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On the Macklemore Outrage
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 15:35 — 1 Comment
There is no shortage of opinions on Macklemore. This was true even before last Friday’s silliness at EMP involving the now famous “witches nose,†wig and fake beard. It can be fairly reasonably argued that Macklemore has not helped his own cause in this regard—first, by becoming an outrageously famous white rapper—and then by making some pretty big P.R. mistakes along the way. Some argued that the revised version of “Wing$†that debuted as a music video at last year’s NBA All-Star Game was his sell-out moment. When he publically apologized to Kendrick Lamar for winning the Grammy for Best […]
The Monarch Drinks With Socialism
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 13:10 — 1 Comment
On Tuesday, March 18th, Seattle Councilwoman Kshama Sawant and The Stranger’s Charles Mudede engaged in the Town Hall discussion, Why Socialism, Why Now?, moderated by Deepa Bhandaru. The Monarch sent co-founding editor Caleb Thompson to write about the talk, the video of which you can see in its entirety here.Â
Seahawk Talk with Caleb Thompson and Evan Flory-Barnes
Monday, February 3, 2014 14:12 — 0 Comments
After the Seahawks won the Superbowl, I asked Monarchians Caleb Thompson and Evan Flory-Barnes a few questions about the game, the players and the mentality of the winning team. Enjoy!
The Monarch Drinks With Charles R. Cross
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:55 — 1 Comment
Bob Dylan came up right away. It was probably my fault. In fact, I know it was, though I hadn’t planned it that way. The general question was whether or not Bob Dylan embodies D.H. Lawrence’s idea that “men are free when they are living in a homeland, not when they are straying and breaking away. Men are free when they are obeying some deep, inward voice of religious belief.†Before we’d even received our Coca-Colas—his Diet, mine Classic—we found ourselves staring deep into the rabbit hole of the Dylan mythos. In a wonderful moment, marked by an admirable even-headedness […]
Pop Music Died with Kurt Cobain (but there aren’t enough shovels)
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 1:02 — 1 Comment
I went to hear Mike Dumovich perform tonight at the Royal Room in Columbia City. To my chagrin, I didn’t make it in time to hear Diminished Men opening, but I arrived just in time to catch Mike’s set from beginning to standing ovation end. It was a gorgeous hour of music. Backed by an accomplished array of musicians, Mike conjured twilight worlds and a host of glimmering figures that move within them. It was a delight to find a number of old friends in the audience afterward, many of them mainstays in Seattle’s music scene, and to know that […]
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
