The Big Wu have been around for more than 20 years. Based out of Minneapolis, they are one of the greatest live bands I’ve ever heard. I’ll bet that soon there will be all kinds of live sets on their website, so if you’re in the mood for something different, check these guys out. Yes, …
Month: January 2013
My PLAN: to sneak a 40 of Old English into Benaroya Hall and catch the Seattle Symphony. They will never be able to find the 40 because I’m going to wear a huge XXXL 90’s era Raiders Parka. I think I can score some tickets if I genuinely cover the event as a music journalist. …
Give this Swedish girl a listen….she’s got great tunes… – Sylvia Klockowski http://amandajenssenmusic.com/
A review of Wolf’s Law by The Joy Formidable By Peter Dysart “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” — T. S. Eliot Risk is essential to a strong and thriving creative process, but it’s also central to the survival instinct. Popular artists from any …
Whether you’ve made the decision to move into an assisted living facility or are helping a loved one choose the right living environment, it can be a stressful time. The thought of losing independence, being reliant upon others and moving from a much-loved home can cause feelings of anxiety. It’s incredibly important that you choose …
You probably have heard by now that Jim Nabors got married in Seattle! – Jim Demetre Gomer Pyle, Television’s Faux Elvis, On a Date With the Colonel’s Daughter, by Jim Demetre, Celebrity Guest Blogger
If you work as a healthcare administrator, patient satisfaction should be a top priority. According to an international survey performed last February by HawkPartners/ICARE Global Patient Pulse, the United States ranked second in overall satisfaction for patient care. However, its residents were also the second most pessimistic nation when asked if healthcare is moving in …
Whether you’re growing out a pixie cut or just want to gain a few inches on your medium length hair, as soon as people know that you’re trying to adopt a longer hair style, you’re going to be bombarded with advice. While some hair-growing tips are tried and true, others are nothing but hype. Here …
In case you missed it: Richard Marx hates my guts I made a snarky comment about the 1980s soft-rock balladeer on my blog. And now he won’t leave me alone. Really. BY EDWARD MCCLELLAND http://www.salon.com/2013/01/19/richard_marx_hates_my_guts/ Highly entertaining, the Salon comments section every bit as much as the piece per se! Interesting how calling someone “shameless” for hawking a “special …
Seattle’s magnificent hip hop fusion ensemble Staxx Brothers has announced that one of their songs will be included in the upcoming horror and revenge flick, The Anniversary. Here’s the plot description, “On the anniversary weekend of the death of a young women’s husband, five girls head out to a cabin to help their friend move …
“I have heard the big music, and I will never be the same.” Understatement of the decade. I was just saying the other day… one of the great things about being young in the 1980s is that it seemed that every week you’d hear something new and wonderful that you’d never heard before. The Waterboys’ …
It doesn’t matter how old they are or what time of year it is, parents are always planning for the summer. When you’re working long hours, you don’t want the kids to stay home all day when they could have a chance to exercise their minds, build social skills, and enrich themselves with new experiences. …
Man, I got it tough having to look at these views every day.
Singer-songwriter, producer, and dedicated activist Erin McKeown has released her seventh studio album, MANIFESTRA, on her own TVP Records. The album was funded by McKeown’s enthusiastic fan-base via PledgeMusic and brings together her political and musical selves. Album single “Proof” is a soft, sweet ballad straight from an opening heart. Its accompanying video marks the …
The soundtrack for the upcoming motion picture, A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III will feature an original score by Liam Hayes, a songwriter who has made music under the name Plush since the early 90’s. The soundtrack is available February 5th for digital download and March 19th on CD and LP on …
When a big game is about to be played, it is fun to go online and scan for tickets, even if you don’t plan to attend. It is an effective way to see how the business of sports works, and it can be a pleasant reminder of how far short most of us have fallen …
I had the honor to go see Buddy Guy play at his own club recently. I am ashamed to say that I hadn’t ever done this before. Here are some random thoughts. Scott Holt, who used to play guitar with Buddy warmed up. He led a very tight three piece group through blues originals and …
Killer Show by John Barylick is a great Bugliosi-style book about the Great White concert fire in Rhode Island that killed 100. This book describes how a group of head-bangers, suffering from various degrees of chemical dependency, and with a collective average IQ of maybe 80, gather, balls to the wall, in a wood-frame roadhouse, …
From Wikipedia, “Panis Angelicus is the penultimate strophe of the hymn Sacris Solemniis written by Saint Thomas Aquinas for the Feast of Corpus Christi as part of a complete liturgy of the Feast including prayers for the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours.”
This eloquent trad-rocker is a gem from George Ivan “Van” Morrison’s later career. First released on the full and excellent 1991 recording, Hymns to the Silence, this many-layered tune offers numerous wise and poetic turns of phrase such as Van’s characterization of his audiences, “there were hypocrites and parasites and people that dream” and his …
In the beginning, this video of an alleged Bigfoot sighting in Oregon’s Christmas Valley looks like outtakes from the old Bonanza program. Little Joe rode through terrain like this every week on his way to getting beaten up in Virginia City. Then Hoss would ride through the same terrain on his way to save Little …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObJbi4mK35k I’ve been outta the loop re: many of my favorite magazines for a spell, especially those I normally buy at the newsstand. So I missed several iterations of Greil Marcus’ “Real Life Rock Top Ten” (A MONTHLY COLUMN OF EVERYDAY CULTURE AND FOUND OBJECTS) in THE BELIEVER, which ranks 10 seemingly-random items from around the popular culture …
Part of my job is to listen to a lot of music. Rough life, I know. So I like to share some gems I run across. Here’s Jason Isbell, formerly of Drive-By Truckers, with a song he wrote about his father’s advice. – John Moe is the host of the stellar NPR show and podcast, …
A television spot is incredibly expensive to produce and broadcast, so companies want their advertising to be memorable. The reason Super Bowl commercials go viral is because they are designed to do so. You cannot shell out $3.5 million for 30 seconds of air time without making it count. Here is a look at 10 …
Most of you probably know that January 22, was the 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade, but what many probably don’t know is one of the attorneys who argued in front of the Supreme Court for Roe v. Wade, is a woman named Sarah Weddington. In honor of this groundbreaking anniversary, Seattle’s Planned Parenthood hosted …
Recently, in a nearly unanimous vote, the staff at Seattle’s Garfield HS decided to refuse to administer the district’s Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test. In doing this, educators at Garfield HS have struck out against the overuse and misuse of standardized tests. Seattle Schools spt. Jose Banda had this to say in an e …
It is virtually impossible to get your business off the ground without being able to process credit cards, not to mention without developing your online presence. That means choosing a merchant account is one of the most important things to think about when you’re starting out. It shouldn’t be something you rush through, either. Researching …
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Since the implosion of London’s King Blues, singer and main songwriter, Itch, has released a new solo EP Manifesto Pt. 1- How To Fucking Rule At Life. The EP begins with the track “London Is Burning” (yeah, where have I heard that title before?), an angry anthem that simply repeats the same angry words about …