Last week, we headed out to Smith to catch up with local singer/songwriter Molly Rose, to chat about her work, learn about her purpose in life, and come back here to tell you people all about it so that you'd feel inspired to head to Columbia City Theater for her show this Thursday night. It was happy hour. We took a booth in the back of the room because, despite the spectacular noise discrimination on......

LAist is flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with their new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other. Where do ist editors go when they hang up the 'editorial we'? They take on MySpace, apparently. At least Ben Brown does. Austinist reminds of the just rewards of less savory careers this week and then they witness the Arctic Monkeys and We Are......

What's the difference between seeing Neko Case in Seattle vs. seeing her in Milwaukee? In Seattle, concertgoers sip microbrews. In Milwaukee, they're drinking tallboys of Pabst Blue Ribbon. Officially, Seattlest went to Wisconsin last week to give new grandparents some time with their granddaughter. Unofficially, Seattlest went to Wisconsin last week in particular because Neko Case was playing at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater, the second show on her Fox Confessor tour. We don't normally travel several......

Sundays usually find us belting out the karaoke at The Twilight Exit, Pabst Blue Ribbon in hand   But this Sunday Seattlest is heading uptown for what’s being billed as “The Ultimate Wine and Food Event”--The Taste of Washington Showcase of Wineries and Restaurants. Seattlest is not going to waste one word nitpicking their grandiose marketing description.  After attending last year’s event, we’ve drunk the kool-aid.  (Repeat after us … “This is an epic tasting......

Seattlest has no idea how it happened, but London's Reduced Shakespeare Company is bringing their abridged version of the complete works of ol' Bill Shakespeare to the Tacoma Actors Guild (TAG) for a two-week run from March 24th through April 10th. As one might expect, this is a whirlwind performance that squeezes each play into bite-sized chunks, such as a 34-second version of King Lear. TAG's website includes a warning to viewers that the show......