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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) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/17/the-homosexual-agenda-jinkx-will-win-jennifer-jasper-bares-all-waxie-moon-falls http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/17/the-homosexual-agenda-jinkx-will-win-jennifer-jasper-bares-all-waxie-moon-falls Adrian Ryan <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:312px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/9362/1366172962-homo-570.jpg" alt="Jinkx Monsoon" title="Jinkx Monsoon" width="300" height="158" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Jinkx Monsoon</li></ul></div>First, a word...</p> <p>JINKX IS GOING TO WIN THIS FUCKING THING. That's what I say. I feel it in my bone. (My. Great. Big. Bone.) And believe me, I had my doubts. And theories! I entertained suspicions, developed wild-thighed conjectures&#8212;way back a dragillion years ago, before all this madness officially began. It was shortly after Xmess, just when Jinkx had been freshly outed as a new <em><strong>RuPaul's Drag Race</strong></em> contestant but the season had yet to air. I saw <strong>Jinkx</strong> and <strong>Alaska Thunderfuck</strong> perform together on a dual billing, at a clever little club tucked away in some obscure elbow of Portland, and... <em>something</em>. Something in the way the two interacted, the way the show that night was billed, a certain <em>je ne sais </em>the fuck <em>quoi</em> that left an overwhelming taste of OHHOLYSHITBIRDS ALASKA TOTALLY WON in my mouth that I just couldn't spit out. But now? Jinkx, as she herself put it, is "pissing all over" this shit. Barring a vicious crossdressing coup or an epic act of injustice, she's <strong>got this competition in the glittery handbag</strong>. That's what I think. Just don't quote me on that if I'm wrong.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-homosexual-agenda/Content?oid=16511605">Continue reading &#187;</a></p> Tonight Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/17/the-homosexual-agenda-jinkx-will-win-jennifer-jasper-bares-all-waxie-moon-falls?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16512662&id=comments 0 The Homosexual Agenda: Jinkx Will Win, Jennifer Jasper Bares All, Waxie Moon Falls Jinkx Monsoon Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:31:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/11/pbs-rock-and-roll-the-wild-side http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/11/pbs-rock-and-roll-the-wild-side Mike Nipper <p><a href="http://www.pbs.org/">PBS</a> ran this kinda decent <em>History of Rock &amp; Roll</em> series in 1995, so for your lunch time today, if you can't stand to watch ANOTHER fucking episode of <em>Dr. Phil</em>, I suggest watching this <em>The Wild Side</em> episode. Um, "wild side" meaning when rock developed some "art" strains, beyond the R&B rave ups and the hippie's lysergic revolution, when shit got weird, fantastic, AND creepy. <em>The Wild Side</em> is still relevant, rightfully heavy on the <strong>Velvet Underground</strong>, however it ends with <strong>Kiss</strong> and <strong>Iggy</strong>/<strong>Bowie</strong> in Berlin. My only problem is I'd like to have seen a few <em>other</em> freaks interviewed, like the lit-on-fire theater of <a href="http://youtu.be/nVh_fqdv7pE">Arthur Brown</a> for instance!! Oh well... the documentary proper starts @ 1:40.</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xR5RtTb8ugE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/11/pbs-rock-and-roll-the-wild-side#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16474202&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> I'm Still a Virgin Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/11/pbs-rock-and-roll-the-wild-side?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16474202&id=comments 0 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:30:13 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/09/pickwick-officially-a-hipster-band http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/09/pickwick-officially-a-hipster-band Megan Seling <p>Last night Pickwick performed at Safeco Field as part of the Mariner's home opening festivities and then this happened: </p> <p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>We did it guys!!! We're a "hipster band"!!!! <a href="http://t.co/ZgVaHPvcIW" title="http://twitter.com/PickwickMusic/status/321488449175707648/photo/1">twitter.com/PickwickMusic/&#8230;</a></p>&#8212; Pickwick (@PickwickMusic) <a href="https://twitter.com/PickwickMusic/status/321488449175707648">April 9, 2013</a></blockquote><br /><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>So the word "hipster" is also officially done now, right? Let's say yes.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/09/pickwick-officially-a-hipster-band#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16454041&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Hellevant Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/04/09/pickwick-officially-a-hipster-band?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16454041&id=comments 8 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:47:10 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/03/25/pussy-riot-one-year-later-the-interview-on-60-minutes http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/03/25/pussy-riot-one-year-later-the-interview-on-60-minutes Kelly O <p>Punk band Pussy Riot remains defiant of Putin's Russia. Interview by Lesley Stahl, for <em>60 Minutes</em>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50143482n"><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/0871/1364241368-pus.jpg" alt="Click image to watch the video" title="Click image to watch the video" width="500" height="301" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Click image to watch the video</li></ul></div></a></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/03/25/pussy-riot-one-year-later-the-interview-on-60-minutes#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16337915&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Politics Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/03/25/pussy-riot-one-year-later-the-interview-on-60-minutes?