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Brett Hamil’s Election Advice
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 10:16 — 0 Comments
Wrtier Brett Hamil is holding a fundraiser for Councilmember Kshama Sawant on Thursday, Aug. 13th. We asked Brett for his thoughts on Sawant’s history in office and what his hopes are for this upcoming local election. The fundraiser you’re doing for Kshama Sawant’s campaign must have two goals: to raise money for her and to get her message out. Can you elaborate on your mission? Kshama is the #1 reason I’m engaged in local politics. In her less than two years on the council she’s been able to completely change the civic conversation and tilt it towards the needs of […]
A Conversation With Seattlish
Thursday, July 9, 2015 10:29 — 0 Comments
If you follow Seattlish on Twitter, you know how funny, conscience and insightful the feed can be. It was through Twitter that I contacted the folks behind Seattlish – which turned out to be three badass ladies (Alex Hudson, Sarah Anne Lloyd, Hanna Brooks Olsen) with wonderful senses of humor, a great love for each other and a passion to make politics and city workings understandable to their followers. To get to know the ladies better, I asked if we could do a chat. Graciously, they agreed! Jake Uitti: How do you remember Seattlish beginning? Was it a drunken conversation at […]
Pencil Him In
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 11:37 — 0 Comments
Keegan Hall has spent almost as many years not drawing and he has spent doing that which he loves: putting pencil to paper and illustrating intricate portraits. His work reminds me of the Chuck Close’s work – no small comparison. His life changed when his mother passed and he began to throw himself into his artwork again – and it changed again when he was commissioned by Seattle Seahawks defenseman, Kam Chancellor, to do a portrait. Since then more offers have come in, including a commissioned portrait for Seattle Mariners star pitcher, Felix Hernandez, and a bottle label for Parliament Distillery. Hall was even […]
The Mama Rags Live
Thursday, July 2, 2015 10:34 — 0 Comments
The Mama Rags make revival music: sonic quilts from disparate parts discarded from generations before as an attempt to rise up and be somebody. They are a thread of Led Zeppelin, a patch of cigarette ash, a bit of Bowie, a down comforter ripped to shreds by the very metal guitar strings that once provided the melodies to a song they wrote and have now forgotten. The band, to their credit, wants to feel established but there is a great deal of room for them to grow. That’s not to say they aren’t capable talents, it’s just that the quilt […]
Vinyl Revival
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 15:20 — 0 Comments
Below is a story that appeared in Alaska Beyond magazine in July 2015 Seattle resident Chris Darrell, also known as DJ absoluteMadman at area nightclubs, finds a certain Zen quality to the process of playing a vinyl record. There is taking the album out of the sleeve, cleaning it, placing it on the turntable and gently dropping the needle. He maintains that the mechanics of the operation put him at ease. “Listening to records calms me down,” he says. “My mom recently came by and dropped off a bunch of old records she picked up at an antique store, and […]
Meet Tim Tracey
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 11:16 — 0 Comments
“This is the second time I’ve ever been interviewed,†Tim Tracey tells me before going into a story about driving with friends around the U.S. post college. A local news station interviewed him about landing their van, which had to be abandoned, into a giant puddle. I’m sitting in the living room of Tim’s modest Greenwood home. Above us is a large banner that reads, “Great With Child But Longing For Stewed Prunes.†The floors are unswept – to be expected since Tim and his wife, Malka, recently had a baby, Bertram Boaz Buckwheat Tracey. Malka bounces the infant on […]
College and Beyond with Jamil Suleman
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 10:47 — 1 Comment
Jamil Suleman recently released a song lambasting the American college experience – how, despite having an impeccable academic record, he himself still had amazing trouble finding enough work to pay the bills. Jamil is bright fellow with a butter voice and an eye on social change. We had the chance to chat with the man about his inspiration for the tune and what he might say to a young person on the come up. What was the moment when you thought you had to write and record this song? I’d graduated college back in ‘07, and since then was in […]
Summer Jams with Adam Prairie
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:50 — 0 Comments
The Hoot Hoots have a lot of things planned for the summer – from a July 3rd Birthday Show at Connor Byrne to a set at Timber! I wanted to chat with Hoot Hoots frontman Adam Prairie to see what the band has in store for its fans.Â
A Chat with STACKEDD’s Ma’Chell Duma LaVassar
Thursday, June 18, 2015 10:34 — 0 Comments
STACKEDD magazine is a new Seattle publication focusing on the triumphs of female-identifying persons, places and things. They are also in the midst of a fundraiser in the hopes of putting out a print version of their publication.  We had the chance to chat with “Editrix-In-Chief” Ma’Chell Duma LaVassar to talk about the magazine’s origin and who they want their audience to be.  Who was there and when was the moment STACKEDD was born? What was the aim at that second and inspiration? The idea for STACKEDD was born one afternoon over many tequila sodas at Horses Cut Shop (which would […]
A Moment with David Pierre-Louis
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 12:50 — 0 Comments
On June 25th, the historic Neptune Theater, as part of their Nights at the Neptune, will premier Kenbe Fem, a documentary about Seattle club owner David Pierre-Louis’s rebuilding efforts in his native home, Haiti, in the wake of the 2010 devastating earthquake that killed an estimated 250,000 people. The showing will include live music by Naomi Wachira and Black Stax. I had a chance to talk briefly with the film’s principle figure, who aims to create a thriving community center on his mother’s property in Haiti as a functioning institution and a symbol of what dedication and hard work can mean […]
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
