Bars
Friday, October 23, 2009
Bars / Tonight Tonight In this City
Posted by Grant Brissey on Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:10 AM
If you're out in the city tonight and the music stops at precisely 11:30 pm, it's because the bar you're at is participating in "The Night the Music Died." Here's the press release:
THE NIGHT THE MUSIC DIED: SEATTLE NIGHTLIFE TO OBSERVE A "MINUTE OF SILENCE" IN FEAR OF TOM CARR'S RE-ELECTIONSeattle nightlife establishments from throughout the City are scared of what will happen if Tom Carr is re-elected on November 3. How scared? In an effort to raise awareness of City Attorney Tom Carr's anti-nightlife policies — and to emphasize the importance of a safe and vibrant nightlife — bar, live music venue and nightclub owners will observe a "minute of silence" on Friday, October 23, 2009, at 11:30 PM.
For one minute, nightlife as we know it will cease to exist in Seattle. Participating establishments will use a portion of this minute to inform their patrons of Carr's anti-nightlife policies and the importance of electing his opponent Pete Holmes. Carr, a longstanding opponent of the nightlife industry and the mastermind behind Operation Sobering Thought — a botched "sting" operation that cost the taxpayers over $50,000 and resulted in zero convictions — has continued his efforts to hamper nightlife and the arts as the election approaches.
Many in the nightlife community believe it is the ultimate goal of Carr's office to shut down bars and nightclubs in the City of Seattle, thereby decimating an industry that employs thousands of people and generates nearly $100 million in annual tax revenue.
The Stranger and the Seattle Times over the past week have been giving extensive coverage to the issue of nightlife. The bar, venue and club owners have been particularly fearful in the wake of blistering attacks from Carr's office that occurred at a meeting on October 6 on Capitol Hill. At that meeting, a member of Carr's office threatened to stop pedestrians on the street to find out where they were drinking and then use the information collected to issue citations and possibly revoke the licenses of those nightlife establishments.
"A vote for Carr is a vote against nightlife," said Crocodile Café owner Marcus Charles. "If you want someone who is pro-consensus, pro-music, and pro-arts then Pete Holmes is the only choice." Charles has decided to join the event and to take it one step further: The Crocodile will close down for the entirety of Friday night.
Participating in the Minute of Silence will be the Crocodile Café, Neumos, Moe Bar, Havana, The Saint, Trinity, The Sunset Tavern, Tractor Tavern, Cha Cha Lounge, Bimbos, Baltic Room, Rendezvous, Del Rey, Shorty's, Spitfire Grill, Venom, Amber, Funhouse, Nectar, High Dive, The Red Door, ToST, Skylark Café and Club, Trinity, Cowgirls inc., Tractor Tavern, Sunset Tavern, Lock and Keel Inn, War Room, Century Ballroom, R Place, Seattle Eagle, Quinns Pub, and many others.
"Music and nightlife makes a city great, plain and simple," said Havana owner Quentin Ertel. "Nobody wants to live in a ghost town."
As a show of support, the marquee at Showbox Market will be dark all night.
Read more about Carr vs. Bars here.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Bars / Two-Block Radius / News The Unicorn to Replace the Satellite Lounge
Posted by Eric Grandy on Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:09 AM
As Capitol Hill Seattle blog reported yesterday, a new bar is set to take over the recently vacated Satellie Lounge space near 12th & Pine. The bar will be called The Unicorn, and its proprietor will be longtime Twilight Exit barkeep Adam Heimstadt. The Unicorn will have a "French circus" theme, with stone unicorn statues and carousel parts, will serve pizza, and will have video games and pinball machines. No opening date has been set.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Bars / Homo Are You Man Enough for Man Country? Pony Opens Tonight! 8 pm!
Posted by Kelly O on Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 5:46 PM
photos, Kelly O. Tons more to come.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Bars / Homo Pony Rides Again! Thursday Sept 3rd!