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16337915&id=comments 1 Pussy Riot, One Year Later: The 2013 Interview on <em>60 Minutes</em> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:00:21 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/03/04/watch-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-perform-thrift-shop-and-cant-hold-us-on-snl http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/03/04/watch-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-perform-thrift-shop-and-cant-hold-us-on-snl Megan Seling <p>This weekend Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis were the musical guests on <em>Saturday Night Live</em> (hosted by Kevin Hart). The last Seattle artist to appear on <em>SNL</em> was the <strong>Fleet Foxes in 2009</strong>. And before that it was <strong>Pearl Jam and Death Cab for Cutie</strong>, who both performed in 2006 (PJ's show was hosted by Lindsay Lohan!). It's a rare and awesome opportunity for us Seattleites to see a 206 face on the show, and it's something worth celebrating, even if you think the R. Kelly joke in "Thrift Shop" is, like, so last decade.</p> <p>We're not the city of grunge anymore. Right? People are done calling us that now, right? Surely they are after this:</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe id="nbc-video-widget" width="500" height="300" src="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=n33498" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div style="text-align:center;"></div></p> <p><strong>Who'll be the next Seattle band to take the <em>SNL</em> stage?</strong></p> <p>(Watch "Can't Hold Us" after the jump.)</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe id="nbc-video-widget" width="500" height="300" src="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=n33506" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/03/04/watch-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-perform-thrift-shop-and-cant-hold-us-on-snl#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16158517&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/03/04/watch-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-perform-thrift-shop-and-cant-hold-us-on-snl?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16158517&id=comments 38 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:15:42 -0800 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/02/06/theme-wars-the-twilight-zone-vs-lost-in-space http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/02/06/theme-wars-the-twilight-zone-vs-lost-in-space Dave Segal <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YH6j63lhAAc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>In my review of <a href="http://therealspectre.bandcamp.com/music">Spectre</a>'s adventurous 2012 hiphop album <em><a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/30/let-the-end-times-roll-spectre-the-true-and-living">The True &amp; Living</a></em>, I mistakenly wrote that he had sampled the theme song from <em>The Twilight Zone</em> (composed by <strong>Gregor F. Narholz</strong>); in actuality, he'd sampled the <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Space">Lost In Space</a></em> theme (composed by <strong>John Williams</strong>). I watched both shows as a lad, but somehow over the ensuing 40+ years, I mixed up the two. I swear it won't happen again.</p> <p>Both pieces are among the best TV tunes in history; the shows weren't bad, either, though I preferred <em>The Twilight Zone</em> because it chilled my blood with more regularity than did <em>Lost in Space</em>. However, the latter's <strong>robot</strong> was the best character on either program.</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XVSRm80WzZk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/02/06/theme-wars-the-twilight-zone-vs-lost-in-space#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15944311&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Housekeeping Classic Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/02/06/theme-wars-the-twilight-zone-vs-lost-in-space?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15944311&id=comments 0 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:30:57 -0800 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/02/03/racist-or-not-racist-jimmy-cliff-and-the-super-bowl-get-happy-commercial http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/02/03/racist-or-not-racist-jimmy-cliff-and-the-super-bowl-get-happy-commercial Kelly O <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="500" height="255" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9H0xPWAtaa8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/02/03/racist-or-not-racist-jimmy-cliff-and-the-super-bowl-get-happy-commercial#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15917639&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/02/03/racist-or-not-racist-jimmy-cliff-and-the-super-bowl-get-happy-commercial?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15917639&id=comments 14 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:43:38 -0800 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/30/lost-tv-series-20042010 http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/30/lost-tv-series-20042010 Derek Erdman <p>Hey, dudes? I was wondering, I'm watching <em>LOST</em> for the first time and everybody says <strong>it starts getting dumb</strong>. It seemed to start getting dumb in the 2nd Season, but now I just started Season Four... is this where it gets REALLY dumb? Also, just tell me the ending now. I mean, somebody told me that <strong>they're already dead </strong>but there has to be more to that because that's just ultimately the worst.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/fbf6/1359588144-lost.jpg" alt="Lost W/ Pasta, 2013" title="Lost W/ Pasta, 2013" width="500" height="384" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Lost W/ Pasta, 2013</li></ul></div></p> <p>Also, Shannon was the best character. It's dumb that she died so early. She should have her own show of just her reading Beverly Cleary books. If anybody reading this is in the TV business, a show of Shannon reading <em>Henry and Ribsy</em> would make a lot of money.</p> <p><strong>Mary P. Traverse:</strong> SHANNON WAS NOT THE BEST CHARACTER! OMG are you TROLLING ME?!</p> <p><strong>Gregory Jacobsen:</strong> Season 4 is when it starts to get real good- absurd convolution. The ending was terrible, but it doesn't matter.</p> <p><strong>Sarah Dandelles:</strong> <em>Lost</em> is like the puffy kind of Cheetos. Dumb in all ways but you still eat them/it. Watch. whatever.</p> <p><strong>Derek Erdman:</strong> YEAH, BUT NO SHANNON.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/30/lost-tv-series-20042010#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15884980&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/30/lost-tv-series-20042010?