Remembering City Arts Fest One Tweet at a Time
- — October 25, 2010
An entertaining digest of what staffers and readers were experiencing on the ground during the inaugural Heineken City Arts Fest. All comments were recorded via mobile devices and are presented in reverse chronological order, just as you would experience it on Twitter.
Blue Scholars performed at the Paramountduring opening night of City Arts Fest / Photo by Jason Tang
DAY 4
mollyhawks: So fun! Cant wait for next year!
rachelgallaher: Aaaaand that's a wrap. Going home to sleep for 12 hours
thecrocodile: Congratulations #CityArtsFest on a kick ass time. We had a blast.
paulheppner: ENCORE
KristineLaura: Totally disappointed in myself for working throughout most of #cityartsfest. I will plan better next year and won't be an epic fail.
A member of the Dum Dum Girls / Photo by Laura Musselman
JonBHamilton: @aperock My Favorite Dum Dum Girl was the one who didn't smile.
joeymc206: Goddammit I wish my car had a stereo so I could bump big boi the whole ride home. That was an incredible show, so much fun
guerrillacandy: Tonight I went from Zooey Deschanel shaking a tambourine to Big Boi singing "Shake it like a tambourine" A pretty good night.
ryanmolenkamp: This show is making my pants vibrate.
MarkBaumgarten: mad rad closing out #cityartsfest with a healthy amount of f-bombs and an army of seattleites dancing their asses off.
Mad Rad shakes up the Can Can during a surprise show. Photo by Nate Watters.
maggiesavarino: How #cityartsfest ends for me: @OurLadyJ's gospel version of @trent_reznor's "Hurt." Rip my guts out gorgeous. Bless you, sweet lady.
ToddHamm: Swerve is killin it, but nothin new.
ryanmolenkamp: Guy in here wearing airport runway style ear protection. What's that about? Maybe he is saving his ears for Big Boi only
ryanmolenkamp: Fatal Lucciauno is sporting a Warren Moon seahawks jersey at #cityartsfest SODO
thewhitetanktop: #cityartsfest encore better be "Baby It's Cold Outside" from Elf with M Ward doing the Will Ferrell part.
ToddHamm: Showbox sodo soundpersonnel: the drums is loud, the vocals is loud, turn the beat up. I need a beat!
ryanmolenkamp: Humidity level is insane here at Showbox Sodo - a lot of bodies packing in.
hcothoughts: Amongst the chorus of "I love you Zooey!", there was one loud, prominent "I love you Matthew!" Don't worry, fan, I agree.
M Ward and Zooey Deschanel of She & Him performing at 5th Avenue Theatre / Photo by Brad Curran
thewhitetanktop: Thinking of adapting S+H's "Change Is Hard" as my personal theme song at #cityartsfest
guerrillacandy: Zooey Deschanel's voice sound great but this concert needs way more M Ward
SeattleAE: Um. Who knew hips could move that fast! #AtomicBombshells #Tilson #HeadLikeaKite #CityArts fest @theCrocodile
thewhitetanktop: Zooey's performance is very aerobic at #cityartsfest. She needs a couple ballads to give her calves a rest.
zwickelicious: #CityArtsFest + #EscalatorFest = Seattle kicking cultural ass
MarkBaumgarten: Spooky called tonight's performance a "rough draft." Nothing rough from where I stood.
DJ Spooky and Joshua Roman performing at the Triple Door / Photo by Judson Felder
thewhitetanktop: She & Him are on and M Ward looks gorgeous. Girl is okay I guess
hcothoughts: Joshua Roman and DJ Spooky redefine collaboration. Brilliant. Off to She & Him!
kalekim: Opening band for She & Him did a sweet Psychadelic Furs cover.
emilyk206: So excited for @foalsfoalsfoals!
kalekim: Waiting for She &Him. More males here than I thought there'd be.
hcothoughts: Paul Rucker is absolutely chilling in the best way. That man is a master craftsman with the cello.
whitneyricketts: This morning's #cityartsfest poetry & hip hop church ran 3.5 hours long — and the whole crowd stayed for the duration, rapt.
