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RIP George Jones

Emily Nokes — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:41:22 -0700

Country Music Hall of Famer and member of the Grand Ole Opry, legendary country singer George Jones passed away today at the age of 81. Read more here. RIP, Possum.

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Happy Almost Birthday, Dave Segal!

Emily Nokes — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:15:32 -0700

Tomorrow is Dave Segal's birthday, and I couldn't decide which color of noise he'd prefer to listen to for 10 hours, so I went with sweeping pink. Oh and here's Segal's least-favorite human covered in spaghetti.

Happy almost birthday, Dave!

"Joel's hammy tough-guy delivery makes me want to use his fugly mug as speedbag till the end of time." -DS

See DJ Veins on his birthday tomorrow (which is also just so happens to be Record Store Day) spinning all the non-hit hits at 11am at Everyday Music!

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Thom Yorke Gives Advice for Teen Girls About Teen Boys

Anna Minard — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:14:04 -0700

Rookie Mag does it again! The newest edition of their Ask a Grown Man video series is Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich. They give advice to teen girls on asking boys out, how you know if you like someone ("Those little electrical impulses are the best bit," says Yorke), what it means when you want to have sex with someone who isn't your boyfriend, and more.

ENJOY:

(Link here). Dan doesn't have to give up his day job or anything, but this is fucking adorable.

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Wisdom Tooth Weekend: Songs For Percocet and Pain

Megan Seling — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:33:15 -0700

UUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHH. On Wednesday I have to get my wisdom teeth pulled and I am NOT excited about it. I've never had a tooth pulled before. I hate going to the dentist. I'm terrified.

Thankfully I have a very radical husband who'll help take care of me by making sure the house is stocked with frozen yogurt and pain meds, and I suppose I could look at the bright side and be stoked about the fact that I can catch up on my Netflix queue (it's excusable, ney, preferable to watch shit like Bridalplasty when high on percocet, right?), but until it's time for naps and drugs, I'm filled with anxiety. What if my teeth don't come out? What if ALL my teeth come out?* What if my whole jaw comes off? What if I wake up during the surgery? WHAT IF I DON'T WAKE UP AT ALL!?

Along with the crippling anxiety, I have also had this song stuck in my head for the past week:

Are there any other wisdom tooth tips and/or songs I should know about? I'll make a playlist to listen to when I get tired of watching crappy TV!

*Seriously. I've had nightmares about this.

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Purse Thursdayz: Hannah

Radjaw — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:29:45 -0700

G. Smith
Hannah, 42. 9:32pm. Hazlewood.

I was happy to see Hannah out at my monthly Ballard gig, The Worst. She had had a few glasses of white wine already and the timing for peeking into her purse was perfect. Hannah has been working in the Seattle music scene for years and is working with SIFF this year doing a "Face the Music" series. Currently, she has been running Hothouse Promotions and has her Seek & Destroy radio show Saturday nights on KEXP. She's got a great show with Lord Dying coming up on April 6th at The Sunset, but before she had a fourth and fifth glass of wine I made her dump her shit on the table next to the DJ booth.

What kind of purse is that?
I don't know... It says it's a Crochet Sak. Seriously, S-A-K, sack.

Where did you get it?
Up at the Goodwill on 65th.

Is it your everyday purse?
Yeah, pretty much. In the summer, I tend to switch it up more for outfits. I'm trying to be better about it. This is a great purse to have because you don't have to worry about someone spilling a drink all over it. The crochet makes it ok!

Let's see what is inside!

• Grey hat
• Leather wallet
• American Spirits
• Notebook

This was so sweet, my grandmother bought me a "reporter notebook" and I keep trying to use it. I opened it up for the Soundgarden show but it was too dark. Once again, had to take notes on the iPhone.

• Random show flyer
• Engraved silver pen
• Horses Cut Shop keychain
• Legal document

G. Smith
"If you caught me when I didn't have a boyfriend..."

What's that for?!?
Let's just say it's a legal document, ok?

• Eye cream
• Checkbook with therapist notes
• Sunglasses
• Taco Time receipt
• Keys with ZZ Top keychain

Billy Gibbons actually gave me that!! I fucking love it.

• Revlon lip gloss
• Doe Bay Fest ear buds
• Beyonce Infallible lip gloss
• Hazlewood receipt
• Tax document
• Accident note

What's that all about? You got in an accident?
This has happened twice to me in the market. One time, I come back and the car was totatled but no note, no nothing. Another time, there was a little tiny scratch and someone left this on my car. It was so sweet there was now way I was going to call insurance. It gave me hope in humanity for once and it is by far my favorite thing in my purse.

