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Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. editor@thestranger.com (The Stranger Editor) webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Owner of Village Green Nursery Regrets Friday's Michelle Shocked Performance http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/29/owner-of-village-green-nursery-regrets-fridays-michelle-shocked-performance http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/29/owner-of-village-green-nursery-regrets-fridays-michelle-shocked-performance Derek Erdman <p>After last month's <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/03/18/michelle-shocked-god-hates-fags">shocking Michelle Shocked debacle</a>, <em>the Stranger</em> was surprised to receive info that the show had been rescheduled at a plant nursery in White Center. The new venue happened to be a back yard on the same property where the owner of the original venue lives. Over the weekend, the close-knit community drama unfolded on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Meanders-Kitchen/191913770836270">the Meander's Kitchen Facebook page</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VILLAGEGREENPERENNIALNURSERY">the Village Green Perennial Nursery Facebook page</a>. It appears now that most of the dramatic posts have now been deleted.</p> <p><strong>Vera Johnson</strong>, the owner of the Village Green Perennial Nursery, contacted me about having a platform to express her feelings about Friday's show.</p> <p><strong>Do you regret having Michelle Shocked play?</strong><br />Yes, I regret that after talking with Michelle that I did not take some time to separate myself from the situation and think it through. I did not have enough facts. After the show was cancelled, it dropped off my radar and I went on with my own life. Michelle showed up at my business, during work hours and persuaded me to allow her play here and answer people's questions. Under no circumstances did I intend to imply that I support bigotry or hatred. I apologize deeply to anyone that this has offended.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/1ffb/1367265993-photo.jpg" alt="Huh?" title="Huh?" width="500" height="375" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Derek Erdman</li><li class="imageCaption">Huh?</li></ul></div></p> <p><strong>Do you stand by your decision to have her perform?</strong><br />NO. I think speaking to her would have been enough and should have been enough. But it happened, and I can't change it. It's a hard lesson that I can use to learn from. I understand the frustration that is out there about this situation. I am frustrated too. I can only speak my truth and learn from my misjudgement. That is truly what this is, a misjudgement that I own. From a place of honesty, I seek forgiveness from those who were hurt as I also work through forgiving myself.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/29/owner-of-village-green-nursery-regrets-fridays-michelle-shocked-performance#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16625237&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Hetero http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/29/owner-of-village-green-nursery-regrets-fridays-michelle-shocked-performance?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16625237&id=comments 63 Owner of Village Green Nursery Regrets Friday's Michelle Shocked Performance Huh? Derek Erdman Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:30:08 -0700 The Stranger Mo-Wave Festival Highlights, In Photos http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/15/mo-wave-festival-highlights-in-photos http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/15/mo-wave-festival-highlights-in-photos Kelly O <p>Holy Ho-Mo! 'Mo-Wave totaled 33 bands, over three days, plus theater and a <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16422418">visual art show</a> (which you can still see, through May 4th.) <strong>My head is still spinning.</strong> Here are some photos of the mostly musical highlights at Chop Suey. It was an incredible and inspirational weekend, to say the least...</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/71b2/1366065424-need-mo-500.jpg" alt="Highlight #1: Rachel from the Needs drumming. Holy wow." title="Highlight #1: Rachel from the Needs drumming. Holy wow." width="500" height="596" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O</li><li class="imageCaption">Highlight #1: Rachel from the Need's drumming. Holy wow.</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/15de/1366065317-onono-500.jpg" alt="Highlight #2: This leather bikini pouch thingie, ala Ononos" title="Highlight #2: This leather bikini pouch thingie, ala Ononos" width="500" height="826" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O</li><li class="imageCaption">Highlight #2: This leather bikini pouch thingie, ala Ononos</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/a2e4/1366065777-gaythe-mo-500.jpg" alt="Gaytheist brought the hardcore" title="Gaytheist brought the hardcore" width="500" height="512" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Gaytheist brought the hardcore</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366065904-gaythe-mo-2-500.jpg" alt="You should get gay with them at Capitol Hill Block Party" title="You should get gay with them at Capitol Hill Block Party" width="500" height="421" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">You should get gay with them at Capitol Hill Block Party</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366065971-mo-mosh-2-500.jpg" alt="The best and friendliest mosh pit ever?" title="The best and friendliest mosh pit ever?" width="500" height="486" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">The best and friendliest mosh pit ever?</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366066048-mo-mosh-500.jpg" alt="Definitely the best shaved head at the Mo" title="Definitely the best shaved head at the Mo" width="500" height="702" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Definitely the best shaved head at the 'Mo</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366066209-dipper-mo-2-500.jpg" alt="Big Dipper brought the rap (and the best hairiest bear chest)" title="Big Dipper brought the rap (and the best hairiest bear chest)" width="500" height="868" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Big Dipper brought the hip hop (and the best hairiest bear chest)</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366066662-dipper-mo-1-500.jpg" alt="He also held an onstage 'Dick Bounce' contest (and just look at 'err bounce!)" title="He also held an onstage 'Dick Bounce' contest (and just look at 'err bounce!)" width="500" height="849" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">He also held an onstage 'Dick Bounce' contest (and just look at 'err bounce!)</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366066698-dipper-mo-3-500.jpg" alt="Dick Bounce Winner!" title="Dick Bounce Winner! " width="500" height="596" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Dick Bounce Winner! </li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366066935-night_cadet-mo-500.jpg" alt="Im sad I missed so many daytime shows, like Child Birth, Dick Binge, Pony Time, and Night Cadet (two members pictured)" title="Im sad I missed so many daytime shows, like Child Birth, Dick Binge, Pony Time, and Night Cadet (two members pictured)" width="500" height="572" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">I'm sad I missed so many daytime shows, like Child Birth, Dick Binge, Pony Time, and Night Cadet (two members pictured)</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366067168-mo-beards-500.jpg" alt="Im also sad that I can never grow a beard..." title="Im also sad that I can never grow a beard..." width="500" height="697" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">I'm also sad that I can never grow a beard...</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366067228-ade-mo-500.jpg" alt="... or ever wear a dress like Ade" title="... or ever wear a dress like Ade" width="500" height="734" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">... or ever wear a dress like Ade</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366067357-team_d-mo-5.jpg" alt="Queercore heroes Team Dresch ruled Saturday night" title="Queercore heroes Team Dresch ruled Saturday night" width="500" height="658" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Queercore heroes Team Dresch ruled Saturday night...</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366067433-team_d-mo-500.jpg" alt="...and brought the house down with their encore, a cover of a Smiths song" title="...and brought the house down with their encore, a cover of a Smiths song" width="500" height="779" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">...and brought the house down with their encore, a cover of a Smiths song</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366067592-dynasty-1-500.jpg" alt="On Sunday, Dynasty Handbag blew my mind to tiny bits, with every word and fake machine gun shot" title="On Sunday, Dynasty Handbag blew my mind to tiny bits, with every word and fake machine gun shot" width="500" height="704" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">On Sunday, Dynasty Handbag blew my mind to tiny bits, with every word and every fake machine gun shot</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366069191-double_duch-500-1.jpg" alt="Double Duchess started the dance party at Chop Suey..." title="Double Duchess started the dance party at Chop Suey..." width="500" height="880" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Double Duchess started the dance party at Chop Suey...