Tonight in Seattle:  

The Weakerthans

The Weakerthans. Photo from MySpace.

at Graceland

As a fellow newly-Weakerthans-convert noted, "The second guitarist played his guitar like a Gibson should be played. He made it growl."

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Kristin Hersh

Kristin Hersh (photo from 4AD.com)

at The Tractor Tavern

It's said that Meriwether Lewis eventually committed suicide because he was not up to the task of describing the beauty of what he saw as he trekked across the country, and here I find myself in a similar, if not as extreme circumstance.

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Plum St: Beauty and Dreams

at Chop Suey

Seattle band Plum. St. played a divine show, even on a Monday night. Saeta and Ravenna rounded out the bill.

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Kim Richey

at Bumbershoot

Kim Richey is a tough {but fascinating} nut to crack.

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Topdog/Underdog

Two brothers named Lincoln and Booth (Harold Perrineau and Larry Gillard, Jr.) live together at a ramshackle boarding house in a nameless, timeless American city.

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