Poetry & Hip-hop Church at Washington Hall / Photo by Nate Watters
thewhitetanktop: I'm so excited for She&Him at #cityartsfest that I just bought a French Vogue to kill time till the show starts.
rachelgallaher: Just got a huge life advice talk from [local author] David Shields
bondhuberman: Backstage at Versus is totally nuts. But the fashion is amazing. Come to chapel @ 7!
thewhitetanktop: Eileen Myles' litter at #cityartsfest (shown left)
thewhitetanktop: Eileen Myles considers herself a saboteur from inside fiction. And thinks "is fiction dead?" is a dumb question.
MarkBaumgarten: Also, @BuffaloMadonna did not deserve to be booed.
MarkBaumgarten: Also thanks Eileen Myles for the deep laughs, @lar206 for the reignited passion and @Finneyfrock for that chill down my spine
MarkBaumgarten: Thank you to @macklemore whose eulogy for Kevin Egan at the Hip-hop & Poetry Church moved me to tears
ryanmolenkamp: Impossible to sum up the interesting ideas expressed at the Fireside Chat - but as [Charles Mudede] said, sampling is a form of evolution
Charles Mudede and Michael Hebb enjoying a "Fireside Chat" / Photo by Nate Watters
hotdaddywags: 39-years-young today. Last day of #cityartsfest and I am whooped. One more charge to the top of the mountain? I think yes.
ryanmolenkamp: I hope they can tell me if I need to get permission to use the A-team theme sound on my voice mail. The more you know at #cityartsfest
thecrocodile: We were sold out at 9:30 last night, man what a super rowdy and fun show. Good job Seattle #CityArtsFest
A crowd awaiting the Weepies at the Crocodile / Photo by Nate Watters
MarkBaumgarten: Oh, and an amazing rendition of "If I Love You" ... then I watched folks throw around mannequin heads while Tilson rapped.
MarkBaumgarten: Also, puppets singing "What Do the Simple Folks Do?" and Nick Garrison leading the Century Ballroom in "Midnight Radio"
pogisilando: [City Arts Online] Review from last night!! http://bit.ly/b1ntoa Best adjective: "demented." I feel accomplished as a music director
IamT_roy: For some reason Seattle has really shitty sound-men. Maybe I need to study the craft and purify the sound of Seattle
amyrainey: FYI. Saw the band @wyeoak last night at #cityartsfest. They were really good.
lavid: I have been waiting 2 years for tonight's @foalsfoalsfoals show. Thank you @City_Arts. I'll be the photog dancing like an idiot in the front
Foals guitarist Jimmy Smith Yannis Philippakis at Neumos / Photo by Dave Lichterman
DAY 3
bondhuberman: I can't stand up any longer #cityartsfest. I love you, but it's been a long week. See you tomorrow at VERSUS
maggiesavarino: SO. Yeah, That was @MarkBaumgarten, #cityartsfest EDITOR helping us break down the ballroom apres Dolls'n'Guys. Now: It's nacho time.
aperock: It was cool seeing Calvin Johnson rocking out with his headphones on in the audience during The Vaselines.
tofufury: Carter and Medeski were amazing! Bought a @TheYoungEvils CD. Great day 3.
rachelgallaher: Hanging up my dancing shoes for the evening, but I have to say the head like a kite show was fantastic!
ryanmolenkamp: Found this H+M fake fur thing [below] on Spring street on my walk home lost + found at #cityartsfest?
ryanmolenkamp: G. Bordello is all about black+ white striped shirts and Vaselines are all about red+white striped shirts what does it mean?