</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366069312-dance-finale-1-500.jpg" alt="...and ended it at Pony. " title="...and ended it at Pony." width="500" height="424" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">...and ended it at Pony. </li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366069894-butt-2-500.jpg" alt="Lots of great queer parties end with Pony (and sometimes zebras)" title="Lots of great queer parties end with Pony (and sometimes zebras)" width="500" height="511" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Lots of great queer parties end with Pony (and sometimes zebras)</li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/04/15/1366069959-butts-500.jpg" alt="See you next year!" title="See you next year!" width="500" height="492" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">See you next year!</li></ul></div></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><small>All photos Kelly O</small></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/15/mo-wave-festival-highlights-in-photos#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16502193&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Hetero Photo #1 Fan http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/15/mo-wave-festival-highlights-in-photos?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16502193&id=comments 10 Mo-Wave Festival Highlights, In Photos Highlight #2: This leather bikini pouch thingie, ala Ononos Kelly O Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:25:42 -0700 The Stranger New Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: The NSFW Video http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/02/07/new-nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds-the-nsfw-video http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/02/07/new-nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds-the-nsfw-video Kelly O <p>How has YouTube <strong>not put the smackdown</strong> on those<strong> BARE BOOOOOOBIES </strong>at the 3:54 mark?! Not that I *want* them to, but I've been kicked off of YouTube twice, on lesser boob violations. I guess YouTube is less strict, as long as <br /><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/01/25/matador-records-says-perfume-genius-intro-video-rejected-by-youtube&view=comments">it's straight&#8212;no homo?</a> Actor Ray Winstone even puts said bare boobie IN HIS MOUTH at 4:09 mark.</p> <p>Also... <strong>Nick Cave is back?</strong> I like this song! Yah?</p> <p>Video after the jump...</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="500" height="255" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xCxHvNl9MmQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/02/07/new-nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds-the-nsfw-video#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15953370&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Hetero Sex http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/02/07/new-nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds-the-nsfw-video?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15953370&id=comments 2 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:41:08 -0800 The Stranger TUCK is Tonight, with Pageant Queens, Butch Bois, Gender-F*ckers, Femmes, Bearded Ladies, Fish and... Vockah Redu http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/25/tuck-is-tonight-with-pageant-queens-butch-bois-gender-fckers-femmes-bearded-ladies-fish-and-vockah-redu http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/25/tuck-is-tonight-with-pageant-queens-butch-bois-gender-fckers-femmes-bearded-ladies-fish-and-vockah-redu Kelly O <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/61b5/1359153501-v-ko.jpg" alt="Vockah: Before and After" title="Vockah: Before and After" width="500" height="304" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O</li><li class="imageCaption">Vockah: Before and After</li></ul></div></p> <p>Tonight, in the second installment of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=328766643894987&set=oa.471389652924666&type=1&theater"> TUCK at Chop Suey</a>, you can not only can basque in the glamour-glow of host <a href="http://bendelacreme.com/">BenDeLaCreme</a>&#8212;alongside <strong>Ade</strong>, Aleksa Manila, <strong>Jackie Hell</strong>, Mama Tits, <strong>Robbie Turner</strong>, and fly girls <strong>MicKiki</strong>&#8212;you also get to dance with New Orleans Booty God, <strong>Vockah Redu</strong>:</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="500" height="255" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_0l16GeSSlI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>I hear there's an advice booth <strong>THAT REALLY WORKS</strong> (!), and just like last time <br />(<a href="http://www.thehillhaseyes.com/2012/11/30/tuck-chop-suey/">see photos</a>), a chance to get a fabulous makeover by Miss Jackie Hell.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:312px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/7315/1359149335-jm.jpg" alt="Pretty baby: Jackie Hell makeover magic" title="Pretty baby: Jackie Hell makeover magic" width="300" height="300" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Photo by DJ Clam-Master J</li><li class="imageCaption">Pretty baby: Jackie Hell makeover magic</li></ul></div></p> <p>Giiirl, what are you waiting for? There's outfits to prepare! <a href="http://www.strangertickets.com/events/6935857/bendelacreme-chop-suey-presents-tuck">Purchase tickets here</a>. $10/ $8 in drag. Arrive before 10:30 and have your name entered in a raffle to win $100 cash. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/311873898914649/">More info here!</a></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/25/tuck-is-tonight-with-pageant-queens-butch-bois-gender-fckers-femmes-bearded-ladies-fish-and-vockah-redu#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15843671&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Hetero Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/25/tuck-is-tonight-with-pageant-queens-butch-bois-gender-fckers-femmes-bearded-ladies-fish-and-vockah-redu?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15843671&id=comments 1 TUCK is Tonight, with Pageant Queens, Butch Bois, Gender-F*ckers, Femmes, Bearded Ladies, Fish and... Vockah Redu Pretty baby! Jackie Hell makeover magic! Photo by DJ Clam-Master J Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:17:28 -0800 The Stranger New Drag Night: TUCK! (And/Or Would You Let This Woman Give You a Makeover?) http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/28/new-drag-night-tuck-andor-would-you-let-this-woman-give-you-a-makeover http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/28/new-drag-night-tuck-andor-would-you-let-this-woman-give-you-a-makeover Kelly O <p>Have you been dreaming about a holiday makeover? Maybe you're too shy to go to the Nordstrom counter? Well, Friday is your chance to make ALL these dreams come true... <strong>with beauty consultant Jackie Hell.</strong></p> <p><a href="http://bendelacreme.com/">BenDeLaCreme</a> is hosting a brand <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-homosexual-agenda/Content?oid=15391053">new night called TUCK</a>, this Friday, at Chop Suey, which includes a kissing booth with Jinx Monsoon (SWOON!) and makeover station <del>manned</del> operated by Jackie Hell and Aleksa Manila (SHEXY!)</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/7b26/1354136729-jackie-hell-4-____kelly-o.jpg" alt="Jackie loves her leeeeepshitck!" title="Jackie loves her leeeeepshitck!" width="500" height="496" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O</li><li class="imageCaption">Jackie loves her leeeeep'shitck!</li></ul></div></p> <blockquote><p>Check the weave, lacquer the lids, and strap on those cha cha heels! Pageant queens, gender-f*ckers, bearded ladies, fish&#8212;however you DO drag, however you LOVE drag&#8212;come out and FLAUNT IT. </p></blockquote> <p><em>Full press release, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/174134772725870/">HERE</a>, and after the jump! </em></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:416px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/11/28/1354137691-tuck.jpg" alt="tuck.jpg" title="" width="404" height="404" /></div></p> <blockquote><p>BenDeLaCreme Presents "TUCK" at Chop Suey</p> <p>A Killer Kiki for Queens on the Scene.</p> <p><br />Check the weave, lacquer the lids, and strap on those cha cha heels! <br />Pageant queens, gender-f*ckers, bearded ladies, fish - however you DO drag, however you LOVE drag- come out and FLAUNT IT. </p> <p><br />No time to put together a look? No problem! Our beauty consultants are on hand to bring YOUR look to the next level:</p> <p><br />&#183; Visit ALEKSA MANILA and JACKIE HELL in our MAKEOVER BOOTHS! <br />&#183; Get your whore-scope told by our featured fortune teller and ass-strologist, ADE! <br />&#183; Feelin' Frisky? Saddle up to JINKX MONSOON's late night kissing booth!<br />&#183; Also featuring ROBBIE TURNER, MAMA TITS and your HOSTESS BENDELACREME!<br />&#183; Put that sweat-proof makeup to the test with DJs PANTY DROPPER &amp; CLAM MASTER J! <br />&#183; THE HOUSE OF CHARLATAN will be tearin' up the dance floor all night! </p> <p><br />Performances throughout the evening! <br />Happy hour drinks until 10:30!<br />ARRIVE BEFORE 10:30 AND BE ENTERED TO WIN $100!</p> <p><br />Nov 30th Doors at 9pm</p> <p>$10 at the door <br />or $8 in DRAG</p></blockquote> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/28/new-drag-night-tuck-andor-would-you-let-this-woman-give-you-a-makeover#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15398176&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Hetero Fashion Party! http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/28/new-drag-night-tuck-andor-would-you-let-this-woman-give-you-a-makeover?