Okay, Seattle's party scene was probably not as bad at it seemed last week. I just missed a bunch of stuff. Unfortunately I did not tell you about the Big Wheel Bingo at the Rendezvous on Tuesday, which was hosted by Pastor Kaleb with music by Adam McCollum and some serious Bingo fitness instructors.
Of course there was also an Elvis memorial event (thanks for pointing it out, Kelly). This year's Elvis Invitationals was held at the EMP's Sky Church last Friday. Another event I forgot to mention was an art opening Gray as Color (featuring Sam Trout and Iosefatu Sua) at Priceless Works Gallery in Fremont also last Friday.
In all three cases I received the invitations too late...
Speaking of email list that miss interesting events - have you heard of the relatively new email list called WUXX? Their goal is "bringing the scene to Seattle's young professionals". We think they suck. See for yourself: http://www.wuxx-events.com.
Friday 1/16
8:00 PM 10th Annual Freehold Studio Series
8:00 PM Dream of Zeus @ ConWorks. (1st show)
8:00 PM THE KING COBRA, DOOMSDAY 1999, WIKKID @ AFTERMATH
10:00 PM Pre-Carnevali benefit show
10:00 PM Bollywood / PLANET BEAT @ ToST
Saturday 1/17
8:00 PM 10th Annual Freehold Studio Series (2nd day)
8:00 PM Dream of Zeus @ ConWorks. (2nd show)
9:00 PM Vinni Blue Show in West Seattle
10:00 PM Saturday Night Shiva party @ Chop Suey
Sunday 1/18
8:00 PM SunTzu Sound 1 Year Anniversary @ Baltic Room
Monday 1/19
7:30 PM Gary Lutz reading at Hugo House
8:00 PM Dream of Zeus @ ConWorks. (3rd show)
8:00 PM THE DEAD SCIENCE, GHOST TO FALCO... @ AFTERMATH
Thursday 1/22
6:00 PM "Sketchpad" @ Heavens Records
8:00 PM Dream of Zeus @ ConWorks. (4rth show)
Friday 1/16
10th Annual Freehold Studio Series
Lovely Shana writes:
Hello Amigos,
I want to invite you all to attend the 10th Annual Freehold Studio
Series--a showcase for emerging actors, directors & playwrites. I will be performing an original piece with an ensemble formed a few months ago, "Solitary/Ensemble." It is a theatrical movement piece, which explores themes of aloneness and togetherness. It will be performed with several other theatrical scenes, clown, dance, monologue pieces, so it should be a cool show.
The show takes place in Freehold's Theatre in the Oddfellows building on
Pine & 10th in Capitol Hill.
8-10 pm Thurs, Fri and Sat night. (1/15-1/17)
2 pm Sunday afternoon. (1/18.)
I'd love to see you there.
Cheers!
~S.
Oddfellows, Pine & 10th in Capitol Hill.
Dream of Zeus @ ConWorks.
The press release says:
You are invited to DREAM OF ZEUS, Garrett Fisher's new fusion of voice, dance, instrument, mask, Taiko and a compelling ancient drama. Can a family ripped apart by murder discover a new kind of justice? Composer Fisher has joined forces with director Ilene Fins, choreographer Gary Zinter, and a host of singers, musicians, and dancers to develop a haunting yet inviting investigation of the bonds of love and destiny.
Accompanying DREAM OF ZEUS will be an exhibition of FIRST MASKS by New York artist Louise McCagg. FIRST MASKS will be exhibited at Consolidated Works in a gallery adjacent to the performance of DREAM OF ZEUS.
"A strong, disturbing score...Fisher creates a sense of foreboding and dread that builds as the work progresses." --The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Dates: January 16, 17, 19, 22, 24, 25, 2004 (8 PM)
Location: Consolidated Works, 500 Boren Ave N, on the corner of Boren and Republican.
