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Makes Me Wanna Holler
August 08, 2004
After the Blue Angels show today in Seattle, we went to Capitol Hill, a once-hip neighborhood which, when I moved here in '94, seemed the place to go. The attraction wore off fast. How many nose-pierced, purple-Mohawked, black-booted snarling miscreants; and how many dreadlocked, smelly, panhandling, uber-stoned white boys do I need to be accosted by, anyway? How many needles discarded by junkies in the neighborhood park do I need to step on? How many used condoms...OK, you get the idea. And, the restaurants are crummy, too. However. The coolest CD store in all of Seattle, Wall of Sound, moved from Belltown to the very western edges of Capitol Hill a year or two ago, a.k.a. the Pike-Pine corridor. And apart from amazon.com, this is where I buy my music, now, against credit for traded-in vinyl and CDs. As usual, I walked my dear spouse and children into a nearby coffeeehouse, set them up with refreshments and then went over to Wall of Sound. On the way out, I couldn't help noticing the "Bowl Against Bush" poster on a street light pole. The event is on Aug. 11 in Seattle (second item down, in link). It's $40 a head, and sponsored by "No Vote Left Behind," an independent, Seattle-based PAC of music industry and club folk devoted to excising W. They've got talented graphic artists: there was a nice picture on the poster of W's smiling head atop a wobbly bowling pin. Lots of garbage on the sidewalk, too, epitomizing Democratic community values. At Wall of Sound, I had a meager $22 in credit. I bought "Alan Lomax's Southern Journey - Remixed." The famed ethno-musicologist's field recordings of black folk and gospel vocalists from the American south, 1947-1960, are remixed with soundtracks laid down by top-notch r&b, blues and jazz musicians. It gets off to a middling start, but quickly kicks into gear. I'm pretty picky about my tunes - and this one's a winner. So, pick up a copy, AND a maybe a ticket for "Bowl Against Bush" (see event link, above). Doncha think some Puget Sound Republicans should crash it, and whip some anemic Democrats at bowling? Myself, I once rolled a 224. At age 12, no less! Posted by Matt Rosenberg at August 8, 2004 08:47 PM Trackback Pings TrackBack URL for this entry: Comments:
Though the event sounds like fun, I am still personally in search of a sign I saw today. "ANYBODY BUT KERRY" Anyone know where I might procure one? Posted by: bmvaughn at August 9, 2004 06:51 AMI used to *love* Broadway in college but now have sort of mixed feelings about it. Everyone there tries to be so different they all end up looking the same. Still, it's fun to stroll once in a while to look at the various specimens on display. And while I can't really say I've sampled the strip's proper restaurants, you can't go wrong with Pagliacci's pizza, Dick's burgers, or Espresso Vivace -- perhaps the best espresso in the city. At least Broadway is better than the University District. Now *there's* a neighborhood that went to seed. I blame grunge. Oh, thanks for the Lomax tip. Sounds interesting and I'll be sure to check it out. Posted by: Scott at August 9, 2004 06:40 PMPost a comment
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