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15398176&id=comments 2 New Drag Night: TUCK! (And/Or Would You Let This Woman Give You a Makeover?) Jackie Hell loves her leeeeep'shitck! Kelly O Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:15:25 -0800 The Stranger Seduction: Seattle's Sexiest Halloween Party in Photos http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/31/seduction-seattles-sexiest-halloween-party-in-photos http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/31/seduction-seattles-sexiest-halloween-party-in-photos Kelly O <p>Seduction is an annual party in Fremont <a href="http://www.seattleerotic.org/seduction/">sponsored by the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival</a>. In addition to all the costumed folks, there was an erotic art showcase, and interactive experiences like ultraviolet body painting, and decorative bondage. <strong>I saw a lot of people making out.</strong> Also, like any good Halloween party should, there was a costume contest, where Seduction <a href="http://www.seattleerotic.org/seduction-costume-contest/">gave away over $3,000</a> worth of prizes. How d'ya like them apples? <strong>Happy "Sexy" Halloween!</strong></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/3840/1351715982-s_7609.jpg" alt="s_7609.jpg" title="" width="500" height="496" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:462px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/f153/1351715468-lead.jpg" alt="lead.jpg" title="" width="450" height="704" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p><em><small>More photos after the jump! May be NSFW...</small></em></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351716162-s_7539.jpg" alt="s_7539.jpg" title="" width="500" height="893" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351716232-s_7542.jpg" alt="s_7542.jpg" title="" width="500" height="832" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351716260-s_7534.jpg" alt="s_7534.jpg" title="" width="500" height="693" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717637-s_7606.jpg" alt="s_7606.jpg" title="" width="500" height="931" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351716370-s_7555.jpg" alt="s_7555.jpg" title="" width="500" height="550" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351716399-s_7554.jpg" alt="s_7554.jpg" title="" width="500" height="826" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351716606-s_7616.jpg" alt="s_7616.jpg" title="" width="500" height="639" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351716109-s_7629.jpg" alt="s_7629.jpg" title="" width="500" height="791" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351716912-s_7601.jpg" alt="s_7601.jpg" title="" width="500" height="623" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351716986-s_7627.jpg" alt="s_7627.jpg" title="" width="500" height="808" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717072-s_7618.jpg" alt="s_7618.jpg" title="" width="500" height="724" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717110-s_7530.jpg" alt="s_7530.jpg" title="" width="500" height="533" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717145-s_7565.jpg" alt="s_7565.jpg" title="" width="500" height="678" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717180-s_7550.jpg" alt="s_7550.jpg" title="" width="500" height="688" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717219-s_7561.jpg" alt="s_7561.jpg" title="" width="500" height="827" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717258-s_7577.jpg" alt="s_7577.jpg" title="" width="500" height="873" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717324-s_7572.jpg" alt="s_7572.jpg" title="" width="500" height="651" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717351-s_7587.jpg" alt="s_7587.jpg" title="" width="500" height="721" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717403-s_7599.jpg" alt="s_7599.jpg" title="" width="500" height="660" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717538-s_7604.jpg" alt="s_7604.jpg" title="" width="500" height="809" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717573-s_7610.jpg" alt="s_7610.jpg" title="" width="500" height="868" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717677-s_7602.jpg" alt="s_7602.jpg" title="" width="500" height="716" /></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717607-s_7622.jpg" alt="s_7622.jpg" title="" width="500" height="938" /></div></p> <p><br />THE END!</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/10/31/1351717739-s_7564.jpg" alt="s_7564.jpg" title="" width="500" height="854" /></div></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><small>All photos Kelly O</small></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/31/seduction-seattles-sexiest-halloween-party-in-photos#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15151748&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Hetero Party! Photo http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/31/seduction-seattles-sexiest-halloween-party-in-photos?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15151748&id=comments 11 Seduction: Seattle's Sexiest Halloween Party in Photos Kelly O Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:45:20 -0700 The Stranger Black Lips Share A Big, Faggy, Gay Kiss At Chick-fil-A http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/03/black-lips-share-a-big-faggy-gay-kiss-at-chick-fil-a http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/03/black-lips-share-a-big-faggy-gay-kiss-at-chick-fil-a Kelly O <p>First, <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-least-subtle-tweets-from-chick-fil-a-appreciat">read this collection of posts</a>, so you remember what exactly what sort of morons we are currently sharing the good ole U-S-Of-A with...</p> <p>...then <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151321138912782&set=a.93174247781.105026.36796762781&type=1&theater">CLICK HERE</a> to see a picture of Cole and Jared from the Black Lips playing tonsil hockey at Chick-fil-A. I say more musicians should help get the <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/torrance-police-detectives-reviewing-chick-fil-a-security-cameras.html">kiss-in protests</a> fired up. <strong>WHO SHOULD KISS NEXT?</strong></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/03/black-lips-share-a-big-faggy-gay-kiss-at-chick-fil-a#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14357216&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Hetero #1 Fan http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/03/black-lips-share-a-big-faggy-gay-kiss-at-chick-fil-a?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14357216&id=comments 4 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:38:44 -0700 The Stranger Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis: "Same Love" Released Today http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/07/18/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-same-love-released-today http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/07/18/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-same-love-released-today Kelly O <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/07ec/1342636949-samelove-blog-web_4_.png" alt="SAMELOVE-BLOG-WEB_4_.png" title="" width="500" height="500" /></div></p> <p>Stop everything you're doing and listen to this brand new song,<strong> "Same Love."</strong> I'm not joking. <strong>This is BIG.</strong> It was written in support of Macklemore and Lewis' partnership with the Music For Marriage Equality campaign and Sub Pop Records. Read more about Music For Marriage, by <em>The Stranger</em>'s Dominic Holden <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/all-you-wonderful-fuckers-are-straight/Content?oid=13970851">HERE</a>. Also find more information, and several excellent video testimonials buy local musicians, at <a href="http://music4marriage.org/">music4marriage.org</a>.</p> <p><br /><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F53266690&show_artwork=true"></iframe></p> <p><br />Sub Pop will release the track as a limited run 7" on 7/31, with all proceeds going to benefit the Music for Marriage Equality campaign. The song will also appear on Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis' debut LP <strong><em>The Heist</em></strong> which they'll independently release on 10/9. </p> <p><em><small>Read Macklemore's personal official statement after the jump.</small></em></p> <p><br /><strong>Love is love</strong>, and please <strong>vote YES on Referendum 74.</strong></p> <blockquote><p><strong>OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY MACKLEMORE:</strong></p> <p>This song, which I wrote in April, is a response to what I have observed and experienced, and is also an act of personal accountability. It was not easy to write, and I struggled with how I, as a straight male, could genuinely speak upon this issue. </p> <p>Initially, I tried writing from the perspective of a gay, bullied kid, but after getting some feedback, I felt it wasn&#8217;t my story to tell. What I do know, and where I wrote from, is my own perspective growing up in a culture where&#8220;that&#8217;s gay&#8221; was commonplace, with a huge stigma on those who identified and were perceived as gay.</p> <p>Growing up in the Catholic Church, I saw first-hand how easily religion became a platform for hate and prejudice. Those who &#8220;believed&#8221; were excused from their own judgments, bypassing the stark issue of basic civil rights.</p> <p>But, more influential to me as a kid than the church was hip hop, my cultural foundation that influenced my worldview.