2014 — The Monarch Review — Page 8
The Monarch Drinks With Elissa Washuta
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:15 — 0 Comments
From the first time I saw her read, I had an enormous writer’s crush on Elissa Washuta. The manuscript from which she read, dealing in dark dialects of rape, psychopathology, and Écriture feminine, would soon become My Body Is A Book Of Rules (Red Hen Press), a memoir as whip-smart and courageous as it is lyrically and syntactically gorgeous. Washuta herself possesses this one-of-a-kind combination of blistering intelligence, unrepentant moxie, unassailable integrity, and ambrosial beauty. I always feel a little bit nervous around her. In fact, when I met her at Oddfellows, the manhattan I ordered was literally shaking in […]
Innocuous – Isaac Blum
Monday, September 29, 2014 9:40 — 3 Comments
Now, I enjoy bananas foster. If you say to me, “Derek, do you enjoy bananas foster?†I say, “Yes, I do enjoy bananas foster.†And I might be curious as to whether or not you enjoy bananas foster, in which case I would ask you, “Do you like bananas foster?†And then you would, presumably, offer an opinion on bananas foster.
Paper Cuts: Zines with Craven Rock vol. 2
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 11:24 — 1 Comment
“Why don’t you write a zine about it?†is a common dig zine writer’s will get from the punks, a subculture that seems to continually widen an embarrassed distance from it’s intellectual and socially conscious roots. You don’t have to embed yourself too deeply in to notice the majority of it becoming banal, collapsing under the weight of conformity, close-mindedness and nostalgia. For a scene so quick to label folks who aren’t punks as “normiesâ€, it strikes me funny so many punks are so hung-up on maintaining a narrow status quo of what punk rock is. I’m not sure how […]
Three Songs To The Head vol. 16
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:23 — 1 Comment
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 Nate Omdal & Spekulation, Theoretics ft. Shelton Harris, and Goodbye Heart. Enjoy!Â
Seattle Mariners ‘What If’ List
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 11:17 — 0 Comments
As of right now, the Seattle Mariners are .5 game up over the Detroit Tigers for the second American League Wild Card spot. In other words, if the season ended this minute, the Mariners would be in the playoffs. With the addition of Robinson Cano and the stellar pitching from Felix Hernandez and the rest of the staff, the team has played above its head all season.Â
Waldron’s Pond (aka Aquarium)
Monday, September 8, 2014 14:17 — 0 Comments
Steve Waldron and Darcy Barry are opening a new, beautiful aquarium in Roosevelt complete with exotic fish, plants and vines. We wanted to chat with Steve about this new beautiful place – enjoy!
Bumbershoot 2014 in Photos
Thursday, September 4, 2014 14:34 — 0 Comments
The Monarch Review mostly spent Bumbershoot 2014 laying low near the press area with Bobbi Rich and her excellent team of maritime party animals. The set for her music variety show Hangin Tuff became our home base. It was a perfect. We got to watch band after band come through and party down, drink the dangerous Hangin Tuff Punch, sing karaoke, and get silly. La Luz, Rose Windows, Dude York, Sandrider, and many more (16 bands actually!) Â made guest appearances. We did occasionally make it out to catch some bands and take some photos. True to The Monarch’s loyalty to […]
Three Songs To The Head vol. 15
Thursday, September 4, 2014 12:11 — 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 The Gods Themselves, Wes Speight and Robb Benson. Enjoy!Â
The Monarch Stoop Sessions 1.1
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 12:17 — 2 Comments
Recently, in July, The Monarch Review, in conjunction with the wonderful Watt sisters of Seattle Living Room Shows and Seattle Secret Shows, put together an event on the stoop of The Monarch Apartments. It was a beautiful sunny Saturday, people lined the grass around the building, people were in the streets, it was, simply, fun. We are in the midst of putting together a big video celebration of the event, fettering Kris Orlowski and Ravenna Woods, but for now we wanted to show a more intimate moment from the afternoon with Evan Flory-Barnes and Caleb Thompson.Â
Ghosts of the Villa Borghese – Frank Scozzari
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 12:09 — 0 Comments
They stood on the Pincio Terrace, that place above the Piazza del Popolo with the commanding view of Rome. Beneath them a thousand red-tied rooftops stretched out across the ancient city, from the distant columns of the Coliseum to the glistening dome of St. Peters’ Basilica. To the west was the long, winding curve of the Tiber River where it came around past the Castel Sant’Angelo.
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
