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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Tonight / Television The Homosexual Agenda: Jinkx Will Win, Jennifer Jasper Bares All, Waxie Moon Falls

Posted by Adrian Ryan on Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:31 AM

Jinkx Monsoon

First, a word...

JINKX IS GOING TO WIN THIS FUCKING THING. That's what I say. I feel it in my bone. (My. Great. Big. Bone.) And believe me, I had my doubts. And theories! I entertained suspicions, developed wild-thighed conjectures—way back a dragillion years ago, before all this madness officially began. It was shortly after Xmess, just when Jinkx had been freshly outed as a new RuPaul's Drag Race contestant but the season had yet to air. I saw Jinkx and Alaska Thunderfuck perform together on a dual billing, at a clever little club tucked away in some obscure elbow of Portland, and... something. Something in the way the two interacted, the way the show that night was billed, a certain je ne sais the fuck quoi that left an overwhelming taste of OHHOLYSHITBIRDS ALASKA TOTALLY WON in my mouth that I just couldn't spit out. But now? Jinkx, as she herself put it, is "pissing all over" this shit. Barring a vicious crossdressing coup or an epic act of injustice, she's got this competition in the glittery handbag. That's what I think. Just don't quote me on that if I'm wrong.

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

I'm Still a Virgin / Television PBS History of Rock & Roll: The Wild Side

Posted by Mike Nipper on Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:30 PM

PBS ran this kinda decent History of Rock & Roll series in 1995, so for your lunch time today, if you can't stand to watch ANOTHER fucking episode of Dr. Phil, I suggest watching this The Wild Side episode. Um, "wild side" meaning when rock developed some "art" strains, beyond the R&B rave ups and the hippie's lysergic revolution, when shit got weird, fantastic, AND creepy. The Wild Side is still relevant, rightfully heavy on the Velvet Underground, however it ends with Kiss and Iggy/Bowie in Berlin. My only problem is I'd like to have seen a few other freaks interviewed, like the lit-on-fire theater of Arthur Brown for instance!! Oh well... the documentary proper starts @ 1:40.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Hellevant / Television Pickwick: Officially a "Hipster Band"

Posted by Megan Seling on Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 10:47 AM

Last night Pickwick performed at Safeco Field as part of the Mariner's home opening festivities and then this happened:

We did it guys!!! We're a "hipster band"!!!! twitter.com/PickwickMusic/…
— Pickwick (@PickwickMusic) April 9, 2013

So the word "hipster" is also officially done now, right? Let's say yes.

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Monday, March 25, 2013

Politics / Television Pussy Riot, One Year Later: The Interview on 60 Minutes

Posted by Kelly O on Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 1:00 PM

Punk band Pussy Riot remains defiant of Putin's Russia. Interview by Lesley Stahl, for 60 Minutes.

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Monday, March 4, 2013

Television Watch Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Perform "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us" on SNL

Posted by Megan Seling on Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:15 AM

This weekend Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were the musical guests on Saturday Night Live (hosted by Kevin Hart). The last Seattle artist to appear on SNL was the Fleet Foxes in 2009. And before that it was Pearl Jam and Death Cab for Cutie, who both performed in 2006 (PJ's show was hosted by Lindsay Lohan!). It's a rare and awesome opportunity for us Seattleites to see a 206 face on the show, and it's something worth celebrating, even if you think the R. Kelly joke in "Thrift Shop" is, like, so last decade.

We're not the city of grunge anymore. Right? People are done calling us that now, right? Surely they are after this:

Who'll be the next Seattle band to take the SNL stage?

(Watch "Can't Hold Us" after the jump.)

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Housekeeping / Classic / Television Theme Wars: The Twilight Zone Vs. Lost in Space

Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:30 PM

In my review of Spectre's adventurous 2012 hiphop album The True & Living, I mistakenly wrote that he had sampled the theme song from The Twilight Zone (composed by Gregor F. Narholz); in actuality, he'd sampled the Lost In Space theme (composed by John Williams). I watched both shows as a lad, but somehow over the ensuing 40+ years, I mixed up the two. I swear it won't happen again.

