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Oddfellows Cafe & Bar: Seattle, WA
1525 10th Ave Seattle, WA 98122 (206) 325 0807 http://www.oddfellowscafe.com/ Oddfellows Café & Bar in Seattle is a very curious thing indeed. On the surface, it looks a bit rustic and stark, yet there
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Cheri Dir: Stephen Frears Rating: 2.5/5.0 Miramax Films 92 Minutes In the late 1800s Europe was living the Belle Epoque — well, at least the upper crust were living the beautiful life until 1914
Read More »Concert Review: Doves/Wild Light
Boasting a classical exterior and interior architectural designs, the Wiltern was not an aesthetic I planned on experiencing in America’s nu-design capital of Los Angeles. Needless to say, it was an inviting introduction to
Read More »Future of the Left: Travels with Myself and Another
Future of the Left Travels with Myself and Another Rating: 4.5/5.0 Label: 4AD Band break-ups, obviously, are not good. Apart from the typical whining about how the band was just hitting their stride (or
Read More »Woolfy: If You Know What’s Good For Ya!!
Woolfy If You Know What’s Good For Ya!! Rating: 2.0/5.0 Label: DFA/Rong Although I hate the term, it would be a disservice to the greater Los Angeles music scene, from its assembly line soundalikes
Read More »Rediscover: Tom Lehrer Songs and More Songs by Tom Lehrer
Rediscover: Tom Lehrer Songs and More Songs by Tom Lehrer 1953/1959 Rediscover is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that have flown under the radar and now deserve a second look. There are
Read More »Sunn O))): Monoliths & Dimensions
Sunn O))) Monoliths & Dimensions Rating: 4.0/5.0 Label: Southern Lord When my copy of Monoliths & Dimensions arrived, the mailer from Southern Lord read “Let There Be Doom.” Though I had never heard anything
Read More »Rock Plaza Central: …at the moment of our most needing
Rock Plaza Central …at the moment of our most needing Rating: 3.0/5.0 Label: Paper Bag Records Let it be known that Rock Plaza Central’s sole output between their breakthrough Are We Not Horses? and
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Afghan Star Dir: Havana Marking Rating: 2.5/5.0 Zeitgeist Films 87 Minutes The documentary has been enjoying its highest profile in, well, maybe ever. While it won’t make Transformers nervous, at has at least escaped
Read More »Concert Review: TV on the Radio/Dirty Projectors
All bets are off at a concert. Manners and social mores are more or less tossed to the side. I remember a moment of Gimme Shelter where a guy completely off his face is
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