing the NFC Championship Game in overtime to the New York Giants due to a turnover on special teams and a subsequent field goal . Since the 49ers had won many of their games in the same . . . → Read More: Not Quite Good Enough: A Postscript on the 49ers, By Chuck Strom 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 . . . → Read More: Who Am I? By Dennis Shin Fox Entertainment scrapped Arrested Development in 2006 after only three seasons. Apparently strong DVD sales and the show’s burgeoning cult status triggered a response in some studio office somewhere that the time was right to cash in, and so sometime soon a movie version of the TV series will be coming to a theatre . . . → Read More: Arrested Development Revisited, By Mike Kowalski On Thanksgiving Eve I ventured out to Seattle’s University District to Landmark Theater’s Varsity Theater to view The Other F Word. The movie is a documentary about punk rockers (mostly from California) and what it’s like for the ultimate rebels to be fathers. The movie begins with Art Alexakis (Everclear), Fat Mike (NOFX), Jim . . . → Read More: The Other F Word – A Movie About Aging Punk Rockers and What Fatherhood Means to Them, By Holly Homan When people ask why I left Seattle in 2005, I never tell them real reason which was, “Because I stopped drinking the coffee.” Seattle is only fun while you’re drinking coffee. Once you stop drinking their delicious coffee it becomes obvious that you have to leave. I was about 30 when I moved to . . . → Read More: Portland is Way Better than Seattle! When this blog recruited me to introduce a YouTube clip of Dead Moon playing “It’s O.K.” in Hannover, Germany, two thoughts came to mind. First, the history of the band. The long version can be found on their archived website and in the documentary film Unknown Passage. The short version: Longtime Portland musical couple . . . → Read More: Dead Moon and the Fate of Independent Music Video, By Ben Easher I am no stranger to lefse, having eaten the delicious, Norwegian, tortilla-like potato pancake/flatbread in such vaunted centers of Scan-American culture as Chicago, Mineapolis and Seattle. I can say with certainty that the 21st Century Lefse served at VIKING SOUL FOOD (VSF), Portland’s only Norwegian inspired soul food fusion cart, is the best I’ve . . . → Read More: Portland’s Viking Soul Food Has Best Lefse in America Today is Dec 7. Growing up in the shadow of world war, you remembered and honored those days. Days like Armistice Day and Pearl Harbor. When done rightly, the honor fell upon those who risked and gave their lives to stop global tyranny. When done badly, the day could become a day of self-righteous . . . → Read More: “I Did Things, Terrible Things” – PTSD Can Remain Long After War is Won, By Gordon Jack Schultz I am a single guy. I have a retirement income of approximately the median income of a family of four. That means that I enjoy “surplus capital”–income I don’t need after I pay the rent, put food on the table, etc. Yes, I spend some of that “surplus capital” on non-essentials–computer, camera, music, etc. . . . → Read More: Confessions of a Capitalist – How I Contribute to the Economic Problem, By Ken Peck On November 23, 2011 a woman in Vancouver, BC sought employment as a groupie on Craigslist via the following advertisement (content reproduced below in case Craigslist removes the ad): Female Seeking to be band groupie (Your rehearsal space) Female seeking to be band groupie. Just turned 19 and I’m looking to get my ROCK . . . → Read More: On Craigslist – Vancouver, BC Woman Seeks Employment as Groupie
Reel Big Fish 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 . . . → Read More: Streetlight Manifesto & Reel Big Fish Rock Seattle’s King Cat Theater, By Holly Homan
Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot Live in Japan On twenty second December I headed to Seattle’s Showbox to see Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot concert. The last time I saw Brian Setzer live was with the Stray Cats in 1982 and 1983, and though I’ve been wanting to see him again, things never quite worked out. . . . → Read More: Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot Rocks Seattle’s Showbox, By Holly Homan
Ian Punnett and Jack A few weeks ago, Ian Punnett, the regular Saturday night host of popular late night radio show, Coast to Coast AM, and a fixture of the show for more than a decade, announced he would leave his Saturday night spot in the hosting rotation to undergo treatments for tinnitus, hearing . . . → Read More: “Take Care My Radio Friend” – Why the Semi-Retirement of Ian Punnett Saddens so Many Late Night Radio Fans
