Seattle, March 2011
Features
The Head and the Heart and the Van
Seattle’s best new band gears up for the road ahead.
As you read this, the Head and the Heart is somewhere on the other side of the country, either sweating onstage or...
Artful Lodging
Inside three inspiring spaces where home decorating is a visual art.Photography by Alex Hayden for City Arts.
Not everyone needs an interior designer. Some decorating marvels come...
Let It Grow
Photography by Dylan Priest
It’s an Alexander McQueen pea coat, midnight blue, sleek and high collared, scored on the cheap from a vintage store in Portland. Drew Grow had worn it...
Here & Now
Lost in the Supermarket: The Sonic Castle
In Skyway, Tad Doyle builds himself a studio where he can be as loud as he likes.
When I pull up to the house occupied by Tad Doyle and his wife, Peggy Tully, I’m certain I have...
Style Profile: In the Genes
Guitarist Thomas Hunter inherited his style from his father, literally.
Thomas Hunter is a standout at any show he plays, and not just because of his considerable talents as a...
The Cover
When Kyle Johnson was assigned to shoot the Head and the Heart, he could feel the pressure. With all eyes – and ears – currently on the up-and-coming band, Johnson knew that his...
The Table of Life
The Recovery Café reminds us that food does more than just improve life; it sustains it.
Hang around with enough foodies and you’ll quickly notice that the language of eating is...
Soapbox: Mossback Gospel
Where artists write about...whatever they want.
Mossback Gospel
Damien Jurado’s 1997 Sub Pop debut set the Northwest alt-folk movement in motion. Since then the Grays Harbor...
Editor’s Note: Know Your Role
Despite our best efforts to avoid it, we throw the word “community” around a lot in this issue of City Arts. There’s nothing wrong with that word. It’s just that, as Abbey...
Macklemore than Ever
After a decade in limbo, Macklemore is exploding in 2011. His transformation, says one hip-hop snob, is an example of re-branding done right.
Photograph by Sarah Jurado
Let’s be...
Fast Fact
Did you know that before he became famous, Stan Laurel had a solo vaudeville act here in Seattle?
It’s true! Beginning on March 18, 1917, Stan Laurel did a rollicking skit called...
In Need of Love and Happiness
R (coughing): Sorry. Are you awake?
D: Uh huh. For a little while now.
R: G’morning, love.
D: Morning, dear.
R: Coffee?
D: ’K.
Wait. R? What’s love?
R: What’s love?...
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