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The View from Nathan’s Bus: An Introduction
Welcome to The View from Nathan’s Bus, a new column at the Star written by Nathan Vass, writer, photographer, movie director and a bus driver for King County Metro.
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Annex Theatre’s The Half Brothers Brand Old-Time Variety Show
There is a lot about The Half Brothers’ Old Time Variety Show, the Seattle-based bluegrass trio’s recent late night production at Annex Theatre, that evokes the spirit of Woody Guthrie, the late folk singer. For their part, the trio balance their fond homage to “old-timey…
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August 31, 1968: Sky River Rock Festival
Woodstock was not the first historic rock music festival: it was preceded by the Sky River Rock Festival, organized in Seattle and staged near Sultan, Washington. Jeff Stevens histories you counterculturally.
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The Ghastly Impermanence: Harmless Visions
Thoughts on the BBC Radio Four sci-fi series from June.
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Paige Barnes’ Naked: The Affront of Improvisation
Omar Willey grapples with the mythic dimensions of Paige Barnes’s latest performance.
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Public Image Ltd: First Issue
On the occasion of PiL’s first American release of the notorious LP First Issue, Andrew Hamlin refuses to be bored.
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Roger Shimomura: Not Merely a Knock-Off
A preview of Roger Shimomura’s new exhibition at Greg Kucera Gallery.
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Sound Theater’s The Wild Party
As director Corey McDaniel notes in his introduction, Joseph MoncureMarch’s poem The Wild Party was originally banned for its “exploration of pleasure, sex, decadence, violence, race, prohibition and all that pushed the boundaries of society.” The Sound Theater Company production of the musical based on…