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15884980&id=comments 30 <em>LOST</em> (TV Series 2004&#8211;2010) Lost W/ Pasta, 2013 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:33:54 -0800 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/21/hbo-to-produce-tv-documentary-about-pussy-riot http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/21/hbo-to-produce-tv-documentary-about-pussy-riot Kelly O <p><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hbo-buys-pussy-riot-documentary-at-sundance-20130121">From <em>Rolling Stone.com</em></a>: <blockquote>HBO Documentary Films has bought the U.S. television rights for <em>Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer </em>at the Sundance Film Festival. </blockquote> </p> <p>Dear HBO executives: now hear my prayer:</p> <p><strong><div style="text-align:center;">DO NOT LET LINDSAY LOHAN ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR CASTING COUCH!<br /></div></strong></p> <p>Please, please, <em>PLEEEEEEASE?</em> I thank you in advance! Love, Kelly O</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:412px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/52ca/1358806982-pr.jpg" alt="Please DO NOT put Lohan in this mask!" title="Please DO NOT put Lohan in this mask! " width="400" height="462" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">EMILY NOKES</li><li class="imageCaption">Please DO NOT put Lohan in this mask! </li></ul></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/21/hbo-to-produce-tv-documentary-about-pussy-riot#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15800263&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Politics Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/21/hbo-to-produce-tv-documentary-about-pussy-riot?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15800263&id=comments 4 HBO To Produce TV Documentary About Pussy Riot? Please do NOT put Li-Lo in this mask! EMILY NOKES Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:26:29 -0800 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/18/watch-macklemore-ryan-lewis-perform-again-on-ellen-degeneress-show-then-bestow-upon-her-a-jean-jacket-painted-by-derek-erdman http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/18/watch-macklemore-ryan-lewis-perform-again-on-ellen-degeneress-show-then-bestow-upon-her-a-jean-jacket-painted-by-derek-erdman Christopher Frizzelle <p>Here's local-boys-done-good <a href="http://macklemore.com/">Macklemore + Ryan Lewis</a>, plus a skateboard, a poncho, and a one-of-a-kind birthday gift:</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.11NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEzNTg1MzkxNDMxNDImcHQ9MTM1ODUzOTE1MjExNyZwPSZkPSZnPTImbz*1NGE4MWE5MmM4OTI*MTUxYWZjYTBkZDcz/NTU*YTkzYyZvZj*w.gif" /><object name="kaltura_player_1358539142" id="kaltura_player_1358539142" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowNetworking="all" allowFullScreen="true" height="316" width="480" data="http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/1_118e7yze/uiconf_id/6995152"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="movie" value="http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/1_118e7yze/uiconf_id/6995152"/><param name="flashVars" value=""/><a href="http://corp.kaltura.com">video platform</a><a href="http://corp.kaltura.com/video_platform/video_management">video management</a><a href="http://corp.kaltura.com/solutions/video_solution">video solutions</a><a href="http://corp.kaltura.com/video_platform/video_publishing">video player</a></object></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2013/01/18/1358538498-ellenjacket.jpg" alt="EllenJacket.JPG" title="" width="500" height="373" /></div></p> <p>That there jacket was painted by local-boy-done-good (<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/new-column/Content?oid=12588202">and <em>Stranger</em> joke-maker</a>) Derek Erdman. I asked him three questions about the creation of this Ellen jacket.</p> <p><strong>How long did it take you to paint this jacket?</strong><br />About four hours.</p> <p><strong>What do the 13 stars symbolize?</strong><br />The apparitions of the Virgin of Fatima in 1917 were claimed to occur on the 13th day of six consecutive months. Oh wait, that's just how many would fit.</p> <p><strong>What's the going rate for a custom-painted jean jacket and do celebrities get a discount?</strong><br />$200. NO CELEB DISCOUNTS. Except for Parker Posey.</p> <p><em>Erdman's website is <a href="http://derekerdman.com/">right over here.</a></em></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/18/watch-macklemore-ryan-lewis-perform-again-on-ellen-degeneress-show-then-bestow-upon-her-a-jean-jacket-painted-by-derek-erdman#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15776914&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Art Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/18/watch-macklemore-ryan-lewis-perform-again-on-ellen-degeneress-show-then-bestow-upon-her-a-jean-jacket-painted-by-derek-erdman?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15776914&id=comments 9 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:45:02 -0800 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/11/oh-look-ben-gibbard-aimee-mann-and-ted-leo-were-on-the-colbert-report-last-night http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/11/oh-look-ben-gibbard-aimee-mann-and-ted-leo-were-on-the-colbert-report-last-night Megan Seling <p>And they performed "Bigger Than Love," my favorite song off Gibbard's new solo record! Bonus: Mr. John Wurster is on drums. Happy day!</p> <p><div style="background-color:#000000;width:520px;"><div style="padding:4px;"><iframe src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:422780" width="512" height="288" frameborder="0"></iframe><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:4px;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><b><a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/422780/january-10-2013/benjamin-gibbard----bigger-than-love-">The Colbert Report</a></b><br/>Get More: <a href='http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/'>Colbert Report Full Episodes</a>,<a href='http://www.indecisionforever.com/'>Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog</a>,<a href='http://www.colbertnation.com/video'>Video Archive</a></p></div></div></p> <p>If this line-up were to ever tour, my heart would probably just stop. It couldn't survive all the goodness.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/11/oh-look-ben-gibbard-aimee-mann-and-ted-leo-were-on-the-colbert-report-last-night#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15725770&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Love Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/11/oh-look-ben-gibbard-aimee-mann-and-ted-leo-were-on-the-colbert-report-last-night?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15725770&id=comments 3 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:30:16 -0800 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/03/allen-stone-was-on-ellen-this-afternoon http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/03/allen-stone-was-on-ellen-this-afternoon Megan Seling <p>She <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/31/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-on-ellen">loves Macklemore</a>. She loves Allen Stone. So much love for Seattle!