</p> <p>Unfortunately, intolerance of the gay community in hip hop is widespread. The best rappers will use homophobic language on albums that critics rave about, making hip hop and homophobia inextricably linked. We have sidestepped the issue entirely, become numb to the languagethat we use, and are increasingly blinded to our own prejudice.</p> <p>The consequence and impact of what we say, and the culture of shame and abuse it creates, has very real, sometimes deadly impacts upon LGBTQ young people looking for acceptance and belonging.</p> <p>As somebody that believes in equal rights for all humans, you can only watch poison regurgitated for so long. </p> <p>I am not saying that intolerance is exclusive to hip hop. Hip hop culture is a part of American culture, and America can be scared, fearful, and prejudiced against its own. My intent is not to scrutinize or single out hip hop. It happens to be the culture that has profoundly shaped me, and the one I feel most accountable to.</p> <p>Hip hop is influential to young people, and frames the mindset of the generation that will decide how inclusive and accepting we are.</p> <p>More than anything, I am aware of how comfortable I (and many other straight people) have become in staying silent on this issue. If we choose to not speak on an issue of injustice out of fear, or how our peers might perceive us, we're part of the problem. We know the truth, and vainly refuse to uphold it, when people's lives are caught in the balance.</p> <p>In the last couple of months, amazing things have happened that show progress and accountability to ensure that the LGBTQ community has the same rights and respect as everyone else. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES came out in support of gay marriage. Jay-Z, arguably the biggest rapper in the world, then followed. Finally, Frank Ocean felt comfortable enough with himself to share his sexuality in his music and came out last week. That is courage. </p> <p>This song is a humble submission to help bring this conversation to the surface, so that we can reflect on the language we use, and how powerful it can be. Rethinking, and understanding the gravity of how we communicate with each other. Change happens when dialogue happens. When we confront our prejudice and are honest with ourselves, there is room for growth, and there is room for justice.</p> <p>After I wrote this song, I played it for a friend of mine who happened to be involved with the Music for Marriage Equality campaign, uniting musicians to help Washington state become the very first to approve marriage equality by a public vote in November.</p> <p>My hope is that my personal testimony can help in some way to not only advance the dialogue and approve Referendum 74, but also to help shape a culture of belonging in which ALL people are equal. </p> <p><br /><em>&#8220;If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.&#8221;</em> &#8211; Lilla Watson </p></blockquote> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/07/18/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-same-love-released-today#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14215182&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> New Releases Homo Hetero http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/07/18/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-same-love-released-today?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14215182&id=comments 9 Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis: "Same Love" Released Today Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:35:44 -0700 The Stranger Seattle's First Co-Ed Wet T-Shirt Contest @ The Funhouse http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/07/05/seattles-first-co-ed-wet-t-shirt-contest-the-funhouse http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/07/05/seattles-first-co-ed-wet-t-shirt-contest-the-funhouse Kelly O <p>As anyone who knows me already knows&#8212;I am always PRO wet t-shirt contest. Suddenly, though, here's a CO-ED wet t-shirt contest <strong>this Friday, July 6th</strong>. I mean, I love a man in a wet shirt, but isn't this sort of thing <em>lady-time?</em> Isn't this the only time it's appropriate to type 8-zero-zero-8-5 on your phone and send to your friend who's watching the contest on the other side of the stage?</p> <p>Read more about <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/383172148391213/">Summer Fest 666: Wet Tee and Hot Dog Eating Contest + Music</a> @ the Funhouse.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/a06c/1341524748-wet.jpg" alt="Wet T-Shirt @ Testicle Festival in Clinton Montana" title="Wet T-Shirt @ Testicle Festival in Clinton Montana" width="500" height="461" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O</li><li class="imageCaption">Wet T-Shirt @ Testicle Festival in Clinton Montana</li></ul></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/07/05/seattles-first-co-ed-wet-t-shirt-contest-the-funhouse#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14105516&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Hetero Upcoming http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/07/05/seattles-first-co-ed-wet-t-shirt-contest-the-funhouse?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14105516&id=comments 5 Seattle's First Co-Ed Wet T-Shirt Contest @ The Funhouse Wet T-Shirt @ Testicle Festival in Clinton Montana Kelly O Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:49:46 -0700 The Stranger Washington Is For Lovers! http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/06/19/washington-is-for-lovers http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/06/19/washington-is-for-lovers Kelly O <p><strong>Gays and lovers of gays:</strong> what are you wearing to Seattle Pride this weekend? Maybe this locally-made shirt "Washington Is For Lovers", oops, I mean "Washington Is For Gay Lovers"?</em></p> <p>Hurry, and order one <a href="http://tendervalidations.bigcartel.com/">from Tender Validations</a>. They're donating a percentage of the profits from the shirt to <a href="http://music4marriage.org/">Music for Marriage Equality</a>. </p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:397px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/9cc6/1340144045-pride.jpg" alt="pride.jpg" title="" width="385" height="389" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">tendervalidations.bigcartel.com</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/06/19/washington-is-for-lovers#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13967632&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Hetero Fashion http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/06/19/washington-is-for-lovers?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13967632&id=comments 0 Washington Is For Lovers! tendervalidations.bigcartel.com Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:04:54 -0700 The Stranger What Are You Doing On December 29th? http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/14/what-are-you-doing-on-december-29th http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/14/what-are-you-doing-on-december-29th Kelly O <p>You could always go to the<a href="http://www.tulalipresort.com/entertainment/orca-ballroom.aspx"> Orca Ballroom at the Tulalip Casino</a>, I'm just sayin'. </p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BQeTcsTizJQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/14/what-are-you-doing-on-december-29th#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=11087721&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Hetero Dancing Upcoming http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/14/what-are-you-doing-on-december-29th?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=11087721&id=comments 1 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:57:45 -0800 The Stranger Get Dressed to the Nines for Charity @ Re-bar Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/02/get-dressed-to-the-nines-for-charity-re-bar-tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/02/get-dressed-to-the-nines-for-charity-re-bar-tonight Kelly O <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z542dnZsSjQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <blockquote><p>"Celebrate the holiday season in style with Ad&#233; at Re-bar at the Black and White Ball&#8212;a holiday party and benefit for <a href="http://www.llaa.org/">Lifelong AIDS Alliance</a>&#8212;with DJs Riz and El Toro and performances by Vintage Youth, Ad&#233;, and fashions by Artstar, Danial Webster, Jordan Christianson and Lenna Peterson. Come dress up to the nines (in black and white). $10 cover for black &amp; white formal wear, $15 without."</p></blockquote> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><em><small>Re-bar, 1114 Howell St, 233-9873, 10:30 pm, 21+<br /></small></em></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/02/get-dressed-to-the-nines-for-charity-re-bar-tonight#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=10933843&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Hetero Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/12/02/get-dressed-to-the-nines-for-charity-re-bar-tonight?