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  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Seattle Is Trying to Poach Our Tourists

    ​Hey, Seattle, get your own damn tourists!Seattle's Convention and Visitor's Bureau has launched an annoyingly clever campaign to poach tourist away from San Francisco, because apparently they can't convince the international masses that Seattle -- not San Francisco -- is the place to be. The 2Day ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    "Nice Shit People Borrow Permanently": Diners Are Shameless

    Silverware-stealing is more sordid than this.​Diners have no shame when it comes to stealing a restaurant's silverware, salt shakers, glasses, even laminated menus. (Ahem: Only once.) But silverware is for newbies, claims Seattle's toniest restaurant, Canlis, which recently shared with Eater Seatt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    The Rapture's Luke Jenner on Living in San Francisco, Being the "Black Sheep" of Sub Pop, and Learning to Be Positive

    Touring on In the Grace of Your Love, the first album by his rhythmically aggressive, now gospel-influenced NYC-based band the Rapture in five years, singer/guitarist Luke Jenner took a moment to look at what he has accomplished to date. Turns out he's still a little sad he's never been able to get ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Shipping Containers: Not Just for Restaurants Anymore

    Hanna Raskin/Seattle WeeklyStockbox Grocers is smaller than most studio apartments.​While design-minded San Franciscans have been making pilgrimages to Hayes Valley to watch Proxy SF's shipping-container complex of restaurants and shops slowly grow -- or at least that's their excuse for returning ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    So Train's Awful Singer Doesn't Even Live in San Francisco or the Bay Area

    Pat Monahan, suburban Seattle resident.​Did you see our investigation this week into the miseries of Train -- one of the most successful local bands of the last decade? If you did, you'll recall that this infamous, Grammy-winning trio has a song called "Save Me, San Francisco," whose horrors w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2011

    They've Got You Pegged

    Pat Monahan, suburban Seattle resident.​Did you see our investigation this week into the miseries of Train -- one of the most successful local bands of the last decade? If you did, you'll recall that this infamous, Grammy-winning trio has a song called "Save Me, San Francisco," whose horrors w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2011

    Bread, Roses, and Twitter

    Pat Monahan, suburban Seattle resident.​Did you see our investigation this week into the miseries of Train -- one of the most successful local bands of the last decade? If you did, you'll recall that this infamous, Grammy-winning trio has a song called "Save Me, San Francisco," whose horrors w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    If Seattle Can Have a Cannabis Farmers' Market Why Can't We?

    southlakeunion.komonews.comAny toothpick samples, brah?​SFoodie has always found shopping the farmers' market a powerful kind of therapy, hooking our hemp shopping bag over one shoulder, digging the gorgeous colors, and wallowing in the sensual luxury of sniffing herbs and flowers. For shopp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Are There Just Too Damn Many Farmers' Markets?

    OSFlicks/Flickr​Our favorite morsels from the Web. At Salon today, Riddhi Shah probes the dark side of the boom in U.S, farmers' markets. Sure, weekly food fests like the Wednesday Castro market are a boon for city folk, but how much do we really know about the communities where our farmer b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Hey Marseilles' Grandiose, Gorgeous Orchestral Pop

    Hayley Young​ It begins with an intimate twinkle of piano and rises, fueled by orchestral strings, accordion and the occasional guitar-driven climax, to a sweeping perspective on big themes of movement and change. You could call Seattle septet Hey Marseilles' debut LP, To Travels and Trunks, grand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Yours Truly Video Shoot/Live Show with Gold Panda Tomorrow

    Back Home from gold panda on Vimeo. San Francisco video production outfit Yours Truly has shot Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino buying records in Rooky Ricardo's, Seattle folk-rockers Moondoggies jamming in the women's bathroom at the Independent, and Scottish indie pop band Camera Obscura perfo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Moondoggies in the Ladies' Room @ the Independent (Video)

    The Moondoggies "It's a Shame, It's a Pity" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.Ladies: the next time you're waiting in line for a stall at the Independent, you can pretend this lovely serenade by Seattle roots rockers Moondoggies is still happening. When the band was in San Francisco back in March, the musi ... More >>

  • Music

    April 28, 2010

    For hundreds of nostalgic fans and bands, cassettes are back

    The Moondoggies "It's a Shame, It's a Pity" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.Ladies: the next time you're waiting in line for a stall at the Independent, you can pretend this lovely serenade by Seattle roots rockers Moondoggies is still happening. When the band was in San Francisco back in March, the musi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    'How Do I Deal with the Communal Table?'

    visnup/FlickrSuppenküche predated the trend by a decade.​This week's reader question comes from A.N., who confesses to feeling a little misanthropic when confronted with tablemates she didn't ask for:How do you negotiate the communal table? Start a conversation? Avoid or end a conversation?I don' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    MasterChef is Holding a Casting Call in S.F. This Weekend. Exotic Dancers Need Not Apply

    Leslie Kelly/seriouseats.comAt Seattle's casting call, not everyone got the memo.​Think you have what it takes to become the Adam Lambert of the amateur chef scene? The Gordon Ramsay reality show MasterChef is holding casting calls at Sur La Table in Union Square Sunday. MasterChef bills itsel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Video of the Day: Ononos Say 'Nonono'

    Seattle's synth punk trio Ononos play android games on "Nonono," a video that strobes in black and white to the beat of heavy breathing and video games.

