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Posted September 9th, 2010 by genestout
The Puyallup Fair begins each year with a new slogan.
The 2010 slogan is “Free Your Glee,” which sounds more like a catch phrase for “American Idol” (or a certain Fox TV show) than a slogan for a 100-plus-year-old fair that has been entertaining Northwesterners for generations and is older than Seattle’s legendary Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of [...]
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Posted September 8th, 2010 by genestout
Led by Billy Corgan, the Smashing Pumpkins are currently criss-crossing the country on an extended tour of intimate venues that includes a sold-out show Friday (Sept. 10) at Showbox SoDo.
The rock band’s first tour since December 2008 features “a balance of classics, a few obscure ones, and new ‘Teargarden’ material,” says Corgan.
Last spring, the Pumpkins [...]
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Posted September 7th, 2010 by genestout
Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival returns Oct. 15 and continues through Nov. 7 with more than 50 performances throughout Seattle.
The renowned jazz festival, now in its 22nd year, draws jazz greats from around the world to collaborate and interact with Northwest artists and audiences. Earshot also celebrates Seattle’s place in the jazz world, with concerts [...]
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Posted September 7th, 2010 by genestout
By MIKEL TOOMBS
The final day (Monday, Sept. 6) of Seattle’s Bumbershoot festival, soggy and somewhat sparsely populated, yielded some offbeat, even unexpected delights.
What can you say about a speed-metal guitarist-singer who prompts a 60-something woman in the Center Square Stage crowd to exclaim, “He’s the best entertainer I’ve seen in three days!”?
Only that it had [...]
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Posted September 7th, 2010 by genestout
Indie rockers ruled Bumbershoot’s smaller stages on Sunday, the second day of the 40th annual festival at Seattle Center.
Here’s a gallery of photos by Seattle photographer Kam Martin of Fences, Crash Kings, Hey Marseilles, The Lonely H and Horse Feathers.
All were Northwest bands (except for Los Angeles power-pop group Crash Kings) performing on such stages [...]
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