TheSHW: Jackie Hell is about to .... Mount the Stage at "Dolls and Guys" @CenturyBallroom and is she Fierce! Meow Look out!
rachelgallaher: Dodging old men and flying bottle caps at the croc
ryanmolenkamp: Dum Dum Girls are like a modern day cross of the Runaways and the jesus and Mary Chain except they keep their shit together
bondhuberman: “Love, the most effective painkiller." -Lesley Hazelton evoking Burroughs
zigguratmonk: Do I call him RA scion or Victor shade? Hell yeah
RA Scion at the Crocodile / Photo by Nate Watters
zigguratmonk: A little beer before f%*king head like a kite @thecrocodile
MarkBaumgarten: The Century Ballroom is alive with the sound of Rudinoff!
thewhitetanktop: Scorsese says Cubism was a revolution in Western culture that made him film the rat at the end of The Departed. Or something.
maggiesavarino: Aw, cute! DJ Spooky & youngens w/ strings on foot to downtown after rehearsal at Sorrento. Makes me wanna hum Julie Andrews.
paulheppner: Soliloquy astonished. Amazed and inspired #cityartsfest it's all about the love
Peter Boal performing at Soliloquy at Town Hall / Photo by Nate Watters
ryanmolenkamp: 3door has the cool fish and the great music! #cityartsfest marine biology report:
bondhuberman: So many great moments at soliloquy, including Brian Wilson's music filling town hall like a cathedral
thewhitetanktop: At #cityartsfest Picasso and Braque's Cubist paintings resemble the flickering frames of the earliest films.
ryanmolenkamp: Behind-the-back drumming! Who is that guy?!
ryanmolenkamp: Damn, Carter. I did not know you could make those sounds with a sax! Surprised at #cityartsfest
James Carter at Triple Door / Photo by Sarah Jurado
thewhitetanktop: Lol at Eli in answer to a tourgoer's question: "Yes, I've done some pretty important paintings too."
ryanmolenkamp: You know what I love? The crazy black w white spots ray in the aquarium at 3door. Someone just walked by and said "fishies!"
ryanmolenkamp: If I don't make it in to this show, at least I can hear the sounds of Banana Cabana in the lounge. Taking what I can get #cityartsfest
thewhitetanktop: Continuing his gift for analogy at #cityartsfest, Hanson says Picasso's self portraits look like Don Draper until they go Cubist.
bondhuberman: Town Hall looks really pretty at dusk
thewhitetanktop: Oooohh the tour begins in the room at SAM with all the blocks to play with – my favorite part of the museum.
VicGardenYarn: Busted out the Arne and Carlos coat for the #CityArtsFest evening! #Fashionable men who also #knit are awesome.
maggiesavarino: "Not every soul is worth buying," Lesley Hazelton channels Burroughs. She's a f$*king rock star. Soliloquy, tonite, Town Hall
thecrocodile: Streets of Seattle are paved with PopChips. Eat some tonite w/ Head Like A Kite, Brent Amaker, Ra Scion & Atomic Bombshells
Atomic Bombshells / Photo by Nate Watters
bondhuberman: It is definitely Friday (thank EFF!). And I am definitely having a Vito’s cocktail before Soliloquy @ Town Hall.
njungerberg: @City_Arts Sounds like an amazing time. Wish I were there!
MarkBaumgarten: Kudos to the City Arts staff, who, in addition to putting on this #cityartsfest, is also finishing the November issue today. #weareinsane
IamT_roy: Headed to see Blitzen Trapper tonight at the #cityartsfest. Any one else going to be at the show?
Jmbpphotography: Need an iPad or somethin to watch all the awesomeness that is @chasejarvis while I'm at work!
A Fireside Chat in the midst of the Seattle 100 Exhibition at CreativeLIVE studios / Photo by Nate Watters
kimruehl: Seattle! Seriously, tomorrow at #cityartsfest means @staranna and @seracahoone at the Croc. Greg Paul sitting in w Sera. Go!!! Wish I could!
Kurtbreighley: I have this fantasy where Shop Assistants reform to round out 2nite's @TheYoungEvils /DumDumGirls/Vaselines @City_Arts triple bill.
Susiefloros: Stoked to be in Seattle the same time as #cityartsfest. Love this city. Looking fwd to chasejarvis exhibit.
Nancie41: #cityartsfest makes dreams come true! met dave matthews last night at the weepies!
DAY 2
thewhitetanktop: The Alloy Orchestra not only scores the film but provides sound effects like steam whistles and boot scraping.
thewhitetanktop: I was unsure how they could fit a whole orchestra in SIFF Cinema but it turns out Alloy Orchestra is three people.
kimwiessner: Saw #catpower live @City_Arts last night. Unbelievable voice - worth every penny to hear her live.
