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Fire In The Hole

On September 30, 2010 By

And by hole I mean Key Arena : )

Here are a  couple of shots from the big rock show at Key Arena last night: Arcade Fire!

The show was epic, just like the band’s songs. Have you heard a negative review? Not me. Not one. Yeah everyone wishes their favorite band would [...]

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In The Family Way

On September 28, 2010 By

After cramming their massive band onto the tiny stage at Neumo’s for their first local gig, Montreal art rockers Arcade Fire return to Seattle to play at Key Arena in support of their new album The Suburbs on Wednesday night.

I spoke with Win Butler, founding member and driving force behind [...]

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Paging… A Musical Genius.

On September 16, 2010 By

When former Barenaked Lady Steven Page visited The Lounge a couple of weeks back, I cornered him in my office, turned a camera on him, and asked him to do me a favor. Take a tip from me, this is a great way to get someone to say “yes”. And say “yes” he did.

In [...]

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New Year’s Cake

On December 30, 2009 By

What are your plans for New Year’s Eve? If you’re still looking for an epic way to spend the evening, head on over to The Moore for some Cake! (the Cake at right on the pic above, that is… existence of cake on left is not yet confirmed.)

I had a chance to [...]

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Tears, T.I., and Tongue

On November 25, 2009 By

A lot can happen over a cup of coffee! I met up with Eric Hutchinson yesterday for a quick cuppa before his show at WAMU. Ok, technically I crashed a coffee meeting between Eric and The Mountain Morning Show’s Sean Demery at Starbucks on Capital Hill. But Eric and I have history! We’ve [...]

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  First you should know that I love these guys. They’re super warm and funny and down to earth…like a roving band of brothers. So I’m sure they won’t mind me sharing this video:  

  Second, you should know that Gomez have a new album called A New Tide on [...]

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3.30.09 The Wrong Man

On April 7, 2009 By

Have you watched the video for Depeche Mode’s new song “Wrong”? It’s visually stunning, disturbing, and captivating all at once. The video’s director, Patrick Daughters, has put together some of the best music videos in years, most notably Feist’s “1, 2, 3, 4″. (You know the one, with the dancers and the blue sparkly [...]

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Smart, funny, down-to-earth, talented, good tennis player, and devoted father and husband (to Hollaback Girl Gwen Stefani)… what am I forgetting about Gavin Rossdale? Oh yeah, handsome, handsome man. He makes the ladies go b-a-n-a-n-a-s!

 

  Gavin was in his hotel room at Indian Wells catching some tennis, family [...]

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2.8.09 Grammy Talk with Tyrone

On March 13, 2009 By

Are you set for the Grammys? Tyrone Wells is.

His new album is “Remain”, he’s a Spokane guy, and a really good ping pong player!! Let’s see if his Grammy picks are as accurate as his pong serve.

Tyrone makes his picks for Best New Artist Grammy:

- Shawn

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O.A.R. at Bonnaroo ’08, Manchester TN    

Readers, friends,I sat down with Richard and Mark of O.A.R. shortly after their acoustic set on the main stage to talk about their set, touring, their new album, and their time entertaining the troops overseas. We chatted about living with war, and about living with the rest [...]

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