Local Singer/Songwriter Joanna Horowitz got a crazy idea a year or so ago. A long-time musician involved in the theater business, she thought it might be fun to write a musical. Enter 100 Heartbreaks... The plot, in a nutshell: Singer/songwriter Charlane wants to cross over into country music. She figures that, if she gets her heart broken 100 times, maybe she'll be ready to write an honest country heartbreak song. She gets stuck when......

Today there is an extra skip in our step, and song in our whistle. All across Arizona pitchers and catchers are reporting to work, which means Spring Training is underway. [Large sigh of happiness] The Seattle Times’ Geoff Baker has this glorious day covered on his blog, including the news that Eric Bedard has been named the Opening Day starter. Larry Stone can catch you up on what you have may have missed during......

Photo by Mike Siegel from the Seattle Times Seattlest Seth's cousin wasn't the only one stranded by the recent snow onslaught in our beloved Cascades. Anticipating the re-opening of I-90, we took Wednesday off from work and then bored a hole into our computer waiting for the DOT site to tell us the pass was finally open. 11am rolls around, our friends swing by to pick us up and we were off. The trip......

This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook. On Sunday morning, following a trip to a local farmer's market/major supermarket chain, we will be preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. Then at halftime we will throw our badly burned hands in the air and make hot dogs. There may not be a better image in all of football then Packer fans standing......

…if they don’t at least visit this guy. The distraught father quoted below via the Seattle Times, was among the angry Husky fans who demanded the firing of football coach Tyrone Willingham. Take it away, Times:“One alumnus, an elementary-school teacher in Seattle, despaired: ‘We are Washington. At Washington you win football games or it just isn't Washington anymore.’ He said he'd bought his infant daughter a Huskies cheerleader outfit, but now vowed to stop purchasing......

Recommendeds are awesome. They let you tell us what you want more of (food posts) and what you don't (high school basketball previews). Keep letting your fingers do the talking! Here are the seven most-recommended posts of 2007: Dishin': Malay Satay Hut, by Seattlest Jay. 31 recommendeds! Happy Birthday Dear GuywhocanshutdownGasWorksParkwithasnapofhisfingers, Happy Birthday to You, by Seattlest Dan. 27 recommendeds. Seattlest Would Like to Apologize for Drunkenly Heckling Teenagers, by Seattlest Seth. 24 recommendeds. You......

Time magazine claims, "You can't swing a dead cat this time of year without hitting a Top 10 List." Never one to waste a perfectly good dead cat, we decided to take a swing and create a Top Random-Number Shows Seattlest Saw This Year. And now, without any further ado, here's how your favorite bloggers broke down the year: According to Dante, everything else pared in comparison to Daft Punk at WaMu Theater 7/29/07. OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!......

As ChrisB of Three Imaginary Girls points out, losing your job sucks. Losing a job that meant a lot to you sucks more. And losing all that during the holidays? Well that just blows a goat. So what do you do to help out these fellas who so unexpectedly got canned on Sunday afternoon? If you're former Croc booker Pete Greenberg (now at Chop Suey), you organize a benefit show to help these guys pay......

While trolling through today's Floor Proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives for our other job (it's an exciting one), we noticed something that will probably get no coverage anywhere else. However, we think it is important to note when Congress singles out one faith as important. We think it's doubly important to note when the vote is taken while Congress fights with the Bush Administration over funding the government for the next year, haggles......

One of the great things about Seattle Opera's Young Artists fall show is that while it's staged and costumed, that's about all you get. The set is "suggested," the lighting minimal, the props bare essentials. So what's on display are the singers' voices and any dramatic talent -- plus, CHAC, compared to McCaw Hall, feels pretty much like your living room. But we don't have to tell you how cool that can be; both Friday......

(This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook. On Sunday morning, following a trip to a local farmer’s market/major supermarket chain, we will be preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. Then at halftime we will throw our badly burned hands in the air and make hot dogs.) We are still on injured reserve with a pulled out of town. Last Sunday Seattlest......

This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook. On Sunday morning, following a trip to a local farmer's market/major supermarket chain, we will be preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. Then at halftime we will throw our badly burned hands in the air and make hot dogs. Note: This weekend we are injured reserve, so trading in the visor and clipboard for......

Other than June 5th, 1977 and June 1st, 1979, June 28, 2007 has got to rank as the best day in Northwest pro basketball history. The Kiwi & Kangaroo was Seattlest Draft HQ, where Seattlest David, Seattlest me, and our friend Frank kept track of the action and insulted each other. Since ESPN kept showing "must improve" for each player drafted, (example, Spencer Hawes' "must improve" was rebounding) we came up with "must improve"s for......

Friday night, waiting to be let in to the center field beer garden because there was a private party going on-- a group of lawyers or something who'd rented the space until game time. We stood patiently at the barricades, listening to the big 'ol tongue-in-ass Griffey ceremony. We couldn't see anything from our vantage except Junior's bright red hat in the distance. Couldn't see the TV to see what was going on because we......

Seattlest James: KEXP's on pledge drive. Do you listen anyway? Call in your pledge? Change the station? And the DJs like to say "you listen differently when you become a member." Is that just indie marketing puffery, or do your ears actually interpret sounds differently when you invest money in your radio station? Seattlest Ronald: Broadcast stations that interrupt regular programming for a pledge drive might as well shoot themselves dead. By definition, a pledge......

Hey--Seattlest Seth here. As you know, I could talk about sports for hours (Never, ever, sit next to me at a dinner party). And since I don't want Seattlest getting too sports-heavy, I'm moving Tonight's Target over to a new, sports-only blog I started yesterday while listening to the Mariners game on my porch. You'll still get a several-times-weekly sports fix on Seattlest, but if you are a hardcore Seattle sports fan, Enjoy The Enjoyment......

