Music

Dejha Colantuono opens tour in support of Tea & Garden

by Mike Showalter
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Dejha Colantuono celebrates the release of her first solo album, Tea & Vodka, with a CD release party at the Sunset Tavern on July 28. She’s following up with a few more dates after that. For those of you who follow the Seattle music scene, you’ll know Dejha from 3-D, S&M, the Pin-Ups, Rotten Apples [...]

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Chicago

Elfin Saddle on tour with Sunset Rubdown

by Mike Showalter
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If you haven’t heard of of Elfin Saddle allow me to introduce them to you. Currently on tour with Sunset Rubdown, they’ll be in LA tonight, then in San Francisco, Portland and Seattle before working their way back across their native Canada.
I don’t think I can overstate how original their sound is, making use of [...]

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Music

Harvey Danger to play final show at Crocodile on August 29

by Mike Showalter
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Local band Harvey Danger is calling it quits. Travis Hay has a good summary of the news on his Ear Candy blog with links to some of his earlier reviews and interviews with the group.
As for the reasons, see the official Web site announcement for the details.
After 15 years, three albums, hundreds of shows, and [...]

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Film

SIFF honors Spike Lee for groundbreaking career as director

by Mike Showalter
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Has it already been 20 years since Do the Right Thing? Man, time does fly. Jerry Large of the Seattle Times has a good interview with Spike Lee, who was in town to be honored by Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) for his many achievements in directing.
Jerry Large | Honoring Spike Lee, a film director [...]

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Philadelphia

Best Philadelphia Jazz Clubs

by Mike Showalter
Chris' Jazz Cafe

Philadelphia jazz has a long history, beginning with Ethel Waters, a singer from nearby Chester, Pennsylvania, who was the first star for the Black Swan Record Company. Both Dizzy Gillespie and John Coltrane also lived and played in Philadelphia. Early Philadelphia jazz clubs included the Standard Theatre and Dunbar Theatre (later renamed the Lincoln). [...]

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Seattle

Listening Room Series at Seattle’s Historic Admiral Theater

by Mike Showalter
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Not sure where you were Saturday night, but if you weren’t at the kick-off concert of the new Listening Room Series at the Admiral Theater in West Seattle, you missed out. Carrie Akre, Stephanie Schneiderman, and Mycle Wastman played a mostly acoustic set of their own material that was simply amazing. This was an exceptional [...]

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National

Barack vs. John: Changes in baby names, 2008-2012

by Mike Showalter
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National

Cool hand at the tiller?

by Mike Showalter

Who do you think will have the coolest hand at the tiller of the U.S.? Don’t miss the third presidential debate on October 15. CultureMob has the “cool hand on the tiller” of where to go watch the debate.

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Seattle

Six favorite live albums

by Mike Showalter

Les McCann is coming to Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley the first weekend in May and the show is being billed as “Swiss Movement Revisited with Javon Jackson.” The current tour coincides with a new release of that seminal live album recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1969. Given that I listen to at least one [...]

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Dance

The Ultimate Romeo and Juliet List

by Mike Showalter

With the Pacific Northwest Ballet performing its version of “Romeo and Juliet” 1/31/08 through 2/10/08, it seems appropriate to come up with the CultureMob top versions of Romeo and Juliet, regardless of medium.
See a video preview of the local version here.
Best Anime Romeo and Juliet: Ash & May
I can’t believe the song Romeo & Juliet [...]

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