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A&E Dispatch | Seattle City Hall lunchtime concert series to return in July

Music & nightlifeSeattle City Hall will host its free lunchtime concert series again in 2009, featuring such artists as kiddie-pop band Recess Monkey, R&B singer Toni Hill, Lindy Hop and tap dance masters, jazz guitarist Michael Powers and South by Southwest sensation bhangra-rock band Manooghi Hi.

Published: 2009-05-13 Provider: Seattle Times

A&E Dispatch | Fleet Foxes to play 'SNL' Jan. 17

Music & nightlifeRising Seattle band Fleet Foxes will be the musical guests on "Saturday Night Live" on Jan. 17, with host Rosario Dawson.

Published: 2009-01-10 Provider: Seattle Times

Death Cab at the DNC: Chris Walla on “Badass” Patrick Leahy

Photo: Getty Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla is on the ground in Denver for the Democratic National Convention and blogging for RollingStone.com. Here’s his first dispatch: On the stereo: Fleetwood Mac, “Walk a Thin Line” My nearest frame of reference for a political convention like the DNCC is SXSW, the annual indie rock melee in Austin, Texas. We’ve been there as a band a handful of times, and I’ve been twice on my own. It’s a train wreck of logistics: Hundreds of bands (many self-managed and very literally independent) trying desperately to find their credentials, their gigs, their accommodations (often the floors of friends) and perhaps most importantly their free beer. There’s definitely free beer to be found, but it’s something of a treasure hunt in Austin. The free drinks seem easier to come by here at the DNCC, but everything else is much more difficult than SXSW. For one, there are black helicopters everywhere and snipers on rooftops, that sort of thing. More riot cops than I remember even at the WTO in Seattle in 1999. And mounted police. Bigass horses on every corner between about 15th and 19th Streets, for a few blocks on either side of Broadway downtown. I’m desperately trying to get my bearings here in Denver — this here mess is tricky to navigate, both in physical and logistical terms. Last night, though, I was lucky enough to get into the reception for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She’s quite the force, much more commanding in person than she sometimes appears on television, and she led an impressive pep rally for the hundred or so House reps, TV producers and guests gathered there. Free wine, but no beer to be found. Funny little expensive-looking hors d’oeuvres. And I think Henry Winkler was there. My new favorite rep, though, is Debbie Wasserman Schultz, from Florida’s 20th district — Broward County, including Fort Lauderdale. She introduced the speaker at the reception, and while I won’t claim to know much about her legislative history (though

Published: 2008-08-25 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Last Dispatch to Zimbabwe

The jam band used social networking site MySpace to sell out a three-night Madison Square Garden reunion benefit.

Published: 2007-02-23 Provider: Christian Science Monitor Keywords: Christian Science Monitor