It's not only the anniversary of Mt. St. Helens exploding, it's also the event of a much more unexpected event: On May 18, 1992, for the very first time, a girl allowed 15-year-old Seattlest Seth to kiss her. If that isn't a shameless excuse for a Seattlest roundtable, what is? And so we present...Seattlest's first kiss: Seattlest Seth It was a high school bike trip to Lopez Island. The girl and I and some of......

National soccer correspondent Jason McDonald covered Saturday's Sounders home opener for Seattlest UPDATE: Holy crap, the Economist was there too! After watching the--let’s call it "considered discourse"--in the comments section of Seattlest Seth’s post on how to hate the Portland Timbers, Seattlest decided to stand with the ultras of each team (one per half) during the Sounders' home opener. Here is how each group fared. First Half: Emerald City Supporters (ECS) We applauded their passion......

If you're a huge Sonics fan, the kind that lives and dies with the team the way we do with the Mariners, you've gotta be asking yourself: "Why is it that the Seahawks and Mariners get taxpayer-funded boondoggles of stadiums, and the Sonics don't get shit?" "Why is it that an insane Mariners fan like Seattlest Seth can sleep easy, knowing that his team is staying put well into mid-century, while I spend all day......

Shortly before our car exploded, we were looking for a new place to rent. After our car exploded, our apartment search took a back seat to car shopping. But in the last few weeks, once our new car was settled, we returned to scanning Craigslist and strolling through neighborhoods. After spending all of our time in Seattle living above the cut (Wallingford, Wedgwood), we were hoping to move to the Rainier Valley (better work commute)......

"Who are you guys?" asked a team correcting their quizzes. Hüsker Don’t won Seattlest trivia last night. They got only 4 questions wrong on the entire quiz. We overheard a couple of teams discussing paying them not to show up, and another couple discussing paying someone to ensure they can't show up, if you know what they mean. If there were any question: they're back. Who's not back? Seattlest Seth. We don't know what......

Holly Crap, Seattlest Seth picked Albany over Virginia. Tease him all day at Spitfire in Belltown, where he and others lucky enough to skip work or be otherwise unemployed are gathering to watch the NCAA Tournament on their 600 TVs. Bloody Marys are $5 and Rolling Rocks are $3 when you mention Seattlest. Come on Long Beach State, work your magic.......

Washington State 70, Oral Roberts 54: Oral Roberts was the trendy upset pick--nearly 25% of ESPN users expected Wazzu to Coug it (by comparison, less than 5% had #3-seed Oregon losing)--but our faith in Wazzu didn't waver. Though it was close at halftime, we predicted that Wazzu would play their typical strangling defense to open the second half, and they proved us right, holding O-Rob to one field goal in the first six minutes of......

No Dawgs in the tourney this year and no Seattlest bracket to fill out, but apparently they're going to play the thing anyway and we're inviting you to avoid the office for as long as possible with us on Friday at Spitfire. Come first thing in the morning. Come for a long lunch (I'll probably do this). Skip out early and show up at 3 (or this). We'll be there, or, at least Seattlest Seth......

If there are a better two days in sports, or indeed in life, than the first two days of the NCAA basketball tournament, please tell us. Because sixteen games in one day, starting at 9am and ending about twelve hours later, with usually at least one upset scare, three down-to-the-wire games, and a buzzer-beating shot? Sweet mama, that is some good shit. So--join us, Friday, March 16th, at Spitfire Grill in Belltown, where Seattlest Seth,......

From Seattlest Seth, who lives for the State High School Basketball Tournament. “Victor Steinbrueck with one steal and one foul in two minutes of play…he just hit a three.” Seattle Prep’s Steinbrueck’s is facing Mount Rainer in opening round action at Hec Ed. Update: Steinbrueck has nine points, all on three three pointers-- he's three for four.......

As he stumbled and bumbled through last night's quiz one thing was certain, Seattlest David was having serious issues rocking the mic. He considers it a miracle that only one coaster was thrown at him. In the end 'Laser Rocket Arms' came away with the top prize, followed by 'Why Can't Walter Read', and 'Dean's List.' 'The Fucking A's' finished fourth, and picked Jazz Music as a round for next week. Seattlest Seth will host......

MUSIC: The Mountain Goats bring their brand of oddball-but-strangely-touching songsmanship to Neumo's. * Sample tracks on MySpace. 8pm // Neumo's // $15 ROBOTS: MIT Media Lab director Cynthia Breazeal was involved in the creation of Cog the humanoid bot (which will not have sex with you) and Kismet the sociable bot (which, also will not have sex with you). Breazeal will speak about her research in "human-robot interaction" without once mentioning artificially intelligent handjobs. 7pm......

Unlike some other quitter we could mention City Council Member Peter Steinbrueck will be finishing out his current term, however, he will not be seeking re-election this fall. Instead he will dedicate his time to stopping a viaduct re-build and promoting the surface street alternative. (Although Seattlest Seth has a theory that he just wants more time off to watch his son play basketball for Seattle Prep in the 3A State Tournament). The Stranger's Erica......

Yesterday we wrote that the Huskies would beat #10 Wazzu, and we were wrong. Don't be that surprised, it happens a lot. What was most frustrating about the game is that Huskies could have easily won. Several times in the final four minutes UDub had the ball down one, and instead of dumping it inside, which had worked all game, the Huskies resorted to the offensive scheme that has made us weep all season: A......