Here's another reason to haunt Sorry Charlie's: Ann Wilson. The Heart diva is once again part of Seattle Center tent show Teatro Zinzanni, and has been known to unwind post-performance at the wonderful Queen Anne landmark/piano bar. Unsuspecting Charlie's regulars recently were treated to several impromptu numbers by Ann and her friends and co-performers as they did the post-show hang thing. One lucky witness said Ann belted out a heartfelt version of "I Got You Babe."
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Those who didn't get enough of Courtney Love over the Thanksgiving weekend will no doubt be thrilled (as the rest of us no doubt roll our eyes) to learn that Frances' mom has signed on to star in Darker Saints, a thriller in which she will play an FBI forensics expert tracking a serial killer in New Orleans. Love is set to co-produce as well, and filming will begin in April 2000. Perhaps she can lend a hand to ex-Smashing Pumpkin D'Arcy Wretzky's fledgling movie career. It was recently announced that Wretzky will star alongside yucky Mickey Rourke (Motorcycle Boy, what happened?), yummy Vincent Gallo, and Kylie Minogue in Peaces of Ronnie. Meanwhile, fans who wish to get their hands on the new Hole single "Be a Man" before Oliver Stone's football flick Any Given Sunday and its soundtrack are released, can go to http://www.brookelyn.com/ beaman/index.html to download it.
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Rumor has it that Pioneer Square mainstay the OK Hotel is about to be sold. No word as to whether the once all-ages and currently over-21 club will remain a live music venue, but sources close to the OK say the intended buyer has plans to refurbish the restaurant as well as the now-closed-off hotel upstairs.
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Though there wasn't much hoopla about it in the press, at least 10 curious (as in the "car crash" kind of curious) people turned out to see the Gas Giants play at the Breakroom last Friday night. Though they seemed bent on keeping it on the down low, the Gas Giants were, in fact, the Gin Blossoms -- complete with a truckload of fancy expensive equipment and bruised, we-used-to-be-somebody attitudes. Were they any good? Nah, and they didn't seem too happy about playing for a room ever-so-sparsely populated with tumbleweeds and a few drunken diehards leftover from Stranger publisher Tim Keck's birthday celebration. However, the Gas Giants did perform a jaw-dropping cover of the Queen/David Bowie hit "Under Pressure," but got huffy and left the stage when they were asked to play it again (it took a few of us a while to stumble over from the Sea Wolf) instead of something original. Perhaps the fact that they headlined to 10 people for a mere hundred bucks was just too much pride for the former radio giants to swallow. Hey, shoulda kept the name and maybe they'd be making 50 grand a night playing the "gee, I haven't thought about them in a while" Marlboro tour, too.