• Lip gloss
• Ken's Market receipt
• Shit ton of quarters
• More Beyonce lip gloss

G. Smith
That's one fly ring.

You really love Beyonce, huh? Or is it just the lip gloss?
It's the lip gloss! It's got two coats and actually stays on there. I hate reapplying. Sometimes you need something more natural and sometimes you need that red to just really pop.

• Lip Pencil
• Fly ring
• Tylenol
• USB for Clearwire
• Mace

Megan Tweed bought that for me after we skipped a self defense class. I thought it was so funny! Such a great gift.

I love this ring.
It's amazing isn't it? I wore that for this movie I'm doing with Megan Griffiths that I've been working on. Man, I guess my purse is pretty interesting, but if you had caught me when I didn't have a boyfriend there'd be a lot more shit in here let me tell you.

Well... If that relationship ever ends, which I hope that it does not, I will be sure to follow up.

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Purse Thursdayz - Rachel

Radjaw — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:14:22 -0700

G. Smith
Rachel, 31. Taupe leather purse. 10:03am. Joe Bar.

This morning, like many other mornings, I found myself with a cup of coffee and a magical crepe at one of my favorite hideaways, Joe Bar. With two lovely ladies working the counter, I hoped I could persuade them to stop what they were doing and dump out their bags. Rachel, a volunteer for NW Film Forum, was glad to open up even though she feared it might be kind of boring. I didn't care and tried my best not to hold up the line. Sorry, Ms. Behindme, you're gonna have to wait 5-10 minutes for your cup o' drip because I have important shit to do!

What kind of purse is that?
It's Chocolat Blu from Nordstrom? I got it like two or three years ago.

You use it everyday?
Pretty much... unless I'm biking that day.

Do you love it?
Well, I got it because it can fit my laptop and I needed it for travel. It's pretty cool because it can also be converted into a backpack.

Yeah!?
Yeah, but sadly I don't have those straps on me.

Bummer. What's in there?

• Hobo International brown wallet
• Always maxi pad
• 2 blue pens
• Fingerless gloves
• Sunglasses
• Keychain with USB and multiple Honda keys

Do you have more than one car?
Actually, no! I have had so many people break-in to my car that I now have a different key for each every keyhole on it!

• Moleskin day planner
• iPod shuffle
• Jane Criedale lipstick
• Nordstrom perfume sample
• 5 quarters
• Mardi Gras mark
• Toothbrush

G. Smith
You never know where you might end up.

That's part of my overnight bag.
The mask? Or the toothbrush?
You never know where you might end up.

• Ultra healing moisturizing lotion
• Nanaks lip smoothee
• Glass heart
• Aveda lip stick
• Pink lipstick, logo worn off
• Burt's Bee's tinted lip wax

Seems like lips are important to you.
I never know what my mood is going to be. Do I want color? Do I want moisture? I don't know!

• Stress relief tea bags
• iKlear shammy
• Coupon book
• Lowe's coupon
• Pottery Barn coupon
• Bed Bath & Beyond coupon

Wait! Coupons? Where did you find those?
In the front zipper.
I had no idea those were in there! Weird.

• Green sharpie fine point marker

What? You need a marker?
No, you have a marker in here.
Oh! Really?!?? I do?

Her co-worker chimes in:

G. Smith
AREN'T YOU GOING TO LOOK IN MY BAG??!?!?

Yikes.

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Dirty Girls

Kelly O — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:35:28 -0700

Unearthed last week: check out this amateur documentary about teenage riot grrls in Los Angeles, shot in 1996, by then high-school kid Michael Lucid.

It's almost twenty years later, and 'zines are probably dead forever, but the core "dirty girls" message still rings true...

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Dogs Are Better Than Cats

Kelly O — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:05:38 -0800

I'm sorry, they just are.

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Purse Thursdayz: Melina

Radjaw — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:35:51 -0800

Welcome to Purse Thursdayz! Every week, I'll be looking into the purses, bags, and satchels of some of Seattle's finest women—seeing exactly what they are carrying around all day. Catching purses in their natural environment is very important, so these ladies do not know they are going to be interviewed. Shall we?

Mary Kalhor
Melina, 28. Pleather bag. 11:20pm. Via Tribunali.

I interviewed Melina and her purse a while back and I was so completely moved by my time with her purse that it had to be shared with you. Melina is a good friend of my lady and cracks me up whenever I see her. She is currently back in school and working on some new business endeavors that I cannot discuss. She is an avid traveller that loves froyo almost as much as I do. I mean who doesn't love froyo? Onto the purse!

