2013 — The Monarch Review — Page 8
Campfire OK Record Release – Darren Davis
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:47 — 0 Comments
I last saw Campfire OK perform a summer ago, at the Crocodile, for co-front woman Melodie Knight’s final show with the band. Her departure wasn’t made public before or during the set, but the night still felt like a somber sort of celebration. Pin it on Knight’s beatific farewell energy, or the everyday melancholy of Campfire OK’s best offerings, or the white balloons that fell from the ceiling during the swan song, but something was clearly ending. And when they left the stage they left as a band in transition.Â
FOR WHOM THE CLOWN SELLS – John Wesley Horton
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 10:49 — 0 Comments
Among the educated, jet-setting class, eating at McDonald’s is like making out with your cousin. You may do it, but you don’t speak of it. Still, the first time I visited Rome, a super-sized effigy of the clown himself looked down on me from a second floor balcony on Via del Corso, the main shopping drag. Adopting the classic contraposto stance, one hand raised, fingertips pressed together as if to draw an invisible curtain, Ronald McDonald inveigled pedestrians, as if to say, “Friends, Romans, countrymen, come and eat here.â€
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis World Tour vol. 2 – Andrew Joslyn
Monday, September 16, 2013 11:54 — 1 Comment
I write this after our second full sold out show at the O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland, while we are on our way to take a ferry to the UK, and then drive to Brussels. We will be traveling throughout the night until we reach Belgium, which officially wraps up our leg of the European tour in the UK. In the past couple of days we rocked out in Manchester and Glasgow, and came over to the Emerald Isle 2 days ago. Â
The Monarch Drinks With Megan Griffiths
Monday, September 16, 2013 11:36 — 0 Comments
Sutra, the restaurant film director Megan Griffiths chose for our rendezvous, is a cute little spot on the west end of Wallingford next door to a yoga studio of the same name. It serves delicacies like edible flowers from their backyard garden and begins each service with a gong and a moment of thanks for farmers. The whole thing is a stark contrast to the dark, human trafficking subject matter of Megan’s recent film, Eden, but somehow we found ourselves sharing a table ready to eat some artisan vegan cuisine, and set to talk movies.
One Super-Important Question For Benjamin Doerr
Friday, September 13, 2013 11:29 — 0 Comments
Benjamin Doerr is a Seattle musician. He is the frontman for the band St. Paul de Vence, which just recently played Bumbershoot. Benjamin was asked a few years ago by his grandfather, a veteran of WWII, to put his stories into song. We asked him what this process was like.Â
Phillipp W. Aurand
Thursday, September 12, 2013 22:51 — 0 Comments
Self 23″ x 31″ – acrylic, aerosol, pen & marker (sold) Is it possible to see the self without losing it first? Is it possible to see anything without the filter of the I? What causes me to believe that a regular moment in nature is a spectacular event put on just for me? Do you know the sight, when the wind blows just so, lifting and twisting the leaves of a tree to show off the normally shaded underbelly’s of it’s green leaves? When that wind causes a sort of flicker, shimmer and dance in this sudden gust?
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis World Tour vol. 1 – Andrew Joslyn
Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:29 — 0 Comments
I arrived in London for the Macklemore & Ryan Lewis world tour on September 8, a couple days ago in a flurry of flights, passports, work permits, and English cabbies. Â Adapting to the new time zone, after traveling through 7 time zones, has been the hardest adjustment. Â This is the beginning of the team’s first Arena world tour, and there are a lot of expectations and logistics to sort through.
Seattle Theater (And Baseball) With Misha Berson
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 12:25 — 0 Comments
Misha Berson covers the Seattle theater scene for the Seattle Times. She moved to the Emerald City in 1991 from San Francisco, and is the author of several books, including The San Francisco Stage and Between Worlds: Contemporary Asian American Playwrights. Her latest is: Something’s Coming, Something Good: West Side Story and the American Imagination. The Monarch Review had a chance to chat with Misha about theater, where she likes to eat in town and baseball.
An Interview with Celene Ramadan
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:23 — 0 Comments
Celene Ramadan, aka Leeni, aka Prom Queen is a Seattle musician, artist and performer. She’s worked a ton of jobs, including as a singing telegram deliverer. She has also composed music, called chiptunes, with a Ninetendo Gameboy. Her most recent project is a compilation of songs and videos. The Monarch Review got a chance to chat with Celene about all that’s going on.
One Super-Important Question For Evan Flory-Barnes
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:14 — 3 Comments
Evan Flory-Barnes is a Seattle musician. When he walks into a club, say, The Seamonster Lounge, he is greeted by dozens of people, often being affectionately called “The Mayor”. He plays double bass in jazz groups, hip-hop groups, rock groups. He has a charming smile and cares deeply about the city of Seattle, where he was born and raised. The Monarch Review had a chance to catch up with Evan and ask him one super-important question. Jake Uitti: What do you think Seattle needs to recognize as it begins a new era of influencing the arts on a world […]
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
