The 2012 Seattle “Glee” Flash Mob
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...
View ArticleLaw Unenforcement
I’ve been having a running argument in my forums with a guy over gun rights. He thinks all guns should be taken away from people, and I think that everyone needs to be their own police officers. Today,...
View ArticleSaturday Night
I’m hanging out at the Crocodile last night, when a band takes the stage and launches into a set of Soundgarden covers, the previous band having just finished up a set of Pearl Jam covers. The night is...
View ArticleSeattle Halloween 2012
Last night was Halloween, or depending on when I had time to post this, maybe it was the night before. We walked to Hilltop, where we went trick-or-treating. There was a flash mob there. I took...
View ArticleResisting Arrest
Another day, another SPD scandal. There have been several in the past few months, but for the most part, I’ve tried to just ignore them. Nothing can be done, really. There’s little probability of...
View ArticleFiggy Pudding
Downtown Seattle is a much more pleasant place in the fall than it is in the summer. Less traffic, less heat, more lights, fewer bopo boys with skateboards and pit bills, fewer homeless people, fewer...
View ArticleA Ride on The Seattle Great Wheel
After an aborted attempt to ride the new Seattle Ferris Wheel (or The Seattle Great Wheel as it’s officially called), in late October, we finally headed down to Pier 57 for another attempt. A slightly...
View ArticleNew Year’s Eve 2013
You know, sometimes I envy suburban tourists. I truly do. After all, they don’t have to wait 10 minutes each way for an elevator when they leave their homes; don’t have to smell what 15 people are...
View ArticleGrunge Lives
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,...
View ArticleSoundgarden at The Paramount
“You know that thing about punk rock being freedom?”, I asked rhetorically. “Yeah”, said the guy who fronted a band that many would call punk. “Well, it’s a load of shit. Punk rock isn’t freedom. Punk...
View ArticleMark Arm Loves People
Last night, hipsters stood stoically, pointing gently above the stage, careful not to spill their PBR’s, while across town, their fathers were stage-diving and crowd-surfing like twenty-somethings....
View ArticleMcCready & Friends
Mike McCready once ruined a friendship of mine. This was a shame, because the friend in question was an interesting guy. He wrote a book about his experiences teaching in inner-city LA high schools,...
View ArticleSeattle in 1962
Be sure to fast forward to 5:10 where the world was introduced to the wireless pager. It’s the size of a small building and weighs only 800lbs, but every drug dealer on Rainier had one by the end of...
View ArticleHappy New Year From Seattle
I’ve seen New Year’s and July 4th Fireworks multiple times in cities such as New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Seattle. While they have all been fine displays, my absolute...
View ArticleCoverage We Can Count On
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...
View ArticleThe Worst Drivers in America. A Dissertation.
Even though Rick Santorum and 98% of Texans claims that it’s un-American to do so, in my opinion, when a man is wrong, he should apologize. With that in mind, I would like to take this opportunity to...
View ArticleDennis Bounds … Raw and Uncut
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...
View ArticleTolerance. Seattle-Style.
Earlier today, after leaving Emmett Watson’s Oyster Bar, I heard a commotion at the north end of Pike Place, so I walked up to investigate. When I got there, I noticed that the “Going To Hell...
View ArticleMay Jerry Cantrell Have Mercy on My Soul
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...
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