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Beasts Among Us – Dani Wilson

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 10:35 — 4 Comments

From the artist: My name is Dani Wilson and I am a queer, poly, Seattle artist. I formerly studied medicine at Bellevue College, but realized art is more the path I want to take. So aside from taking a couple drawing classes in between medical terminology classes, I am self-taught. I’ve been drawing and painting ever since I can remember, but for the past few years I have really been trying to hone my craft by creating beasts in fantastical and dystopian worlds, predominately with watercolor on untreated wood scraps. I currently live in Northgate, working at Capitol Hill Frame […]

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Three Songs To The Head vol. 45: Golden Idols

Sunday, January 8, 2017 14:03 — 0 Comments

Hello and welcome back to Three Songs to the Head where we share three songs that moved us, three songs we love, three songs we can’t get out of our heads! Today, we’re featuring three songs by the Seattle band, Golden Idols, from their new record Holy Smokes! which the group will celebrate the release of on Jan. 14. Enjoy!   I’ll Be There: My favorite track off the new record. It’s eerie and magical, like crossing through a waterfall into a secret alcove in the rocks. The lyrics are simple but sharp: “When you want someone in your bed, all […]

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Three Songs To The Head vol. 44

Saturday, December 17, 2016 14:03 — 0 Comments

Hello and welcome back to Three Songs to the Head where we share three songs that moved us, three songs we love, three songs we can’t get out of our heads! Today, we’re featuring Mindie Lind, Gems and Owuor Arunga. Enjoy!   Mindie is a longtime love of The Monarch. So when she releases new music, we perk up. She’s an energetic human whose lyrics are spare and mysterious. She is the wind rushing through a falling barn. She is the breath that puts out the candle and moves on to the next. On this tune, she is joined by fellow spelled […]

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The Misadventures Of Billy: The Irredeemably Iconoclastic Goat

Friday, December 2, 2016 1:18 — 2 Comments

Once upon a time there was a goat named Billy. Billy was sad, Because Billy didn’t fit in. Billy had hopes, And Billy had dreams. Billy could see yesterday, and imagine tomorrow. People made fun of Billy, and they imagined nothing. Billy wrote, and Billy drew. But no one read and no one knew… That today is based on yesterday, And tomorrow is based on today, And “now” is only fleeting.

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Seattle Superheroes: Manny Chao

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 11:53 — 0 Comments

Georgetown Brewing might make the finest beers on the west coast and one of the people behind the brewery’s success is Manny Chao, for whom Manny’s Pale Ale is named. Chao, when he’s not brewing some of the world’s best beer, fights crime, keeping the city safe from those who would try to hurt its most vulnerable (like this creature he’s secured in a beer bubble). In his work life, though, Chao and Georgetown make beers that are smooth, crisp and always on point, whether that’s their Chopper’s Red Ale, Manny’s Pale Ale or their award winning Bodhizafa IPA, which […]

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Protecting The People: Copwatching With Mike BlueHair

Thursday, October 13, 2016 11:27 — 3 Comments

After nearly five years of being filmed and observed by him, Portland police know he can’t be intimidated… they also he’s not going away. We’ve seen his videos in The Oregonian, The Portland Mercury, and in Willamette Week, showing him standing between chaos and bloodshed when a gun was pulled on BLM protesters downtown. But have we ever really seen Mike BlueHair? I met up with the local copwatcher for an interview, a ride-along, and a closer look at the man behind the camera. Not everyone knows what copwatching is, so I asked Mike to define the term in his own words, “A copwatcher,” he said, […]

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