Cat Power performing at 5th Avenue Theatre / Photo by Laura Musselman
Moregie: p.s. the croc show was amazing last night. Lucy Shwartz, The Head and the Heart and The Weepies. my heart was bursting
aperock: Cat Power show last night was the 1st time I had ever heard an audience member shout for LESS REVERB IN THE DRUMS!!!
hotdaddywags: Huge day 2 of #cityartsfest. Roky Erickson and Phosphorescent both unexpected treats prompting zee tweetz.
zigguratmonk: Head like a Kite @thecrocodile ? I think so, yes. And you say there is burlesque? I just should have bought the damn #cityartsfest wristband
TimAppelo: Pat Graney's Faith Triptych at #cityartsfest is a timelapse photo of 10 years' dance genius packed into 3 hours. Concatenating masterworks!
paulheppner: Oh yeah Phosphorescent the perfect #cityartsfest dessert
kalekim: When I asked Dave Matthews what he thought of The Head and the Heart he said, "I'm kind of obsessed with them."
The Head and the Heart meet Dave Matthews / Photo by Nate Watters
Cassiehoeprich: Front row at Cat Power, Chan was nice enough to give us gifts. Love you, #cityartsfest
paulheppner: Thursday night rock, thank you Roky Erickson and friends...#cityartsfest hitting hard
ryanmolenkamp: Yikes bad typo... That is suey not sued! Drunk typos at #cityartsfest. I'm not ashamed.
Matthew Houck of Phosphorescent at Chop Suey / Photo by Rachel Vernon-Cole
ryanmolenkamp: People are packing it at chop sued ! Phosphorescent is about to come on!
bondhuberman: Rich Jensen worked in some beat box tonight at the off hours. Pretty impressive.
rachelgallaher: Actually teared up watching the weepies
The Weepies at the Crocodile / Photo by Nate Watters
HLevinCityArts: Mad Rad gets a premature threat of violence and @cherrycanoe vents about race. Chase Jarvis wins.
tofufury: Cat Power - beautiful 2nd day to #cityartsfest
Zenacc: Chan looked uncomfortable on stage, but she sang beautifully! really good Catpower show.
zigguratmonk: Cat Power I love you.
ryanmolenkamp: For such a violent name People Eating People make very pretty music
hcothoughts: Dave Matthews is talking to Head and the Heart while the Weepies are performing. It's a musical powerhouse at the Crocodile!
thewhitetanktop: To paraphrase the epigram for Metropolis: to mediate between the head and the hands there must be #cityartsfest
moregie: my heart is happy, @headandtheheart never disappoint. now on to the Weepies!
paulheppner: Totally caught the head and the heart hype at #cityartsfest
Members of The Head and The Heart at The Crocodile / Photo by Nate Watters
hcothoughts: I've been playing hopscotch with venues tonight. Too much good stuff. That's right, ampm, #cityartsfest has now earned your slogan.
rachelgallaher: had a great time tonight at the Sorrento for #cityartsfest (and I just learned how to use the hashmark!)
SethKolloen: Maldives' banjo-er has long beard and 10-gl hat but I like to think his name's Edwin Phipps and he's a partner at Perkins Coie
Kevin Barrans of the Maldives at Neumos / Photo by Sarah Jurado
MarkBaumgarten: Chan is all doomy on guitar. I think she should collab with Earth.
MarkBaumgarten: Gotta love a woman who tucks her mic to applaud her band.
SethKolloen: Country hats on stage: 2. Country hats in audience: 0.
SethKolloen: Someone's smokin' the Mary J here during Maldives at Neumos. I am SHOCKED.
Seth Kolloen: Attractive couple laughing and smiling as Maldives start. POWER OF MUSIC!!!
SethKolloen: Attractive couple having a huge fight between sets. Start Maldives! Start!
ryanmolenkamp: Tonight at the Off Hours I learned about the board game: Hasbro Poetry Death Match.
sarahjurado: How many bands is Faustine Hudson in? And how does she kick so much ass?
kalekim: Just saw Dave Matthews at The Croc!