</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="500" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/L1YJ8Z9BVSc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/03/allen-stone-was-on-ellen-this-afternoon#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15667289&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/03/allen-stone-was-on-ellen-this-afternoon?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15667289&id=comments 0 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:05:38 -0800 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/12/18/alison-brie-the-reluctant-and-awesome-rapper http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/12/18/alison-brie-the-reluctant-and-awesome-rapper Wm.&#153; Steven Humphrey <p>Here's the thing about being adorable while possessing a moderate rapping ability. YOU ARE ASKED TO BE ADORABLE AND RAP ALL THE TIME! I know nothing about this&#8212;however, <strong>Alison Brie</strong> knows far too much. Here she is with <em>Community </em>pal, <strong>Danny Pudi</strong> at the Viper Room performing some very impromptu freestyle&#8212;and while it's not amazing... IT IS AMAZING. (How does she do that?)</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="500" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QHaCOYSwtTM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/12/18/alison-brie-the-reluctant-and-awesome-rapper#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15563444&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/12/18/alison-brie-the-reluctant-and-awesome-rapper?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15563444&id=comments 1 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:46:19 -0800 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/12/13/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-on-jimmy-fallon http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/12/13/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-on-jimmy-fallon Larry Mizell, Jr. <p>On Tuesday night, Seattle champions <strong>Mack &amp; Ryan</strong> played that late night show hosted by that one guy, backed by <strong>The Legendary Roots Crew</strong>, the true stars of <em>Late Night with Jimmy Fallon</em>. (Just an hour earlier, his boy <strong> Allen Stone</strong> was on Leno.) It was surreal seeing the legend <strong>Questlove</strong> thwack the drums right before Macklemore threw his arms wide and hissed my favorite line from "Thrift Shop"&#8212;"<em>PISSSSSSSSS</em>." </p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="500" height="315" src="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=1426705" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></p> <p>Of course, Mack, Ryan, and trumpeter <strong>Owour Arunga</strong> got it in&#8212;but I'm particularly happy at the exposure for the hook's singer <a href="http://twitter.com/teeWanz">Wanz</a>, who was previously known chiefly as the big-voiced vocalist behind a bunch of cuts in the gangsta-fied <a href="http://www.streetlevelrecords.com/discography/">Street Level Records catalogue</a>. When Macklemore asked mastering engineer and producer <a href="http://www.not2sane.com">D-Sane</a> for a singer with a voice like <strong>Nate Dogg</strong>'s, the SLR founder knew just the guy. Now he's poppin' tags all over the country, and that is <strong>fucking awesome</strong>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/12/13/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-on-jimmy-fallon#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15517056&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Video Television 206 http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/12/13/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-on-jimmy-fallon?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15517056&id=comments 8 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:46:58 -0800 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/28/cooooooooooooooooooooooome-ooooonnnnnnnn-doooooooooowwwwwwnnnnnn http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/28/cooooooooooooooooooooooome-ooooonnnnnnnn-doooooooooowwwwwwnnnnnn Jason Josephes <p>Did you know if you slow down the theme from <em>The Price Is Right</em> by 800%, it sounds like this?</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7OQng6DshvI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>Who knew, right? But it got me to thinking about the music on that long-running game show. Like the basic design scheme of the studio's sets, the music on TPIR has stayed mostly frozen in time with its chunky 70s synths and over the top horns. And, much like how you can't listen to <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ>Bohemian Rhapsody</a> without thinking of <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzUU7SRRsGo><em>Wayne's World</em></a>, it's impossible to hear tracks like "The Big Banana" out of context and not think about <strong>A NEW CAR!!!</strong></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Kis_XTmnh8o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>Many of the show's music cues were written by Edd Kalehoff, a television composer who gave us such "Oh, I know that song!" moments like the themes from <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrnY11pXSFE>Monday Night Football</a>, <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2AZH4FeGsc>Wide World Of Sports</a>, <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt7rqWzRFJU>Family Feud</a>, and <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGhTacQRmgg>Double Dare</a>, among others. </p> <p>If you've ever wanted to have the 1970's library of music used on TPIR, you can download it for free <a href=http://www.cinefamily.org/blog/soundtrack-shelf-the-price-is-right-70s-music-library/>here</a> Yes, both "The Big Banana" and<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A> this very useful cut</a> are on it. But not the New Pornographers' "July Jones', which creates its own Wayne's World/Bohemian Rhapsody-like moment with <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIq2tyXVV18&feature=fvwrel>this fan made music video</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/28/cooooooooooooooooooooooome-ooooonnnnnnnn-doooooooooowwwwwwnnnnnn#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15399251&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> ??!! History Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/28/cooooooooooooooooooooooome-ooooonnnnnnnn-doooooooooowwwwwwnnnnnn?