Tickets: $20/$13 (advance), $22/$15 at the door
To purchase: 206.325.6500 or www.fisherensemble.org
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/partyvolcano/vwp?.dir=/Invitations&.dnm=maskclose.jpg
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THE KING COBRA, DOOMSDAY 1999, WIKKID @ AFTERMATH
This is one of the two Loss Leader shows this week.
THE STRANGER SAYS:
"Tonight is the release show for the King Cobra's new eponymous CD, out on Troubleman Records. The disc displays complex, dirgy art metal layered with repetitive riffs from an Olympia trio that includes Rachel Carns of the Need (and was produced by the Fucking Champs' Tim Green). They're paired for this show with Doomsday 1999--the ex-Teen Cthulhu kids who come off like Andrew W. K. gone death
metal--and New York's Wikkid."
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16
@ AFTERMATH GALLERY - 928 12th Avenue, 206.709.9797
THE KING COBRA (CD Release)
DOOMSDAY 1999
WIKKID
$6. Doors at 8pm. All Ages.
Pre-Carnevali benefit show
David Peterman - the busy bee behind seattle-announce@burningman.com - writes:
Something not to be missed this Friday evening. A little taste of what's to come with Carnevali, ransacking Seattle in March...keep your eyes and ears posted. But in the meantime...
Come down to the Lower Level (formerly known as the Joint)
1621 12th Ave. E.
Friday, Jan. 16th
Pre-Carnevali benefit show
Featuring...
D.J. Sawka performing live drum 'n bass,
Sunflower Sutra with an album to release,
and Shapeshifter on the decks
PLUS live performance art interaction and eye candy brought to you by the Red Ant
10 pm
$7
21 + ID
What an odd name: "Shapeshifter"...
Lower Level, 1621 12th Ave. E. Friday
Bollywood / PLANET BEAT @ ToST
PLANET BEAT featuring KEXP radio DJ DAREK MAZZONE
16 West is East
Special night of retro Bollywood film music from the 60's, 70's and 80's w/ guest DJ Kazan (MTV Asia) and James Whetzel (Olin Place) on tabla and throat singing. Visuals of classic Bollywood films provided by Tasveer Films, a local non profit that supports independent South Asian cinema in Seattle. $7 cover.
www.planetbeat.com
ToST opens @ 5 pm, $5 cover @ 9 pm, shows @ 10 pm
Saturday 1/17
Vinni Blue Show in West Seattle
Ever heard of the Blue Room in West Seattle? This Saturday vocalist Deb Curley is performing. We know about this event through one of Gates Ballard's Space Virgin pals that promises it will be a kick ass show:
What better cure for the wintertime blues than a Vinni Blue show at the Blue Room? C'mon over to West Seattle, we'll lift your spirits and warm your wintery hearts with our music. Wear something blue and you might just get a kiss from a rock star!! :)
And there will undoubtedly be fantastic music following us so you all can shake your groove thangs all night long.
The Blue Room, 3422 Harbor Ave SW
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=ADXZXCFNMLZNWENKXNJX
Saturday Night Shiva party @ Chop Suey
Ike writes:
Hi,
This is a reminder for the Saturday Night Shiva party this Saturday (Jan 17) @ Chop Suey. The Bollywood party last Saturday was a blast.....lets keep the momentum going.
Please RSVP to get the discounts.
Cheers,
Ike Singh
Bollywood events are piling up in these days. But this one is Seattle's original as far as I know.
Chop Suey
1325 E Madison St., Seattle, WA View Map
When: Saturday, January 17, 10:00pm
Sunday 1/18
SunTzu Sound 1 Year Anniversary @ Baltic Room
J-Justice writes:
PV peeps, please join us this Sunday for a special date in history!
SunTzu Sound turns 1 and we want to celebrate with us.
We've had a really successful year pushing the new sounds of the broken beat and future jazz scene. Some great artists have made their way to the Northwest and we feel privileged to have booked/played with them: Bugz in the Attic (Seiji, Afronaught, Daz-I-Kue, Mikey General), Domu, Titonton, Kyoto Jazz Massive, King Britt, Cuica, Cinematic Orchestra, Vikter Duplaix, Dixon, Joy Jones, and The Funky Lowlives. We also hit the road for a very succesful west coast tour this year with stops at some Great venues like The Top in SF.