HLevinCityArts: Jarvis's portraits are lovely, but it's the catering by Matt's in the Market that has my attention.
zigguratmonk: I do believe J. Tillman just made a Brautigan reference in that song. I think I'm in love.
MarkBaumgarten: Paul [Rucker] is trying to get Tilson to rap about his life. Tilson says he was born fully dressed two years ago.
Tilson and Paul Rucker at Chamber vs Chamber / Photo by Judson Felder.
bondhuberman: Paul Rucker and Tilson are adorably dorky together.
Sullystan: The head & the heart, belle & Sebastian #thankusweetmusic
MarkBaumgarten: Paul Rucker just said he bought his stand-up bass for $45. Sounds great.
bondhuberman: At chamber Tilson offers to cook. Or redo any song ever.
hcothoughts: I'm running into people I know every five minutes. Apparently my people are into Cat Power. Good taste.
MariskQ: Staring at the line across the street for @theweepies concert @thecrocodile. Damn you #cityartsfest and your stupid wristband I can't afford
bondhuberman: I heart Speight Jenkins' Texan accent. Fireside chats are great!
ryanmolenkamp: One of tonight's readers will be sporting a ukulele! No relation to Tiny Tim. Unexpected at #cityartsfest
Ukelele player Jenny Symons charms at the Off Hours / Photo by Sarah Jurado
maggiesavarino: Myth: Absinthe is hallucinogenic. It never was, says Gwydion Stone of Marteau Absinthe
maggiesavarino: Myth of opera: All singers are fat, says Speight Jenkins of Seattle Opera...
HLevinCityArts: Puzzling to attend a fireside chat that involves no actual fire. One can at least hope for crackling conversation.
bondhuberman: Hip-hop as musical theatre. Discuss #cityartsfest
HelloTower: Chop Suey is gonna go off tonite.
ryanmolenkamp: Is Drew Barrymore in town for #cityartsfest ?
Kctennessy: Guy at work on #SeraCahoone, "That woman has an interesting forehead." He's right; she does.
Hilaryparis: I heart #cityartsfest ! Had so much fun at the @chasejarvis party seeing lovelies @bluescholars , @popchipsSeattle , @JessEstrada , @Ms_Meli
DAY 1
206upBlog: I wish I was at The Paramount.
The Paramount's sign opening night of Heineken City Arts Fest / Photo by Sarah Jurado
TMB_SOL: Wishing the MC would use his stage time to Rally-the-Vote! #CityArts #BlueScholars #Seattle #Music #Justice
ThatGirl1985: @City_Arts you rock!!
MethodDesigns: First night of #cityartsfest was great. I ran all over town to see shows. I gotta recharge for tonight.
hcothoughts: Lessons from #cityartsfest : No one, and I mean no one, rocks a 'stache like Eugene Lutz of Gogol Bordello
Gogol Bordello at Showbox SODO / Photo by Dave Lichterman
zachluellen: missed @bluescholars and @macklemore tonight at #cityartsfest in seattle. getting over a cold. at the angry stage of recovery. #cursewords
Janelle_SNC: Is it nerdy that I felt 'proud' of @FreshEspresso, @MashHall and @Macklemore? So PROUD of the 206!!
tofufury: Belle & Sebastian turned Benaroya into a dance hall. No longer regret missing other shows tonight
thesteamco: Belle and Sebastian made my heart thump thump. LOVE.
ToddHamm: Unprecedented triple encore here. Eugene is shirtless. Chicken man on someone's shoulders in crowd.
ToddHamm: Shirts just came off onstage. Crowd is equally sweaty. Encore is hectic #GogolBordello
Moregie: gogol bordello puts on one hell of a show
Freshespresso: RT @AuzSantiago: New @freshespresso song "hush" got the kiddies losing it.
ToddHamm: "Dear Seattle, don't you think it's time for an old Jewish song?" Crowd: "yeeeaahh!"
guerillacandy: It's safe to call the night 1 of #cityartsfest at the Paramount a success. Local hip-hop is shining & the crowd is loving every minute of it
ToddHamm: It's become clear that at a Gogol Bordello show, you get worn out before they do. They know how to throw a party in a big way.