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=10933843&id=comments 0 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:10:56 -0800 The Stranger In Utero: Not Nirvana's. Mickey Hart's Unborn Son's Heartbeat http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/11/18/in-utero-not-nirvanas-mickey-harts-unborn-sons-heartbeat http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/11/18/in-utero-not-nirvanas-mickey-harts-unborn-sons-heartbeat Trent Moorman <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:262px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/11/18/1321652185-tpear.jpg" alt="The process of normal human childbirth is categorized in three stages of labor: the shortening and dilation of the cervix, descent and birth of the infant, and birth of the placenta. Except when a shakuhachi flute is played. Then all the shit just flies out at the same time like its on a log flume ride." title="The process of normal human childbirth is categorized in three stages of labor: the shortening and dilation of the cervix, descent and birth of the infant, and birth of the placenta. Except when a shakuhachi flute is played. Then all the shit just flies out at the same time like its on a log flume ride." width="250" height="333" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">The process of normal human childbirth is categorized in three stages of labor: the shortening and dilation of the cervix, descent and birth of the infant, and birth of the placenta. Except when a shakuhachi flute is played. Then all the shit just flies out at the same time like it's on a log flume ride.</li></ul></div><em><a href="http://mickeyhart.net/">Music to be Born By</a></em> is a 70-minute soundscape created to sonically aid in the birth of Mickey Hart&#8217;s son, Taro. Taro&#8217;s heartbeat was recorded in utero and played back during his birth. Then several of Hart&#8217;s friends asked if they could use the recording for their own babies&#8217; births. Then Hart decided to release the recording to the public. Taro's heartbeat, is overdubbed with bass harmonics, drums, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakuhachi">shakuhachi flute</a>. </p> <p>As soon as a shakuhachi flute gets played, the baby flies out, like it's running down the side of a mountain. </p> <p>Here now is the sound of Mickey Hart's unborn son's heartbeat, and instruments.</p> <p><iframe id="tsFrame87104" src="http://cdn.topspin.net/api/v2/widget/player/87104" width="240" height="44" frameborder="0"></iframe></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/11/18/in-utero-not-nirvanas-mickey-harts-unborn-sons-heartbeat#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=10757955&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Life Hetero Street http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/11/18/in-utero-not-nirvanas-mickey-harts-unborn-sons-heartbeat?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=10757955&id=comments 0 In Utero: Not Nirvana's. Mickey Hart's Unborn Son's Heartbeat The process of normal human childbirth is categorized in three stages of labor: the shortening and dilation of the cervix, descent and birth of the infant, and birth of the placenta. Except when a shakuhachi flute is played. Then all the shit just flies out at the same time like it's on a log flume ride. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:11:23 -0800 The Stranger Big Freedia Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/06/25/big-freedia-tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/06/25/big-freedia-tonight Kelly O <p>Don't miss the Queen Diva! Wildrose! <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/06/23/rainbow-arabia-this-weekend">GO</a>!</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="500" height="286" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/A-cT6SwFIHA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/06/25/big-freedia-tonight#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=8802428&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Hetero Dancing http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/06/25/big-freedia-tonight?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=8802428&id=comments 0 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:40:18 -0700 The Stranger Learn to Bounce Dat Ass, New Orleans Style http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/06/10/learn-to-bounce-dat-ass-new-orleans-style http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/06/10/learn-to-bounce-dat-ass-new-orleans-style Kelly O <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:212px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/06/10/1307741132-vrflyer.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/06/10/thumb-1307741132-vrflyer.jpg" alt="Hi, Im your total babe dance instructor" title="Hi, Im your total babe dance instructor" width="200" height="295" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">click to enlarge</li><li class="imageCaption">Hi, I'm your total babe dance instructor</li></ul></div>Um, hey, the clock's ticking. The hour is almost upon us. Do you know how much New Orleans bounce is gonna be at this year's Gay Pride? There is gonna be <a href="http://youtu.be/2iTc2vtjxXk">azz everywhere</a>, and I don't want all of us standing around, mouths agape. What we need, as barely-dancing Seattleites, is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZxFnp-_nNg">PRACTICE</a>. Practice, <a href="http://youtu.be/d1NksG9xono">practice</a>, and more <a href="http://youtu.be/QgJbN6Ul09E">practice</a>. I recently got to talk to New Orleans heartthrob Vockah Redu. I asked him how much size mattered, in the booty dept, and he reassured me, "<strong>Size doesn't matter. Practice makes perfect.</strong> To move your rump up and down, round an' round, is about creativity and motions of your body". </p> <p>Well, that's kind of reassuring.<strong> I wish there was some sort of class</strong>... Oh wait: <strong>THERE IS</strong>. Vockah Redu &amp; the Cru are teaching a dance and workout class next Thursday, June 16th, from 6-7 pm, at FRED Wildlife Center (see flyer).</p> <p><strong>Maybe there is hope for us</strong>. Redu also performs at the <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Cart?add=7907466&section=4059989">Trouble Bouncy Ball</a> Pre-Pride Party, next Saturday the 18th, at FRED Wildlife Refuge (advance tickets available at Rudy&#8217;s Barbershops), and then again at the always fun-as-hell <a href="http://www.thewildrosebar.com/">Wild Rose</a> beer garden stage, during Pride proper, on Saturday the 24th, performing alongside Big Freedia. Oh, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/magazine/25bounce-t.html">Big Freedia</a>! This is going to be dancin'-est, funnest Seattle Gay Pride, in the history of Seattle Gay Pride. Mark my words.</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JiaF9RXSuUY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/06/10/learn-to-bounce-dat-ass-new-orleans-style#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=8574944&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Hetero Dancing http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/06/10/learn-to-bounce-dat-ass-new-orleans-style?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=8574944&id=comments 15 Learn to Bounce Dat Ass, New Orleans Style Hi, I'm your total babe dance instructor click to enlarge Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:30:07 -0700 The Stranger Dear Sebadoh Fans http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/02/11/dear-sebadoh-fans http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/02/11/dear-sebadoh-fans Travis Ritter <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:412px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/02/11/1297414866-sebadoh-01-wide.jpg" alt="Sebadoh-01-wide.jpg" title="" width="400" height="309" /></div></p> <p>Tomorrow night, you will experience a part of Sebadoh that you have been pining for. That part that reveals itself to you. Drawing exclusively from <em>Harmacy</em> and <em>Bakesale</em>, there are many moments where you feel like you've been transported to that head space you were in fifteen years ago, the place that you had a hard time letting out your feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelings, before you grew some balls and decided to cry at the theater with your girlfriend, and in the bed next to her as you struggled to get it back up. </p> <p>Sebadoh didn't play "Willing To Wait." I wouldn't have left if they did. But don't worry, dudes. They will still play some rippers (Jason Lowenstein is playing bass, after all... this ain't no Gaffney/Barlow circle jerk). Get ready for the beauty of the ride. </p> <p>Sebadoh plays Neumos on Saturday, February 12. Open up your heart and let them in.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/02/11/dear-sebadoh-fans#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=6710693&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Hetero Party! Portland Upcoming http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/02/11/dear-sebadoh-fans?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=6710693&id=comments 0 Dear Sebadoh Fans Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:11:17 -0800 The Stranger Caperin': I Have A Dream That Children Will Not Learn Today http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/01/17/caperin-i-have-a-dream-that-children-will-not-learn-today http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/01/17/caperin-i-have-a-dream-that-children-will-not-learn-today Derek Erdman <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/01/17/1295268636-headr_.jpg" alt="HEADR_.jpg" title="" width="500" height="107" /></div></p> <p><strong>FREE <em>FREE AMANDA KNOX</em> PAINTING:</strong> Here is a painting that is for free. To win this 18"x24" painting and have it sent to your home (Anytown, USA), simply leave a really, really good haiku in the comments section. My roommates Ruben &amp; Lacey will pick the one that they like most and that will be the winner. (Tip: they like ZZ Top, dogs, and pizza). They're not getting home from Texas until 9pm tonight, so you have all day to do this. It seems that most of the evidence given against lil' Manders Knox <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/15/amanda-knox-defense-encou_n_809517.html">was provided by a drug-dealing homeless man</a>, so there's a really good chance she'll be chompin' crispy burritos at the West Seattle Taco Time in no time.