Resurrection Band on what looks like the Chicago elevated train. In the fall of 1983, a group of classmates from the Moody Bible Institute went to see The Resurrection Band play a live show at the Odeon, a suburban Chicago venue that often featured the latest in Christian contemporary bands. At the show my . . . → Read More: CCM and Me – One Christian Discovers the Smiths and All Hell Breaks Loose, By Mitch Hurst Great, great video. I’m not personally over-fond of German Shepherds… but man, it’s hard to top them as a companion or nanny dog. I’ve known a German Shepherd family dog or two who… well, you just wouldn’t want to look at their “child” the wrong way; good way to lose a body part. . . . → Read More: German Shepherd Babysitter, By Steve Stav Morphine does for me what bands like The Smiths or The Cure do for so many others. They don’t have nearly the back catalogue, but Mark’s voice / lyrics /instrumentation combined are like several years of my life squeezed into sound. – Chris Estey is a renowned Seattle music writer.
"I’m not convinced you aren’t a cyborg" I’ve been taking some time to reflect on this year, and I’ve compiled, for your pleasure, my Top 10 list of Things That Should Be Left Behind in 2011. See if you agree. 10. The sadly used-up word “amazing.” If you’re using it as a descriptor, . . . → Read More: Top 10 List of Things That Should Be Left Behind in 2011, By Jennifer Austin I’m old enough to remember when this was played regularly on the radio. I also used to sing it to my oldest son when he got interested in basketball. You don’t get songs like this any more. Cheech and Chong were creative and actually ignited thinking in people. Commercial radio won’t touch that level . . . → Read More: Cheech and Chong – Basketball Jones, By Holly Homan Could Adele cover this song? Yes. Someone should do a punk version of it. Now that would sound cool. I recommend Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. They do great punk covers of songs that were never punk. – Holly Homan I just want to know if anybody else remembers this song like I do from the 70′s? It was fun and subversive:)) – Anne Seymour Mette
Reverend Horton Heat El Corazon is a tiny club tucked under the Denny Way viaduct on Eastlake at the northern part of downtown Seattle. Their habit of booking awesome bands has sent me there many times over many years. Last night, December 30, 2011, I went there to see psychobilly artist Reverend Horton Heat. . . . → Read More: Reverend Horton Heat, Supersuckers & Zeke Rock Seattle’s El Corazon, By Holly Homan Famed British record producer Steve Lillywhite was named a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) today by the Queen of England in her annual New Year’s list of honorees. A Knighthood is one step ABOVE the estimable CBE designation, with OBE & MBE below CBE. I could be wrong, but that’s my recollection… The . . . → Read More: Steve Lillywhite is Almost Knighted – Marshall Crenshaw – Whenever You’re on My Mind – Monday Morning Rock, By Tom Kipp
Jello Biafra, true patriot 2011 started out with my watching The Reverend Horton Heat play a New Year’s Eve show at Seattle’s El Corazon and ended with my watching The Reverend Horton Heat at Seattle’s El Corazon on December 30th. I have now seen the Reverend four times and will see him four more . . . → Read More: 2011 End of Year Reflection, By Holly Homan This is a sort of P.S. coming at the beginning instead of the end–when I started writing, I wasn’t sure what point I was trying to make, and this stumbles and fumbles a lot. Generally speaking, it’s about emerging musical and social trends that I see as hopefully growing, due to their being useful, . . . → Read More: Freak Folk Origins Part I, by Peter Stampfel
Peter Stampfel with daughter Zoë Click here to view Freak Folk Origins Part I, by Peter Stampfel. The Weavers had their last hit in 1952 with “Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)” after which they were shot down by the House Un-American Activities witch hunt. Guy Mitchell, who had a number of folkish hits in . . . → Read More: Freak Folk Origins Part II, by Peter Stampfel In the mid ’60′s, my ex-girlfriend Antonia introduced me to the concept of “go” songs. These were the songs we heard on the radio that we had a powerful affinity for. Nowadays, you could say a “go” song is one you put on your iPod. Antonia and I tended to have the same ones, . . . → Read More: “Go” Songs/”Power” Songs, By Peter Stampfel
How WILL we resist the lure of the fabled….STYX?! LOL In their way they remain “The Definitive Havre Sludge Band”, if only because they actually (and somewhat disastrously) played Havre during The Golden Age (@ Northern Montana College’s Armory Gymnasium, March 1976!).
