I called Myself SandwichEnthusiast – Steven Barker
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 9:14 — 0 Comments
The only dating website I paid for was Zooks. During my free trial I was bombarded with messages stating that woman were trying to chat with me, and the only way to view these messages and respond was by inputting my credit card information. I determined $29.99 for a month of membership was a reasonable price to satisfy my curiosity. As soon as I became a paying customer I saw that six out of the eight women who’d requested a chat had cancelled their accounts, but I managed to start a dialog with 28-year-old Russian who liked Hitchcock movies. We […]
In The Midst Of Monsters: An Interview With Nick Gucker
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 9:08 — 0 Comments
Nick Gucker is an illustrator, graphic designer and lifelong fan of horror and science-fiction. He’s known professionally as Nick The Hat and though this term of endearment is in no way related to the many hats he’s worn during an exciting and prolific career, he is a man of many talents, not the least of which is his appreciation for the bizarre. He’s the caretaker of his own night-gallery, a menagerie of taxidermied, canned and cured critters. He’s collected morbid masks from exotic kingdoms as far east as Bali and a bestiary of yokai monsters from the land of the […]
Three Songs from Jimmy Pitts
Monday, September 21, 2015 12:32 — 0 Comments
I’ve known Jimmy for a number of years now, both as a musician and bartender at Cafe Racer. He and I both live and work in the Ravenna/Roosevelt district and we both jog around the neighborhood trying to offset the not-so-healthy things we do with some healthy habits. Jimmy’s aesthetic as a musician, I’ve come to know, is DIY and his sensibilities for composition are varied, playful and strong. Recently, he sent some tunes to The Monarch and we chose three to feature here. So, without further ado, here are three songs from Jimmy Pitts for your enjoyment! Demo Club ’15 by […]
A Night Of Blight: Psychic Warfare At The Mercury
Thursday, September 17, 2015 11:08 — 0 Comments
I don’t think Jake, The Monarch’s Editor and Chief, had any idea what he was getting into when he accepted Poster Bot’s first article. The Monarch takes great pride in providing opportunities to new (and often eccentric) authors, but nobody expected this author would be a real-life counterpart to the debauched Gonzo Journalist he writes himself as. Poster Bot does good work, but he’s not easy to work with, so I was brought in as a special Gonzo Editor to share the burden. Jake chose me because I’m physically intimidating, or as Poster Bot describes me “A 300 pound graduate […]
Fashion Fascist Drawings – Allen Forrest
Thursday, September 17, 2015 9:52 — 0 Comments
These drawings express the frustration felt by many in the current consumer culture, which says citizens have all the power but really it’s the few uber-rich who hold the cards. Says the artist, Allen Forrest, “I came up with the drawing style for this piece by combining influences from William Steig and Robert Crumb and [offering] my own take.”
Three Songs To The Head vol. 34
Thursday, September 17, 2015 9:43 — 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 Spekulation + Ayron Jones, Stereo Embers and Jamil Suleman. Enjoy! –Jake Uitti It’s always exciting to see who Spek will remix next, by the time things are all said and done he’ll have quite the, er, rap sheet of all-star collaborators. Today’s installment is the freaky-fingered fret board prince of Seattle guitar solos, Ayron Jones. It’s the type of song to get listeners pumped, perfect for […]
CHOMP!
Sunday, September 13, 2015 10:03 — 0 Comments
Today (Sunday), King County officials, Artist Home and a myriad of Washington’s finest are coming together to bring the nearby community a brand new event focused on local food, art and sustainable living. The all-ages festival, dubbed CHOMP!, is slated for Sunday, September 13 from 10am – 6pm at King County’s Marymoor Park new Redmond. On hand will be cooking demonstrations from guest celebrity chefs, workshops aimed to make folks better backyard farmers, kids activities, live music, bike expos and much more. “We wanted to celebrate the local food economy,†said King County’s Lee Anne Hughes, “we have such a […]
Two Poems – Rita Banerjee
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 9:53 — 0 Comments
Please Listen and Do Not Return (after Nick Carraway and Tom Joad) East She, portrait in miniature, she I said I had found in my youth a her, a when men built dreams with hands still, I saved a lock of hers, kept her like the harbor lights, ship sounds at night, I knew light, green-back and otherwise could bring me closer— to that mind daffodil colored— I wondered again the meaning of East, the mean, what emotions went with living, with home things travel through valleys of ash, I walk in gray and dead houses, her eyes porcelain undirected […]
Sour Cream Girls – Gen Del Raye
Monday, September 7, 2015 8:28 — 0 Comments
The TSA agent doesn’t know how much a Port Ellen 1981 costs, and he doesn’t care. All he knows is that the bottle is more than three ounces. That much is clear.
Three Songs To The Head vol. 33
Thursday, September 3, 2015 9:16 — 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 Raz Simone, The Honorable Chief and The Bad Tenants. Enjoy! –Jake Uitti Raz Simone has a kingly quality. He’s somehow supremely reserved and uber-powerful. He has keen judgement in production, courage to say what’s on his precise mind (even if it goes against the Emerald City’s most well-known rapper) and, at the same time, the ability to move people with strength of heart. There’s an effortlessness […]
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
Book Release and Reading Feb. 6
January 6th, 2016
Hello fellow readers, travelers and Monarchians! Our first book, Traveling Light, written by Seattle author, Jim Brantingham, is now for sale! And we will be throwing a release party for it Feb. 6 at 6pm in Ravenna Third Place Books (on the corner of 65th and 20th NE). Jim will be reading from the book and there will be guest readers accompanying him. Space is limited, so we suggest you come early. Books can be bought through this link here or at Ravenna Third Place Books (which just ordered it’s second wave of books). We are super excited for this release and […]