Where did you get the purse?
It's from an H & M in Zurich, Switzerland.
Is this your favorite purse?
It is my everyday, shove all my shit in there, purse.
This is beautiful! What is that? Velvet??
Pleather.
Oh. Okay, well what is in this thing?!

• N Green bus transfer with gum on it
• Feather hair extension thingy
• 20 Francs (20 Francs is like 20 dollars)
• Headphones with gum stuck to the cords
• Earrings, gum coated
• Lip gloss, covered in gum
• $5 in five, single dollar bills
• Set of keys with Prince Harry keychain

Swoon!!
Everything is coated in bubble gum because they are yet to invent gum that doesn't stick to other shit. It's ridiculous!

• Coconut bar wrapper
• Junk
• Paper
• Random coins that cannot be determined due to the amount of gum on each piece

"Everything is coated in bubble gum because they are yet to invent gum that doesn't stick to other shit. It's ridiculous!"

My change is not really money anymore. It's gum.
It's anything but money. Anything left in there?
[Pulls out a piece of paper.] Oh my god! This is a secret letter. A secret hate letter to my ex-coworker who got fired a while ago. She's a bitch and I never gave it to her. [Pulls out another stack of papers.] This is my dissertation paper.
What's your dissertation about?
Science and shit. It's still a work in progress. [Yet another piece of paper.] This is another secret hate letter I wrote to my ex-coworker that I never gave to her.
Is that everything?
Yup! That looks like all of it.

(I then reach my hand inside the purse to check. The walls are insulated with what feels like old gum. Everything feels like soft rubber white pencil erasers. It's like petting a a dried up whale. My arm is communicating with me to get the hell out of there.)
That's enough of that. Thanks for your time, Melina!

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What's In A Name, Gucci Mane?

Kelly O — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:05:22 -0800

Gucci Mane announced that his new name would be "GUWOP" yesterday, but immediately had to change it back, 'cause so many of his fans freaked out on Twitter.

Rightfully so? What the fuck is a Guwop? To me, it sounds a bland hamburger+ red sauce+pasta dish, that we had to eat twice a week when I was a kid, because we were poor.

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Purse Thursdayz: Sharlese

Radjaw — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:39:30 -0800

Sharlese Sharlese, 34. Big leather carryall. 10:32pm. Barboza

Sharlese was strutting her sassy self throughout town last night. She left work late, enjoyed a live show with drinks and friends, then devoured a slice of pizza before calling it a night. Homegirl has been working for KEXP for years as an on-air personality, and kills it on her own show, Audioasis. She was having a grand ol' time at the Master Musicians of Bukkake show and wondered why she had such a big bag with her.

Where did you get the purse?
Red Light, about a year ago. No a year and a half. No! Two years ago.
What kind of purse it?
I don't fucking know... a leather one?
It's kinda big for a night out.
I use this bag when I'm in need of a travel-size bag, but one I can take to the club. You never know what will happen!
What brings you to the Master Musicians of Bukkake show?
I just love these guys. It's just so good isn't it?
I liked the openers, MTNS, they were good. Very fucking loud, but good.
Yeah they are cool, but I like these guys better.
Would you consider yourself a master of bukkake?
Most definitely. We all have our own means of marking our territory. Musically speaking, it's basically just decorating things with your friends.
OK, enough jibber jabber, what's in there?
Be warned. I have some problems in here.

• 6 pack multi-colored pens
• W-9 tax form
• Skull Candy brown headphones
• Swedish Fish
• Pair of black leather gloves
• Zebra wallet
• USB
• White lighter
• Blue lighter

Two lighters?
Sometimes you need two!! What if I'm digging through this purse and I can't find one?

• $.63 in change
• Lip gloss
• Lotion
• Keys
• Moisture lotion
• Fisherman's Cough Suppressant
• Pile of cough drops

"I have some problems in here."

What happened?
This is a major problem I was telling you about. These damn cough drops were open and spilled all over the inside of my bag. At least you're giving me a reason to clean out this damn thing.

• Emergen-C packet
• Altoids container filled with goodies
• Dollar bill
• Garbage
• Crumpled paper
• Bus transfer
• Gold iPod
• Black iPod touch

Two iPods?
A girl can never have enough music. Especially with what I do, I always need music in my life.

Damn.. I actually thought your purse was going to be a lot juicier. Your problems are meh.
I'm sorry. Kinda boring huh? No, but it has been with me through thick and thin. This thing has been through some shit with me, I can tell you that.