Posted by Kelly O on Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:05 PM
- Pony, September 2009
I know I originally said August 22nd, then Sept 2nd, but now it's confirmed, as of 27 minutes ago:
Thursday Sept 3rd, 8 pm-2 am
12th and Madison
I wish I could show you more pictures, like the one above, but the owners would rather you just come and see for yourself. I can say, however, the walls have lots of pretty pictures much like the first Pony, the Big Gay Air Hockey Table™ is even bigger and gayer than the old one, the bathrooms look like Klaus Nomi threw up on them, most of the seating is made from recycled church pews, and the bar itself, well, the bar kinda looks like a giant curved penis. I mean, not that I know what a giant curved penis looks like, but I'm guessing.
- Pony, August 2007
Also of note, attendees on Thursday are encouraged to "dress slutty". There may or may not be a stripper pole somewhere in there.
all photos © Kelly O
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Bars / Homo Pony Won't Ride Again Until Sept 2nd
Posted by Kelly O on Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Tonight was the tentative opening date. It's. Just. Not. Quite. Ready.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Bars Dead Baby Raceday XIII, Part I, The Comet
Posted by Kelly O on Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:53 PM
There's over 300 registered riders gathering, right now, at The Comet... with an expected 600. This guy, "The Bike Man", says he's gonna win it:
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Bars / Homo / Love Pony Will Ride Again! August 22nd!*
Posted by Kelly O on Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 12:07 PM
I got a sneak peek inside the new Pony last night. It's unbelievable how much it doesn't look anything like that little flower shop that lived near 12th and Madison for I dunno know how many years. There's custom bar being built, some converted church pew seating (!!), a special nook for the big gay air hockey table, and a brand new patio. Also of note, um, the bartenders?! Whaaat? HOT.
* August 22 is the proposed opening night. Still to be confirmed.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Bars The Old King Cobra Space
Posted by Kelly O on Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Man, there's a bunch of people painting, sweeping, and hustling around inside that empty space next to The Comet. Mysterious. They also seem to have some very strange things for sale (or lease)...
Monday, July 6, 2009
Bars / Show Review / Drinking / Last Night / Photo A Drink For The Kids: Telepathic Liberation Army and Unnatural Helpers
Posted by Matt Hickey on Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Dave Segal has already told you what last night's A Drink For The Kids show was like, and here's how it looked.
Know of a show or other nightlife that you think should be on Line-Out? Email mhickey at the stranger dot com.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Bars / Business Coming To Hattie's Hat: Karaoke, New Ownership
Posted by Eric Grandy on Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:35 PM
So, news is out that Hattie's Hat is being sold by its current owners, Kyla Fairchild and Dan Cowan, and bought by Hattie's manager Erin West, Sunset owner Max Genereaux, and Jeff Taylor. West tells me that, in addition to bringing live music and DJs to the space currently occupied by that big fish tank (it's going back to the guy who installed it), the new ownership plans to bring karaoke to Hattie's, which will apparently address a serious dearth of karaoke options in Ballard. (I don't really sing karaoke, in Ballard or otherwise—is there truly a deficiency of karaoke spots there?)
Monday, June 8, 2009
Bars / Drinking / Nightlife / Band / Last Night / Photo Saturday night's mystery party at a mystery location and The Redwood Plan at Cha Cha
Posted by Matt Hickey on Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Monday, June 1, 2009
Bars / Nightlife / Photo Happy Anniversary to The War Room, and Comet, How I Love Thee
Posted by Kelly O on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:15 PM
The War Room celebrated their 4 year anniversary Friday with brand new art from Shepard Fairey... then down the street, The Comet proved itself, once again, to be one of the rowdiest places to see a sold-out show with Mad Rad, The Get Off, and The Tempers. Here are some random pics. Two-block radius warning, in full effect.
Photos, Kelly O. Tons more after the jump...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Bars / Homo / Drinking / Nightlife The Sun is Going Down...A Word, Please...
Posted by Adrian Ryan on Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Hello. Now, listen! This here thing what you’re reading me on is called Line Out. LINE OUT! And Line Out, bless its heart, has this dirty little rumor going around about it. It has this reputation. Everyone thinks that Line out is THE MUSIC SLOG—SLOG’s indie-rock twin created to deal exclusively with music, musicians, and issues musicale.
