May 4, 2013

Last Monday, I was speaking with someone about the upcoming May Day festivities. “Seattle doesn’t have riots”, I told him, “we have hissy fits.” Shortly before the protests started, I explained to another person, “Seattle riots are different than most. Here, there’ll be 100 white guys with $5,000 cameras trying to make...

Apr 30, 2013

You rallied. You begged. Washington basketball fans have been shitting David Stern’s semen for the last 4 years, and when it came time to man up, extend a middle finger, and send that asshole packing, what did you all do? You got down on your hands and knees like a bunch of little bitches and took a load right in the face. Pow! Right in the kisser! So,...

Apr 27, 2013

After watching the above video, you may come to the conclusion that the answer is “yes”. This is where we are as a society folks.  A point where the guy in a superhero costume officially makes more rational, logical sense than does the Mayor, the Chief of Police, and every bobble-headed human teleprompter on every “news” station in...

Apr 26, 2013

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 lot of flak for using four-letter words. I was called classless, compared to trailer trash, and people rushed to distance themselves from me. ...

Mar 17, 2013

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 male-DOMINATED band? Were the Beatles a male-dominated band? How about Simon & Garfunkel? Were the Go-Gos a female-dominated...

Feb 3, 2013

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, and in the article, he was asked for his thoughts on the “g” word. “Speaking for myself, I always kind of rebelled against the word...

Jan 30, 2013

In the last few months, I’ve had a few emails, not to mention a few real-life conversations, expressing surprise that I have not touched on a subject. That subject, is the legalization of marijuana in the State of Washington. It was generally assumed (correctly) that I supported legalization, and some folks are stumped by my lack of enthusiasm over the...

Jan 13, 2013

In an effort to eliminate noise and insincerity from my daily routine, last week, I deleted my Google+ account, Facebook account, Foursquare account, and a few other social media holdovers. I kept my Twitter account, however, and the reason I did so, was to follow breaking news. Figuring that I would avoid unnecessary noise by keeping my follow list very small,...

Jan 10, 2013

In case you haven’t heard, speculation has begun to run rampant here in Emerald City about the possibility of the Sonics returning to Seattle, by way of the Sacramento Kings. Rumor has it that they would play in Key Arena for two seasons before moving into a new arena in SODO. While this is technically still a rumor, started by a single tweet, it’s...

Dec 30, 2012

Earlier this year, Christine Gregoire, bowing to Hollywood interests, took a page out of the Ronald Reagan playbook, and instituted trickle-down economics for moneyed filmmakers in the State of Washington. You know, the very same moneyed filmmakers who declared Republicans to be evil for advocating trickle-down economics. See, according to Democrats, tax cuts...

Dec 15, 2012

Shock. When a colleague came into my office yesterday and told me to read the news, that was my reaction, along with disgust, disbelief, anger, sadness, and sympathy. The intellectual side of my brain realized that I was being a hypocrite.  After all, I’d read about the deaths of innocent civilians, including children, at the hands of our troops, on many...

Aug 18, 2012

As recently as the 1950′s in this country, a white man could lynch a black man, and he would most likely get away with it.   While those days are behind us, there are swift outcries when it is perceived by mainstream America that these particular inequities are still taking place.  The Trayvon Martin case is a good example of this. While it would be...

Jul 16, 2012

Almost twenty years ago, I was sent by my editor to the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It was a mayoral election year, and an “A list” celebrity had flown in from Los Angeles to stump for her favorite candidate. On this particular day, it was my assignment to interview, photograph, and write an article about this particular A-lister. As I was talking to her...

May 18, 2012

When I tell people that I intend to run for mayor of Seattle, they either laugh or just look at me like I’m crazy. I don’t suppose I really blame them. If they told me that they intended to do the same, I might laugh or look at them like they were crazy as well. Here’s the thing about my impending mayoral run, though … I’m fully...

May 2, 2012

I spent most of yesterday in Westlake Park, hanging out, observing, and talking with people. For the most part, it was actually quite enjoyable. Say what you will about the Occupy folks, but 99% of the people I encounter at their gatherings are really nice, intelligent people. I don’t necessarily agree with everything written on their signs, but the...

Apr 21, 2012

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 of a flash mob. Especially the flash mob I witnessed today. Last year, I recorded the 2011 Glee Flash Mob as it made its way form Capitol Hill,...

Apr 6, 2012

Just Un Fucking Believable....

Apr 1, 2012

Over the last year, I’ve made an effort to soundtrack my own videos and embed them in HTML5 instead of uploading them to YouTube. This process is a pain, and it has resulted in my making far fewer videos (which is either good or bad depending on your point of view), but there are few alternatives. Last year, I tracked a video with a royalty-free clip...

Mar 23, 2012

“Would you like to buy a house in the next 5 years?”, the interviewer asked her. One of my very best friends in the world, a woman I’ll call Amy (not her real name), was very excited when, after weeks of searching for a job, an Internet company finally contacted her for a pre-employment phone interview. Amy is a sufferer of IBS, she is very...

Mar 19, 2012

Two months ago, a massive storm dumped 2″ of snow on Seattle, bringing the city to a complete halt. In the face of this catastrophe, local news reporters, with no regard for their own safety, hit the streets in droves to warn Seattleites to “be careful out there!” It is estimated that, in doing so, these brave news people saved dozens, if not...

Mar 18, 2012

Once, there was the blues. Then, there was rock and roll. This gave way to psychedelic music, which begat rock music, which led to punk, hardcore punk, new wave, alternative music, noise, “grunge”, hip-hop, and electronica. America has always been at the forefront of cultural movements, and this is one of the reasons we have enjoyed such massive...

Mar 3, 2012

Remember when you could park your car in Seattle and come back to find that some passive-aggressive estroman had NOT left a note on your windshield because you parked 2 millimeters over the white line? Remember when Seattle bands didn’t have tambourines or violins? Remember when King 5 news anchor Jean Enersen still had her menses? Those days are long...

Feb 29, 2012

Just before a vote on the downtown tunnel was taken, I informed everyone that the tunnel was a terrible idea. I informed everyone that, instead of alleviating downtown traffic, the tunnel would result in far worse traffic. Mere days after I laid out my arguments, however, the multi-billion dollar tunnel was approved by a voter margin of 60% to...

Feb 26, 2012

On Friday night, I fell asleep with the TV on. Early Saturday morning, while still in twilight sleep, I heard a news story being repeated over and over from the talking picture box that I had left running. I must have heard the same piece three or four times in the course of an hour. Figuring that I was missing out on something very, very important, I finally...

Feb 6, 2012

On Sunday morning, I was awakened at 3:00am by a ringing phone. “Who in the hell is calling me this early in the morning?!”, I mumbled. I grabbed my EVO, looked at the screen, and noticed that the call was coming from “Unknown Location”. Confused, I pressed the answer button, and screamed “Who is it?!!” “Is this Seattle...