Both pieces are among the best TV tunes in history; the shows weren't bad, either, though I preferred The Twilight Zone because it chilled my blood with more regularity than did Lost in Space. However, the latter's robot was the best character on either program.

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Sunday, February 3, 2013

Television Racist, Or Not Racist: Jimmy Cliff and the Super Bowl "Get Happy" Commercial

Posted by Kelly O on Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 4:43 PM

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Television LOST (TV Series 2004–2010)

Posted by Derek Erdman on Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 3:33 PM

Hey, dudes? I was wondering, I'm watching LOST for the first time and everybody says it starts getting dumb. It seemed to start getting dumb in the 2nd Season, but now I just started Season Four... is this where it gets REALLY dumb? Also, just tell me the ending now. I mean, somebody told me that they're already dead but there has to be more to that because that's just ultimately the worst.

Lost W/ Pasta, 2013

Also, Shannon was the best character. It's dumb that she died so early. She should have her own show of just her reading Beverly Cleary books. If anybody reading this is in the TV business, a show of Shannon reading Henry and Ribsy would make a lot of money.

Mary P. Traverse: SHANNON WAS NOT THE BEST CHARACTER! OMG are you TROLLING ME?!

Gregory Jacobsen: Season 4 is when it starts to get real good- absurd convolution. The ending was terrible, but it doesn't matter.

Sarah Dandelles: Lost is like the puffy kind of Cheetos. Dumb in all ways but you still eat them/it. Watch. whatever.

Derek Erdman: YEAH, BUT NO SHANNON.

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Monday, January 21, 2013

Politics / Television HBO To Produce TV Documentary About Pussy Riot?

Posted by Kelly O on Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 2:26 PM

From Rolling Stone.com:

HBO Documentary Films has bought the U.S. television rights for Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer at the Sundance Film Festival.

Dear HBO executives: now hear my prayer:

DO NOT LET LINDSAY LOHAN ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR CASTING COUCH!

Please, please, PLEEEEEEASE? I thank you in advance! Love, Kelly O

EMILY NOKES
Please DO NOT put Lohan in this mask!

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Friday, January 18, 2013

Art / Television Watch Macklemore + Ryan Lewis Perform Again on Ellen DeGeneres's Show, Then Bestow Upon Her a Jean Jacket Painted by Derek Erdman!

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:45 PM

Here's local-boys-done-good Macklemore + Ryan Lewis, plus a skateboard, a poncho, and a one-of-a-kind birthday gift:

That there jacket was painted by local-boy-done-good (and Stranger joke-maker) Derek Erdman. I asked him three questions about the creation of this Ellen jacket.

How long did it take you to paint this jacket?
About four hours.

What do the 13 stars symbolize?
The apparitions of the Virgin of Fatima in 1917 were claimed to occur on the 13th day of six consecutive months. Oh wait, that's just how many would fit.

What's the going rate for a custom-painted jean jacket and do celebrities get a discount?
$200. NO CELEB DISCOUNTS. Except for Parker Posey.

Erdman's website is right over here.

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Friday, January 11, 2013

Love / Television Oh, Look, Ben Gibbard, Aimee Mann, and Ted Leo Were on the Colbert Report Last Night

Posted by Megan Seling on Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 11:30 AM

And they performed "Bigger Than Love," my favorite song off Gibbard's new solo record! Bonus: Mr. John Wurster is on drums. Happy day!

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If this line-up were to ever tour, my heart would probably just stop. It couldn't survive all the goodness.

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Television Allen Stone Was on Ellen This Afternoon

Posted by Megan Seling on Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 3:05 PM

She loves Macklemore. She loves Allen Stone. So much love for Seattle!

