911 Angel
Hallelujah! The new Sonic Boom Records has opened at 514 15th Avenue East, right up in lovely Capitol Hill. Store #3 will host a crapload of live in-store performances, for those who’d like to see a popular band play but don’t want to go to any blasted clubs in order to do so. (Sometimes you just don’t feel like it, I swear.) Anyway, here’s what’s going on at Sonic Boom #3 this month: Sunday, March 9–the Loveless & Goodnight Trail (5:00 p.m.); Thursday, March 13–the Special Goodness (fronted by Pat Wilson of Weezer, 6:00 p.m.); Thursday, March 20–Supergrass (time TBA); Friday, March 21–Damien Jurado (6:00 p.m.); Saturday, March 22–Stephen Malkmus (time TBA). If you like going to in-stores and you like Stephen Malkmus, you better hightail it to Capitol Hill, because word has it that this will be his only U.S. appearance of that nature.
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In other retail-as-art news: Be sure to drop by Lipstick Traces (on the corner of Pine Street and Summit Avenue, right next to the Cha Cha Lounge) this First Thursday between 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and have a look at Nate Manny’s “Devocentric” paintings. I’m guessing the name is self-explanatory. Now, if you remember this part of Seattle’s rock ‘n’ roll scene, then go ahead and skip to the next paragraph. But to fill in the blanks: Nate Manny was a member of the Murder City Devils, as was Dann Gallucci. Gallucci’s sister Jenn, who owns Lipstick Traces, is married to Manny. Get it, got it, good.
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Could someone please lend me a hand?
It all began with the best of intentions. I left my house last Saturday night to go to the final rock show at Sit & Spin. One of the few venues where one could get decent food between bands shut its doors Sunday–but not before riding out in style as the Magic Magicians, eXBeSTFRIeNDS, Broadcast Oblivion, and the Charming Snakes played along. I decided to catch a cab down by the Cha Cha, where taxis often cruise in search of passengers. So I was walking past Kincora Pub, and the next thing I knew I was hearing a voice saying, “She’s waking up.” I opened my eyes and realized I was flat on my back on the sidewalk in front of Manray. Super-hot paramedics were flashing lights in my eyes and asking me all kinds of simple questions that I couldn’t answer; I didn’t even know my name. Anyway, I bring this up here because I want to say that I’ve heard from several sources that Broadcast Oblivion stole that show at the Sit & Spin, putting on their best performance yet, and I fully intended to go. However, as I said before, I guess I had some sort of interior conniption fit, and went into the back of an ambulance instead. What I’d like to know is this: Who was the Good Samaritan who called 911? I’d like to thank you personally, as well as grill you on the sequence of events. I was walking one minute, and unable to figure out what street I was lying on the next….
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Chop Suey turns one on Thursday, April 10, and will be celebrating with all kinds of shit–of course, you’ve already heard that the club is hosting the Streets on March 15. And don’t forget to come to the Showbox on Saturday, March 8–that’s when the Stranger staff will gather to hear a couple of bands and then send them off to SXSW. Once again, those bands are Alta May, the Turn-Ons, Radio Nationals, and Memphis Radio Kings. Admission is free.