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:404px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/01/17/1295271022-free_amanda_knox_.jpg" alt="Amanda Knox celebrated Christmas playing guitar and eating turkey ." title="Amanda Knox celebrated Christmas playing guitar and eating turkey ." width="392" height="504" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Amanda Knox celebrated Christmas playing guitar and eating turkey .</li></ul></div></p> <p><strong>JEEZ LOUISE, THIS TOWN IS DEPRESSING.</strong> The weather in this city is the p-i-t-s! I don't think I've ever been so depressed in my life. Everybody told me to take vitamin D and luckily I found a bottle of supplements for teenaged girls in the medicine cabinet. Then I found myself watching the worst possible TV that I could find streaming on NetFlix. This mostly meant <em>Man Vs. Food</em>, <em>American Pickers</em> and unauthorized biographies, the best being <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xe7e0i_a-beatle-in-benton-george-harrison_shortfilms">a wonderfully boring documentary about a house that George Harrison once slept in</a>. Eventually I settled on the very worst thing to ever come through television, <em>The Secret Life of the American Teenager</em>. As our own Alithea O'Dell put it, "At that point you are scraping the bottom of the barrel of life."</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/01/17/1295280606-p_teen.jpg" alt="The secret life of this pregnant television teen involves eating a chicken wing." title="The secret life of this pregnant television teen involves eating a chicken wing." width="500" height="300" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">The secret life of this pregnant television teen involves eating a chicken wing.</li></ul></div></p> <p><strong>HOLY F!</strong> Caperin' followers will certainly remember that when I moved here I started a <a href="http://www.seattlephodelivery.com">$32 Pho Delivery service</a>. On Saturday night I received <a href="http://derekerdman.com/1/photo_pho.jpg">my first order via text message</a>. I got really excited but I was confused about how to go about delivering hot food on a rainy &amp; busy Saturday night. Alas, I arrived at the door of the hotel room at nearly the exact minute I had estimated. A woman in a robe answered and I handed her the leaky plastic bag. I felt really bad that I was delivering soup that cost $7.50 for $39.50 so I told her that it would simply be $30. She gave me $40 and insisted that I keep it and I did, even though my $32 Pho Delivery service has a strict policy against tipping.</p> <p><strong>CAPERIN' EXCLUSIVE - Local Woman Recalls Post-Punk Cuddle Shocker</strong></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/01/17/1295268775-ss_et_mes.jpg" alt="ss_et_mes.jpg" title="" width="500" height="269" /></div></p> <p><em>Months ago, everybody's friend Suzie Strait revealed to me that she'd once spent time on a floor with old-timey Mancunian, Mark E. Smith. Now, I reveal to you the gory details.</em></p> <p><strong> Caperin: You once told me that you had a spooning session with the singer for the Fall, Mark E. Smith. When did this happen? </strong><br />Suzie Strait: I&#8217;m notoriously bad with dates and all, but it would have been summer of 2000. </p> <p><strong>What country were you in? </strong> <br />I was in Edinburgh, Scotland. I lived there for a year from September 1999 to September 2000.</p> <p><strong>What were the events that led up to the spooning? </strong><br />Well, my buddy and I decided to hit the town. You know, drink some pints, shoot some dirty pool, be too loud in the streets, goof off, etc. Anyway, I guess we stayed out pretty late and drank a lot of McEwan's 90. Oh! It must have been June. You see, Edinburgh hosts a fringe/international festival during the month of august that causes the population to nearly double. Pubs stay open until 4am, alleyways turn into venues, locals get pissed, and debauchery abounds. Add to this the fact that there are only four or five hours of darkness, and you've got a party on your hands. So my friend and I were enjoying ourselves until the wee hours when we decided to go back to his place to crash. He lived with his girlfriend, whom I had met on occasion and liked, and he offered me the floor for the night. When we got there, he struggled to get his key in the door. After a short while, the door flew open and whoosh! There stood his girlfriend, livid. Apparently he hadn't been home for three or more days, so she was worried and upset. Not one to draw attention to the fact that he's with his lady friend, platonic though it was, I eeked past the door and into the apartment. I saw a scrawny dude sitting on the floor in the corner, so I went to go sit by him. He wasn't very talkative, so I crawled over to the record player, found <em>Let It Be</em> by the Replacements, started to sing along to "I Will Dare", sat back down, and immediately fell asleep. </p> <p><strong>Can you recall some of the things that Mark E. Smith said? </strong><br />I don't really think he said anything. I think he grunted. </p> <p><strong>Did you find him physically appealing? </strong><br />No. But I wasn't repulsed either. He was just another person crashing on the floor. I had no idea he was Mark E. Smith, either. It was only a few days later when I ran into my friend that he asked me what I thought of Mark E. Smith. "Huh. Really? Wow. Funny." That was all I could say.</p> <p><strong>Do you remember anything specific about him as a person? </strong> <br />He was little. </p> <p><strong>Was Mark E. Smith good at spooning? </strong> <br />I don't remember. I woke up the next morning after having fallen asleep and we were spooning. It was all very innocent, really. Since he was little, I wasn't very warm. But, he was a gentleman. His arm was around me, and I survived.</p> <p><strong>Were you a fan of the Fall at the time?</strong><br />You know, I had heard some stuff by the Fall and liked a lot of what I heard, but I was not and even today am not that familiar with his vast catalog of tunes. </p> <p><strong>If the opportunity arose, would you spoon with Mark E. Smith again? </strong> <br />Hmm, I do like spooning. If I was 21, living in Scotland, sleeping on a cold floor, and he was next to me, I would not hesitate to spoon. I think in true light I would be kinda grossed out if I saw him now. Plus, he's a notorious dick.</p> <p><strong>Do you have any advice to others who might have the opportunity to spoon with Mark E. Smith?</strong><br />Suzie Strait: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJcCzWcgPsY">Listen to the Replacements</a>!</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/01/17/1295266736-header_.jpg" alt="HEADER_.jpg" title="" width="500" height="146" /></div></p> <p>DATE: Wednesday, January 5th<br />PLACE: <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Search?search=music&location=24245">The Funhouse</a><br />LINEUP: Detective Agency, Butts, Pony Time, Babies</p> <p><em>Matt:</em> Oh God, this place.<br /><em>Audrey:</em> I think the Funhouse is the best place in Seattle to see shows.<br /><em>Matt:</em> There's Chlamydia on the merch table.<br /><em>Audrey:</em> At least they have a free water jug, you like that.<br /><em>Matt:</em> There's Chlamydia on the basketball.<br /><em>Audrey:</em> It's not that dirty here.<br /><em>Matt:</em> I think Carlos Ruiz put this show together.<br /><em>Audrey:</em> He's a cool guy &amp; a great artist.<br /><em>Matt:</em> It would be nice if I could actually read the fliers that he makes.<br /><em>Audrey:</em> What is this first band?<br /><em>Matt:</em> They're called Detective Agency.<br /><em>Audrey:</em> Oh no, that drummer looks like that.<br /><em>Matt:</em> What do you mean?<br /><em>Audrey:</em> You can just tell she puts a lot of time into that look.<br /><em>Matt:</em> She's playing standing up!<br /><em>Audrey:</em> It's because she wants everybody to notice her.<br /><em>Matt:</em> You have to admit, these songs are pretty good.<br /><em>Audrey:</em> I will agree, because most of them seem to be covers.<br /><em>Matt:</em> Who's up next?<br /><em>Audrey:</em> Butts.<br /><em>Matt:</em> Again? Didn't they just play someplace else, three hours ago?<br /><em>Audrey:</em> They should play all of the time, they're funny.<br /><em>Matt:</em> You don't mind that they're setting feminism back 40 years?<br /><em>Audrey:</em> What is that supposed to mean?!<br /><em>Matt:</em> It's the same shtick every time. If they were dudes, somebody would punch their faces.<br /><em>Audrey:</em> Yeah, but they're funny!<br /><em>Matt:</em> Not funny "ha ha", funny Gallagher.<br /><em>Audrey:</em> Who's up next?<br /><em>Matt:</em> Pony Time.<br /><em>Audrey:</em> Pony Time for this band to play a short set.<br /><em>Matt:</em> Huh?<br /><em>Audrey:</em> Pony Time played at the Pony last week and went on for so long that Tacocat got shut down because it was so late.<br /><em>Matt:</em> But they're energetic! This is music that we can dance to!<br /><em>Audrey:</em> Brought to us by a stunning two piece with the girl on drums, naturally.<br /><em>Matt:</em> Yeah, but the guy is playing a bass this time.<br /><em>Audrey:</em> A bold new approach, kudos Pony Time.<br /><em>Matt:</em> Who's up next?<br /><em>Audrey:</em> The Babies. The girl is in Vivian Girls.<br /><em>Matt:</em> That's why all of these people are here!<br /><em>Audrey:</em> One of those guys is in Woods.<br /><em>Matt:</em> Huh?