Gabriel Teodros, 206UP and The Monarch
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 11:06 — 0 Comments
When Seattle-based blog 206UP reached out to us to say they had a video interview with Gabriel Teodros and would we be interested in running it on our site, we said yes! Yes! A hundred times yes! 206UP is a classy joint and Gabriel is one of our favorite hip-hop artists in the town. This collaboration was a no-brainer! Here is what Chul Gugich, creator of 206UP, had to say about the video: “The 28Hundred team sat down with Seattle hip-hop artist Gabriel Teodros in a kitchen in Bushwick, Brooklyn. It was a hot and humid Sunday in mid-July, but the well-traveled MC […]
A House on the Mountain – Jeb Burt
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:52 — 1 Comment
I stood waiting in the corporate executive suite. I stared through the glass wall down the nave of the Plaza Mall. Department stores waited at the ends of cross-secting halls like the warmly-lit transepts of martyr chapels. A delicately-molded plaster of Paris Santa perched on the peak of the Christmas Mountain rising into yuletide light. Through the sculpted caverns and snowy ravines cherry-red steam engines rolled, dioded cabooses flashing advertisements. Santa Claus looked down numbly, a lascivious drunk archangel at the gates of heaven, bored with the colorless sins of the latest risen souls.
Spending the Holidays with Dina Martina
Monday, October 27, 2014 9:46 — 0 Comments
Dina Martina is one of Seattle’s most brilliantly shining treasures and the glint on her drag gem gleams most brightly during the holiday season calendar. Martina, who always brings “jifts” for her fans in winter, offers one of the most sought after shows in the Emerald City, whether at “Re-Bar Place” or ACT Theater, during a time when car traffic is at its peak and Jack Frost nips at your toes most regularly. To bring you a respite from all this societal freezing clutter, Martina showcases her, well, singing prowess, of sorts, and her comedy that wows in its hysterics. […]
Brett Hamil: My Crazy Addiction
Friday, October 24, 2014 10:18 — 0 Comments
Comedian Brett Hamil is in the middle of a hilarious race to the finish line. He is posting a new audio sketch every day leading up to the recoding dates of his next album, slated for Nov. 6-8.
Three Songs To The Head vol. 17
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 12:09 — 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 Thunderpussy, KAIROS and Tangerine. Enjoy!
The Monarch Stoop Sessions 1.2 (Full Video)
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 10:47 — 0 Comments
A few months ago, the beautiful Watt sisters of Seattle Living Room Shows and Seattle Secret Shows came together with The Monarch to put together the first-ever Stoop Sessions. The sunny afternoon featured the music of Kris Orlowski, Ravenna Woods, Evan Flory-Barnes, Joel Myers and Caleb Thompson. The day was filmed by Tos Fackenthall and the video was edited by Jonathan Baab. Very graciously, American Music in Fremont helped to support the event, as well. Here, now, we have the 24-minute video of the day to share with you. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!Â
On The Road With Dave Bazan and PSQ – Andrew Joslyn
Monday, October 20, 2014 12:22 — 0 Comments
I woke up this morning in Fort Stockton, Texas. The Super 8 Motel room’s air was cool, and smelled faintly of dried vomit (by-product of a previous tenant). Our cockroach companion still lay cooling himself in the porcelain tub, where we left him last night. I couldn’t stop thinking about him for an hour as I was falling asleep last night – between dreaming that my bedsheets were infested with a swarm of cockroaches, or that I was transforming into a 5 foot bug myself (in Kafka ‘Metamorphosis’ style), I had a hard time letting myself drift off. Despite all […]
BREAKING UP WITH REBECCA HOOGS: A NEW APPRECIATION FOR SELF-STORAGE
Monday, October 20, 2014 12:02 — 0 Comments
In the title poem of her collection, Self-Storage (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2012), Rebecca Hoogs writes, “It’s unreal the way I keep returning to places/like this one, distant from where I live/and in ruins, yet where I live.†She’s speaking of Hadrian’s Villa, the 2nd century Roman emperor’s country estate.
Hollow Earth Radio – Jared Harkness
Friday, October 17, 2014 10:00 — 0 Comments
I remember where I first heard about Hollow Earth Radio. I had recently met a woman named Tiffany who was running a house-venue called the Dearborn House, and she had posted on Myspace about some friends who were starting an Internet radio station with a focus on local music, super independent off-the-radar type bands and strange and experimental sounds. I had never given Internet radio much thought, but this station, despite that, seemed to hit on all my interests. I would tune in at work all the time just to see what they were playing. I remember discovering local bands […]
Brett Hamil: Millennium Baby Conservative Child Prodigy
Friday, October 17, 2014 9:44 — 1 Comment
Comedian Brett Hamil is in the middle of a hilarious race to the finish line. He is posting a new audio sketch every day leading up to the recoding dates of his next album, slated for Nov. 6-8.Â
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 […]