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15399251&id=comments 3 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:39:39 -0800 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/21/need-a-time-waster-this-thanksgiving-meet-paul-faul-mccartney http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/21/need-a-time-waster-this-thanksgiving-meet-paul-faul-mccartney Kelly O <p>Sorry for the late pass (a really, REALLY late pass, as this old-as-the-hills urban myth has been going around <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6wRwtcwKv4&feature=related">since the 60's</a>)... But do know about the koo-koo conspiracy theories that Paul McCartney is dead, and has been that way for a long time?!?</p> <p>Some friends and I went into an hours long K-hole last night, of looking at photographs and conspiracy videos of Paul vs. Fake Paul, aka "Faul." It is really weird that his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGn8znr-yos&feature=related">eye color seems to have changed</a>. And his height. And his face shape. And now, even though he's 70 years old, his face sags so unnaturally...</p> <p>It's a ridiculous (but fun) debate&#8212;and all the recorded backward messages are deliciously creepy...</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="400" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EkorFjeHDLQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p><em><small>h/t to Emily from Stickers! (and damn you for turning me on to this!)<br /></small></em></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/N4McYkNXFQY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Fvxpl_kSoco" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>This mockumentary is on Netflix... It's fun to watch, despite Harrison's, errr fake Harrison's "Farrison" accent...</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/O6zUI4Yd8Lw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/21/need-a-time-waster-this-thanksgiving-meet-paul-faul-mccartney#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15348351&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Dust Bin Guilty Pleasure Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/21/need-a-time-waster-this-thanksgiving-meet-paul-faul-mccartney?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15348351&id=comments 0 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:45:27 -0800 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/20/r-kellys-fantastically-absurd-trapped-in-the-closet-is-coming-to-broadway http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/20/r-kellys-fantastically-absurd-trapped-in-the-closet-is-coming-to-broadway Megan Seling <p>R. Kelly premiered the next installment of <em>Trapped in the Closet</em> last night in New York (which airs <a href="http://www.ifc.com/fix/tag/trapped-in-the-closet">this weekend on IFC</a>), and the singer also held a Q&A session after the show, where he <a href="http://gawker.com/5962038/no-but-seriously-this-is-awesome-r-kellys-fantastically-absurd-trapped-in-the-closet-is-coming-to-broadway?post=54456960">revealed the possibility of a Broadway show</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>But most interesting detail of all was Kelly's announcement that he'd "just got an offer from Broadway to do a Broadway version."</p> <p>"Would you star in it?" nudged his interviewer. "Are we gonna see you singing on Broadway?"</p> <p>"Some of the cities, I can't guarantee all of them, and that's what's being negotiated right now because it takes a lot of time to do these chapters&#8212;I'm the only one in the studio writing these chapters," he reminded us. But he's already started adapting the script for the stage, he said. Think "Bridget," "midget," and the Macy's Day Parade.</p></blockquote> <p>I would go to that. I would absolutely, definitely, without a doubt go see that.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/20/r-kellys-fantastically-absurd-trapped-in-the-closet-is-coming-to-broadway#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15335839&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> News Love Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/20/r-kellys-fantastically-absurd-trapped-in-the-closet-is-coming-to-broadway?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15335839&id=comments 1 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:29:32 -0800 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/14/50-cent-all-up-in-the-qvc http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/14/50-cent-all-up-in-the-qvc Grant Brissey <p>He just looks so natural in that setting. And really, just what happens around 1:40? Headphone sales coulda got a spike if they <strong>just let that chemistry sizzle</strong> on screen a little longer. The best part, as pointed out in the comments, 50 barely speaks a sentence the entire time. I think those ladies are smitten! Really, though, I think she's lying when she says she loves her job. But maybe QVC has really good benefits or something?</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Nr9_rEfyWTo?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_rdvFATwqh0?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>Then: </p> <p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">I just made 177,000 dollars in 9min on QVC.can some one hate on me so I can know this is real life.<a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23SMSaudio">#SMSaudio</a><br />&#8212; 50cent (@50cent) <a href="https://twitter.com/50cent/status/267493153517473792" data-datetime="2012-11-11T05:05:12+00:00">November 11, 2012</a></blockquote><br /><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>One hundred and seventy-seven thousand dollars and QVC host macking in nine minutes! Obviously, game got real.</p> <p><small>I learned of this <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/stacylambe/50-cent-attempts-to-sell-headphones-on-qvc">here</a>, which learned of it from <a href="http://www.uproxx.com/music/2012/11/50-cent-qvc-headphones/">here</a>, which learned of hit from <a href="http://www.vibe.com/article/50-cent-makes-177k-9-minutes-qvc">here</a>, which learnt of it from <a href="http://rapradar.com/2012/11/11/50-cent-returns-to-qvc/#more-240215">here</a>.</small></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/14/50-cent-all-up-in-the-qvc#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15285774&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Business Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/11/14/50-cent-all-up-in-the-qvc?