Does your purse smoke weed?
Luckily, no. It's just a good friend who holds my pot cookies.

Too bad you don't have any with you now.
Stupid purse.

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Purse Thursdayz: Megan

Radjaw — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:46:00 -0800

Megan is the marketing coordinator at Neumos and loves where she works. She is an early-morning go-getter that fully embraces the music scene. I ran into her at the Mercury for a Nightmare Fortress show and she was as happy as can be. The ferocious lights provided by the band illuminated her bag and I had to know what was inside such a tiny accessory. Her nose ring never butted in to the conversation.

Megan, 22. Small Coach purse. 12:53am. The Mercury.

Where did you get the purse?
I bought it.
What kind of purse it?
It's Coach.
Bootleg?
No. Not at all, it's real Coach.
Open it for me.
There's not much. I took all the shit out of my earlier bag and just brought this little thing.
What's in it?

• White iPhone 5
• Paystub
• Note for Jason L.
• Elf the musical ticket

I loved the musical. It was so fucking good, almost as good as the movie.
Really? Jesus.

"My purse isn't goth enough for this show."

• Coach tag
• Set of keys attached to a UW Husky lanyard
• Chapstick with ripped off label
• Lip gloss
• Lipstick

So having good lips is important to you?
Well…
What's in this pocket of the purse?
You don't need to know! This is going to be in the Stranger, I cannot tell you that.
Don't worry, it's only the Weekly, nobody reads that.
That's true.

• $80 cash
• Oddfellows receipt
• BOA receipt
• Bobby pins
• Coin purse

Is this your everyday purse?
It's my going out bag. I would have so much more, you have no idea.
What didn't you bring to the club?
I usually always carry gloves and extra Chapstick. And sometimes I have a big umbrella stuffed into it.
Too bad you don't have that purse with you tonight.
I know. I'm sorry. My purse isn't goth enough for this show.
Do you have any backup nose rings in there? What if a mosh pit breaks out and rips one from your face? Wouldn't your purse have your back and have extra rings to plug into your nostril?
No! But, I wish I did! Shit, I will from now on.
What did you think of the show?
It was cool.
Too many glow sticks for me.

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Purse Thursdayz: Sarah

Radjaw — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:26:35 -0800

Welcome to Purse Thursdayz! Every week, I'll be looking into the purses, bags, and satchels of some of Seattle's finest women—seeing exactly what they are carrying around all day. Catching purses in their natural environment is very important, so these ladies do not know they are going to be interviewed. Shall we?

After a most delicious lunch at Salumi with a good friend, I found myself in Lower Queen Anne and decided to bum rush Sarah's office immediately upon walking past it. Sarah is the Director of Development and Community Relations at SAMA by day and an avid Cam'ron supporter by night. She is co-founder of Cafe Society, an ex-DJ that likes making her own earrings, and is one half of Christmas rap duo Holigang. After she finished a taste test for the new Lays' potato chip, she gladly started to pull things out of her bag.

Sarah, 38. Yellow leather tote. 3:30pm. Office building.

Where did you get the purse?
My mom got it at a fake market in Shanghai. She decided it wasn't good for carrying her laptop and had too many pockets. She gave it to me in November after she kept losing things inside of it. It happens.
What kind of purse is it?
By looking at the imprinted tree logo on the inside I can tell that it is 100% Mulberry knock-off.
Is this your everyday go to purse?
I use it everyday, but mainly just for work. This thing is way too big to take out at night.
It looks pretty big for a night out on the town.
It has huge pockets!! I think I mainly use it for work because I can use it for grocery shopping after. Don't nobody want to be paying for paper bags these days.
Can we take a look inside?
Sure!

• Loaf of Country Buttermilk bread
• Trader Joe's peanut butter
• Keys
• Mom's car keys
• Red Louis Vuitton wallet

Is that real Louis?
No! It's also a knock-off. Another gift from Shanghai given to me as a part of an employee incentive. Oh shit, I can hear my friends now, "I always knew you were bootleg, Sarah. This just confirms it!"

• Two iPhone wall chargers
• Three tampons

Are those Mardi Gras tampons? The packaging is so festively colored.
It's funny you say that! They come in this sleek black box and are all pinks and purples. My boyfriend always makes fun of me saying these are my clubbin' tampons.

"Are those Mardi Gras tampons?"

