“Let Me Down”, the new song from Jorja Smith f. Stormzy, dropped last week with an overwhelmingly positive response from critics and fans. Today, she shares the official video, directed by Hector Dockrill, who did previous videos for Jorja’s “On My Mind” and “Beautiful Little Fools”. Filmed in Kiev, we see Jorja taking on the …
Australian prog oozes charm and confidence, tenderness and power. Take a listen to “The Middle,” a comeback tune for Sydney progressive rock trio Cog. The band has been around since 1998– with some time off– and this is their first new music since 2008. www.cog.com.au www.facebook.com/COG-12878803369 www.instagram.com/cog101
Burning Spear is that rare performer whose real name, Winston Rodney, was better– or at least as good— than his incendiary stage name. I would give my left nut to be named Winston Rodney today. Take a listen to this 1977 Spear tune recorded for Social Living. The rhythm section is one for the ages. …
As always, I sleep in on a Saturday morning ’til about 11:30, take a quick shower, then walk up Roy St. from my apartment on Summit Ave. for a leisurely lunch with Tim Cook at Siam on Broadway. Once the customary ten-star Thai cuisine has been consumed, we briefly duck into Orpheum Records to hassle …
When asked about my time in Seattle in the bad old days, I smile and say, “If you can remember the 90s, you weren’t there,” which is true. No lessons stand out to relate to you today. “Manifest Seattle Destiny” was the brightest and loudest and sharpest shared delusion of its time, which doesn’t mean …
Swedish death purge dilemma ~ More karate fighter bases than karate fighter guys. Hate to throw the excess bases away, but what to do with them? The fighter guys were broken in battle while the base endured. (It is an arm work out.) Posted by Jill Kuhel on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 – Jill Kuhel
Hippo Campus’ meteoric career trajectory continues to steadily ascend, playing to packed, over-capacity crowds of joy-filled and enraptured fans at Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza last summer, and headlining the Minnesota State Fair (the best of all 50 state fairs) in their hometown. Now that the holidays are past, the band is hitting the road again for …
Company of Thieves is back after taking six years off. Their new tune, “Treasure,” is pretty cool and you can hear it below. The band had a music industry story you hear about in the movies – founding members Marc Walloch and Genevieve Schatz met on a train station platform in Chicago and bonded over …
Name a greater man than Martin Luther King in the 20th Century. I can’t. He is greater than FDR and Eisenhower, and those are giants. MLK got murdered in the 60s because he would have been an incredible Presidential candidate in the 80s, and a shoe in as Senator in the 70s. I have watched …
After the Minnesota Vikings’ miracle win in last night’s divisional playoff with the New Orleans Saints, ESPN was historically astute enough to replay footage of the original Hail Mary play from December 1975, when Drew Pearson of the Dallas Cowboys pushed off Vikings cornerback Nate Wright and caught Roger Staubach’s desperation pass from midfield for …
On the Thursday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President Dump asked a bipartisan gathering in the Oval Office why the United States should accept people from “shithole countries” in Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean. He also asked, “What do we want Haitians here for?” He added: “We should have people here from Norway.” …
Hoffabus is a new album and you MUST, MUST, MUST listen to it. It is amazingly GREAT…… And that’s all you need to know about it. Click here or on the video embed below to start enjoying this fine work. Hoffabus is the new project of Brian Naubert, a Northwest songwriter who has been turning …
Did you know Belushi was an All State linebacker in Illinois? That partly explains why he was a ‘fat man’ doing back flips on stage at 30 like he was on the Chitlin Circuit. Legend has it that live he was one of the most electrifying frontmen of all time. Like Prince himself later accomplished …
The first time I saw Andrea after 14 years, it was just a friendly date for drinks at a bar called Flowers, down the street and over from me on the Ave. There were no ulterior thoughts or hopes; at the time, she was married and I was dating 2-3 gals who didn’t know each …
On first pressings of Skylarking, but was bumped to make room for “Dear God.” I’ve always found this song to be a prime example of genius; I get lost in it. The lyrics bear me out. For my sister – – Steve Stav