But first things first, come down to our night FUTURE SOUL this Sunday the 18th and wish us Happy Anniversary!
DON'T FORGET: It's a 3-day weekend celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. So stay up late on Sunday!
**HAPPY HOUR ALL NIGHT LONG**
$1 off Wells / Drafts / Wines
Unfortunately MLK Day is not an "industrial holiday". I won't be able to party all night on Sunday. But all you police men and bankers you should have fun for me!
FUTURE SOUL
Every Sunday at The Baltic Room
1207 Pine Street Seattle, WA
9pm - close
http://www.thebalticroom.com
Ladies free before 10pm
Guestlist info@suntzusound.com
http://www.suntzusound.com
http://www.suntzusound.com/newsletter/01_18.html
Monday 1/19
Gary Lutz reading at Hugo House
Cliff ("Communication Manager" at the Hugo House) writes:
For our post-holiday consumption: a Jan. 19 reading by Gary Lutz, live from Pennsylvania, where he's writing some interesting fiction. See the release below...
-Cliff
Here are more details:
Darkly funny writer Gary Lutz reads at Hugo House Jan. 19
Who: Gary Lutz
What: "I Looked Alive" – A Reading and Talk with writer Gary Lutz
Where: Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave.
When: Jan. 19, 2004, at 7:30 p.m.
$5 ($3, Hugo House members)
Why: Gary Lutz will brave his fear of flying to visit Seattle (for the first time) to read from his much anticipated, just released second collection of short fiction. "His startling sentences are often darkly funny, and always exactly right," Amy Hempel wrote of his work. In an essay on Lutz in The Believer, Sven Birkerts wrote, "There is more to discuss in the work of Gary Lutz than the edgy, accurate, and at the same time conscientiously offplumb voice." Spend an evening listening to Lutz’s short, sinister and funny tales. Followed by a brief talk.
Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. $5
THE DEAD SCIENCE, GHOST TO FALCO... @ AFTERMATH
The other Loss Leader show this week.
THE STRANGER SAYS:
"Loss Leader curates music events the way gallery owners curate their openings--with attention to the details of the musical
experience as an art more than a commodity. There are two good Loss Leader events this week (the other at Aftermath on the 16th), and this one contrasts Bay Area laptop cannibalizers / conductors like Hammer & Throck and Megaweapon with noir pop/avant jazz act the Dead Science and 'sad-song' one-man band Ghost to Falco. Seattle bills are rarely this eclectic."
MONDAY, JANUARY 19
@ AFTERMATH GALLERY - 928 12th Avenue, 206.709.9797
THE DEAD SCIENCE
GHOST TO FALCO
MEGAWEAPON
HAMMER & THROCK
$5. Doors at 8pm. All Ages.
Thursday, 1/22
"Sketchpad" @ Heavens Records
Bianca writes:
Hello Party Volcanico !
Thought I'd invite you folks to a few hip-hop dealios...not you normal PV stuff but they are well worth going to.
Prince Charming(of the now defunct:Lovecraft Technologies)hosts this event at Heavens Records every Thursday.
We have had a great turn out of emcees and several young, graffiti writer royalty in attendance.
Thank you!
xox Bianca Bandicoot
Here are the details:
PRINCE CHARMING presents: "Sketchpad"
Music & Doodling EVERY THURSDAY@HEAVENS RECORDS
6-8pm (NEW HOURS, NO METERS AFTER 6PM! ).
ALL AGES.
"Put on your sketchers and break out your etch-a-sketch, HEAVENs on 2nd is hosting a new night of cerebral cityscapes of sound and skull scribbling." ~prince charming
Bring some crayons and your scribblers, people who color inside and outside the lines and anyone down for hip-hop, live DJ music & doodling.
Free & open to the public, some supplies provided. There will be an amp and a mic iffin' anybody wants to get on it
All are welcome...all people of all colors...kids...teens...hip hoppers ... graf writers...backpackers...thugs and hugs ... punks ... hippies ... anybody and all peaceful like, alright?