• Zinc tablet
• Necklace*
• Stack of disheveled papers

What are all these papers?
Well, this is some old grocery lists and these are just a bunch of printed out emails.
You print out your emails?
Sometimes you have to! These are for some guest list thing and then there are some for this pending lawsuit I am dealing with.
Can I ask more about that?
No.

• Two single dollar bills
• AT&T protection plan pamphlet
• Baby Lips lip balm

That's the new heat right there. All the women have that these days, and they have different colors if you want it. I just like the natural one.

• Two blue push pins
• Clear nail polish
• Target coupons
• Two gold-plated buttons

Damn, I wonder what those buttons are for… Wait! Oh shit! They are for the jacket I am wearing today. See? Here and here, I need to put these back on. If only I can find one more, I'd be set.
Maybe you should check your other purses. Is there anything else in there?

• Burt's Bees beeswax lip balm
• Plastic organic food bag

Well, you don't really need that because of your grocery bag purse.
It's true! I think I grabbed it for a lot of vegetables but then decided to just grab one or something and shoved that into my purse.

• Gap receipt
• Loose change
• Hair scrunchie
• Tweezers

Fuck, I lost those too! And why do I even have a scrunchie? I have had short hair for a while now.
What's that middle part of the purse?
It's just in different sections. Left side, right side, and then this middle part.
It looks like it comes out. Is that a purse inside your purse?
Yea, Crazy! You can take the inside out and use it as a shoulder bag, and then just have the outside part be a big tote bag.
So you have been carrying a purse around inside your purse...
Don't tell my mom about this, cause then she will know she could have fit her laptop in there!
Well, now you have your grocery tote bag and your clubbin' purse at the same time. You are good to go.
It's true, but damn I must really be a hoarder. I hate seeing things go to waste and this purse has only been helping me. I don't fucking get it. I live across the street from my office, why am I carrying this crap back and forth each day?
I don't know, Sarah. I carry a wallet.

*Sarah said that if anyone wanted this necklace, let her know and they can have it.

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The Only 2013 Grammys Synopsis You Need!

Bree McKenna — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:16:29 -0800

By the time the actual Grammys rolled around, I felt a little partied out from all the weird stuff happening that weekend (also, the Odd Future crew had been making a rowdy party music video in a room on our hotel floor until really late). The whole thing starts early, and it felt sillly getting sequined-up in the early afternoon.

The Grammys are held in the Staples Center, which feels like any sporting event stadium, except it's crawling with people in black-tie dress code standing next to corporate hamburger spots and nacho stands. But those places are closed and no actual food is available during the (REALLY, REALLY LONG) show and apparently people passing out is not all that uncommon. When I sat down in my plastic stadium chair, it crossed my mind that the invention of the clutch purse is a cruel joke... you can barely fit a phone in them! Worthless!

Important notes from the 2013 Grammys:

*Taylor Swift opened up the show with an elaborate all-white nightmare production of "We Are Never Getting Back Together," complete with dancing clowns. Meanwhile, her ex John Mayer was dressed like a game-show host in the audience with his new girlfriend Katy Perry.

*Katy Perry consoled those who didn't take home the best new artist award by saying, "Don't feel bad if you didn't win. I never won this and I have my own eyelash line. Take that, Bon Iver."

*There were 20 performances this year—a record number. I was kind of bummed the speeches didn't run longer though, I kind of like babblers.

*Boring tribute medleys happened every five minutes.

* Jack White brought both his female and male band for two songs and completely slayed. His losing album of the year to Mumford and Sons made me so angry that I started yelling at the guy next me like a crazy sports dude, "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? THIS IS TOTAL FUCKING BULLSHIT!" (But seriously, Mumford?! Clean out your ears, Academy.)

*During commercial breaks, everyone on stage kept commenting on what a great job the host LL Cool J was doing in this really paternal way, as if he were a small child we were supposed to be cheering on during a play.

*There were zero obligatory cheers when Chris Brown's nomination was listed off.

*The best new artist award went to the band Fun. who ruin spin class for me several times a month.

*Goyte won album of the year, and still looks like Gary from Partman Parthorse.

*The Black Keys (perhaps most famous in Seattle for their alleged TP-ing of Stranger writer Derek Erdman's house) partnered up for a performance with Dr. John and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

*Justin Bieber was rumored to have been conspicuously absent because he felt sad about not being nominated.

*Between the new dress code that basically only targets women from dressing too slutty, and Chris Brown being honored with performance spots last year, I'm hoping the 2014 Grammys don't include another surprise anti-feminist diss.

*All in all, every performance was a lot like watching the film Con Air... so much crazy action that you almost start get bored when the 15th climax point rolls around. It's the musical equivalent to an amazing motorcycle chase after a plane crash.