Well, yes. Of course. Whatever. But this is only half-true! HALF TRUE!
Yes, the notion that Line Out is exclusively musical has been reinforced over lo these many years by Line Out remaining freshly and relentlessly crammed to its musical crannies with exclusively music-related posts. Indeed.
But the WHOLE weird truth—the ENTIRE story is this: Line Out is also THE NIGHTLIFE Stranger Blog. Nightlife! Seattle Nightlife! Not just music. Line Out was birthed so you could discover not only nuggety treasures of any and everything music and music-related, but also news of CLUB NIGHTS and BARS sometimes and NIGHTLIFE PERSONALITIES and BARS occasionally and DRINKING and BARS maybe and DANCING and all the drunken moonlight ravings of the lunatic night! Every night. Almost. (My liver has threatened to walk out—I'm not pushing.) That's why I'm here. And it's why I'm posting about those things.
So what I’m trying to so strongly impress upon you here is this: the next time I post something here (on LINE OUT!) about wandering drunk through Ballard or getting man-balled (whatever that is) at The Bit Saloon or braving a cadre of improving drag queens for the sake of a well-stocked cash bar or that Modest Mouse baked me a plate of fucking muffins (although that one was kind of music related and had nothing to do with nightlife…um…), and a bunch of jackassess rush to The Comments (which I never read) with, “That had absolutely nothing to do with MUSIC,” and/or “That was in NO WAY MUSIC RELATED” or whatever, I’m gonna cut me some bitches. CUT. Me. Some BITCHES.
Do we understand each other? I thought so.
Say it with me, now: LINE OUT=NIGHT LIFE. ADRIAN=probably pretty damn GAY nightlife.
And thank you. I’m sorry I had t be so stern.
And no, of course I don’t read comments. Don’t be ridiculous.
CUT, CUT, CUT!!!
Monday, May 25, 2009
Bars / Homo / Nightlife Right Now, at Moshi Moshi in Fabulous Ballard...
Posted by Adrian Ryan on Mon, May 25, 2009 at 6:46 PM
A magical pink tree...
Floating mysteriously above some really cute guys making spider roll...
While several of these amazing nutmegy things...
Warm my stomach and make me tyPe funny. But I already drank them all up, so there's just no picture. Sorry.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Bars / Song OMG, OMD?
Posted by Dave Segal on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Surprised as hell to hear my favorite OMD tune—which is nearly 30 years old—at Bimbo's Bitchin Burrito. (It took me several minutes to figure out who it was, for some reason.) But “Julia’s Song” still sounds amazing. The fantastic bass line seems as if it could be straight from Holger Czukay’s golden fingers. A song that simultaneously drips with emotion and is hypnotic—that’s a rare combination.
Say what you will about Cha Cha and Bimbo’s being lousy with hipster douches (I know many of you can’t chugalug enough of that Hatorade), you can’t deny that the music the employees play there is often extraordinary.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Bars / Tonight Will Yoo Doo Right?
Posted by Dave Segal on Thu, May 14, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Stranger freelancer Travis Ritter hosts his Yoo Doo Right monthly tonight at Rob Roy in Belltown. I daresay that any DJ night named after one of Can’s greatest songs is worth exploring. Ritter plays an excellent assortment of power pop, psych rock, kraut rock, prog, garage, punk, and possibly some other styles—on vinyl, like in the olden days. Festivities run from 9 pm-1 am. Also: free goldfish crackers.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Bars Just an Observation...
Posted by Adrian Ryan on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Jesus Christ but The Crescent totally smells like ass. STILL! It's revolting! God dammit!
Thank you.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Bars What's Hula Hula Got to Do With It?
