Starbucks is planning on making some of its Seattle stores more like your neighborhood coffee shop. Several Seattle locations, including the 15th Ave East store on Capitol Hill, will be remodeled, sell beer, and have live music. The locations will also be renamed to reflect the neighborhood and may not have any indicator that the location is in fact a Starbucks. While having a beer and catching some music at Starbucks is something that I would enjoy, does Starbucks really need to pretend it’s not a Starbucks? The full story from the Seattle Times.
I effing hate hipsters. The mere mention of the word “hipster” will bring me to convulsions at 20 paces. When I see a fixed-gear track bike, some sort of primal urge overcomes me and uncharacteristically forces my usually peaceful mind into a place of vengeance and division. Why do I feel this way? Why does a lifelong, anything goes type liberal foster so much hatred towards a seemingly innocuous group? I just simply can’t stand their supposed indifference and woeful smugness that everybody knows is bullshit. Continue Reading…
Into art of various forms? Music, visual, literary, and performance? Then find yourselves positioned at the next Blitz on Capitol Hill, on June 11th. And if you can’t make June 11th, Blitz features an Art Walk on the second Thursday of each month. Continue Reading…
First it was television, then home video, then home theater. These were the horsemen of cinema’s apocalypse. Yet the end never came. Ticket sales continue to soar. People have not abandoned the movie theater. It is likely that it will never matter how convenient or how complete a reproduction of cinema can be presented in the home, movie theaters will continue to have a space in our communities. More than a means of delivering a commodity, movie theaters are spaces with their own social dimensions. People come to theaters for shared experience, pageantry, and popcorn. The point being, theaters matter. This series of reviews will highlight local theaters as spaces, independent of the features they run. First up, the Northwest Film Forum on 1515 12th Avenue in Capitol Hill. Continue Reading…
After spending my first two years in Seattle without some form of organized competition (What can I say? I’m fed by it), I decided to Google “Seattle boxing gyms.” It’s not just the glory, the history, and the mystery of the ring that intrigues me, but the discipline and focus that competitive boxing demands. I clicked on the first hit. Then I went. Continue Reading…
For lovers of metal, soul, rock, or a combination of the three, it is heartbreaking to learn that Pike Street’s King Cobra will be closing its doors this coming Friday. A tribute to the Kincora— which was shut down along with the Bus Stop, Manray and Pony— the King Cobra was a dynamic platform that allowed artists to share their talents with indulgent fans looking for a good time seven days a week. Continue Reading…
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