2015 — The Monarch Review — Page 14
Seattle Sound Guys
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 12:56 — 0 Comments
I recently sat down with Olie Eshleman, Kieran Harrison-Bulger, and Dave Abramson, sound engineers who work at the Sunset and the Tractor, to talk about mixing live music in Ballard.Â
Replacing Jon Stewart
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 12:23 — 0 Comments
It’s been a tough week. Before we’d even made it Tuesday afternoon we found out we’d have to find replacements for both Brian Williams and Spiderman. But neither of these revelations hit as hard as the news that we’d also have to replace Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show. After all, Spiderman is a fictitious character, and as it turns out, so is Brian Williams. Replacing them won’t be difficult. Stewart, on the other hand, is a person whose perspective we’ve come to depend on through three presidencies, a handful of wars, national tragedies and international triumphs. For […]
Spek Done It Again
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 11:54 — 0 Comments
On a Tuesday night last year I saw Matt “Spek†Watson post his “Bout That Action†remix, which featured the peer pressuring Deion Sanders and the now infamous Marshawn Lynch line, “I’m just ‘bout that action, boss.†The song ended up – quickly – going viral, getting played more than a quarter-million times in two weeks. It was also featured at the Seahawks Victory Parade for Superbowl 48. A year later, on a similar Tuesday night, right after Superbowl Media Day, Spek put out his follow up, a remix track featuring Lynch’s line, “I’m just here so I won’t get […]
Mutant Taxonomy: An Interview With The Fabulous Downey Brothers – Poster Bot
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 11:15 — 0 Comments
West Seattle is a No-Go Zone… isolated from the rest of the city, it’s natives endured a parallel evolution. West Seattleites are weird and make a fitting audience for the weirdest band in the world: The Fabulous Downey Brothers, a subgenus of the human species, unparalleled even against the characters of a Kurt Vonnegut novel. Delving into the dangers of Social Darwinism, I’m pleased to present Monarch readers with a Fabulous Downey interview, obtained at great personal risk during their show at The Benbow Room, a pirate themed restaurant/bar in the mutant haven of West Seattle’s Admiral District.Â
Write it! – Robert Del Mauro
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 11:39 — 0 Comments
I can hear the white pills crushing. Then it sounds like someone else is inhaling, but I’m the only one here, sitting in my dorm room, listening to Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto. There is a rush of wind and the floor drops from below my feet, taking the chair with it. I’m flying through the air, trying to figure out what happened to the dorm and the Earth and the light. I seem to be falling, or maybe rising. I can’t be floating – the wind is blowing my hair in all different directions.
Three Songs To The Head vol. 25
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 10:39 — 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 Ever So Android, The Weather and Spekulation. Enjoy!
Women Against Street Harassment: Moving Through Fear with Jordan Giarratano
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 12:43 — 1 Comment
Three months ago, I was tasked with writing a special edition of Women Against Street Harassment, one that spoke specifically to men. I’d been spending more time than I wanted to fielding rape threats and nasty remarks from men who weren’t happy with the column’s past iterations, and I could feel myself entering a bitter, polemical space. I was determined to make the men’s issue happen, I just didn’t know where to begin.
Superbands
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 12:35 — 0 Comments
The Seattle Seahawks are a star-studded football team on the verge of back-to-back championships (fingers crossed, knock on wood!!). The city’s music scene, both past and present, is also full of recognizable faces and all-stars at their craft. So, we thought we’d have a little fun as we approach the big game to try and figure out who, among our most well known sonic stars, would play the most important positions on the gridiron during the Superbowl on Feb. 2nd (if such fantasies were to be made real). Here goes!
One Super Important Question For Chris Weber
Monday, January 26, 2015 13:29 — 0 Comments
When Chris Weber reached out to me about the Seattle Rock Lottery, I knew I’d of it, but really had no idea what it was. He explained that the latest performance is slated for Feb. 7th at The Crocodile as a benefit for The Creative Advantage. The R.L. would also feature, among many other artists waiting to see which band they’d find themselves in, Adra Boo (Fly Moon Royalty) on vocals, Kelton Sears (Kithkin) on bass, Andrew Joslyn (Passenger String Quartet) on violin, Terri Moeller (The Walkabouts) on drums, and Nikolay Grachev (Juliana & PAVA) on the Russian Hurdy-Gurdy. Some of […]
Bug Brother – Kirby Wright
Thursday, January 22, 2015 10:09 — 2 Comments
My big brother wears his orange Terminix shirt with “Barry†stitched in blue on the breast pocket. I don’t understand why he wants to make his living selling fumigation packages and supervising beefy crews pulling tents over roofs. I guess the money’s good. His life is based on the death of bugs and guaranteeing his odorless gases kill everything crawling, squirming, flying, scampering, and scuttling wall to wall and attic to basement. Fearing destruction, owners destroy armies of little things to cope. Barry seems proud being a bug man. He stands tall in the kitchen of our old family home, […]
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