Posted by Gina Young on Fri, May 8, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Lest there be any doubt as to where to have a swingin' night of karaoke in this town, I can pretty much guarantee that your mind will be blown at Hula Hula. Case in point: mid-chorus of Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do With It?" an unsuspecting girl named Vanessa found herself showered with foam from a strategically-placed onstage foam machine. Did I mention that it was the first qualifying round for the Karaoke World Championships? Hmm... yeah, I guess that bears mentioning. The tiki-themed Hula Hula (I know that sounds redundant) hosts karaoke Wednesday through Sunday at 106 1st Ave N in Queen Anne (more here) and the vibe is definitely competitive—allegedly it's where performers from the 5th Avenue Theater go for kicks. Who knew?
Even if you despise karaoke as a general rule (and trust me, I do), could you really fail to appreciate the glasses- and side-part-wearing white guy who did all the dramatic runs in "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" by Boyz II Men not once but TWICE on Wednesday night? I think not. And oh yes, in case you're wondering, Vanessa made it to the next round—she's hell bent on making it to Finland for the Karaoke World Championships and if you think you can take her down, I guess we'll see you next Wednesday.
Bars / Last Night May This Be Love
Posted by Dave Segal on Fri, May 8, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Unexpectedly heard the techno classic Rhythim Is Rhythim’s “Strings of Life” last night at J-Justice’s Blueprint weekly, which happens at Grey Gallery every Thursday. It’s always a pleasure to catch one of J’s sets in this setting. He goes deep into the crates to pull out the cuts that formed the basis for a lot of hiphop tracks and, besides that, are just stellar jams that well-informed music heads should know. Any night where you can hear Roy Ayers, Fela Kuti, Rotary Connection, and Derrick May’s Rhythim Is Rhythim—among many other crucial artists—is worth checking.
Also, early head’s up: Derrick May plays Neumos July 3.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Bars "He's a jukebox hero, got stars in his eyes!"
Posted by Megan Seling on Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Diminished in Questionland needs your help!
"Friend of mine is coming into town for the weekend, and wants to drink exclusively in bars that have rocking jukeboxes. The only ones with pretty sweet jukeboxes I could remember where Linda's on Cap Hill and the Mars Bar. And it's been a while, so I could really use your help!"
Jeff Kirby addressed this on Line Out years ago. He said Wong's Kitchen in Wedgwood has "what might be the one of the best jukeboxes in town." Other commenters recommended Shorty's, the Redwood, Mecca, and Poggie's Tavern. It's been a couple years, though. Things might have changed. So who's got the most awesome jukebox in the city?
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Bars Burnt Pizza
Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:53 PM
The Seattle Police Department and City Attorney's office are attempting to block the owner of the Fusion Ultra Lounge—located in the University District—from selling booze at his new joint near the Seattle Center.
In February, the Seattle Police Department and City Attorney's office sent a letter to the Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB), objecting to a liquor application filed by Troy Selland, for his new pizza place, the Vela Pizzeria and Lounge, on 1st and Clay.
According to the city's objection letter, the city believes Selland is "unfit to possess..a liquor license"—despite the fact that he co-owns the Fusion Lounge—because, the city says, Selland has too many "criminal history points."
The city uses an arcane scoring system for granting liquor licenses. Licensees are rated on the number of crimes they've committed—certain crimes are worth a certain number of points—and a licensee is not allowed have more than eight points.
Selland was cited for a DUI in Chelan County in 2006 and, until two weeks ago, had a fourth degree assault case pending, which has been dropped. However, the city filed its objection well before Selland's assault case was settled. Although Selland had not been convicted for the assault—and was therefore not over the city's "point limit"—the city still went ahead with its objection to Selland's application.
While the city's objection to Selland's application wouldn't necessarily keep him from opening the business, being unable to serve liquor would certainly limit Vela's earning potential, handicapping a new business in an already tough economy.
Selland says he's offered to enter into a Good Neighbor Agreement with the city. which would set a number of conditions on how Vela operates. However, Selland says he'd prefer to call it a "city partnership agreement" because "a [Good Neighbor Agreement] implies you're nota good neighbor."