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15285774&id=comments 2 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:24:53 -0800 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/30/ellen-degeneres-calls-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-her-new-heroes-on-television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/30/ellen-degeneres-calls-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-her-new-heroes-on-television Kelly O <p><a href="http://www.ellentv.com/2012/10/30/showstopping-performance-by-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis/?adid=home-feature-slot-1">Check 'em out, live, on <em>Ellen</em></a>. =BAD ASS! And please vote <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-stranger-election-control-boards-endorsements-for-the-november-6-2012-general-election/Content?oid=15029933">YES on Ref 74.</a></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/30/ellen-degeneres-calls-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-her-new-heroes-on-television#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15141650&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Politics Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/30/ellen-degeneres-calls-macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-her-new-heroes-on-television?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15141650&id=comments 0 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:10:55 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/23/the-good-news-and-bad-news-new-respect-for-antony-more-disrespect-for-kurt http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/23/the-good-news-and-bad-news-new-respect-for-antony-more-disrespect-for-kurt Kelly O <p><strong>Good news!</strong> A new music documentary <a href="http://www.turningfilm.com/">featuring Antony and the Johnsons</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>US PREMIERE</strong> - Friday, Oct. 26th, IFC Center, NYC. The indelible music of Antony and the Johnsons has won the admiration of Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright, and others. <a href="http://www.turningfilm.com/"><em>TURNING</em></a> captures the band in concert collaborating with the filmmaker Charles Atlas (<em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWy9joG82Tw">THE LEGEND OF LEIGH BOWERY</a></em>), celebrating 13 women taking the stage who, like Antony himself, are not easily categorized personas. Whether they are androgynous, transgender, covered in makeup or bare skinned, what is important is that all have stories to tell about the hard-won struggle to be themselves, expressed with the transcendent power of Antony's music. Their stories combine with Antony's mesmerizingly emotional songs to create a powerful journey of struggle and hope.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.turningfilm.com/"><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/20a2/1351019397-turn.jpg" alt="turn.jpg" title="" width="500" height="377" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">TURNING / Charles Atlas</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></a></p> <p><br /><strong>Bad news!</strong> "Smells Like Teen Spirit" <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/you-wanted-a-smells-like-teen-spirit-sitcom-rig"> is gonna be a CBS sitcom.</a> YUCK! WHY? Uh, grave-roller...</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/23/the-good-news-and-bad-news-new-respect-for-antony-more-disrespect-for-kurt#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15079846&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Homo Television Film http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/23/the-good-news-and-bad-news-new-respect-for-antony-more-disrespect-for-kurt?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15079846&id=comments 4 The Good News And Bad News: New Respect for Antony, More Disrespect For Kurt Still from TURNING / Charles Atlas TURNING / Charles Atlas Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:15:46 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/23/raj-pannus-the-old-grey-whistle-twist-best-audiovisual-mashup-ever http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/23/raj-pannus-the-old-grey-whistle-twist-best-audiovisual-mashup-ever Dave Segal <p><em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Grey_Whistle_Test">The Old Grey Whistle Test</a></em> was a popular British TV show that ran from 1971-1987 and spotlighted &#8220;serious&#8221; music. DJ <a href="http://www.freshhell.blog.com/ ">Raj Pannu</a> has taken footage from segments on <strong>Pentangle, Budgie, Bill Withers, Can, Michael Chapman</strong>, and <strong>Roxy Music</strong> and subtly altered the audio and visual aspects into a wonderful new megamix called <a href="http://thespace.org/items/e000166j?t=sj74">The Old Grey Whistle Twist</a>. Raj also weaves in dialogue from show presenter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Harris_%28radio%29">Bob Harris</a>, who has the calmest, coolest TV voice ever. <em>Ever</em>. </p> <p>You have to stick around for the part where Withers&#8217; <strong>&#8220;Ain&#8217;t No Sunshine&#8221;</strong> merges with Roxy Music&#8217;s <strong>&#8220;Ladytron.&#8221;</strong> Holy shit, my ears turned into eyes and my eyes turned into ears, and all four of them started gushing tears. This is one of the greatest things the internet&#8217;s tossed up lately.</p> <p>Watch it at the <a href="http://thespace.org/items/e000166j?t=sj74">Space Invasion site</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/23/raj-pannus-the-old-grey-whistle-twist-best-audiovisual-mashup-ever#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15078995&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Love History Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/23/raj-pannus-the-old-grey-whistle-twist-best-audiovisual-mashup-ever?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15078995&id=comments 0 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:12:42 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/18/listen-to-the-starship-enterprises-engine-ambience-for-24-hours http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/18/listen-to-the-starship-enterprises-engine-ambience-for-24-hours Dave Segal <p>Okay, this <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek">Star Trek</a></em> clip is a year old, but thanks to <a href="http://vague-terrain.com/">Matmos</a>&#8217; <a href="http://www.discogs.com/artist/Drew+Daniel">Drew Daniel</a>, I&#8217;m just discovering it now. Sorry for the lateness. This 24-hour recording of the starship <em>Enterprise</em>&#8217;s engine is a majestic gust of ice-cold ambient music. It kind of reminds me of <a href="http://www.koener.de/">Thomas K&#246;ner</a>&#8217;s isolationist tundrascapes. Let it rumble all day and feel as centered&#8212;and as anomic&#8212;as you&#8217;ve ever been. That&#8217;s how <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry">Gene Roddenberry</a> would've wanted it. </p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZPoqNeR3_UA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/18/listen-to-the-starship-enterprises-engine-ambience-for-24-hours#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15047358&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Drugs ??!! Video Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/18/listen-to-the-starship-enterprises-engine-ambience-for-24-hours?