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FRI
SEP 9, 2005

(FILM) Like a mix of Mystery Science Theater, TV Carnage, and (the unrelated) Found magazine, the Found Footage Festival spins VHS grime into gold. The traveling showcase features material foraged from dumpster dives, garage sales, thrift stores, and warehouse scrap piles. Audio-visual collages of commercials, instructional videos, and other shorts of truly underground cinema are shown with live comedic commentary from the creators Geoff Haas, Joe Pickett, and Nick Prueher. (Varsity, 4329 University Way NE, 781-5755. 9:30 pm, $10.) JENNIFER MAERZ

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(MUSIC) Wooden Octopus Skull Experimental Musick Pfestival reaches a sick peak with these sonic shit-stirrers. John Wiese churns out a cornucopia of extreme frequencies in corrosive spasms. In his aural universe, mysterious sounds bloom and fade unexpectedly, keeping listeners constantly on edge. Survival Research Laboratories sound designer GX Jupitter-Larsen (AKA the Haters) generates dense cauldrons of noisy misanthropy that paradoxically renew your zest for life. Imagine a battle royal of trash compactors—then stuff your ears with cotton balls. (Re-bar, 1114 Howell St, 233-9873. 8 pm, $10 adv/$12 DOS, 21+.) DAVE SEGAL

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Also Suggested Today: Found Footage Festival John Wiese, the Haters

SAT
SEP 10, 2005

(COMEDY THEATER) SketchFest Seattle is not only the nation's first sketch comedy festival, it's also the best, carefully curating its lineup to guarantee audiences two weeks of the best sketch comedy in the U.S. Tonight brings San Francisco's Prank the Dean and NYC's Elephant Larry at 8:00 p.m, and L.A.'s Ten West and Chicago's Animal Club at 10:00 p.m. For the full festival schedule, check www.sketchfest.org. (Capitol Hill Arts Center, 1621 12th Ave, www.brownpapertickets.com. $15 per show, through Sept 17.) DAVID SCHMADER

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SUN
SEP 11, 2005

(WAR HIPHOP) It is inspired programming to have a hiphop show that basically celebrates war on the fourth anniversary of 9/11. Philadelphia's Jedi Mind Tricks are all about blood, guts, swords, honor, and the struggle to the death (JMT's Vinnie Paz raps: "It's all real, all ill, and all natural/We all kill"). The local group Dim Mak also has a style that is militaristic and terrifying. They don't rap so much as sonically reproduce the nightmare of a massive invasion from the sky, sea, and land. (Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison St, 324-8000. 9 pm, $12, all ages/bar w/ID.) CHARLES MUDEDE

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MON
SEP 12, 2005

(GOOD FOOD FOR A GOOD CAUSE) Seattle's wine and culinary community comes together to help out one of their own—Marc Papineau, a beloved fixture on the food scene currently battling cancer. Tonight's benefit features cuisine from an array of Seattle's most distinguished chefs and sommeliers from Le Pichet, Harvest Vine, Lark, Seastar, Campagne, Salumi, and many more. Also live jazz by Far Corner and a silent auction. (Lisa Dupar's Julep, 2022 Boren Ave, reservations 464-3050. Aperitifs at 6 pm, coursed wine dinner at 7 pm, $100.) DAVID SCHMADER

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TUE
SEP 13, 2005

(READING) A nation like ours doesn't stop believing in science without a little help from on high. And as journalist Chris Mooney details in his important new book, The Republican War on Science, it's not a divine hand that is making Americans think evolution is wrong, global warming is bogus, and contraception is ineffective. It's a concerted human effort, pushed by Republicans and knuckle-dragging religious conservatives—and they're winning. The Stranger's Charles Mudede will interview Mooney onstage. (Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 325-2993 or www.foolproof.org. 7:30 pm, $10.) ELI SANDERS

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(CLUB NIGHT) Although it's presented by a crew called Death of the Party, the Viceroy's Tuesday night weekly hardly lives up to that grim moniker. Resident DJ Curtis is an expert at turning cocktail-sipping sophisticates into writhing danceaholics, with songs from the B-sides of the Me Generation. (Viceroy, 2332 Second Ave, 956-VICE. 9 pm, free.) JENNIFER MAERZ

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Also Suggested Today: Chris Mooney Low Life

WED
SEP 14, 2005

(FILM) Yeah, James Dean is an icon—a fate that has obscured his awesome acting talent, nowhere captured better than in Elia Kazan's East of Eden. Released in 1955, Dean's first major film spins John Steinbeck's twisted Cain-and-Abel story into a ravishing melodrama of filial division and family betrayal, boasting classic performances by Dean, Raymond Massey, Julie Harris, and Jo Van Fleet, all freshly pressed on a new 35mm print. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 329-2629. 7 pm and 9:15 pm, $8/$5 for members, through Sept 15.) DAVID SCHMADER

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THU
SEP 15, 2005

(MUSIC) Local boys Whalebones use the feedback wails of the Orcas to bookend boot-stompin' Neil Young–meets–Lou Reed grooves. Their hayseed harmonies and grass-stained melodies add an extra layer of grit to seedy guitar distortion occasionally uplifted by fluttering keyboard parts. This is a jam band in the only good sense of the word. (108 Gallery, 912 12th Ave #108, 853-0336. 9 pm, $5.) JENNIFER MAERZ

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