Feb 10, 2013

Queen Anne says, “We love Easy Street!” King County says, “We love Easy Street too! We proclaim them Business of the Year!” Chase Bank says, “We love Easy Street’s building! Gimme!” The landlord says, “Right away!” Mike McGinn says, “There’s nothing I can do!” Seattle Rex says,...

Jan 20, 2013

This afternoon, Easy Street Records in Lower Queen Anne opened one last time to auction off its remaining inventory. Armed with $50 or so, I went down to pay my final respects, and to perhaps pick up an item or two as well. I figured that I might pick up a poster for $15, a rare record for $20 … or something along those lines. I would soon find out,...

Jan 19, 2013

It’s a depressing time to be a Seattleite. It’s a depressing time to be an American. Over the last decade, I’ve watched not only the middle-class dry up, but small businesses dry up as well. While some places in this country are still doing better than others, in 2013 Seattle, you’d either have to be insane to start a small business, or...

Oct 24, 2012

“Check out the park name at 5th Ave. N and Highland” a homeslice just text messaged me. I pulled up Google Maps, and sure enough: Heh. Well, I’ll be damned. It looks like the Seattle City Council strikes again. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m on my way to a certain park in Queen...

Mar 6, 2012

During the course of any given day, I encounter between 5 and 10 wrong-way drivers. While all cities have such drivers from time to time, their sheer volume is something that is quite unique to Seattle. If I personally encounter five to ten per day, imagine how many of these drivers truly exist. Moments ago, I stumbled upon an accident scene in LQA. I...

Mar 1, 2012

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Dec 25, 2011

It seems like only yesterday I was hanging out in Westlake Park, enjoying Christmas in 2010. Here it is … 2011 … and I’m once again celebrating in exactly the same way. Running around looking at Christmas lights. Why mess with success? Now that I have a family, I really enjoy this time of year. I don’t think I’ve ever gone into details about...

Nov 18, 2011

Nov 7, 2011

Jeff and Stone first listened to Ed’s “mamma-son” demo tape in this apartment building, and the rest is history.

Nov 7, 2011

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Mar 10, 2011

Taken 10 minutes ago.

Dec 22, 2010