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15047358&id=comments 1 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:57:56 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/05/dubstep-comedy http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/05/dubstep-comedy Dave Segal <p>Dubstep&#8217;s cultural impact continues to spread. Now the 21st-century musical style sweeping the country's youth with its fearsome bass wobbles and cartoonishly freaky frequencies features&#8212;very generically&#8212;in a sorta-funny sketch on the <strong>Comedy Central</strong> show <em><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/key-and-peele">Key &amp; Peele</a></em>. Here's one exchange between the dubstep fan and his out-of-touch buddy:</p> <blockquote><p>"It doesn't really seem like music to me." <br />"What would you rather listen to? I can hook you up with some Hootie &amp; the Blowfish. Color Me Badd?" </p></blockquote> <p>Have to admit: I larfed a couple of times.</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5Kod1q39ddE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/05/dubstep-comedy#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14943467&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Comedy Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/10/05/dubstep-comedy?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14943467&id=comments 2 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:52:40 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/15/rodriguez-performs-crucify-your-mind-on-the-late-show-with-david-letterman http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/15/rodriguez-performs-crucify-your-mind-on-the-late-show-with-david-letterman Dave Segal <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3oYwMBHI39g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>Trenchant Detroit songsmith <a href="http://sugarman.org/">Rodriguez</a>&#8212;the subject of the excellent documentary <em>Searching for Sugar Man</em>; review coming next week&#8212;performed <strong>&#8220;Crucify Your Mind&#8221;</strong> on <em>The Late Show With David Letterman</em> last night. The 70-year-old legend did the swaying, tropical tune with a sneaky, bitter bite to it from his 1970 classic LP <em><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/surreal-to-the-mex/Content?oid=1706101">Cold Fact</a></em> (reissued by <a href="http://lightintheattic.net/releases/1-cold-fact">Light in the Attic</a> in 2009) with a large orchestra backing him, and it sounded lovely. The man is finally getting his due, only about four decades late.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/15/rodriguez-performs-crucify-your-mind-on-the-late-show-with-david-letterman#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14469611&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Last Night Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/15/rodriguez-performs-crucify-your-mind-on-the-late-show-with-david-letterman?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14469611&id=comments 0 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:15:43 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/02/14348844-happy-birthday-victoria-jackson http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/02/14348844-happy-birthday-victoria-jackson Derek Erdman <p>On this day in 1959, American comedian, actress, satirist and singer <strong>Victoria Jackson</strong> was born. Jackson is best known for being on television and being in some motion pictures from the 1980s. In 1984, Jackson married <strong>Nisan Mark Eventoff</strong>, who was a magician and fire-eater. They had a daughter and then were divorced. Later she married somebody else and now she's a grandmother.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/33d8/1343939893-victoria_jackson_col__.jpg" alt="Maybe entertainment is not supposed to be reality. - Victoria Jackson" title="Maybe entertainment is not supposed to be reality. - Victoria Jackson" width="500" height="500" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">"Maybe entertainment is not supposed to be reality." - Victoria Jackson</li></ul></div></p> <p>"You should put the picture upside down in honor of the only talent she has of gymnastic walking on her hands." - Nick Burica, 2012</p> <p>According to <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2011/03/273409/">a 2011 article on WND.com</a>, Victoria Jackson claimed she was spied on because of her political views.</p> <blockquote><p>"Also in 2009, I was speaking at a Westwood tea party in the heart of liberal LaLa land. As the crowd dispersed, a 'married' couple asked me to pose for a picture with them and then they didn&#8217;t leave. When my friends and I went to dinner, we felt obligated to include them. They were in the military. I said, 'Oh, I love the military! Thanks for your service!&#8221; I asked them which part of the military they were in and he answered, 'Intel.'</p> <p>I said, 'What&#8217;s that?'</p> <p>'Intelligence.'</p> <p>'Oh! You&#8217;re a spy! You&#8217;re spying on me!'"</p></blockquote> <p>Before becoming a household name on <em>Saturday Night Live</em>, Jackson appeared in a <em>M*A*S*H</em> spin-off pilot called <em>W*A*L*T*E*R</em> that was never picked up. The show revolved around <strong>Corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly</strong>'s post-Korean War life where he returns to Iowa and fails at farming.</p> <p>Happy birthday, Victoria Jackson! <strong>Eat a cake!</strong></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/02/14348844-happy-birthday-victoria-jackson#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14348844&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/02/14348844-happy-birthday-victoria-jackson?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14348844&id=comments 0 Happy Birthday, Victoria Jackson! "Maybe entertainment is not supposed to be reality." - Victoria Jackson Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:26:50 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/06/07/boating-with-clyde-thank-you-for-being-a-friend http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/06/07/boating-with-clyde-thank-you-for-being-a-friend Megan Seling <p>For those who don't know, Clyde Petersen of Your Heart Breaks has a show called Boating With Clyde, and it's pretty charming. Clyde takes friends, musicians, and other interesting folks out on a rowboat where they play songs and shoot the shit among the waves and lily pads.