November 2009

Poster of the Week

By SeattleMan on November 25, 2009

Poster by David Gallo

by Aaron Huffman
Tons of great posters again this week! I’m not in love with all the type on this one, but the brass-knuckles image and the simple composition look great [...]

Underage

By SeattleMan on November 25, 2009

Expo 87’s 2009 Lineup
by Megan Seling
This weekend, the Expo festival returns for a second year—Expo 87 this time—bringing its three-day DIY art extravaganza to the Anne Bonny and Cairo Gallery on Capitol Hill, [...]

Up & Coming

By SeattleMan on November 25, 2009

This Week’s Noteworthy Shows and Parties

by Stranger Staff
Thursday 11/19 Plump DJs (Trinity) See Data Breaker. Built to Spill, Disco Doom, Finn Riggins (Showbox at the Market) Built to Spill’s recent performances—whether revisiting the [...]

Bad Boy Gone Good

By SeattleMan on November 25, 2009

Chris Mansfield Gets His Shit Together with Fences
by Eric Grandy
If Fences’ Chris Mansfield doesn’t have a record deal by the time you recycle this newspaper—or refresh this page or whatever—then something is seriously [...]

Rhythm & Booze

By SeattleMan on November 25, 2009

Foscil’s Not So Sober Cinematic Excursions
by Dave Segal
The Foscil interview takes place at the Rendezvous. This is relevant for two reasons: Foscil’s members are infamous for their prodigious alcohol consumption, and Foscil’s music [...]

Data Breaker

By SeattleMan on November 25, 2009

Plump DJs’ Fat Breakbeats and Joker’s Comic-Book Dubstep
by Dave Segal
Plump DJs—England’s Andy Gardner and Lee Rous—rank among the elite producer/DJs of nu skool breaks, a subgenre with deep roots in big beat—the mid-’90s [...]

Fucking in the Streets

By SeattleMan on November 25, 2009

War Room for Sale, Ben Hills RIP
by Eric Grandy
Last week, War Room co-owner Marcus Lalario officially announced that, after a nearly five-year run, the club’s current ownership would be shutting the doors on [...]

It’s a Hit

By SeattleMan on November 25, 2009

Rihanna, Chris Brown, and “Russian Roulette”
by Michaelangelo Matos
“Russian Roulette” by Rihanna (Def Jam) Is it possible to hear this song as just a song? Not right now; probably not for a good while. [...]

My Philosophy

By SeattleMan on November 25, 2009

War Room, RIP
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Well, fuck. Starting out with yet another RIP; we get all the nightlife-friendly candidates voted in, and now the War Room is about to close its doors. From [...]

the Score

By SeattleMan on November 25, 2009

John Luther Adams, Agendacide, and Jazz
by Christopher DeLaurenti
“Whenever we listen carefully,” writes composer John Luther Adams in The Place Where You Go to Listen (Wesleyan), “we come to hear that music is around [...]

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