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Win tickets to a Big Gay Boat Party

Big Gay Boat PartyNext Thursday {June 24th}, set a course for adventure, your mind on a new romance because the folks at The Stranger are going to set sail on The Islander, a 72 foot ship, for a Pre-Pride Boat Party with Kim Ann Foxman (of Hercules and Love Affair)... and we've got a pair of tickets to giveaway!

To enter, email tig@ threeimaginarygirls.com with the subject line "an open smile on a friendly shore" before 9am on June 22nd.

If you don't want to leave entry to this floating dance party to chance, you can purchase tickets online at thestranger.com/boatparty.  Passenger boarding at 9:30 pm, Sailing time 10pm!

 

Tuesday, June 15, 2010
by imaginary liz
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IG Shrie's Top Ten Plus Plus!

2008 was an interesting musical, and personal, year for me. I listened to a lot of indie rock, electronica and went to a shit-ton of shows (one of which was the best I've ever seen, thanks Of Montreal).

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Monday, January 5, 2009
by Imaginary Shrie
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Latest comment by: Imaginary Shrie: "I mean, I know there are no real surprises here but there were so many good releases last year. IGshr*e"

Erik Gonzalez's best o' 2008

It has now been 2.5 years since I moved out of Seattle for the Golden State. I've slowly drifted out of the NW music culture, so sometimes I wonder if I know what to say on TIG these days.

Combine that with the fact that I was so distracted from music for a lot of 2008, this year's "best of" lists were especially difficult. Heck, I don't even think I can make a Best of NW music list this year, not because there was insufficient music, but because I just missed so many of those important-but-not-well-known releases that make these lists. I did enjoy Fleet Foxes, Common Market, Colin Meloy live, Malkmus and the like, but really, that isn't a "Best of the NW" list but rather a list of albums I liked that happened to be from the NW.

That being said, I did get a last minute music revival for the year. Maybe it was the election being over (and the good guys winning), maybe it was finally getting a faculty position after many years of trying (lets just say Erik will be moving east in 2009), maybe 2008 just didn't mesh with me musically. Who knows? However, there was a lot of great music anyway, and here are my top 20 (for your praise or fist shaking). Feel free to read the full commentary. 

 

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Friday, January 2, 2009
by Erik Gonzalez
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Best of 2008: Top 10 Albums from Becca Minkoff of the Triple Door

I had asked some music-related friends to send me their best of 2008 lists with the promise that I'd post them here. The first to send their list in is Becca Minkoff, the lovely and brilliant assistant marketing director and 3D webmaster for The Triple Door.

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Friday, January 2, 2009
by ChrisB
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Currently in love with: Hercules and Love Affair

The voice is unmistakable. Previously known as the leader of band Antony and the Johnsons, Antony Hegarty has now gone disco under the name Hercules and Love Affair and it's fabulous. With Antony and the Johnsons I was more likely to cry listening to his haunting voice. I never thought it would work with a dance beat behind it but it does. 2 parts Goergio Moroder/Donna Summer, 3 parts Bronski Beat/Communards...

Check it out for yourself with "Blind" by Hercules and Love Affair:

Monday, March 10, 2008
by Mary for Certain
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Latest comment by: Imaginary Shrie: "OMG this is Depeche Mode through and through... just what it sounds like to me though."