Beautiful Adele.

After-parties were aplenty after LL Cool J dismissed us; champagne flowed freely, the night raged on until large grown men were being carried out of hotel parties and thrown into cabs. I met a sweet music-industry fellow a while ago who said that he might be able to get me tickets to that unbelievable Mark McGrath and Friends Cruise. When I ran into him later that night, I faced the inevitable loud uttering of "HEY BREE, I THINK THAT I CAN STILL GET YOU TICKETS TO THAT SUGAR RAY CRUISE THAT YOU WANTED TO GO TO."

Later on, former Neumos sound guy Evan Lasure and Lance from the Seattle band Cumulus were spotted in an after-party cabana next to Prince, and Jay-Z told my girlfriend she looked "very, very nice," and I've been hearing abut it several times a day ever since.

I definitely found myself arguing on the phone with Virgin Airline's customer service the next day trying to justify reasons on why I had missed my flight. This concludes my tale of Grammy weirdness. THE END.

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Black Flag at the Safeway

Derek Erdman — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:31:35 -0800

Derek Erdman
Family Manwich

Everything Went Black Bean Burgers
Loose Nuts (Assorted)
In My Head (of Lettuce)
"Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie (My Change)"
"Life of Pain (Bread)"

What else you got, Line Out?

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A Thing for Which I Am Thankful

David Schmader — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:37:32 -0800

Somehow I got to this point in my life without ever paying attention to the Clean. This is dumb, but it also means I now get to submerge myself in the music of the Clean. Here is a song I can't stop playing.

If there were an iTunes app that automatically applied that scratchy, single-string guitar line over every song in my library, I would use it.

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So You Wanna Date a Juggalo?

Kelly O — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:59:39 -0700

Someone's putting all the juggalo personal ads from OKCupid into a handy-dandy Tumblr site. Hoo, it's a crazy read, if you dare. Sample ad:

"The most private thing I’m willing to admit:

I miscarried a child when I was 18. I then proceeded to beat the girls head into the asphalt that my ex-fiance had cheated on me with, whom stressed me out, thus making me miscarry. Wow…

And I’m dating a female. Lol"

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Today's Thought of the Day: Gardening With Jewel

Megan Seling — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:58:20 -0700

"It's like a garden: Whatever you water the most will do the best. At some point, you decide whether you'll water your career or your relationship more." —Jewel

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Wimps: "Things Could Be Worse"

Kelly O — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:15:37 -0700

Someone scribbled, in the white space of a poster advertising the upcoming
Thee Oh Sees/Sic Alps/Wimps "miss my mom, dad, sis, brother." What would inspire a person to write such a sad and personal note on a rock poster? Was it simply seeing the word "WIMP" that made the person feel weak and/or vulnerable? Did the scribbler want others to know about his/her pain... or was it a drunken moment of self-realization? We will probably never know. I do want to tell the scribbler to listen to Wimps. Sometimes music is the best medicine.

Matt Nyce

Things Could Be Worse by wimps

Thee Oh Sees, Sic Alps, and Wimps play this upcoming Sunday, Oct 7, 7 pm, @ Neptune Theater, All Ages and $15. Read preview here.

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Bumbershoot Learning Fun Time: The Older Folks!

Anna Minard — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:32:33 -0700

(But only slightly older.) Stuff I have been witnessing on/around the older-than-teens folks: Band T-shirts. Ponytails on guys. Sunscreen. Hydrating. Shorts and sandals. Regular-size backpacks. Hilarious sock tans. Complicated jewelry on the ladies. Trail mix.

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Official List of Dogs in Order of Importance #2

Derek Erdman — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:37:45 -0700

Great Pyrenees
Doberman
Chihuahua
Pomeranian
Beagle
Irish Setter

Australian Shepherd
Belgian Malinois
Clumber Spaniel
American Staffordshire Terrier
Redbone Coonhound
Pharaoh Hound
Scottish Deerhound
Shetland Sheepdog
Weimaraner

Saint Bernard
Plott
Tippi
Newfoundland
Collie
Pekingese
Swedish Vallhund
Portuguese Water Dog
Australian Cattle Dog
Bedlington Terrier
Kerry Blue Terrier

English Springer Spaniel
Basenji
Leonberger
Shiba Inu
Curly-Coated Retriever
Porter Norem Morris
Otterhound
Manchester Terrier
Schipperke
Vizsla
Entlebucher Mountain Dog

