Good Medicine is Geologic, Gabriel Teodros, Khingz, and Macklemore.
Geologic is the rapper for Blue Scholars; Teodros and Khingz were
Abyssinian Creole; and Macklemore is Macklemore. Geologic is about
Marxism; Teodros is about feminism; Khingz is about
South Seattle; Macklemore is about the new postracial
society. All four make very good medicine for the current state of
Seattle’s hiphop mind. Hosted by RA Scion of Common Market. (Vera
Project, Seattle Center, 956-8372. 7:30 pm, $8, all ages.)

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...