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Tyla and I have been taking in a lot of shows lately. Matt Nathanson was last week, Bye Bye Birdie was Saturday night, and Jason Mraz was this Monday night. I bought these tickets a couple months ago and the show was almost sold out back then. I had a tough decision as I could have nearly tripled my...
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Tyla and I headed into Seattle on Wednesady night for the Matt Nathanson concert at the Showbox at the Market. Neither of us had ever been to the venue, so I really didn't know what to expect. Doors open at 8 and over 21 guests can hang out in the Green Room bar before hand to get first dibs on the 100...
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The Format is one of my goto artists when I'm looking for music to play. I've listened to their albums a bazillion time. They're easily one of my favorite small bands and I was really disappointed when they broke up. After a little spelunking, I found out that vocalist Nate Ruess is starting...
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We had been waiting for the big Jack Johnson concert all summer and the day finally arrived! Tyla arrived at the house bright and early on Friday morning. We hopped on the motorcycle and took off up 203 to 2 and headed east through Stevens Pass. After a quick (and frigid) stop at Stevens Pass Ski Area...
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The Gorge Amphitheatre is one of the most popular concert venues in Washington. It's over on the other side of the mountains in George, Washington and regularly hosts enormous concerts like DMB, The Who, and John Mayer. It's also the home of the Sasquatch Music Festival. The website says they...
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The Triple XXX restaurant in Issaquah is one of my favorite local places (which I don't visit often enough.) The history of the Triple XXX brand goes back to 1895, but the short version of the story is that there are only two of them left in the world: one in Issaquah, WA and one in West Lafayette...
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I've heard a lot about StubHub, but I've never actually used it to buy or sell tickets. Transferring tickets online has always seemed very sketchy to me as there are many holes for scams. I had an extra ticket to get rid of so I decided to give it a try. The selling process was very simple. I...
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The show on Thursday night was fantastic! During the show I was trying to figure out how I would describe them, but it's pretty tough. The closest I came up with is a mix between Dave Matthews, Dispatch, and Flogging Molly. Then throw in a classic jazz bassist who can beatbox and a guitarist who...
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AndyD turned me on to The Senate a couple weeks ago. He has recently become my best source for new music. AndyC you better step it up. Tonight, we are all headed to Cafe Solstice near UW to watch them play live. They are self-described "face melting acoustic riffage." I don't really know...
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I've been listening to a lot of music on Pandora recently. The station they have built for me is pretty incredible and I've found a lot of great music. Here are 15 songs you've probably never heard. If you have a Zune Marketplace subscription, you should be able to download them all. In the...
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What would happen if you took every popular internet video from the last few years and combined them into and official Weezer music video? Click play on the video below and find out. As a guy at work said, "This video was so full of win. It was like a cat wearing a shirt with popped collars and...
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Attention Zune owners: be sure to download the most recent update to Zune software (available through Microsoft Update or via manual download .) There are a few new features in this release: Zune Card sharing - Add your friends' Zune Cards to your device and you'll be able to see recent songs...
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I enjoy going to concerts, but I always seem to miss the ones that I really want to see. It seemed like a great website idea so I checked to see if it was already taken. Of course it was. At least I'll have some good music to listen to while I await my next million dollar idea. There are a couple...
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On Sunday night, Rachel and I headed for Tacoma to see Ben Folds. I haven't followed his tour closely, but he said it was the first time they had been this far west. I hope it isn't the last time! Before I give a concert review, I should say two things: I leave just about every concert thinking...
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At about the time that I left my last job in 2006, I remember hearing a song called Code Monkey by Jonathan Coulton. The song was hilarious got played in my headphones a lot that spring. Fast forward to 2008 and Jonathan Coulton is doing pretty well for himself. He has started making enough money from...