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
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.
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 […]
Macklemore’s White Walls Video
Monday, September 9, 2013 14:58 — 1 Comment
I was at the shoot for the new Macklemore video “White Walls†waiting in the crowd to see what was going to happen. I was less interested, admittedly, in the music (though I like some of Macklemore’s songs) than I was in the stunning fact that the mere rumor (later confirmed) of the shoot brought thousands of people to a shut down Broadway Avenue in Capitol Hill. I stood with my girlfriend, looking around, watching the litter (soda cans, etc.) accumulate on the street, astonished at the some 5,000 audience members. At some point a Cadillac appeared and people rushed […]
The NEPO 5K Don’t Walk Run
Monday, September 9, 2013 11:45 — 0 Comments
The NEPO 5k Don’t Run Walk is a yearly art walk curated by the NEPO House, featuring the work of many Northwest artists. Along the 3-mile walk, The Monarch Review’s Livia Dalton took pictures of the people, places and pieces. Enjoy!
In Mong Kok – Claire Miye Stanford
Thursday, September 5, 2013 11:55 — 0 Comments
I arrived in Hong Kong in the summer of 2006, the day before the annual Dragon Boat Festival. I had just graduated from college, and, without knowing exactly how, had found myself on the long flight, on my way to teach English for a month. Just a month. This is not one of those stories that ends with me falling in love with the place and staying longer, or falling in love with the place and returning year after year, or falling in love with the place and all of its contradictions and difficulties – which in Hong Kong are […]
Three For Shelby Earl
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 10:34 — 0 Comments
Seattle songwriter Shelby Earl recently released a new album, Swift Arrows. It is a beautiful, dramatic album she put together with the help of Seattle folk hero Damien Jurado. Shelby’s voice echoes and cascades, her lyrics poke and skip away. It really is a fine record. Shelby took the time to answer a few questions for The Monarch Review and, as a preface, we thought we’d offer her video here for the title track from her new album (live at the Fretboard Journal):
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 […]