</p> <p>Episode 3 was just posted, featuring musical guest <strong>DaveEnd</strong> (there's also a puppet show!). </p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/43589032" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/43589032">Boating with Clyde Episode #3 "Thank you for being a friend" Guest Musician: DavEnd</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/doitforthegirls">Do it for the girls</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.<br /></div></p> <p><small>Spoiler alert: DaveEnd ends the show with a cover of <em>The Little Mermaid</em>'s "Part Of Your World."</small></p> <p>Speaking of Your Heart Breaks, their new album, <em>Harsh Tokes and Bong Jokes</em>, will be released June 19th.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/06/07/boating-with-clyde-thank-you-for-being-a-friend#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13874421&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/06/07/boating-with-clyde-thank-you-for-being-a-friend?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13874421&id=comments 0 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:47:12 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/04/25/obama-slow-jams-the-news-like-a-piece-of-wood-with-jimmy-fallon-and-the-roots http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/04/25/obama-slow-jams-the-news-like-a-piece-of-wood-with-jimmy-fallon-and-the-roots Grant Brissey <p>Still, I'd like to see Romney do anything half this risky. Wait, no I wouldn't&#8212;his jokes are the worst!</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe id="NBC Video Widget" width="500" height="340" src="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=1398195" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/04/25/obama-slow-jams-the-news-like-a-piece-of-wood-with-jimmy-fallon-and-the-roots#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13459679&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/04/25/obama-slow-jams-the-news-like-a-piece-of-wood-with-jimmy-fallon-and-the-roots?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13459679&id=comments 10 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:57:49 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/27/swervedriver-on-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/27/swervedriver-on-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon Dave Segal <p>British shoegaze-rock deities <a href="http://www.swervedriver.com/">Swervedriver</a> performed two songs on <em><a href="http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/">Late Night With Jimmy Fallon</a></em> last night: the surging 1991 single <a href="http://www.spirit-of-rock.com/album-groupe-Swervedriver-nom_album-Son_of_Mustang_Ford-l-en.html">&#8220;Son of Mustang Ford&#8221;</a> and the new <strong>&#8220;Deep Wound&#8221;</strong> (no relation to <strong>J Mascis</strong> and <strong>Lou Barlow</strong>&#8217;s old band). You can view the footage at <a href="http://www.prefixmag.com/media/swervedriver/son-of-mustang-ford-and-deep-wound-live-on-fallon-/63684/">Prefixmag.com</a>. </p> <p><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/album-review/Content?oid=1032176">Swervedriver</a> are touring the US again, with a Seattle date at <a href="http://neumos.com/neumos.php">Neumos</a> April 4. Look for a feature on the group in tomorrow&#8217;s <em>Stranger</em>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/27/swervedriver-on-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13179957&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Last Night Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/27/swervedriver-on-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13179957&id=comments 0 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:28:29 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/15/lucero-needs-to-guest-star-on-an-episode-of-justified http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/15/lucero-needs-to-guest-star-on-an-episode-of-justified Megan Seling <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:187px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/36de/1331853454-shutterstock_91257335.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/36de/1331853454-shutterstock_91257335.jpg" alt="Timothy Olyphant (Hubba hubba)." title="Timothy Olyphant (Hubba hubba)." width="175" height="262" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">s_bukley / Shutterstock.com</li><li class="imageCaption">Timothy Olyphant (Hubba hubba).</li></ul></div>I can't be the only person in the world who'd want to watch <a href="http://hotwaterhills.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ben-nichols.jpg">Ben Nichols</a> and Raylan Givens (AKA Timothy Olyphant) <del>make out</del> I mean hang out, right? Hubba hubba!</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/15/lucero-needs-to-guest-star-on-an-episode-of-justified#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13046076&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/15/lucero-needs-to-guest-star-on-an-episode-of-justified?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13046076&id=comments 2 Lucero Needs to Guest Star on an Episode of <em>Justified</em> Timothy Olyphant (Hubba hubba). s_bukley / Shutterstock.com Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:19:50 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/13/did-anyone-see-the-shins-on-snl http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/13/did-anyone-see-the-shins-on-snl Charlie Swanson <p>If you're like me, you don't even know who most of the <em>SNL</em> cast are anymore, let alone watch the show on any kind of regular basis. But this last week, at least <strong>the Shins</strong> got to play a couple of songs off their upcoming <em>Port of Morrow</em> and we can just watch those clips real quick without having to suffer through the sketches. First up is the album's lead single "Simple Song," then watch "It's Only Life" below the jump, and then get back to work!<br /><div style="text-align:center;"><br /><iframe id="NBC Video Widget" width="500" height="340" src="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=1389921" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe id="NBC Video Widget" width="500" height="340" src="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=1389896" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/13/did-anyone-see-the-shins-on-snl#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13011433&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Video Television http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/03/13/did-anyone-see-the-shins-on-snl?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=13011433&id=comments 3 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:26:07 -0700 The Stranger