Snapshot—which debuts tonight—is happening in about 30 minutes. Local upper-echelon tech-house talent (featuring residents Ctrl_Alt_Dlt and pantycontrol) in a Thai restaurant with wicked-strong drinks and food served till 1 am. Shutter to drink (and dance).

In this week's My Philosophy, Larry Mizell suggests the Sho Nuph Benefit at Trinity. Not only is the line-up pretty huge, but it's only $5 and for a great cause:

I sit here listening to the mandatory listening, classic Seattle comp 14 Fathoms Deep—specifically the track "Continuations" by Union of Opposites, featuring a verse from my homie Shomari "Sho Nuph" Shanks, a beloved veteran MC and good spirit who many of y'all know. My thoughts are with the big homie—one of the coolest, most positive and knowledgeable cats I've met in this burg; last summer Sho experienced end-stage renal failure (that is, both his kidneys stopped working). Shomari needs a transplant, and like the majority of artists in this town, he's uninsured; so the good folks of 206 Zulu and his friends (including some of the town's best from the hiphop and electronic scenes) are throwing him a benefit called ALL4SHO. Lineup includes Afrika Bambataa's son and the inventor of hipstep, TC Izlam, along with Flave, Gabriel Teodros, Aaron Walker-Loud, Naha, Darrius Willrich, Asun, WD4D, Silver Shadow D, Massive Monkees, Soulshifters, BYC, Noisemaker, Andrew Luck, Grym, Silent Lambs Project, Orbitron, Tecumseh, Dev J, Miss Broadway, Sonic MC, Theory, Sky Rose, La Balianne, Jason Curtis, Northstar, Topspin, Ra Khan, Slantooth, Lifecycle, Lukki, and Stone 1. It's going down Thursday, June 11, at Trinity, people. It's five bones, it's a great lineup, and it's Sho—fucking do it already!

Also, happening tonight, per this week's Stranger Suggests:

Shellac
Shellac frontman Steve Albini is one of those sharp-witted curmudgeons who's always seemed older than his years. Now he's nearly 47, and it doesn't seem odd that he still cranks out Mensa-level tough-guy rock that's as tense as a Mexican standoff. Shellac—which also includes drummer Todd Trainer and bassist Bob Weston—has wrenched out five riveting albums of immaculately analog-recorded dissonance and white-knuckled dynamics. Go for the tightly executed molten rock; stay for the barbed between-song witticisms. (Vera Project, Seattle Center, 956-8372. 7:30 pm, $13/$12 with club card, all ages.) DAVE SEGAL

Shmootzi the Clod
Shmootzi the Clod—born Drew Keriakedes—looks like a gutter dandy from the fun part of hell: thin as a bone, sharp as a blade, and with more than a little crazy in his eyes. Shmootzi can swallow a dagger and pound a nail into his nose, but his great gift is music. He writes lewd ditties ("I've got a red-hot pussy for sale") and mournful ballads ("Good-bye Southern men/You treat your women like dogs/They're beaten and starved for love"), then plays them on a whole trunkful of instruments. His ragged, soulful pipes are the envy of every person who's heard them. Shmootzi is a town treasure. (Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, 523-5282. 9 pm—midnight, tip the musicians, 21+.) BRENDAN KILEY

And finally, in this week's Up & Comings, Eric Grandy recommends A Camp:

A Camp
(Crocodile) A Camp is the solo project of (Swedish and typically, ridiculously elfin-looking) singer Nina Persson of the Cardigans. On the band's most recent album, Colonia, Persson deploys her capable, ranging voice in service of big, brightly orchestrated, vaguely country-western pop songs. Nothing here is quite as insanely ear-worming as the Cardigans' biggest stateside hits, but maybe that's for the best anyway. A Camp have a forthcoming Covers EP on which the band tackle the likes of Pink Floyd, David Bowie, and Grace Jones (recall the Cardigans' silly, sweetly loungey cover of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" and know that Persson is well up to the task). ERIC GRANDY

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