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Posted September 1st, 2010 by genestout
Are you satisfied that oil-eating microbes will tidy up the Gulf of Mexico after this year’s mammoth oil spill? Or would you prefer to do something about it yourself — and have fun at the same time?
“Hootenanny for a Healthy Gulf” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 2) at the Moore Theatre is the latest musical [...]
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Posted August 31st, 2010 by genestout
Seattle photographer “Iron” Mike Savoia shot this gallery of photos from a concert by hard-rock guitarist and singer Ted Nugent Aug. 24 at the Clearwater Casino in Suquamish on the Kitsap Pennisula.
“Ted was Ted,” Savoia says. “Tongue-in-cheek, political, pro-guns, hunting, etc.”
Nugent’s band featured Greg Smith (bass, vocals), who has played with Alice Cooper, Dokken, Ritchie [...]
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Posted August 31st, 2010 by genestout
The title of Pink Martini’s current album, “Splendor in the Grass,” is the perfect phrase to describe the first of two recent shows at Chateau Ste. Michelle.
The group’s spirited, orchestral performance Sunday (Aug. 29) drew a capacity crowd to the sprawling lawn outside the Woodinville winery, where a summer concert series is staged each [...]
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Posted August 24th, 2010 by genestout
Lady Gaga has come a long, long way since her first performance at the Tacoma Dome in 2008 as opening act for New Kids on the Block.
During that overwrought set, she kept shouting, “Hello, Seattle,” apparently unaware of where she was.
But in her triumphant return to the Tacoma Dome Saturday night (Aug. 21), Gaga was [...]
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Posted August 22nd, 2010 by genestout
Lady Gaga has come a long, long way since her first performance at the Tacoma Dome in 2008 as opening act for New Kids on the Block.
During her overwrought set, she kept shouting, “Hello, Seattle,” apparently unaware of where she was.
But in her triumphant return to the Tacoma Dome Saturday night (Aug. 21), Gaga was [...]
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