2013 — The Monarch Review — Page 14
The Monarch Drinks With Rachel Rosenfelt
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 12:09 — 0 Comments
I first read The New Inquiry—the magazine Rachel Rosenfelt directs and edits with a corps of co-editors and writers—in early 2012, the buzz of the Occupy Movement still in the air. I distinctly remember coming across the word Precariat then, a portmanteau of proletariat and precarious that describes a new social class subsisting on intermittent or insecure work, and therefore occupying life-styles that transgress typical social categories. In my understanding, the term applies as readily to migrant workers as to a generation of well-educated young adults who can’t find work in a shrinking academia. In an interview with the Los […]
Capitol Hill Block Party Day 3
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 11:06 — 1 Comment
Welcome to our coverage of Capitol Hill Block Party. Below are our thoughts on Day 3 (Day 1Â here, Day 2 here). Look for a photo recap soon!
Balancing With Robert Hardgrave
Monday, July 29, 2013 11:00 — 0 Comments
Robert Hardgrave is a Seattle artist who focuses on improvisational creation. His work is striking, colorful and often wild. The Monarch Review published some of his work in Monarch #2. We had the chance to chat with Robert recently about his painting, his new focus and how he likes Seattle art.Â
Capitol Hill Block Party Day 2
Sunday, July 28, 2013 13:50 — 0 Comments
Welcome to our coverage of Capitol Hill Block Party. Below are our thoughts on Day 2 (Day 1 here). More pieces coming daily and look for a photo recap soon!
Capitol Hill Block Party Day 1
Saturday, July 27, 2013 13:22 — 3 Comments
Welcome to our coverage of Capitol Hill Block Party. Below are our thoughts on Day 1. More pieces coming daily and look for a photo recap soon! Radiation City  For my money, Portland’s Radiation City is the perfect choice for a festival-opening band. While not familiar with their music before hearing them, they immediately ingratiated themselves into my heart with their lilting harmonies and a journeying sound that continued to evolve throughout the set. Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, Zappa, and all the finest sonic explorers of the 60s and 70s woven into one conscious thought, and the whole thing has […]
Half-Inch Tall McCartney – Joel Mars
Friday, July 26, 2013 12:01 — 0 Comments
You could feel it in the air, as far away as the University District—the whole city buzzing with Beatles fever.
Review Of Jane Wong’s ‘Kudzu Does Not Stop’
Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:52 — 0 Comments
Jane Wong’s voice comes off the page like that of a mother’s reading a cautionary story to her children. In her new book of poems, Wong uses her voice to make a point: that, as people, we are like the kudzu vine: we take and we are taken.Â
5 Vids to the Brain
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 12:14 — 0 Comments
Hello and welcome to 5 Vids to the Brain! This is a total spin off of our 3 Songs to the Head series. But so what! Below are 5 videos by artists we love here in Seattle: Hounds of the Wild Hunt, Smokey Brights, Pickwick, La Luz and The Hoot Hoots. From forest walks to milk chugging, from a make-shift drum kit to playing the guitar in bed, we think you will love all of these videos – so, enjoy! Romantic screamin’ and shoutin’! Lotta Seattle cats slippin’ and slidin’ in this one! Ghostly and beautiful… Sultry and mysterious… […]
The Monarch Drinks With Luke Burbank pt. 2
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:08 — 0 Comments
Hello and welcome to Part 2 of our Drinks With feature with radio and podcast host Luke Burbank! If you missed Part 1, here it is. Enjoy!
What am I?
Bioluminescent eye
That sees by the shine
Of its own light. Lies
Blind me. I am the seventh human sense
And my stepchild,
Consequence;
Scientists can't find me.
Januswise I make us men;
Glamour
Was my image then—
Remind me:
The awful fall up off all fours
From the forest
To the hours…
Tick, Tock: Divine me.
-- Richard Kenney