Smooth Fox Terrier
Toy Fox Terrier
Bouvier des Flandres
Saluki
Cairn Terrier
Finnish Spitz
American Foxhound
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Italian Greyhound

Miniature Bull Terrier
Miniature Pinscher
Bluetick Coonhound
Black and Tan Coonhound
Shih Tzu
American English Coonhound
Dachshund
Welsh Springer Spaniel
Basset Hound
American Eskimo Dog
Standard Schnauzer

Pyrenean Shepherd
Icelandic Sheepdog
Boxer
Norwich Terrier
Skye Terrier
Bulldog
Rottweiler
Briard
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
English Toy Spaniel

Dandie Dinmont Terrier
Dalmatian
Poodle
Dogue de Bordeaux
Norwegian Buhund
Samoyed
Kuvasz
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Siberian Husky
Afghan Hound

Cane Corso
Belgian Tervuren
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Miniature Schnauzer
Tibetan Spaniel
Papillon
Bichon Frise
Chinese Shar-Pei
Russell Terrier
Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen
Irish Red and White Setter

Scottish Terrier
Mastiff
Bloodhound
Borzoi
Löwchen
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Great Dane
Golden Retriever
Havanese
Anatolian Shepherd Dog
Xoloitzcuintli
Chinese Crested
Irish Terrier

Harrier
Bullmastiff
German Wirehaired Pointer
Australian Terrier
Border Collie
West Highland White Terrier
Sealyham Terrier
Spinone Italiano
Boykin Spaniel
Treeing Walker Coonhound
English Setter

Belgian Sheepdog
Bull Terrier
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
Norfolk Terrier
Brussels Griffon
Flat-Coated Retriever
Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Cardigan Welsh Corgi
Maltese
Komondor
Whippet
Yorkshire Terrier
Puli
Field Spaniel
Tibetan Terrier
Irish Water Spaniel

Chow Chow
Canaan Dog
German Pinscher
Old English Sheepdog
Silky Terrier
Doberman Pinscher
Border Terrier
Gordon Setter
French Bulldog
Lakeland Terrier
Cesky Terrier

Pointer
Welsh Terrier
Parson Russell Terrier
Cocker Spaniel
Alaskan Malamute
Airedale Terrier
Finnish Lapphund
Brittany
Wire Fox Terrier
Akita

Ibizan Hound
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
Norwegian Elkhound
Irish Wolfhound
English Foxhound
Sussex Spaniel
Pug
Norwegian Lundehund
Beauceron
Neapolitan Mastiff
Black Russian Terrier

American Water Spaniel
Boston Terrier
Labrador Retriever
German Shepherd Dog
Glen of Imaal Terrier
Giant Schnauzer
Lhasa Apso
Keeshond
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Bearded Collie

Affenpinscher
Japanese Chin
German Shorthaired Pointer
Greyhound
Tibetan Mastiff
Bernese Mountain Dog
English Cocker Spaniel
American Bulldog
Catahoula

Things that are awful: Wag More, Bark Less bumper stickers, wet pet food, wet pets.

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Midnight Haiku

Sarah Galvin — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:30:00 -0700

It’s exhausting, having such a high fever and such elaborate shoes, and all this information about overdraft protection, but you have to be persistent if you want to be a fabulous success. Perhaps the shoes ensure you are fabulous, but how would you measure your persistence without all the informational pamphlets glued to your body with sweat?

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Is "Highway to the Danger Zone" a Serious Song?

Emily Nokes — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:09:46 -0700

Jen Graves remembers a time when "Highway to the Danger Zone" was a serious song*. I do not remember this time, but I do remember back when Tom Cruise was a person, so it sounds like I just missed it. I took a re-listen and WHOA is this one seriously pumped-up Kenny Loggins testosteroney n' cheese fest! I didn't realize that: a) the airplane is a female who is "spreadin' out her wings tonight"; b) Kenny has affected a special accent just for this song; or that c) Kenny Loggins was born in Everett, WA??

The last one-and-a-half minutes of this three-and-a-half minute long song are just Kenny howling (in his special 80's Danger Zone accent) "hiiiiighwaaay to the daaaaangah zoooooooooooaaane." That is such a long time to repeat a chorus! Does this song pump you up? Are you serious about this song? Because let me tell you, "you'll never say hello to you until you get it on the red line overload."

*"It did seem really serious at the time. I thought it was serious. But I also thought I would have satin sheets when I grew up." - JG

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Sometimes Really Important and Wonderful Moments of Your Life Happen at Block Party Because Music Is Fucking Amazing

Anna Minard — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 22:15:01 -0700

But they're kind of too private to post on a blog, y'know? I just thought I'd mention it, because probably other people are feeling the same way. Really, though: THANKS, MUSIC. And Block Party. Um, yeah.

