{John Roderick/Long Winters photo by Victoria VanBruinisse}

Tonight {Friday, March 9} some of Seattle's Best are set to take the stage to raise funds for the McGinn mayoral campaign at the regal Showbox at the Market. Not to get all political on you, but it's fair to say that McGinn has done some very fine things for this city and another term would be a great thing for Seattle, the city of music.

And we're not the only ones who think so! Folks much smarter than we are feel so strongly that they have volunteered to perform at this Friday's fundraiser. Short performances by John Roderick, Hey Marseilles, and a ***Special Surprise Guest*** are ours for the taking for the suggested donation price of $25.  For those who want to feed their ears AND tummies, local food truck legends Skillet and Molly Moon's will be parked out front.

If you're looking for hot VIP action, there's a Special VIP Reception option available.  Give a gift of at least $35 per month or a one-time gift of $250 or more, and you can attend the VIP reception with the artists and Mayor McGinn.

The evening's festivities start at 7pm and the event is all ages.

Anyone have an inside scoop or entertaining guess on who the special surprise guest is? 

Oh, and after you mix and mingle, head over to the High Dive for the {sure to be amazing} Blue Skies for Black Hearts show!
 

Though really, what's most astonishing to me is that nearly one in four Americans still thinks he's doing a swell job? Huh.

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Great news about the forthcoming record... but yikes, this is scary stuff! Isn't there a petition somewhere we should all be signing?

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It's been a good long while since we've posted a big fat presidential guffaw here on TIG (not that there hasn't been great fodder all along). But the editor geek in me was especially impressed with this headline.

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For those still haunted by Seattle's former Teen Dance Ordinance, it's time for our own call to action. The following email has appeared in my inbox three times today already.

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the juxtaposition of our president pardoning Cheney aide Scooter Libby just before Independence Day has me infuriated -- and I know I'm not the only one.

It makes me so angry, I lose eloquence. I just want to call all those guys a bunch of douchebags.

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Take a stand, take a survey.

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Only 69% of Americans knew Dick Cheney was the Vice President (down from 1989, when 74% of Americans knew Dan Quayle was the Veep).

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Back in July 2006, igDana's brilliantly thorough We Won't Get Fooled Again! piece (a response to John J. Miller's National Review article on the 50 greatest conservative rock songs ever) included a final note on Mr. Miller's challenge that he'd "love to see someone assemble of list of the 50 best left-wing country songs."

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Linking to the YouTube video cause this damn imaginary website won't let me embed it.

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