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Television Alison Brie: The Reluctant (and Awesome) Rapper

Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:46 AM

Here's the thing about being adorable while possessing a moderate rapping ability. YOU ARE ASKED TO BE ADORABLE AND RAP ALL THE TIME! I know nothing about this—however, Alison Brie knows far too much. Here she is with Community pal, Danny Pudi at the Viper Room performing some very impromptu freestyle—and while it's not amazing... IT IS AMAZING. (How does she do that?)

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Video / Television / 206 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis On Jimmy Fallon

Posted by Larry Mizell, Jr. on Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:46 PM

On Tuesday night, Seattle champions Mack & Ryan played that late night show hosted by that one guy, backed by The Legendary Roots Crew, the true stars of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. (Just an hour earlier, his boy Allen Stone was on Leno.) It was surreal seeing the legend Questlove thwack the drums right before Macklemore threw his arms wide and hissed my favorite line from "Thrift Shop"—"PISSSSSSSSS."

Of course, Mack, Ryan, and trumpeter Owour Arunga got it in—but I'm particularly happy at the exposure for the hook's singer Wanz, who was previously known chiefly as the big-voiced vocalist behind a bunch of cuts in the gangsta-fied Street Level Records catalogue. When Macklemore asked mastering engineer and producer D-Sane for a singer with a voice like Nate Dogg's, the SLR founder knew just the guy. Now he's poppin' tags all over the country, and that is fucking awesome.

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

??!! / History / Television Cooooooooooooooooooooooome Ooooonnnnnnnn Doooooooooowwwwwwnnnnnn

Posted by Jason Josephes on Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 3:39 PM

Did you know if you slow down the theme from The Price Is Right by 800%, it sounds like this?

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Dust Bin / Guilty Pleasure / Television Need a Time Waster This Thanksgiving? Meet Paul FAUL McCartney

Posted by Kelly O on Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 3:45 PM

Sorry for the late pass (a really, REALLY late pass, as this old-as-the-hills urban myth has been going around since the 60's)... But do know about the koo-koo conspiracy theories that Paul McCartney is dead, and has been that way for a long time?!?

Some friends and I went into an hours long K-hole last night, of looking at photographs and conspiracy videos of Paul vs. Fake Paul, aka "Faul." It is really weird that his eye color seems to have changed. And his height. And his face shape. And now, even though he's 70 years old, his face sags so unnaturally...

It's a ridiculous (but fun) debate—and all the recorded backward messages are deliciously creepy...

h/t to Emily from Stickers! (and damn you for turning me on to this!)

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

News / Love / Television "R. Kelly's Fantastically Absurd Trapped in the Closet Is Coming to Broadway"

Posted by Megan Seling on Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:29 PM

R. Kelly premiered the next installment of Trapped in the Closet last night in New York (which airs this weekend on IFC), and the singer also held a Q&A session after the show, where he revealed the possibility of a Broadway show:

But most interesting detail of all was Kelly's announcement that he'd "just got an offer from Broadway to do a Broadway version."

"Would you star in it?" nudged his interviewer. "Are we gonna see you singing on Broadway?"

"Some of the cities, I can't guarantee all of them, and that's what's being negotiated right now because it takes a lot of time to do these chapters—I'm the only one in the studio writing these chapters," he reminded us. But he's already started adapting the script for the stage, he said. Think "Bridget," "midget," and the Macy's Day Parade.

I would go to that. I would absolutely, definitely, without a doubt go see that.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Business / Television 50 Cent All Up in the QVC

Posted by Grant Brissey on Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:24 PM

He just looks so natural in that setting. And really, just what happens around 1:40? Headphone sales coulda got a spike if they just let that chemistry sizzle on screen a little longer. The best part, as pointed out in the comments, 50 barely speaks a sentence the entire time. I think those ladies are smitten! Really, though, I think she's lying when she says she loves her job. But maybe QVC has really good benefits or something?