A performance which . . . → Read More: Styx at Emerald Queen Casino 2/3/2012, By Tom Kipp This is why LA will never be New York — a melting pot and a scene out of “ONCE” all in one glide between two stations. – David Handelman [Ed. Note - There are unconfirmed reports going around that this jam session was not a chance meeting on a train and that the . . . → Read More: This is Why LA Will Never Be New York, By David Handelman Another all-star celebrity cover of The Weight. Thanks to David Handelman for this, who adds, “Take a load off your fanny.” Bravo to Mavis Staples for her spunk and enthusiasm after all these years. Is Nick Lowe praying, shoegazing or reading the lyrics off an iPad? If he’s only reading lyrics off a piece . . . → Read More: Wilco, Nick Lowe & Mavis Staples Rehearse The Weight Backstage at Chicago’s Civic Opera House Does America have Alzheimer’s?! How is it possible that we take in the regurgitated drivel of elections past with the appetite we demonstrate?! I swear I heard a republican say it was time for “change.” We need new ideas and the Republican Party has them. What in the hell is going on?! What we . . . → Read More: America is a Spoiled Brat that Needs a Spanking, By Paul Johnson I have started to rethink how I talk to others about following Christ. Why do we believers always seem to want to present living for Christ in such a pleasant way? Yes, surrendering to Christ yields the promise of eternal life and God’s companionship throughout our lives, but we are a “here and . . . → Read More: Want to be a Christ Follower? Beware the Cost, By Lydia Cooper This is a charmer. It has that gentle briskness that seems from another time, say half a century ago. Come to think of it, so does the bookstore itself. – John Siscoe owns and operates The Globe Bookstore in Pioneer Square, Seattle. They don’t know the half of it. This morning when . . . → Read More: The Joy of Books – Bookstore Comes Alive, By John Siscoe and Grant Cogswell I was at a hospital today visiting a woman that 30 days ago, I thought was dead. I saw her today, and she is recovering so remarkably, that I was brought to tears. This song came to mind. How great is our God???!!!!” – Anne Seymour Mette Vincent Price was an actor whose range exceeded the horror movie roles that made his name (and paid the bills). His performance as Oscar Wilde in the one-man play Diversions and Delights was especially memorable. Here, on BBC-TV in 1982, he reprises Wilde reciting “The Harlot’s House.” It’s a minor poem, but Price plays . . . → Read More: The Harlot’s House – Vincent Price Performs Oscar Wilde, By John Siscoe This is one of the most famous jazz performances ever recorded for television. When it aired live on Dec. 8,1957, Billie Holiday and Lester Young were both in terrible health and far past their artistic best. Formerly close, they were now estranged, but the jazz critic Nat Hentoff had persuaded them to share the . . . → Read More: Billie Holiday and Lester Young – Fine and Mellow, By John Siscoe In 1944, six weeks before D-Day, Warner Brothers filmed this gem of a jazz session, boasting a stellar lineup led by Lester Young in his prime. But it’s Marie Bryant who steals the show, first with a fine rendition of The Sunny Side of the Street, and next with an astounding dance number with . . . → Read More: JAMMIN’ THE BLUES – A Historic Short Film on Jazz From 1944, by John Siscoe The “aha” moment has received a lot of attention in the media and press for quite some time now. It seems that we as humans can experience breakthrough moments of mental clarity and in an instant discover a new consciousness level which empowers us to move toward our dreams and visions of how . . . → Read More: Hand of Fate – Introduction, By Paul Johnson I think “Video Games” works quite well as a multimedia experience when you hear the recording