By GENE STOUT Concertgoers spent nearly $56 million last year at The Gorge Ampitheatre, the Tri-City Herald reports. That figure includes ticket sales, food, merchandise…
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By GENE STOUT My popular music and lifestyle blog, GeneStout.com, will be officially “introduced” to Seattle Times readers today with a review of country stars…
Read Full ArticleGene Stout makes his debut at the Seattle Times with Paisley review
By GENE STOUT With my review of Brad Paisley’s concert Feb. 11 at the Tacoma Dome, I begin writing occasional music reviews and features for…
Read Full ArticleCD REVIEW: Bing Crosby’s ‘Return to Paradise Islands’ one of six new CDs
Bing Crosby was a Northwest icon long before Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder sang their first tunes. And though he may seem about…
Read Full ArticleCoachella: Sun, fun and hassles at the California desert music festival
In its coverage of the 11th Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last weekend (April 16-18) in Indio, Calif., LA Weekly took issue with positive…
Read Full ArticleAustin City Limits Festival: Music and Mayhem in Mudville
AUSTIN, Texas — The eighth annual Austin City Limits Festival came to a muddy, grungy close Sunday night with a powerful concert finale by Pearl…
Read Full ArticleMichael Jackson estate could earn $200 million by the end of the year
The Michael Jackson estate could earn $200 million by the end of this year, according to executors. “Clearly that’s a new record for estates that…
Read Full ArticleGene Stout appreciation party
Friends and colleagues gather for a “Gene Stout appreciation party” at the Feedback Lounge.
Read Full ArticleBBC reports on the newspaper crisis
A reporter for the BBC World Service has posted a new report about the closing of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the crisis in the newspaper…
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Despite its unmemorable title, “State of Play” is a thoroughly engrossing newspaper thriller that explores new and old journalism in the context of a stop-the-presses…
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