<br /><em>Audrey:</em> Woods, it's another band.<br /><em>Matt:</em> All of these band names have already been used before, I'm sure.<br /><em>Audrey:</em> It seems like all of this music has been used before, too!<br /><em>Matt:</em> Yeah, wow, this band is totally boring.<br /><em>Audrey:</em> I've certainly seen worse.<br /><em>Matt:</em> But not much worse.<br /><em>Audrey:</em> I wish we were at home watching videos of that homeless guy with the golden voice on YouTube.<br /><em>Matt:</em> Me too.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:212px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/01/17/1295281820-l_1994.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/01/17/thumb-1295281820-l_1994.jpg" alt="Dame Darcy drawing from 1994." title="Dame Darcy drawing from 1994." width="200" height="298" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Dame Darcy drawing from 1994.</li></ul></div></p> <p><strong>It's been two days since the 92nd anniversary of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster">the Great Boston Molasses Tragedy Disaster Flood</a>.</strong> If you recall, 2,300,000 gallons of molasses flooded the streets of Boston on that fateful January day, killing 21 and injuring 150. The best thing about this catastrophe is the song that Dame Darcy and the Coctails recorded in a barn in 1994. I wanted to post it here but figured I should ask first, so I found Dame Darcy's email address on the internet and wrote to her at 11pm last night. She replied 20 minutes ago! Things like this just happen sometimes, even to people like us!</p> <p><em>Hi Derek. Thanks for asking. Yes, you can post the mp3, that would be fine. Send me the link when it's up. Thanks for the interest in my art. Best Wishes, <a href="http://www.damedarcy.com/">Dame Darcy</a></em></p> <p>"The Great Molasses Flood of 1919" by Dame Darcy &amp; the Coctails:<br /><embed src="/foundation/audio/player/mediaplayer.swf" width="160" height="20" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="height=20&width=160&file=http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/01/17/1295279995-the_great_molasses_flood_of_1919.mp3&backcolor=0xFFFFFF&frontcolor=0x444444&lightcolor=0xFFFFFF&screencolor=0xFFFFFF&showicons=false&usefullscreen=false" /></p> <p><strong>HOLY WHOA:</strong> I drew the cover of the new La Sera 7" that just came out on Hardly Art. The songs on the single are <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCH1l4azeBU">REALLY GREAT</a>, buy it <a href="http://www.hardlyart.com/shop/lasera.html">ASAP</a>.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/01/17/1295281136-me_kickball_katy.jpg" alt="Kickball Katy + Me by Tim Cook." title="Kickball Katy + Me by Tim Cook." width="500" height="380" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Kickball Katy + Me by Tim Cook.</li></ul></div></p> <p>Here, listen to my answering machine messages <a href="http://www.derekerdman.com/1/AM1142011.mp3">if you want to</a>. YAY! GO <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFnbYW8MCXc">SEAHAWKS</a>!</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/01/17/caperin-i-have-a-dream-that-children-will-not-learn-today#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=6346718&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Hetero http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/01/17/caperin-i-have-a-dream-that-children-will-not-learn-today?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=6346718&id=comments 24 Caperin': I Have A Dream That Children Will Not Learn Today Amanda Knox celebrated Christmas playing guitar and eating turkey . Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:55:33 -0800 The Stranger Prepare To Fall In Love With The New Hunx And His Punx http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/01/12/prepare-to-fall-in-love-with-the-new-hunx-and-his-punx http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/01/12/prepare-to-fall-in-love-with-the-new-hunx-and-his-punx Kelly O <p><div class="blogImageLeft" style="width:262px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/01/12/1294876273-hxlp.jpg" alt="HXLP.jpg" title="" width="230" height="230" /></div><a href="http://www.hardlyart.com/hunxandhispunx.html"><strong>Hunx and His Punx</strong></a> are releasing their first-ever proper full length studio album (after a million-gazillion singles) on Hardly Art Records! In stores March 29th! It's called <em>Too Young to Be In Love!</em> It was produced by Ivan Julian, formerly of Richard Hell &amp; the Voidoids! I heard a sneak preview! It's a beauty! An A+++! It's about heartbreak! Sex! Love! <strong> YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE</strong>! </p> <p>Well, unless you DON'T like rock n' roll. And you don't believe in love. And you HATE amazing all-girl backup bands... and boys who sing like girls... and girls who rock like boys...</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><object width="420" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iyv4bPwUJws?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iyv4bPwUJws?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="265"></embed></object></div></p> <p><small>Read my 2009 interview with Hunx <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/cruising/Content?oid=1741164">HERE</a>. Swoon.</small></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/01/12/prepare-to-fall-in-love-with-the-new-hunx-and-his-punx#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=6281093&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> New Releases Homo Hetero http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/01/12/prepare-to-fall-in-love-with-the-new-hunx-and-his-punx?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=6281093&id=comments 6 Prepare To Fall In Love With The New Hunx And His Punx Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:47:38 -0800 The Stranger Mixmaster Fresh Feathers http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2010/12/14/mixmaster-fresh-features http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2010/12/14/mixmaster-fresh-features Charles Mudede <p>Check him out!<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:298px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2010/12/14/1292354475-picture_3.png" alt="Picture_3.png" title="" width="286" height="95" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Wikipedia</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div> Why is the male bowerbird a <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/life/birds/bowerbirds-display-treasures-scene-analysis.html">mixmaster</a>?<br /><blockquote>The male bowerbirds are also musicians, though more like a human DJ than a composer. Excellent mimics, they reproduce various sounds from the surrounding environment and weave them into a seductive aural tapestry. The more accurate the mimicry and complex the birdsong, the more likely they are to lure in a mate.</blockquote> The male bowerbird, however, is more known as an architect than a DJ. It builds bowers and decorates them with shiny things and even fresh flowers. The more fancy the bower, the more it catches the eye of a female.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2010/12/14/mixmaster-fresh-features#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=5855235&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Hetero http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2010/12/14/mixmaster-fresh-features?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=5855235&id=comments 0 Mixmaster Fresh Features Wikipedia Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:20:02 -0800 The Stranger Type - "Man Crush" Video http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/12/29/type-man-crush-video http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/12/29/type-man-crush-video Larry Mizell, Jr. <p>Jeff "<a href="http://www.myspace.com/theMCtype">Type</a>" Tune: member of the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/theletgocrew">Let Go</a>,, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/illegitimatechildren">Illegitimate Child</a>, <a href="http://vimeo.com/2915529">party crasher</a>, self-proclaimed "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8A47D7riO4">hobby rapper</a>" and comic gadfly of the Seattle hiphop scene, <strong>the most awkward man alive. </strong>When he's not helping make fun of <a href="http://vimeo.com/2999491">domestic abuse</a>, he's often trying to bait the numerous homophobes and generally-uncomfortable straights of the scene, hence his latest video, the bromance anthem off his 2008 <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/type3"><em>Amateur Hour</em></a> LP:<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JoWvsa5okPk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JoWvsa5okPk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></p> <p>The clip genuinely had me rolling- even if it's not quite the blow for civic rights and equality Type would probably make it out to be (being the forever hustling self-marketer he is): it's really just Farrelly Bros-type gross-outs and dick jokes. But a fine example of both- and if it makes the insecure among the community a little rattled in it's wake, I'm all for it.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/12/29/type-man-crush-video#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=3087403&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Hetero ??!! Video http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/12/29/type-man-crush-video?