Convergence Zone
Monday: By now you've no doubt planned your New Year's Eve down
to the moment you fall, fully clothed, into bed. If you're stuck for
ideas, however, I advise you to check out these five suggestions on how you should spend the last night of the year, and this list of New Year's Eve parties
around town. They won't tell you how to keep from getting sick in a
taxicab, but they're pretty helpful in most other regards. Cheers, and
stay safe.
December 31, 2007
Convergence Zone
There's lots of fun to be had this weekend, but for once the real party comes on Monday, as Seattle celebrates the end of 2007. As the year comes to a close, we'd like to take the opportunity to tell you that it has been a pleasure and a privilege to let you know about cool things to do for the past year. We sincerely hope that you've found some good times through NWsource, and that you'll stick with us for 2008, because we've got some great surprises planned for you. Happy new year!
December 27, 2007
Convergence Zone
Monday: 'Tis the night before Christmas and the house is
probably empty, because everyone you know has gone to the venerable
(read: old and charmingly skeezy) Blue Moon Tavern for the fourth
annual "Blowdog and Sneezy Christmas Pageant and Midnight Mass."
Members of the Hopscotch Boys and A Gun that Shoots Knives will provide
musical inspiration; DJ Country Mike will spin tracks rich with both
picking and grinning; the lovely, ukulele-armed Christmas Belles will
"weave tragic Christmas tales around a sunshine superstructure"; and
Satan himself will fire up the place with his ebullience. Forget eggnog
-- the bar's serving four-dollar Bloody Marys. And to all a good night.
December 24, 2007
To be honest with you, I'm not planning to go out on New Year's Eve. My liquor cabinet is full, which makes it fairly easy for me to fill my house with friends. I don't need to take my chances with Yellow Cab, who recently refused to pick me up at Little Red Studio because they didn't believe it existed. ("Quit making up addresses and wasting our time," the dispatcher growled.) Also, have you played "Rock Band" It's a sheer delight. I can be Rivers Cuomo in the privacy of my own home: My looooove is a heeeart-breakerrrrr.
December 20, 2007
Convergence Zone
Let's say you're out dancing to the independent rock in one of Seattle's remaining nightclubs. Suddenly it's 1 a.m., and you think, "Man, I could sure use a plate of (blank) to soak up all this PBR." So you hop in a cab and go ... where? And order what? Tell us what your favorite late-night dish is, and where it can be found. We've got to know, because as much as we love the onion rings at 13 Coins, we desperately need variety in our lives. Check our site in a week or so, and see if your pick made the cut.
December 19, 2007
Convergence Zone
It's a terrible loss to Seattle nightlife. A galaxy of future local stars -- including Nirvana, Band of Horses, Death Cab for Cutie and Modest Mouse -- once graced the Croc's tiny stage. Hundreds of up-and-coming bands, from the Strokes and the Decemberists to the Killers, played the club shortly before they broke big.
December 18, 2007
Convergence Zone
Monday: Hey, it ain't Christmas until someone is dismembered by supernatural beasts, right? Tonight at Chop Suey, enjoy a double bill of heart-warming, flesh-rending holiday entertainment: Bob Clark's sorority slash-fest "Black Christmas" and Joe Dante's creepy-cloying hybrid "Gremlins." Fun facts:
December 17, 2007
Here are five reasons you should ride the South Lake Union Trol... er, Seattle Streetcar today.
December 14, 2007
Life Behind Bars
There are several things you should allow yourself to do during this cold and soggy holiday month. You should allow yourself a weight gain of three to five pounds. You should wear Bill Cosby-style sweaters and nothing else. (Okay, put on some socks. And pants. Jeez.) And above all, no matter how resolute a gin, bourbon or beer drinker you may be, you should put the hardcore stuff aside and have one of the sweet (and, in many cases, hot) holiday cocktails that are currently being mixed at some of your favorite local bars and restaurants.
December 11, 2007
Holiday 2007
Let's begin with the disclaimers. First and foremost: Your favorite album of 2007 is probably not on this list. These "top albums" lists are silly and subjective, and they exist only so music snobs can skim them with pursed lips, shake their heads and mutter derisively, "This guy's an (expletive) idiot." Let's just do that now, to get it out of the way.
December 10, 2007
