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SEP 24, 2005

(BEER, BANDS) Oktoberfest is Fremont’s annual celebration of all things beer related (microbrews, bellies, chainsaw pumpkin-carving contests). The three-day event (Fri–Sun) showcases more than 50 varieties of the delicious beverage and two-dozen local bands. Saturday boasts an especially strong music lineup you don’t need beer goggles to appreciate Harvey Danger, the Divorce, the Cops, the Saturday Knights, and more. Also be sure to check out the Stranger microbrew area, featuring our own specially brewed beer from Druids Brewing. All proceeds from the Stranger keg will benefit Artist Trust’s WAHIP, working to provide health insurance to Washington artists. (Under the Aurora Bridge at 34th St, www.fremontoktoberfest.com. 11 am–midnight, $15 adv/$20 DOS, price includes five-ounce glass and five tasting tokens, 21+.) JENNIFER MAERZ

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(PROTEST) Today in the nation's capital and in cities across the country, people will gather to register their opposition to the Iraq war. This war, as everyone now knows, was launched on a false premise. It has since cost the lives of nearly 2,000 American soldiers, injured more than 14,000 others, and damaged the reputation of the United States abroad. Will this anti-Iraq-war protest be any more successful than all the others? Only if a lot of people show up. (Westlake Plaza, Fourth Ave and Pine St, noon, free.) ELI SANDERS

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Also Suggested Today: Fremont Oktoberfest Rally Against the Iraq War

SUN
SEP 25, 2005

(HOOTENANNY) No Depression, the Northwest-based bimonthly bible of all things roots music and alt-country, is celebrating its 10th birthday with a swell redesign and four nights of shows at the Sunset Tavern. The shindig concludes this evening with the Waco Brothers Bloodshot Revue, featuring the acerbic Punch & Judy antics of Jon Langford and Sally Timms, both seasoned members of the Mekons, the band that reclaimed country from Nashville city slickers with the 1985 masterpiece Fear and Whiskey. (Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave, 784-4880. 9 pm, $10, 21+.) KURT B. REIGHLEY

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SEP 26, 2005

(THEATER) Sarah Kane's Crave is traditionally played as a staged reading: four actors in chairs facing down the audience. But fuck tradition. Washington Ensemble Theatre's stupefyingly imaginative staging shoves the characters to the bottom of what looks like a very small swimming pool, where the text—dripping with sex, loathing, and allusive beauty—can truly shake free from the page. Short, nasty, and not at all sweet, this play will keep you up all night long. (WET at the Little Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, 800-838-3006 or www.brownpaperticket.com. Thurs–Mon at 8 pm, $10–$15, through Oct 3.) ANNIE WAGNER

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TUE
SEP 27, 2005

(MUSIC) Extremity and excess are Acid Mothers Temple's natural habitats. The Japanese troupe is to psych rock (or "trip music," as leader Kawabata Makoto prefers to call it) what Alejandro Jodorowsky is to cinema: flamboyantly spiritual and surreal exemplars of their respective disciplines. AMT's new album, IAO CHANT from the Cosmic Inferno, transcendently homages Pierre Moerlen, the late drummer of spacey prog legends Gong. Go forth and levitate. (Neumo's, 925 E Pike St, 709-9442. 9 pm, $10, 21+.) DAVE SEGAL

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WED
SEP 28, 2005

(BLISS) Iceland's Sigur Rós are generally the aural equivalent of spun sugar. Their electronic pop is airy, elegant, and unbelievably sweet—from the angelic, indiscernible vocals to the grand symphonic orchestration. Their latest release, Takk..., is no different, but adds crystalline instrumentation that breaks like icicles, murderous birdcalls, and thundering avalanches of chilling sound. (Paramount, 911 Pine St, 467-5510. $25–$35 plus fees, 8 pm, all ages.) JENNIFER MAERZ

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THU
SEP 29, 2005

(FILM/HILARITY) Only a fool would miss the great Bruce Campbell introducing a showing of Evil Dead, the film that launched his impressive mandible into the cult stratosphere. The screening is just icing on the Campbell cake, however, as beforehand the actor will be answering questions and signing copies of his new book, Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way, at Scarecrow Video. If you're smart, you'll attend both. (Screening at the Neptune, 1303 NE 45th, 781-5755. 11:30 pm, $8; book signing at Scarecrow Video, 5030 Roosevelt Way NE, 524-8554. 6 pm, free.) BRADLEY STEINBACHER

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(LAPTOP WIZARDRY) English producer Four Tet (Kieran Hebden) puts on the least boring laptop shows I've ever seen. He's the rare composer who can create music that's both adventurous and profoundly joyous, and he gets funkier than ever on the new Everything Ecstatic, his fourth and best album. (Neumo's, 925 E Pike St, 709-9467. 8 pm, $13 adv/$15 DOS, 21+.) DAVE SEGAL

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Also Suggested Today: 'Evil Dead' with Bruce Campbell Four Tet

FRI
SEP 30, 2005

(HIPHOP) Vitamin D is Seattle's top hiphop producer, making beats for both national cats (such as Gift of Gab, De La Soul, and 50 Cent) and local heads (like the Boom Bap Project, Silent Lambs Project, and Choklate—who'll be performing with him tonight). Vitamin D is now finishing his solo record, but if you can find his magnificent 1997 mix Do the Math, you'll have the blueprint for the present creative expansion of Seattle's hiphop scene. (Nectar, 412 N 36th St, 632-2020. 10 pm, $6, 21+.) CHARLES MUDEDE

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