Love Battery, Live at The Mix
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again … Love Battery is the most underrated band in the history of music. Over the years, I’ve mentioned this group in my various articles a few dozen times, and in...
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View ArticleThe 2012 Seattle “Glee” Flash Mob
Remember when life didn’t suck? Yeah, me either. I try, though, oh how I try, and lately, I’ve found that there’s something contagious about the boundless optimism that is exhibited within the context...
View ArticleReminder: Love Battery Tonight
One of the best bands ever to come out of Seattle, and one of my top 10 favorites to come out of anywhere, is playing tonight at Lo-Fi, and I consider it a civic duty to make as many people aware of it...
View ArticleA Night at the Lo-Fi
Love Battery played Lo-Fi last night, and of course, yours truly was in attendance. Now that the ringing in my ears has finally begun to subside, I’ll try to pen a few paragraphs about the show. The...
View ArticleSaturday Night
I’m hanging out at the Crocodile last night, when a band takes the stage and launches into a set of Soundgarden covers, the previous band having just finished up a set of Pearl Jam covers. The night is...
View ArticleMelvins! Live Tonight! Sold Out!!
I doubt anyone will get the title reference, and actually, I think there may be a few tickets left. Tonight at the Showbox. Hipsters welcome. I guess. Bring money.
View ArticleFading Away
“Do you need your cane?” I wanted to kill myself when my wife posed this question to me. Sometimes, I think Kurt had this one pegged. Maybe it is better to burn out than fade away. On this night, I was...
View ArticleThe Neptune
Last night, I saw Sunn O))) and Earth at the Neptune, along with opening bands Lioncloth and Dead in the Dirt. I went primarily to see Dylan’s band … and they didn’t disappoint. I just wish they’d been...
View ArticleGrunge Lives
This was the marquee at the Show Box last night: Here are my tickets, so far, for February’s shows. What year is it again???? A few months ago, Love Battery’s Ron Nine was interviewed by The Stranger,...
View ArticleThese Streets
When I first read the proclamation above, I rolled my eyes. “Overshadowed by male-dominated bands”, I said, “oooh, sounds sinister.” I couldn’t help but wonder, though … what exactly is a...
View ArticleThey All Come Around … Eventually
I have a well-established track record of staking out wildly-unpopular-at-the-time positions, which, sometimes years later … become far more popular positions. When I first started “blogging”, I took a...
View ArticleMcCready & Friends
Mike McCready once ruined a friendship of mine. This was a shame, because the friend in question was an interesting guy. He wrote a book about his experiences teaching in inner-city LA high schools,...
View ArticleThe Sub Pop Silver Jubilee
“Had Sub Pop never darkened Seattle’s doorstep, how much would a 3-bedroom house on Queen Anne cost right now?” This was the query I posed to a friend of mine yesterday. “Twenty, maybe thirty percent...
View ArticleMake Those Donuts With Extra Grease
“Where’s the rest of Crover and why is he hula-hooping onstage?” These questions and more were left unanswered after last night’s Melvins show at Neumos. On second thought, those were really the only...
View ArticleThe Capitol Hill Block Party: Hour One
10th Avenue Entrance The Capitol Hill Block Party kicked off one hour ago, and I walked up the hill to check it out. So far, the only thing going on is security folks being kind of obnoxious. No music,...
View ArticleThe Trees! They Scream!
I know that this news has been out since last month, but I’m just now getting somewhat excited about it. Every now and then, a band comes along that blows your mind, and as you are listening to their...
View ArticleThe Kindness of Pearl Jam Strangers
About a month ago, when the Cinerama began selling tickets for the premiere of the Pearl Jam 20 movie, I looked at my late September calendar and realized that my schedule would be chaotic. I might be...
View ArticleLove Battery, Saturday October 22nd
Love Battery Ad on Capitol Hill Pole I’m just a bill, yes I’m only a bill, and I’m posted here on Capitol Hill. Thank God you were, otherwise I would have missed tomorrow night’s Love Battery gig at...
View ArticleLove Battery, Live at The Mix
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again … Love Battery is the most underrated band in the history of music. Over the years, I’ve mentioned this group in my various articles a few dozen times, and...
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