Brothers Ryōichirō and
Ken'ichi Yoshida are masters of the shamisen, the three-stringed
instrument whose peculiar, almost insectlike twang is invariably one of
the first things that pops into my head whenever I think of Japan.
By Geoff Carter | May 16, 2008
In her latest Pet Dish entry, NWsource blogger Lisa Wogan writes about local pet owners whose ink has gone to the dogs. Do you have a tattoo of your beloved dog, cat, fish, bird, sugar glider or some such critter? If you do -- and it's on a work-safe part of your anatomy -- we'd love for you to share it with Seattle. Send your pet tattoo photos to petdish@nwsource.com, and we'll post them in a new gallery.
By Geoff Carter | May 15, 2008
Neil Diamond is coming to KeyArena, Moby is coming to Neumos and Madonna is coming to Seattle not at all. Were we bad? Are we being punished?
By Geoff Carter | May 13, 2008
A band named for a law enforcement agency shouldn't make me want to go out and break the law. Tokyo Police Club does. Whenever "Cheer It Down" or "Box" comes up in iTunes I am filled the urge to commit immature trangressions against people and property, but here's the thing: I don't want to actually hurt anyone doing it. I just want some Bellevue dude to find his mailbox covered in pancake batter and shake his fist at my getaway Zipcar, screaming "You wild kid, yuh!"
By Geoff Carter | May 12, 2008
Your mother gives and gives and gives, and what do you give back?
Nothing but heartache. Did you have to get that tattoo? And is she ever
going to have a grandchild? The least you could do for her this
Mother's Day is buy her something sweet-smelling or pretty, or take her to brunch someplace nice. You always were a good kid, you know, even if that tattoo makes you look like some kind of criminal.
By Geoff Carter | May 8, 2008
You can disparage Ballard as you will -- "not as cool as it once was," "too many condos," "Geoff Carter lives there" -- but you can't deny that its residents give a hell of a lot of money to listener-supported radio. In recognition of the neighborhood's solid fundraising efforts during last summer's pledge drive, KEXP will be broadcasting live from Ballard from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 9.
By Geoff Carter | May 8, 2008
I don't put away the cheeseburgers the way I used to. Damn you, borderline cholesterol levels! Tasty burgers have become something I have to work up to -- the reward at the end of a long road paved with salads and tofu.
By Geoff Carter | May 7, 2008
No one can bring the noise to a sports arena quite like Nine Inch Nails can. The Nails' Trent Reznor has created so many uniquely alien sounds that I could have written this preview wholly in onomatopoeia. "Head Like a Hole" goes bahnahnahnahnah. "Wish" goes graownownownow. "Closer" goes boomp-thwomp.
By Geoff Carter | May 6, 2008
There's this funny thing about empires: They fall. In less than a week, Seattle Art Museum's display of Roman art from the Louvre Museum will close, and all those amazing statues, busts, columns, mosaics, frescoes and decorative objects -- nearly 200 pieces in all -- will be packed up and moved to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. It's strange, this inexplicable attraction Oklahoma seems to have for the things Seattle holds dear.
By Geoff Carter | May 5, 2008
Attention, lonely hipster blokes! Is there a paucity of tattooed punk
girls in your life? If so, you'd be well served to get tickets to see Peter Murphy at El Corazon on May 30, Mike Ness at the Showbox at the Market on July 9 and 10 and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the Showbox SoDo on September 23.
By Geoff Carter | May 2, 2008
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