with the video. But on SNL, many of its limitations were foregrounded. The song has its virtues, but I don’t think it’s as a good as you might conclude from hearing the recording. If you listen to . . . → Read More: My Take on the Lana Del Ray SNL Singing Debacle, By Jacob London Meter Television is searching for Americans with Swedish ancestry for a reality TV-show. After the major success of Great Swedish Adventure-Allt för Sverige (the Swedish title of the show) season 1, we are now casting for season 2. The producers of the Swedish version of American Idol and Minute To Win It are . . . → Read More: NATIONWIDE CASTING SEARCH FOR AMERICANS WITH SWEDISH ROOTS! Summer is just around the corner and it is time to start making vacation plans. Will you be traveling to Portland? If not, why not? Portland has many things to entice tourists including proximity to Oregon scenery such as Crater Lake. Robert has compiled for you below some excellent photos of one of his . . . → Read More: Visiting Portland and Crater Lake? Here’s What You Can Expect to See – Photos By Robert I am a producer and an engineer. You would not believe what you can do in the studio to doctor things up. Truly! You would not believe it! I do it the old fashioned way. I sing every chorus, verse and bridge, one at a time. I sing every harmony each and every . . . → Read More: Neil Young – Buffalo Springfield – Expecting To Fly, By Andy Lindquist This is fantastic. There’s a pug in it, on the left, and each time I watch the vid I keep an eye on him hoping he’ll bark something out, but he never does. He’s a wise old pug who stays silent when everyone else is barking: Army Private Bradley Manning has been charged with aiding the enemy, transmitting defense information in violation of the Espionage Act and more than 20 other crimes. He could face life in a military prison. I viewed three of the files he is accused of illegally transmitting. Two had incident coordinates and basically nothing more . . . → Read More: Lax Army Oversight of Bradley Manning: How Did a Mere Private Gain Access to Highly Classified Information? By Mark Erickson When Jerry Wexler was asked to produce Etta James’ CD “The Right Time” he was stuck as to who to have play organ on a couple of tracks. I suggested that he give Steve Winwood a call. Mr. Winwood had only one day available so he flew over from London for the recording session . . . → Read More: Etta James & Steve Winwood – Give it Up, By Stephen Rabow
All walks of life On Saturday January 21st, 2012, several hundred people from all walks of life joined together in an event sponsored by Occupy Seattle. The occasion was the second anniversary of The Supreme Court of the United States declaring that corporations are people and have the right to free speech, and thus, . . . → Read More: Occupy Seattle Protests on 2nd Anniversary of Citizens United, By Holly Homan Go here. Meet Tonight Alive. The lead singer for this Australian band is really hot, and there’s no arguing with hot. This song, Starlight, is the band’s second single in the US. Their next album, What Are You So Scared Of?, will be released on Valentine’s Day because anyone with a y chromosome will be . . . → Read More: Tonight Alive – Starlight It takes a lot to entertain me these days, but this vid and song by the Phenomenal Handclap Band does the trick. You may view the video here. Here’s what the band’s publicists have to say about it: New York’s cosmic-disco ensemble, Phenomenal Handclap Band propels us into their retro-futuristic styled world with . . . → Read More: Phenomenal Handclap Band – The Right One Kearney Barton – The man who engineered the original Northwest sound when recording the Sonics and Kingsmen, amongst others, has died. Go here. 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. |
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