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=3087403&id=comments 1 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:35:00 -0800 The Stranger To Savor http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/10/01/to-savor http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/10/01/to-savor Charles Mudede <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:401px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/10/01/1254420733-picture_11.png" alt="Picture_11.png" title="" width="389" height="220" /></div> The <a href="http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/09/30/diddy_i_don_t_even_know_if_i_really_savo">Diddy</a>!<br /><blockquote>I guess the things that used to thrill me don't thrill me so much anymore. Intimacy is more important to me than sleeping with hot chicks. I don't even know if I really savored every menage a trois I had. I don't want to do it all over again.</blockquote> I can not get over this sentence: "I don't even know if I really savored every menage a trois I had." What kind of uncertainty is this? In what ways is the soul disturbed by this strange type of uncertainty? Is there peace in the soul when one knows for sure that he has "savored every menage a trois"? Is sleep lost by the feeling, the concern that one has not "savored every menage a trois." According to Puffy, savoring a menage a trois is the ultimate point of having a menage a trois.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/10/01/to-savor#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=2372116&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Hetero http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/10/01/to-savor?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=2372116&id=comments 2 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:17:19 -0700 The Stranger Meanwhile in PDX... http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/07/26/meanwhile-in-pdx http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/07/26/meanwhile-in-pdx Terry Miller <p><img class="blogImageCenter" src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/07/26/1248639797-jim1.jpg" alt="f26c/1248639797-jim1.jpg" width="400" height="533" /></p> <p>Why is Portland 10 degrees hotter at all times? While Seattle seemed temperate on friday afternoon, I arrived in PDX to what felt like sweltering weather. Maybe it was just the long drive (5 1/2 hours - Thanks Tacoma traffic!) in the sun, but all I wanted to do when I arrived was sleep.</p> <p>It was getting late, and hungry, with need of a shower, I decided to press on and just have dinner and some caffeine later. </p> <p>The reason for the trip was the one and only Horse Meat Disco, DJ's Jim Stanton and James Hillard.</p> <p>The thing that makes Horse Meat Disco so fucking special and amazing is the fact that even though it started out in a small boozy leather bar in London, somehow the kids heard the call! Somehow the people recognized quality over laziness, intelligence over vapidity, hard work over phoning-it-in.</p> <p>That's what Horse Meat Disco gave Portland. Reading the crowd from early in the night (they played 4 hours), Jim and James took us all on a journey from funky strutting slow-groove disco to Hi-NRG early 90's house, then back to a melange of some of the most creative Disco and Post Disco dance music of the 70's and 80's. There were tracks that had people wondering if they were contemporary or vintage. </p> <p>The best part?!?! The kids danced. ...And danced. It was if the magic of the legendary glory days of Disco and House were being sent out via the good vibes of the music. At one point the crowd started screaming in unison to one of the songs, and early house track. The room went dark and a giant laser mirror ball effect (I have never seen a light like this in a club before) sent the energy zapping out the front door. People came piling into the bar for a serious fucking workout.</p> <p>People you assumed would hate disco were dancing and singing and bumping along on Horse Meat's ride. It was totally fucking fun.</p> <p>When Horse Meat Disco is done with this tour, promoting their new mix CD, they head back to London, to the same small boozy sleazy little gay leather bar, where the disciples will come, some to play (guest at the night have ranged from James Murphy, Prins Thomas, Lady Miss Kier, Idjut Boys to name a few), but most to dance.</p> <p>More pics (including some dude from Seattle) after the jump.</p> <p><img class="blogImageCenter" src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/07/26/1248639839-remy.jpg" alt="3b14/1248639839-remy.jpg" width="400" height="300" /></p> <p><img class="blogImageCenter" src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/07/26/1248639864-linger.jpg" alt="01da/1248639864-linger.jpg" width="400" height="300" /></p> <p><img class="blogImageCenter" src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/07/26/1248639914-boys2.jpg" alt="0669/1248639914-boys2.jpg" width="500" height="375" /></p> <p><img class="blogImageCenter" src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/07/26/1248639945-hmd_dan.jpg" alt="50b9/1248639945-hmd_dan.jpg" width="400" height="300" /></p> <p><img class="blogImageCenter" src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/07/26/1248639968-sweaty.jpg" alt="1ab9/1248639968-sweaty.jpg" width="400" height="300" /></p> <p>Thanks for the great night Horse Meat Disco! Next time... Seattle!</p> <p><img class="blogImageCenter" src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/07/26/1248640144-dj_s.jpg" alt="dd1d/1248640144-dj_s.jpg" width="400" height="533" /></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/07/26/meanwhile-in-pdx#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=1915502&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Hetero Dancing http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/07/26/meanwhile-in-pdx?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=1915502&id=comments 3 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:59:45 -0700 The Stranger Getting Divorced http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/05/01/getting-divorced http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/05/01/getting-divorced David Schmader <p><img class="blogImageCenter" src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/05/01/1241206814-naskelisexpecting.jpg" alt="naskelisexpecting.jpg" width="500" height="261" /></p> <p>After four years of marriage&#8212;and just a couple months away from the birth of their first child&#8212;<strong>Nas and Kelis</strong> are <a href="http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b121649_expectant_hip-hop_couple_nas_kelis_call.html">splitting up</a>.</p> <p>The only reason I care about this enough to write about it: My affection for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w64UCKwSe0o">"Getting Married"</a>, the Nas track devoted to just that, with lyrics painting a <a href="http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/n/nas/getting_married.html">detailed portrait of Nas and his lady's wedding day</a>. </p> <p>Condolences to the busted couple, and confidential to Nas: Take copious notes&#8212;hiphop needs its own <a href="http://www.jonolivermusic.com/images/album_covers/here_my_dear.jpg">Great</a> <a href="http://www.popphoto.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/features/the-still-cool-classic-covers/fleetwood-mac-rumours-1977/81273-2-eng-US/Fleetwood-Mac-Rumours-1977_gallery_main.jpg">Divorce</a> <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2150/2231938540_d9cbfa4f20.jpg?v=0">Album</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/05/01/getting-divorced#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=1495428&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Hetero News http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/05/01/getting-divorced?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=1495428&id=comments 2 Fri, 01 May 2009 13:01:44 -0700 The Stranger Was Ist Hiphop http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/04/21/was-ist-hiphop http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/04/21/was-ist-hiphop Charles Mudede <p>After five and half minutes of bubbly Caribbean bass, pretty licks, and sweet singing, Sade's "Cherish the Day" breaks&#8212;there is a moment of silence/tension, and then the regime of a pounding hiphop beat. It runs for fifty seconds. </p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g13qTy-llok&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g13qTy-llok&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div></p> <p>In the concert performance of this tune, when the slamming hiphop beat hits, the musicians, one by one, leave the stage. First the drummer puts down his sticks and walks away; he is followed by the keyboardist, percussionist, the guitarists, and, finally, Sade. Her beauty vanishes, and all that is left is the hiphop beat. It pounds on its own. No one is needed&#8212;no singer, no musicians, no living thing. This is the dictatorship of the beat. The musicians can only surrender to its mechanical will, its factory logic, its inhuman repetition. The loops are identical and refuse to give us the pleasures of variation and verticality. All narrative pleasures have been pounded out of existence by the inflexible and inexorable progress of the beat machine. This is the end of human emotion, of cherishing. </p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zJCsDhX1vtM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zJCsDhX1vtM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/04/21/was-ist-hiphop#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=1472047&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Hetero http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/04/21/was-ist-hiphop?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=1472047&id=comments 2 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:41:41 -0700 The Stranger