stalker opportunities (12.11.07)

This week is a little harder for stalkers. I’m late and undecided.
Friends and future friends, ping me if you want to influence or meet up.

Tuesday 12/11: Hopvine Pub on 15th Ave for trivia

Wednesday 12/12: Project Runway showing at 22 Doors, or Sera Cahoone at Tractor Tavern.

Friday 12/14: Broken Disco at Chop Suey

Saturday 12/15: ufff, several possibilities here: The Glitch Mob pair at Neumos (likely) or Shonen Knife at Chop Suey (possibly), end with Spy’s Resident Evil party

Sunday 12/16: Bringing a Seattle welcome to L.A. friends, here to float for a month

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
Originally uploaded by JeanineAnderson

So Amy Winehouse may have opened the pop door to the soul/R&B influence this year, but Sharon Jones is the real deal. I mean the REAL deal. Dap Kings are great accompanyment to Sharon Jones' voice and presence.
Out now: "100 Days, 100 Nights"
Check it.

New Mural in Georgetown

The new graffiti mural in Georgetown is worth checking out if you are in the industrial heart of Seattle. The mural is located on the south west corner of 4th Ave S and Michigan Ave S, next to I Luv Teriyaki. This newspaper article has the deets.
You'll see lots of different art styles. The mural is primarily images/art, with some graff writing. I'm not practiced in reading highly-stylized letters but I was eventually able to make out part of this section:



Do you see "keep it fresh" in the lower part? I still can't figure out the upper part. Zip it K? Zip II K?

Next is a close up of a section done by NKO, titled "the problem of architecture." The title is possibly in memorium to his former home, the Belmont, and what that building came to represent in its last days. I like the boxed heart detail.

I'll close out with one more image because that last one was a bit of a downer, yeah? Next up: friendly koi swimming around the city.

Blue Resonant Eagle

I don’t spend much brain time on astrology, readings, random internet tests, etc. However, I couldn’t resist a Mayan astrological reading. This site provides a detailed reading based on your birth date and is surprisingly ad-free. I’m a blue resonant eagle.

I like the pictograms used in the Mayan reading. Simple lines and primary colors represent the concepts. These could make interesting tattoos -- Kanji is so overdone.

To get your own reading, select the Dreamspell Calculator link on the main page. In the pop-up window, ignore everything you see as you scroll all the way down to the bottom, then enter your birth month, day, and year. (Yep, at the bottom, people. Good UI design is not their specialty.) Once you get your personal results, return to the main page and find your “dreamspell galactic signature” for a detailed reading and interpretation.

Have a little fun and I invite you to add comment with deets on your “galactic signature.”

Björk: Declare Independence

Björk is so rad.
It's a given this would be too.


Director: Michel Gondry, Production company: Partizan

619 Western is da bomb

jacob's ladder
Originally uploaded by JeanineAnderson

First Thursday at 619 Western is not your mother’s art walk. Forget Pioneer Square galleries (the “official” hub for First Thursday). You can’t afford that sh*t.

Trust me: 619 Western is where it is at. 619 is a beautifully aged warehouse with six floors of studios. Works are priced reasonably and there’s a good variety of styles, mediums, and approachability. The artists are friendly and happy to chat you up.

My sister and I went with the specific goal of finding Dave Bloomfield in his studio-share on the fourth floor. His work is visible around the city, in both formal shows as well as random acts of art. It has a sweet, honest nature which bleeds through the street-tough initial impression. He did not disappoint: nice guy and lots of pieces priced affordably. We both picked up some prints. I think I need a t-shirt, starheadboy. You have any for sale? (Sized for ladies, please.) Buffalo, Huggy, or some penguins, perhaps? You pick. It’s all good.

We were also intrigued by Wyatt Landis at Studio Satyricon on the 3rd floor. I ran into a friend who warned there were “scary girls” in that room. Of course I had go in! Landis’ oil paintings are of renaissance composition and lighting and have a “Blade Runner” groove. And he had cool music.

With over 100 artists sharing the 619 building, there’s a lot to see. Thanks to Charles Shaw and light snacks (gratis), time is easily lost track of. If you go, try to get started in the first hour before it gets completely mobbed and difficult to navigate the central stairway.

Demographics:
Age range: 25 – 50, with a skew toward 30s. Attire: stylish Seattle winter wear, as in good jeans with sweater or unique t-shirt (boys and girls). Some girls with dresses or skirts and leggings. Fashion boots. Wooly hats for some, wooly scarves for everyone.

men, get your night shopping on!

men, get your night shopping on!
Originally uploaded by JeanineAnderson

Imagine how this might be different than day shopping.
Be on the lookout for male night shoppers in the Pine & 14th area.

I miss those heady startup days

It was fun to hang out with boy and girl geeks at a boutique tek company party last weekend. Rock Band was a bit hit on the flat panel, with psuedo-rockers rotating in and out all evening. Guitar Hero was so old news.

The workboard looked about right, from what I can remember in my old startup days. Sigh.

Oh and besides the fun stuff, a lovely detail: Kozyndan art on the walls. Signed. Numbered. Yow!

they don't know preschoolers, do they?

Don't watch this if you like, love, or lust chocolate. It is macabre and downright creepy, like observing a car crash that results in injury. You've been warned.


(by Cut-n-Paste for KRO Youth, in association with Dutch Culture Fund.)

"Chocolade Haas" was produced as part of an arts and culture project for Dutch preschoolers.
Perhaps Dutch preschoolers feel about chocoloate bunnies the way the little american set feels about Peeps.

The new studio

HereJam studio (and label) in Seattle is a beaut. I was a lucky girl and heard a few tracks from the upcoming Ear Reverends CD in the studio where it all came together. The room design includes a cork floor, echo-muffling panels on walls and ceiling, sound-proofed doors and walls, warm colors, artistic lighting, and lots of music gear and geeky gadgets.

Congrats to Jay and Anastasia. Lovely studio decor A, great geek gear and tracks J. Can't wait for the release in a few weeks.

stalker opportunities (12.02.2007)

Here's a few events penciled in on my calendar this week. If you are a friend or future friend: hope to see you. Hit me if ya wanna meet up. If you're a real stalker, you will regret it (for the rest of your small, sad life).

Monday 12.02: happy hour @ 22 Doors

Wednesday 12.04: United State of Electronica @ Neumos
FREE, in celebration of the repeal of prohibition

Thursday 12.05: First Thursday art walk, priority focus on 619 Western

Saturday 12.06: holiday party (early. after...?)

Funeral @ The Belmont

What.

frickin’ off the chain. themes. performances. friendly people. (yes, really.) creativity. three-fingers of whiskey. (a bargain.) Slats. fortunes. triangle of broken window glass impaled in the dirt. (lucky no one was standing there.) no tickie, no roofie. (quite firm.) smoke. statements. dada. missed much. (despite lots of wandering around.) doors that were not. birds. adopted sandwich boards. cameras.

Demographics: ½ boys, ½ girls. Average age: 22. Attire: Most dressed in black. Accessorized with hats, smokes, boots, glasses.



Other reports here, here, and here. And in comment to post below.
Belmont Flickr search.
More Seattle street art on Flickr.