Damien Jurado’s Latest Conjures Worlds
Among the fiery, fuzzy swirl of sounds in “Nothing Is the News,” the song Damien Jurado released last month in advance of his tenth album, it’s hard to tell where the voices come from. Or how many…
Category: February 2012
Dr. Optimist! Treating our ailing culture since 2012
Guess what I learned today on Wikipedia? The aphorism “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat itî was written in 1905 by George Santayana, a Spanish-born, American-educated philosopher who was also an influence on the guy who…
Q&A with Susie Lee
Of Breath and Rain is on view at the Frye Art Museum from Feb. 18–April 15
New media artist Susie J. Lee holds degrees in molecular biophysics and science education, along with a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Washington. This…
Printed Matters
There’s probably never been a more compelling time to be a writer than now. There are more ways of becoming a writer, and getting published, instantly, than have ever presented themselves in the history of the world.
Listen, Whitey!
Among the potential Black Panthers in this satirical photo shoot from Esquire magazine are musicians Roberta Flack, Les McCann and Oscar Brown, Jr. McCann and Brown were part of the movement and Flack recorded a version of the song “Compared to…
Orchestrated
Jherek Bischoff makes his heroes sing.
Jherek Bischoff plays bass, banjo, piano, ukelele and drums. But he does not sing and he does not write lyrics. So when the 32-year-old Seattleite began conceiving a wildly ambitious orchestral project two years…
Decorating by Memory
How Valerie Sloan transformed a house full of junk into a home full of meaning.
Growing up in small-town Connecticut, teacher Valerie Sloane was raised with an appreciation for historic architecture. So when she set out to buy her first home a year…
Polished Punk
Linda Derschang mixes high, low and humor to create the perfect hangout at home.
There are no skulls or safety pin sculptures on display in Linda Derschang’s home, but it still shows signs of her punk past—a metal “KISS” sign above a doorway,…
Loft Life
Inside the century-old home of the city’s newest architecture star.
“When I designed my current home, I based it on the space itself. It’s a 1906 loft—it’s not modern, but it has a lot of character.”
Architect Chris Pardo is sitting in a…
Penglai
Acrylic on canvas by Cable Griffith.
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Emily was always late. She couldn’t help it. She tried waking up earlier, skipping meals, packing her bag the night before, laying out tomorrow’s clothes, getting angry at herself until she cried. Every day she resolved to be on time. Every day…
Paradise Found
The Northwest music community fought to free the West Memphis 3. Now one of them calls Seattle home.
In 1996, Teen Angels bandleader Kelly Canary and Supersuckers manager Danny Bland were holed up in their Ballard home, taking advantage of a weekend…