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Posted March 20th, 2013 by genestout
Seattle photographer Jim Bennett captured a slew of images from the recent SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.
Check out Bennett’s images of Seattle rapper Macklemore (who recently went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart) and punk legend Iggy Pop at Antone’s, Seattle rocker Reignwolf on Sixth Street, Mike Watt (co-founder of Minutemen, Dos [...]
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Posted March 20th, 2013 by genestout
By GENE STOUT
Justin Timberlake’s new video for “Mirrors” spans decades, tracing a couple’s lifelong relationship with a sweeping, cinematic storyline.
There’s also a lot of cool dancing and fancy footwork by Mr. T.
“Mirrors” is the second single (“Suit & Tie” was the first) from Timberlake’s current album, “The 20/20 Experience.” The debut was featured during the [...]
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Posted March 14th, 2013 by genestout
By MIKEL TOOMBS
Seattleites know that there’s much more to Argentina than the new pope.
Notably, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra rang out 2012 with a program that paired Beethoven’s Ninth with “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires,” written in the years 1965-70 by tango legend Astor Piazzolla. (The dancers were from Cirque de Soleil, another area favorite.)
Conversely, [...]
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Posted in Royal Room, acoustic music, albums, concert tours, grunge, live music, music photography, music videos, musicians, tango, world music | Comment First »
Posted March 13th, 2013 by genestout
By MIKEL TOOMBS
Make your travel plans now.
On Nov. 22 George Jones, 81, will perform his final concert, at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
Jones is known, affectionately, as the Possum, and not because he’s been written off for dead due to his previous alcohol and cocaine abuse (for missing concert dates, he was dubbed “No Show Jones”), and, [...]
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Posted March 1st, 2013 by genestout
By MIKEL TOOMBS
Molly Ringwald became famous, of course, as the late film writer-director John Hughes’ muse, starring in “Sixteen Candles” (1984), which explored the secret life of the American teenager, the high-school detention epic “The Breakfast Club” (1985) and (”Isn’t she…”) “Pretty in Pink” (1986).
More recently, she’s been playing a mom on ABC Family’s “The [...]
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