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"That Gotye Song"

Anna Minard — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:02:05 -0700

Good morning! Here, have a laugh. Perhaps you have lived this video IRL?

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John Lydon On Drugs and Disinformation

Kelly O — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:33:31 -0700

Check out John Lydon on the legalization of drugs on this recent episode of
BBC TV show Question Time.

He's always a been a blow-hard, but what he's saying does have some truth in it, and sense to it—though he can't convince other panel guest, conservative member of parliament Louise Mensch. But then again, she won't even admit what kind of drugs she's taken in the past...

Also, whenever Lydon's on TV, I will always think fondly of this old chestnut...

INFORMATION vs. DISINFORMATION

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The Sudden Demise of Titanium Sporkestra: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Brendan Kiley — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:41:14 -0700

This morning, a few emails came into Stranger HQ asking why Titanium Sporkestra—a popular punk-rock marching/brass band and regulars at HONK! Fest—would post something like this on their Facebook page:

After asking around, it sounds like internal band politics and unresolved frustrations tore TS apart. David Stern, Titanium's former manager, sent an explanation I'll post below.

This is a really tough time for me and our whole community and I fear that some more joy of Seattle's music scene is now gone. After 5 years together and many different lineup changes, my project Titanium Sporkestra is no longer a functioning band. This decision came after frustrations amongst the band and its leadership could not or would not be resolved.

Managing a band with this many strong-willed members is extremely difficult at times, but not without its outstanding rewards. Unfortunately, the rest of the players in the band no longer stood behind me as their manager and leader and decided to break up the band/fire the manager. This was truly shocking for me and has left me feeling empty and without a solid foundation to my life...

From this point forward members of Titanium Sporkestra will be working on their own projects and bands and will have more free time to do other things. This band has always been demanding of its members, requiring multiple practices per week and up to 70 performances per year, including 3 tours. I am the only fulltime performer/producer in the band and the late nights started to take a toll on the working class. When the demand for quality and time became too much, I believe the rest of the members couldn't, or did not want to continue, in the direction I had been taking the band.

I wish them all the best of luck with whatever they do. I will continue to perform, write music, and produce METALESQUE! at the Columbia City Theater as well as host and produce many other shows under the "Reckless Revue" moniker with my soon-to-be wife, Madisun Avenue.

Bands come, bands grow, and then bands break up. Nothing gold can stay.

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You Can Grow Ideas In The Garden Of Your Mind

Kelly O — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:51:12 -0700

I will never forgive my 8-year old self for writing Mr. Rogers that nasty piece of hate mail. When he personally wrote back, my mom read the letter with me, and told me, "I'd never get anywhere in life by being a mean little girl."

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"...falling asleep halfway through side one of Meddle."

Derek Erdman — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:17:02 -0700

There's a wonderful piece by Sub Pop Records President Jonathan Poneman in the June 2nd Sunday Review edition of the New York Times. It recalls earlier & easier days of working at a gas station in Toledo, Ohio, and gives a glimpse of the ambitious stirrings of a person who had a big part in changing the face of music as we know it.

It's short, sweet and you can read it right here.

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Happy Birthday, Mark Mothersbaugh!

Derek Erdman — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:36:07 -0700

When I was six I went to Florida with my mother and one of her crummy boyfriends. We drove from Ohio, which seemed to take 15 days. "Whip It" had just been released and was getting a ton of radio play, my mother's boyfriend grumbled every time the song came on. Just two days ago, Emily Nokes and I were arguing about what Devo song is the best Devo song. The answer is "Gut Feeling" and I'm not even sure what she said because she didn't say "Gut Feeling."

DEREK ERDMAN
"God made man, but he used the monkey to do it."

My favorite Devo bootleg is called Clockwork. It was recorded in San Francisco in 1977. The whole show is great, but the version of "Jocko Homo" is mind altering, especially the breakdown beginning at 1:40. You can download the whole thing here.

The title "Jocko Homo" came from an anti-evolution pamphlet from 1924, distributed by possible whack-job / visionary D.H. Shadduck. The entire title of the pamphlet is Jocko-Homo (Monkey Man), The Heaven Bound King of The Zoo. If you feel like freeing your brainframe, you can read the whole thing here.

Do you love Devo? Do you agree that "Gut Feeling" is the best Devo song? Go ahead and talk about it!

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