Today is International Clash Day! Now in its fifth year, International Clash Day celebrates what else, the stellar English punk band. The Clash really needs no introduction. But you know what? Seattle is one of the fine cities celebrating it officially. In honor of the group, here’s one of my favorite Clash songs, “London Calling.” […]
Band: The 1975 Why You Want to Watch: I can’t say how much I love the 1975’s song “Somebody Else.” A lot! I love it loads. The video for it, directed by Tim Mattia (who’s directed other videos for the band), is an unsettling but beautiful night in the life of singer Matthew Healy’s imagination. […]
Mike Bartlett’s King Charles III debuted in Seattle on November 16th, 2016, and I was so lucky to be there. I’d been eager for quite some time to see the play, which imagines a constitutional crisis when the Prince of Wales takes the throne. It’s a dramatic political piece that maintains a suspenseful pace with […]
Puff Puff Pass Tour Part 2 @ the Paramount, Th. 12/8 Preview by Dagmar The magnificent rapper Snoop Dogg brings his Puff Puff Pass Tour Part 2 to the Paramount on Thursday evening, December 8th. The tour, including a noticeably excellent lineup with Snoop Dogg, Bone thugs-n-harmony, Warren G, DJ Quik and Tha Dogg Pound, […]
Band: Peking Duk Why You Want to Watch: Lady and the Tramp gets a 2016 update (to me, anyway) in Peking Duk’s video for “Stranger feat. Elliphant,” featuring a Doberman Pinscher and, I think, a Lhasa Apso. Peking Duk, a Canberra, Australia duo, had director Lior Molcho (he’s directed videos for Sia, Elle King & […]