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Track of the Day: Fresh Espresso

    ​Nothing like a little Fresh Espresso to wake your ass up--and then keep you in a dreamstate. The Seattle duo's synth- and string-driven hip-hop floats on pastel sci-fi melodies, choruses where robots harmonize with breathy background vocals, and clean beats that are airy and uplifting. The group ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    Lady Sov Acting Strange Pt. 2: Rambling in Seattle

    SF Weekly writer/blogger/video-spotter Eric Arnold passed this little clip my way from a recent Lady Sovereign stop in Seattle on May 21. According to the dude behind the camera, the Sov stopped her in-store at Seattle's Easy Street Records after "almost one song" before rambling (he alleges drunk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Light in the Attic's West Coast Retail Tour

    In the old days of the music industry, label staff loaded up their station wagons with vinyl albums and promotional goodies, and set off on Odyssey -like road trips across America, stopping at every mom'n'pop retail shop along the way. The goal was to establish direct, personal relationships with re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Double-Bagged: Sagging Economy Drives Politicos Away From Plastic Bag Fees Toward Simplistic Bans -- Or, More Likely, Nothing

    Joe EskenaziIt's not often that we'll deign to cover the affairs of the Santa Clara County Recycling & Waste Reduction Commission, but today's the day. In a few hours, the commission will discuss whether to move forward on a bold and environmentally sound plan to impose a 25-cent fee on all bags ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    T-Model Ford Rumbles Into Thee Parkside with Gravel Road in March

    Peter Lee Awesomely cantankerous old bluesman T-Model Ford is revving up to head out on tour with Seattle throwback band Gravel Road. They'll make a stop at the appropriately roadhouse-like Thee Parkside on Sunday, March 29. Tickets are $10 advance (plus fees, or pay $12 at the door) via Thee Parksi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    Murder City Devils Reunite, Play San Francisco

    A lot of great punk influenced, dirgy rock bands have spilled out of the Northwest in the last two decades. One of my favorites was Seattle's Murder City Devils, a fiery group of troublemakers with a frontman (Spencer Moody, whose music made for an apt last name) who bellowed about drinking whiskey ... More >>

  • Music

    December 10, 2008

    Here Comes Sickness

    A lot of great punk influenced, dirgy rock bands have spilled out of the Northwest in the last two decades. One of my favorites was Seattle's Murder City Devils, a fiery group of troublemakers with a frontman (Spencer Moody, whose music made for an apt last name) who bellowed about drinking whiskey ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Champagne Champagne

    What if you got really really stoned while watching back to back Pretty in Pink, Breakfast Club, and Sixteen Candles (while wearing headphones blasting Dirt Nasty and Atmosphere)? If you were Seattle's Champagne Champagne, the answer is "Molly Ringwald," a tripped out, buzzing electro/hip-hop homag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Ononos

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Music

    October 22, 2008

    The Wildildlife

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Moondoogies

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2008

    Thee Oh Sees Share Their Intelligence

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Past Lives

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2008

    Song of the Day: Coconut Coolouts

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2008

    Song of the Day: Feral Children

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Music

    July 16, 2008

    Singing bulls and Day-Glo tapestry: The spectacle of Caroliner Rainbow

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: The Long Winters

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Music

    July 9, 2008

    Titty Infatuation

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: The Saturday Knights

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Rated X-static

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Music

    June 25, 2008

    Supreme DJs of Leisure: Lawnchair Generals

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Music

    June 25, 2008

    Fleet Foxes: the new buzz on Seattle's softer side

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2008

    Do You Need a Woman Who Needs Bad Religion?

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2008

    LastNight: Death Cab for Cutie at the Fillmore

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2007

    SF Laptop Battle 2007: Thankfully No MMOs Involved

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2007

    We're Number Three! San Francisco Among Top Blogging Cities

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2007

    The Pimps of Cobain Country: It's VVM ChainSmoking 09.20.07

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2007

    Chow Nasty live on Seattle's KEXP today at noon

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2007

    Mud-Slinging Fun at The Eagle on Saturday!

    (Photo by Michael J. Demeo)Ononos is minimal electronic music on cough syrup in outer space. And I dig it. The one song this Seattle act has posted on its MySpace page, "You Are Love" comprises grainy techno beats buffeting eerie echoes of the repeated phrases "We love you," "You love us," and "You ... More >>

  • Music

    May 30, 2007

    Regional Rhyme Scheme

    MassLine Media takes Seattle's hip-hop hopes on the road

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2007

    Coconuts and half-banana bassists are way cool

    MassLine Media takes Seattle's hip-hop hopes on the road

  • Music

    October 6, 2004
  • Dining

    March 14, 2001

    Cirque du Supper

    Teatro ZinZanni

  • Music

    August 2, 2000

    Stream a Little Stream

    Or How to Succeed in Webcasting Without Selling Out

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