Over the years, in writing about music, I've found myself returning again and again to a particular quote. On the special features of the DVD for Stop Making Sense, David Byrne has an absurdist segment where he...
I introduced Andy Behrle's audio sculpture show "The Light We Hear" in this column last week but...
The best thing that the Changing Scene Theatre Northwest's production of Bent does is take its...
For a period of time that seemed to last forever, but what actually amounted to probably less...
Music
Music erases distance. There are about 4,600 miles between Liverpool, England, and northeastern Texas, but those vanished when 9-year-old Dave Walser first encountered the Fab Four on The Ed Sullivan Show. It was early 1964, and even Walser knew...
Showtimes
Absolutely zero new ground is broken in the story of a mom (Melissa McCarthy) joining her daughter at college that owes a debt to Back to School (1986). And yet I give Life of the Party a solid B on the strength of at least a half-dozen...
Music
In High Fidelity, the socially clueless -- but culturally knowledgeable and smug -- music nerd, Rob, muses on the "subtle art" that goes into crafting the perfect mix tape.
Arts
An online dictionary defines "avant garde" art as new, unusual or experimental art. Synonyms offered up include innovative, ahead of the times, cutting/leading/bleeding edge, pioneering, progressive, Bohemian, and revolutionary.
Stage
Harlequin Productions' latest offering is Three Days of Rain, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated drama by Richard Greenberg, author of Take Me Out.
Ryan Reynolds' second turn as the cynical, witty superhero is wicked, dark fun from start to...
The best thing that the Changing Scene Theatre Northwest's production of Bent does is take its...
This is your BIG day -- a salute to the troops and a thanks for all you do to protect our freedoms.
Partnering with the success of Stadium District's Asian Street Eatery, owners Grissom, Ngov and...
I recently volunteered to review the new Melvins record, "Hold It In," released, of course, on...