July — 2019 — The Monarch Review
Valerie June On Brad Pitt, Banana Candy, Etherial Portals And Time
Monday, July 29, 2019 11:09 — 0 Comments
Valerie June finally has free time. After a life working odd jobs and steeling moments to write songs, the lilting, butterfly-voiced Americana singer has room to make her art, unfettered by traditional responsibilities. And, she says, this is the best thing she could have hoped for. June talked about this newfound resource and the freedom it offers her ever-evolving creativity. She also talked about the time she met Brad Pitt (and nearly passed out), what her favorite candy was as a kid and how she grew up singing gospel music with family and friends all around her. Do you remember […]
H.R. Of Bad Brains On Headaches, Human Rights And Speeding Up Songs
Thursday, July 25, 2019 14:54 — 0 Comments
Paul “H.R.” Hudson is the longtime front man for Bad Brains, a group founded in 1979 and often credited with creating the original hardcore sound. Through fast, energetic songs and snarling, high-pitched vocals, Bad Brains raced through shows as their fans moshed all around them. Bad Brains also often played reggae between the punk rock. And after decades in the scene, the band only plays reggae at shows today. This fall, H.R. (short for Human Rights) is releasing a new solo record, Give Thanks, a reggae-inspired album filled with the uplifting music he’s made his signature. I caught up with […]
Sonics Great Detlef Schrempf On Music, Money And Matrimony
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 12:32 — 0 Comments
It’s been 20 years since Seattle SuperSonics legend, Detlef Schrempf, suited up in the green and gold, but that hasn’t stopped the former All-NBA player from making a home in the Emerald City area (Bellevue, technically), where the German-born sharp-shooter lives, plays golf and works at an investment firm, Coldstream Capital. I caught up with Schrempf at Third Culture Coffee in Old Bellevue to ask him about the music he listened to when he hooped, his favorite Seattle bands in college and who decides on the soundtrack in an NBA locker room. Did you ever make mixes when you were […]
Talib Kweli On Freestyling, Reading, Black Star And Lauryn Hill
Tuesday, July 23, 2019 18:24 — 0 Comments
If you came of age in the 90s or early 2000s, backpack or underground hip-hop was likely a large part of the music in your favorite CD binder (and later your iPod). That being the case, one of your favorite rappers was likely Talib Kweli, the Brooklyn-based emcee who rose to fame with his brother-in-rap, Mos Def (aka Yasiin Bey) and other fellow mic rippers like Common Sense and The Roots. Since those years, Kweli, who plays Nectar Lounge July 27, has solidified himself as an important voice when it comes to socially conscious ideas and practices. To preview his […]
TONY MILLIONAIRE’S JOURNEY FROM DISHWASHER TO NOTORIOUS CARTOONIST
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 15:19 — 0 Comments
Below is a story from the print-only BARE MAGAZINE, vol. 1 Before becoming a renowned cartoonist, Tony Millionaire struggled to find any work at all. But after quitting a middling dish washing job, he had an epiphany. He decided to go door-to-door in wealthy neighborhoods and draw the manicured mansions and sell the pictures to the people who lived there, earning a living one $25 piece at a time. In the winter, though, the drawing work dried up and Millionaire had to scramble to find new income, eventually landing a job as a demolition man. “The people who had money […]
UPPER HAND: THE MOST NOTORIOUS CARD COUNTER IN AMERICA
Wednesday, July 10, 2019 15:45 — 0 Comments
Below is a story from the print-only BARE MAGAZINE, vol. 1 Professional card counter, David Drury, began his career calculating odds and beating casinos because of a little “divine intervention.” Dury, a regular churchgoer, had picked up a few card counting tricks from books and was instantly hooked. Not long after, a friend from church started a high stakes blackjack team (“What are the chances?” Drury says). Dury joined and honed his skills and since, he’s flown the country, stayed in suites and bet thousands of dollars of other people’s money. For a time, he was even known as the […]
Inspiring Hoops In Seattle
Monday, July 1, 2019 13:53 — 0 Comments
Below is a story that appeared in Alaska Beyond magazine in July 2019 Seattle native and 19-year NBA veteran Jamal Crawford grew up with a basketball in his hands. By the time he was 8 years old, he says, he was already hitting reverse layups while other kids struggled with the basics. Yet the sport that shaped Crawford’s life might not have done so had it not been for an experience he had in a professional-amateur league in Seattle. To this day, the pro-am now led by Crawford and called The Crawsover allows Seattle-area fans to see top talent up […]
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
