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Local Bands Take the Spotlight on ‘Band In Seattle’
A new television show brings Seattle bands to the tube
This article originally appeared in the December 2013 issue of Seattle magazine.
!–paging_filter–pGiven its long history as a city of music, it’s a little surprising that Seattle hasn’t had a regular television show dedicated to emerging local bands. But that ends this month with the premiere of BAND IN SEATTLE (Saturday nights at 11 p.m., beginning 12/7, on local channel KSTW, aka CW11;a href=”http://www.bandinseattle.com” target=”_blank” bandinseattle.com/a). The brainchild of Conrad Denke, CEO of Victory Studios (an independent film and video production company in Interbay), Band in Seattle is 30-minute show profiling two bands in each episode. The documentary format introduces us to the bands via excerpts from live performances at Victory Studios (limited free tickets for future tapings available via a href=”mailto:tickets@victorystudios.com” target=”_blank”tickets@victorystudios.com/a). Also included are interviews with band members, made more personal and endearing by having been recorded in their offstage, workaday locations, such the Yakima Fruit Market, on the roof of a house, in a preschool classroom, at a vintage clothing store and in a cell biology lab. Season one has 13 episodes (producer hopes are high for a season two), and includes the bands Mts. Tunnels, The Dolly Rottens, Big Sur, Furniture Girls and Crooked Veils. “A new band from here will eventually rise up on the national and international scene,” says concert director Nolan Lehman, “and we think Band in Seattle is where you’ll see them first.”nbsp;/p
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SENSORIUM Takes on Our Screen Addiction
Dance, drag, and immersive art collide in an eight-week exploration of our phone-obsessed lives, with a few surprises along the way.
What do drag queens, smartphone addiction, art installations, and an old luggage shop have in common? According to longtime Seattle choreographer Alana O’Farrell Rogers, a lot. “There’s no dead time anymore,” says Rogers, explaining how the proliferation of smartphones fills the empty spaces that once served as time for rest or connection. Where we snuggled…
Salt-N-Pepa on Breaking Barriers and Staying Power
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The Museum of Pop Culture (MOPOP) will host its annual ICONS of Pop Culture Gala in Seattle on October 22, honoring five artists and institutions whose work has helped shape entertainment and culture. This year’s honorees are martial arts and film legend Bruce Lee, fashion designer Jeremy Scott, the video game franchise Halo, hip-hop pioneers…
Studio Sessions: Christopher Paul Jordan
Drawing on childhood memories, neighborhood history, and salvaged materials, Christopher Paul Jordan’s latest show at Cornish’s Behnke Family Gallery explores how the past stays with us.
Start in the middle. It’s good advice for telling a story, and a way into Christopher Paul Jordan’s paintings. By the time you encounter them, their materials have already been something else, and who knows what they might move on to become. The Tacoma interdisciplinary artist works with salvaged objects, including screens, picture frames, canvas,…
Rearview Mirror: Wedding Bells, A Furniture Launch, and the Symphony’s New Look
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
WEDDING BELLS I’ve been a bit absent from this column lately, but I think I have a pretty good excuse: I got married! It’s already been three weeks since my September 19 wedding, but I’m still reflecting on the magic of the day. My fiancé, well husband now (I can’t get used to saying it!),…