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“Women Who Rock” and wear sparkly things
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Friday, Jun 14 2013
The new “Women Who Rock” exhibit opens today at the EMP Museum. I saw a preview this week, and though I enjoyed it, as I left the exhibit I had definite mixed feelings about it. The exhibit opens with a great photo of Joan Jett with a “takes no shit from anyone” look and a…
24 years ago this week: YEAH! Magazine #5, Bumbershoot Preview
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Thursday, Sep 1 2011
This week I’ve got YEAH! Magazine issue #5 for you: the 1987 Bumbershoot Preview. We posted capsule previews for all of the local bands playing at that year’s Bumbershoot festival. If you were around here in the 80s, these names should bring back a lot of memories. This was the last weekly issue. The weekly…
24 years ago this week: YEAH! Magazine #4 is missing!
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Thursday, Aug 25 2011
I went to scan YEAH! Magazine #4 today, and was disappointed to find that I don’t have a copy of #4. I thought I had a complete run of the ‘zine, but apparently not. I’d like to appeal to anyone who may have a copy of #4—I would like to copy it if you have…
24 years ago this week: YEAH! Magazine #3
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Thursday, Aug 18 2011
Following up on last week’s post, here’s YEAH! Magazine #3, featuring the Life, the Young Fresh Fellows, Sam Smith, the PopLlama Picnic, and more. (Click the cover to download the whole PDF.) This issue was reasonably solid, I think. The magazine’s volunteers weren’t burned out yet, and we were all pretty motivated. Some of the…
But wait… there’s more
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Wednesday, Feb 27 2008
Continuing to browse after watching that Otis Redding video, I found the whole darned show: Pt.1, Pt.2, Pt.3, Pt.4. It’s all freaking great. Otis does “Satisfaction,” “Respect”, and more, and Eric Burdon does a killer version of “Hold On, I’m Coming”. And that’s not all. Enjoy!
Can’t Turn You Loose
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Wednesday, Feb 27 2008
While randomly browsing YouTube I came across this video of a blistering-hot performance by Otis Redding on Ready, Steady, Go! in 1966. If this doesn’t make you want to dance around you might possibly be a zombie.
Possibly the worst music video ever
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Tuesday, Jul 17 2007
Someone on Metafilter mentioned this a few days ago, with a comment something like “what is up with this video?” But until I got around to watching it, I could not have imagined how weird the video really is. Someone on YouTube put it best: “I’m not sure if I just watched a music video…
Good taste in cover songs
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Wednesday, May 2 2007
While browsing YouTube tonight I found this set of charming covers of songs by Michael Penn, Erasure, A-Ha, and others. The videos aren’t much to speak of, and the performances are unpolished, but the singer, ExUSAF, has a good voice and does a fine job with songs like Penn’s “Try” and “Long Way Down”. And…
Kurt Cobain vigil photos, April 1994
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Friday, Feb 16 2007
While I was going through photo albums looking for photos to upload to Flickr, I found a group of photos that I took on April 10, 1994, at the Seattle Center memorial vigil for Kurt Cobain. These are the photos. I looked online for articles about that day, and surprisingly, found very little. Here’s something…
Driving at Night Again Mix
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Friday, Jun 23 2006
There are two kinds of road trip mix cds. One is the fast, loud, drive very fast sort of mix, the kind with tons of noise and energy. Then there are the ones you listen to when you’re driving along on a dark highway under a full moon, feeling a bit more thoughtful about things,…
Random 10 end of March edition
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Friday, Mar 31 2006
“Mad World” — Tears For Fears “Day After Day” — Badfinger “That’s Just What You Are” — Aimee Mann “Let Love Rule” — Lenny Kravitz “Girl U Want” — Devo “I Can’t Get Behind That” — William Shatner Featuring Henry Rollins “He’s Waitin’” — Sonics “Pickin’ Flowers For” — Best Kissers In The World “Robert…
Random 10
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Friday, Mar 24 2006
No commentary today, just a quick Random Ten: “Switchboard Susan” — Nick Lowe “So Sad About Us” — Steve Brown; a Who cover from the Who’s Not Forgotten tribute album “The Wait” — the Pretenders “Try a Little Tenderness” — Otis Redding “Barely Breathing” — Duncan Sheik “Picking Up the Pieces” — Difford and Tilbrook…
St. Patrick’s Day Random 10
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Friday, Mar 17 2006
Well, I didn’t try to make an Irish-themed Random 10 this week, just the usual first 10 songs in iTunes’ Party Shuffle. So here goes… “Fake” — The Frames (hey! an Irish band!) “New Mistake” — Jellyfish “Flavor of the Week” — American Hi-Fi, whom I saw in concert a few years ago, opening for……
Sick again, Random Ten
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Friday, Mar 10 2006
Dang it, I just got over that nasty lower-respiratory virus, and now I’ve got another one. Or maybe the same one. I don’t know. It sucks, it’s not fair, and I’m going to pout for a while. And listen to a new Random Ten: “Maureen” — Fountains of Wayne “I Can’t Go For That” —…
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24 years ago this week: YEAH! Magazine
What were you reading 24 years ago this week? If you were in Seattle at the time, it might have been this: Or this: YEAH! Magazine was published off and on in 1987-88. I founded the magazine during the summer of 1987, after a long conversation with friends at the Hall of Fame club in…