Capitol Hill Block Party Day 3
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 11:06 — 1 Comment
Welcome to our coverage of Capitol Hill Block Party. Below are our thoughts on Day 3 (Day 1Â here, Day 2 here). Look for a photo recap soon!
Balancing With Robert Hardgrave
Monday, July 29, 2013 11:00 — 0 Comments
Robert Hardgrave is a Seattle artist who focuses on improvisational creation. His work is striking, colorful and often wild. The Monarch Review published some of his work in Monarch #2. We had the chance to chat with Robert recently about his painting, his new focus and how he likes Seattle art.Â
Capitol Hill Block Party Day 2
Sunday, July 28, 2013 13:50 — 0 Comments
Welcome to our coverage of Capitol Hill Block Party. Below are our thoughts on Day 2 (Day 1 here). More pieces coming daily and look for a photo recap soon!
Capitol Hill Block Party Day 1
Saturday, July 27, 2013 13:22 — 3 Comments
Welcome to our coverage of Capitol Hill Block Party. Below are our thoughts on Day 1. More pieces coming daily and look for a photo recap soon! Radiation City  For my money, Portland’s Radiation City is the perfect choice for a festival-opening band. While not familiar with their music before hearing them, they immediately ingratiated themselves into my heart with their lilting harmonies and a journeying sound that continued to evolve throughout the set. Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, Zappa, and all the finest sonic explorers of the 60s and 70s woven into one conscious thought, and the whole thing has […]
Half-Inch Tall McCartney – Joel Mars
Friday, July 26, 2013 12:01 — 0 Comments
You could feel it in the air, as far away as the University District—the whole city buzzing with Beatles fever.
Review Of Jane Wong’s ‘Kudzu Does Not Stop’
Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:52 — 0 Comments
Jane Wong’s voice comes off the page like that of a mother’s reading a cautionary story to her children. In her new book of poems, Wong uses her voice to make a point: that, as people, we are like the kudzu vine: we take and we are taken.Â
5 Vids to the Brain
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 12:14 — 0 Comments
Hello and welcome to 5 Vids to the Brain! This is a total spin off of our 3 Songs to the Head series. But so what! Below are 5 videos by artists we love here in Seattle: Hounds of the Wild Hunt, Smokey Brights, Pickwick, La Luz and The Hoot Hoots. From forest walks to milk chugging, from a make-shift drum kit to playing the guitar in bed, we think you will love all of these videos – so, enjoy! Romantic screamin’ and shoutin’! Lotta Seattle cats slippin’ and slidin’ in this one! Ghostly and beautiful… Sultry and mysterious… […]
IRREGULAR – Peter Brav
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 13:00 — 0 Comments
It is a great deal of pressure to be a regular. Maybe more than it’s worth.Â
Mary Revisited – R L Swihart
Monday, July 15, 2013 14:36 — 0 Comments
I. Ominous and empty and then glorious and emptyÂ
What am I?
Bioluminescent eye
That sees by the shine
Of its own light. Lies
Blind me. I am the seventh human sense
And my stepchild,
Consequence;
Scientists can't find me.
Januswise I make us men;
Glamour
Was my image then—
Remind me:
The awful fall up off all fours
From the forest
To the hours…
Tick, Tock: Divine me.
-- 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 […]