Bars / Last Night The Erotic Appeal of “Windowlicker” and Other Hot Topics
Posted by Dave Segal on Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Last night at Grey Gallery, the Made Like a Tree DJs Struggle and D’jeronimo were spinning their usual menu of sensual, heady house music—including an extraordinary track by Rhythm Based Lovers—to a medium-sized crowd of sophisticates.
At one point, D’jeronimo dropped Lucien-n-Luciano’s “Shawtek” off Blind Behaviour. A young woman who regularly attends the night (Frontier) commented, “I love tracks with male vocals like this [husky spoken-word style]. You know that part in ‘Windowlicker,’ that long, deep groan? That makes me so wet.”
Oh, word? Funny she should mention that. I had written an article for another publication’s Valentine’s Day issue that offered a list of songs conducive for VD activities that don’t require clothing. One of them was Aphex Twin’s “Windowlicker.” It’s nice to have your writing validated like that.
Later that night, D’jeronimo brought in Ricardo Villalobos’ remix of New Order’s “Confusion.” Just another revelation in a night full of them.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Bars / Upcoming Cheap Thrills
Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:28 AM
A new night at the Capitol Club (at Pine & Bellevue in Capitol Hill) called Thrifty happens next on Thurs. April 23 at 10 pm. The concept: The DJs only spin vinyl records that they've scored for under $3. This week's guest is local selector Kadeejah Streets of the Innerflight tech-house crew.
The promoters promise no cover, cheap drinks, and sexy people.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Bars / Last Night / Song J.K. & Co.’s “Fly”
Posted by Dave Segal on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:32 AM
Celebrating my birthday yesterday at Redwood, I had the pleasure of hearing J.K. & Co.’s “Fly,” which apparently was part of a mix being played over the bar’s PA, derived from the excellent collection of bartender/local musician Joram Young (Whalebones, ex-Bats of Belfry).
At first I thought it was the Monkees’ “Porpoise Song,” but no. “Fly”—from J.K. & Co.’s Suddenly One Summer LP—was composed and performed by a 15-year-old in 1968, and it stands as a classic piece of cloud-busting psych pop (or pop sike, if you must).
Thank you, Joram, for making my birthday a little more sublime.
(Nipper comment about owning the original 7” pressing coming in 3, 2, 1…)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Bars / Song / Love Rain City Mix Tape Club at Havana
Posted by Megan Seling on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:02 AM
On Sunday night a small group of friends and music nerds gathered at Havana for the first installment of the new monthly series Rain City Mix Tape Club. My friend Chris started it about a month ago as a club on Facebook, and the gist of it is this: Each month, every member compiles a mix tape or CD according to the assigned theme. Then, on the last Sunday of every month, everyone gathers at Havana at 10 pm to exchange their mixes, drink, and talk about which Queen song is the best Queen song ever (or something comparable to that).
On Sunday more than a dozen people showed up with CDs (and even some tapes) in hand. The theme was "Sad Bastard," and compilations included everything from Sicko and Magnetic Fields to L7 and a bunch of shit I've never even heard of but would probably enjoy. One mix even came with a six-pack of beer, because duh, what else goes better with Sad Bastard music than beer?
It was sort of intimidating at first—I worried that I'd be judged too harshly for my predictable (but good!) list of songs. But once we started comparing track listings, the jitters died down as I realized all these people want to do, in the end, is listen to music—not judge you for what music you choose to listen to. It's not about putting together the best mix of the most rare shit you can find, it's about putting together a mix that represents you. And that's pretty awesome.
The next RCMTC is Sunday, April 26th. The theme is "Autobiographical" meaning, well... a variety of possibilities, actually. You can compile of list of songs that represent each year of your life thus far, or songs that mark notable moments in your history, or songs that best tell your life story... Each mix-tape maker can interpret the theme however they'd like. And that's what makes it interesting. For more information about RCMTC, check out the group page on Facebook.
My autobiographical mix will probably have a lot of shit like All-4-One and Dance Hall Crashers on it. I pity the fool that has to walk down my memory lane.
(For those who are interested, my sad mix is after the jump).
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