By MIKEL TOOMBS Hey, Jack Kerouac! Next Thursday (Feb. 28) the Seattle U-District dive bar you (supposedly) frequented, the Blue Moon Tavern, is hosting the…
Read Full ArticleNew York Times Magazine profiles Grammy nominee Frank Ocean
By GENE STOUT R&B singer Frank Ocean has received six Grammy nominations, putting him numerically in the same league as Kanye West and Jay-Z, each…
Read Full ArticleThe Not-Its! throw a party for ‘dance-happy kids’ and their parents
By MIKEL TOOMBS The Not-Its! will put the Vera Project’s “all ages” designation to the test when they appear there Saturday, Feb. 9. Performing at…
Read Full ArticleLeni Stern’s new CD, ‘Smoke, No Fire,’ was recorded in war-torn Mali
By MIKEL TOOMBS “My last album before this one, ‘Sabani,’ was a really happy album. Times were good in Mali,” Leni Stern explained in a…
Read Full Article