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Archive for April, 2009
My Bloody Valentine @ WaMu Theater
Apr 28th
My Bloody Valentine playing in Brazil. Photo courtesy Baptiste Pons via Flickr.
The signs posted around the outside of the WaMu theater said it best: “Tonight’s show will be extremely LOUD”.
My Bloody Valentine, the Irish alt-rock “shoegaze” band who hasn’t released an album since 1991′s smash “Loveless” destroyed the earbuds of thousands of fans Monday at WaMu Theater. Earplugs were given out at the door, and MBV–known for their use of distortion, pitch bending and noise–put them to good use and pushed the limits of how loud a concert can get.
Officials hope to trap bear living in I-5 median
Apr 23rd
A black bear has made a home for himself in the median between I-5 northbound and southbound. Image courtesy kirotv.com
Wildlife officials are attempting to capture and move a lone black bear which made an appearance Thursday in the I-5 median near Stanwood, Washington.
Record stores host holiday
Apr 22nd
The constant flow of people through local record shops on Saturday was a rare sight, a throwback to a time when the record store was the only place to buy music. The crowds turned out for the second annual Record Store Day, an unofficial holiday started last year as a celebration of the over 700 independently owned record stores in the United States.
Many of Seattle’s record shops participated in the event, including Sonic Boom Records, Easy Street Records and Everyday Music. Festivities included exclusive Record Store Day releases from world-renowned bands like Sonic Youth and the Flaming Lips, in-store performances from local bands, T-shirt silk-screening and discounts on records and CDs.
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Tea bag tax protests don’t make much sense
Apr 22nd
Tea party protesters gather to voice their collective dissatisfaction with taxes. Tea parties were named after the Boston Tea Party of 1773.
As tax day came and went last week, it seemed to bring out the crazy in some Republicans and other anti-Obama people who wished to protest the fact they have to pay taxes to the government that protects them.
“The American taxpayers are the Jews for Obama’s ovens,” read a sign being held at a “tea party”-the name given by right-wing media outlets like Fox News to a nationwide series of protests during tax week. “No Taxes. Obama Loves Taxes. Bankrupt USA. Loves Baby Killing,” read another, seemingly written in a stream-of-consciousness format.
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‘Crack House’: Investigation shows reasons for notoriety as a drug hot spot
Apr 15th
The Fenimore Hotel, often referred to by SU students as the "crack house," sits adjacent to Campion Hall. Photo: Braden VanDragt
Empty beer cans and used syringes litter the sidewalk and street. Homeless people loiter, panhandle and sometimes sleep on the sidewalk. People yell to upstairs apartments at all hours of the night, and all of this is only what is most easily observed.
Rancho Bravo Tacos brings taco-truck Mexican to Capitol Hill
Apr 10th
Rancho Bravo Tacos has opened in the old KFC building. Photo by Angelo Carosio
Since the unfortunate demise of Taco Bell, it’s been hard to find a good burrito on the hill under $5. Taco Del Mar never tastes quite as good as you want it to, Tacos Guaymas is way too expensive and also not that good, and Bimbos is pretty excellent but doesn’t allow minors in, even during the day. Last week a new contender opened for business in the old KFC building across from Cal Anderson park on Pine, and Rancho Bravo Tacos seems to understand what people want in a burrito: cheap, big, and delicious.