Well, that was certainly something. Even had miniatures, and a model train for effect. Kismet. For the novice, an XTC album was typically akin to an omnibus of vivid, eccentric, short (British) stories… as if Mark Twain were raised in England, and had read a bit more Shakespeare. For fans, a documentary on XTC in …
One of the great tests of Bit Coin and America itself is whether all of the people that voted for Bernie Sanders will voluntarily pay their fair share of taxes on the wealth they draw from cryptocurrencies. Just because you can launder the money doesn’t mean you should. Bernie is watching you. It’s easy to …
For those who aren’t obsessive about sports, ESPN posted an article last Friday on the alleged circumstances behind the New England Patriots’ trade of Jimmy Garoppolo, now known to Bay Area fans as the return of Joe Montana, to the San Francisco 49ers last October. The article suggests that the trade, which happened suddenly and …
New James Bond plot: The founder of Bit Coin Satoshi Nakamoto, was an American that passed away leaving his massive stake in the crypto-coinage dormant and unreachable. But a hard drive is found in a garbage dump in Nigeria where an enterprising teenager realizes what he has on his hands. He accesses Satoshi’s stake and …
BITCOIN CRASH: I was just telling someone yesterday, that if I had anything that gained 5 times it’s value I would sell half of it, and see what happens with the rest. Start with 5, you have 25, sell half you 7.5 more than had when you started and 12.5 in your pocket. But then …
IT FINALLY HIT ME: OK, I am finally in the Christmas spirit thanks to Bing Crosby & Irving Berlin…and a local television producer named Conrad Denke. Tonight, from our living room I got to watch Stephanie Anne Johnson and I host Band in Seattle’s Christmas Special. The show culminates with my duet of Slow Jam …
We have been sold out of these ‘Slow Jam for Christmas’ singles for an entire year. But Kyle Ledford and his Soniphone Records are cutting me 100 more next year. This time in this new format called Stereo. This 2018 will be the greatest adventure yet. A return to Jamaica to shoot the ‘Free Your …
Tonight as I hibernate like a honey bear, and tidy up The Staxx Brothers Global Headquarters, I am living up to this vow. I vow to listen to every one of the 10 $1 Christmas records I got for Megan’s mom Laurie Leer last year. I chose these ten wisely, but I also had a …
Is Steve Pool if KOMO the greatest Weatherman of all time? His career numbers are staggering. And who can forget when he hooked up with Bruno Mars on his show Front Runners back in 1992? Dude has been doing Weather so long in Seattle he was predicting weather on D Day. This is a selfie …
LeBron James, like his predecessors Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, is a star whose appearance in any city draws fans to an NBA arena like pilgrims to Mecca, and like the latter, he is a sight to behold in person at least once in your life. Accordingly, there were a lot of LeBron …
Well WTF? Who has heard about the lost invention, Starlite? It’s one of those stories that seems like the plot for a science fiction film and a comedy, but it’s actually kind of a tragedy. You feel like this a hoax…but tell me this isn’t too strange to be fiction: An eccentric (yet marvelously talented) …
In the buildup to last Sunday’s game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Jacksonville Jaguars, even the most gushing admirers of rookie 49er quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo anticipated a rough time. The Jaguars had allowed the fewest points and passing yards of any team in the NFL, and their defensive line, nicknamed “Sacksonville,” was so …
If Extra Terrestrials took a knee during the National Anthem, maybe more Americans would care that the Department of Defense confirmed the existence of UFOs via The New York Times. Redneck #1: “You little f_ckers need to respect the f_cking flag. Our troops fought and died so you lazy sons of b_tches had something fun …
Articles like this one, are why paying $20 a month for The New York Times is a nice investment. Maybe the news we get for free is typically hot garbage for primarily that reason. Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program – https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html Why pay for news? Because this story about the …
Remember when bands were super depressed in the 1990s but everything was pretty awesome? That’s clinical depression. Listening to Nirvana unplugged with Megan Lueck on the late night tip. My heart goes out to those dealing with that struggle. …also the 90s were awesome. Yet today I also dig doing back strokes in Olympic swimming …