Heavens Records
1914 2nd Ave
Seattle, WA
206-443-9373
*cross street: 2nd ave and stewart-same block as the moore theatre right next to the nitelight bar
http://www.prince-charming.net/live.html
Cold Lava
New Directions in Alcohol Consumption: Barhopping in Hamburg (1/10/2004)
Last weekend when I was in Hamburg I met my friend Karin, who has lived long enough in the Schanzenviertel - one of the hippest neighborhoods in Hamburg - to know which of those hundreds of bars are worth visiting and which are not. Since she had to work on the next day we decided to do the "small tour", which ended up taking about five hours.
[In case you ever get the chance to visit Hamburg take the S11 or S31 underground to Sternschanze and head towards Schulterblatt. Or take a cab - like David K. did last year.]
Thier (Schulterblatt)
Our first stop was a new bar called "Thier" (pronounced as "tear"). The name doesn't make any sense. "Tier" is an animal or beast, so my closest translation would be "beahst".
This bar is one of many that follow the concept of the "bar in a living room". There is usually only one person bartending and you better be nice to that person otherwise she'll never give you what you want: drinks. (There is another bar in the same neighborhood that discloses this power relationship already in their name - "Mother").
Back to Thier: I didn't like the bar: the bartenders were bitchy, the drinks were short, and I also didn't like that they automatically tacked on the tip "for you". But they do serve a pretty good hefeweizen called Augustiner.
Daniela Bar (Schulterblatt)
Half a block southwards you'll find this wonderful bar. According to my friend this bar is a classic amongst the "bars in a living room". In fact it was so nice - I wanted to move in! According to Karin a post-doc guy in Hamburg, who was struggling with his dissertation but found support and new strength at the very Daniela Bar. Apparently he managed to finish his dissertation but not without thanking the Daniela Bar in the preface.
[Cross Schulterblatt and turn into Bernstorffstrasse]
Le Fonk (Bernstorffstrasse)
We picked the wrong evening for Le Fonk, which is more a two bedroom apartment with a bar. We only stayed for two minutes. My friend said: "Pot smoking high school kids. Let's go." But I was told that this place is pretty good during the week when the kids have to stay at home. From the news on the radio I learned that the City of Hamburg is considering a new law that would permit kids under 14 to leave the house after 8pm without parents. That might help Le Fonk too.
[Just continue on the same street and cross the busy Stresemannstr. You'll find Mutter (Mother) on the left on the Stresemannstrasse across the street from the big police station.]
Bernstorffbar (Bernstorffstrasse)
A hip bar with a dance floor - so hip that they can afford to ask for a cover charge. They were projecting a cartoon show to the opposite side of the street to attract people. We decided to save our money for drinks and moved on.
[At the next corner is an interesting shop that is specialized in making hats. The name of the shop is "The Girl and the Gorilla". I think I saw the girl. She was still working at midnight. Turn right at that corner (or if you see a gorilla) until you hit Wohlwillstrasse.]
Kurhaus (Wohlwillstrasse)
Another excellent bar in a living room. Kurhaus means "cure house" and should not be mixed up with Kurbad Rossi, which is another bar in the same neighborhood that used to be a spa (Kurbad = "cure bath", Rossi = name of the owner). The people that visit the Kurhaus seem to be a little bit older. The music is not too loud so you can actually have a meaningful conversation. The quality of the wine is better here but it's also a little bit more expensive.
The Kurhaus was also our last stop on this "little tour". It was already 3am, which normally wouldn't have been a problem, because the bars are open until 6am or sometimes even longer. The "big tour" would have included St. Pauli, Hamburg's famous red light district. I don't know which bars Karin would have picked. My list would have probably looked like this: Bar Zentrale, Ex-Sparr, Baluga Bar, Ahoi, Amphore, and of course the famous Golden Pudel Club (Goldener Pudel).
Cheers to Hamburg!
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