ToddHamm: Light-up mic stands are an awesome touch. #gogolbordello
ryanmolenkamp: First time I ever heard a shout out to "the teachers" at a rap show.
thewhitetanktop: B+S is my first show where the lead singer asked for (and received) a midshow makeover from the audience. Only at #cityartsfest!
Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian is rushed by fans at Benaroya Hall / Photo by Nate Watters
ryanmolenkamp: Damn, it’s safe to say Seattle loves Blue Scholars - this crowd is LOUD
thewhitetanktop: the gentleman in front of me is properly dressed for Belle and Sebastian at Benaroya — coat, lavender shirt and tie.
LifewithBlythe: Where’s the after party #cityartsfest?
Sarahjurado: @MarkBaumgarten you should be so proud of your #cityartsfest — the Paramount is unreal tonight!!
ryanmolenkamp: Haha - "That's why I'm up on stage, looking like a cross between santa clause and the KFC man" Brother Ali
__Tora: 4 violins. WHAT? HELL YEAH! #cityartsfest
ermap: Dinner at Campagne followed by Belle and Sebastian at Benaroya Hall. Not enough for you? We brought our opera glasses.
Kayessea: This one's for Eyedea! #RIP Big shout out to @BrotherAliMpls for being AWESOME. @rhymesayers in the house!
thewhitetanktoop: I've traded seats so two young lovers can sit together for B+S because #cityartsfest is about accommodation. And because this seat is better.
ryanmolenkamp: "We don't got taco buses where I come from!" Brother Ali at #cityartsfest
Brother Ali performing at the Paramount / Photo by Nate Watters
solzilla: Yo. @BrotherAliMpls on stage now! If u didn't know, he's one helluva emcee.
Madradmusic: Now Macklemore?? Love this #cityartsfest
ToddHamm: Stagedive, wouldn't have expected anything less. Well played #cityartsfest
Kayessea: #IrishCelebration is the best. Thank you, @macklemore and @RyanLewisMusic! #Irish #cityartsfest
Macklemore performing at the Paramount / Photo by Jason Tang
Kayessea: Okay! #DanceParty it is! @macklemore isn't cutting anybody's vocal chords any slack either. #cityartsfest #AndWeDanced
ToddHamm: Budo on stage for "The End". Beautiful as always
Kayessea: @macklemore is a rockstar in the town. He just brought @budo on-stage.
buildstrong: @Macklemore's Nikes Song just destroyed... That song is an instant classic.
HardRockSeattle: At the @City_Arts kick off party. Amazing art + great people + photo booth... such a wonderful way to start the festival!
KatieZemtseff: @GogolBordello, @MAMADIASPORA was incredible last night! Can't wait to see them next time they're in town. Thanks @city_arts!
BrotherAliMpls: We'll never be the same but we'll always be us. And we're better artists and human beings for knowing him.
bessd: shitty day (er, year) for me. @bluescholars @macklemore @brotheralimpls @freshespresso @mashhall, will #CityArtsFest show make my day/year?
Hip-hop at the Paramount set list / Photo by Christopher Daniel
JacAttack: Start wearing purple, wearing purple! I hope @GogolBordello plays that song tonight, would be fitting for Spirit Day!
sovietbot: Need #cityartsfest tickets!
Kayessea: I hope @BarackObama shows support for #Seattle #culture by showing up to the Paramount tonight for #CityArtsFest :D
sonjagroset: Ready for @City_Arts to begin today! First up: Belle & Sebastian. Hoping the mister will take me to @lecosho for late-night HH after...
hotdaddywags: Day one of #cityartsfest - stoked to see @Macklemore and Blue Scholars at the Paramount tonight. Defining moment for Seattle hip-hop?!
Lightfooted: @jhandcock Ooh! Enjoy Belle & Sebastian at the #CityArtsFest. @nhandcock & I will be there in spirit (we'll play them on iTunes) :)
The City Arts Fest banner, hanging at Century Ballroom. / Photo by Judson Felder
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