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Posted July 26th, 2010 by genestout
The final day of the Capitol Hill Block Party may have been the best of the three-day urban music festival in Seattle’s Pike Street nightclub district.
Seattle photographer Alex Crick shot these photos of The Dead Weather (featuring Jack White), Blue Scholars, Truckasaurus, Steel Tigers of Death, Real Estate, Mad Rad and Flexions.
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Posted July 26th, 2010 by genestout
The 2010 Capitol Hill Block Party may have been one of the most photographed music festivals of the year in Seattle.
More than 40 photographers requested official passes to shoot the festival.
Here’s a selection of photos by Kam Martin, who snapped pics of Chris Pureka, Fences, Unnatural Helpers, Shabazz Palaces, Yeasayer and other bands during the [...]
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Posted July 26th, 2010 by genestout
Here are photos of the Capitol Hill Block Party on Saturday (June 24), courtesy of Seattle photographer Alex Crick.
The three-day festival featured such bands as MGMT, Shabazz Palaces, Yeasayer, THEESatisfaction, Blitzen Trapper, Black Breath, !!!, Atmosphere, Blue Scholars, The Maldives and The Dead Weather.
For a previous post on Block Party, click here.
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Posted July 24th, 2010 by genestout
The Capitol Hill Block Party opened Friday (July 23) under sunny skies, kicking off the three-day urban music marathon in the core of the Capitol Hill nightclub district around East Pike Street.
There was a great party vibe all day along East Pike under roasting sunshine. Those lucky enough to have apartments overlooking the main stage [...]
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Posted July 24th, 2010 by genestout
Texas country singer, novelist, humorist, cigar peddler and former gubernatorial candidate Richard S. “Kinky” Friedman hasn’t written a new song in at least 20 years. But such tunes as “The Ballard of Charles Whitman” (the Texas tower sniper), “Ride ‘Em Jewboy” and his cover of Chinga Chavin’s “A**hole from El Paso” have brought him a [...]
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