Welcome back to Pop Loser! It’s been a heavy week in Seattle, and with music news also looking bleak, I think it’s a good time to deep dive into a subject that brings me joy: Cher’s ass tattoo. Plus,...
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson and members of the Seattle City Council have squashed the beef over school meals, reaching an agreement to pay for universal free meals during school days and vouchers for the neediest kids on weekends and...
Uno Reverse: After a struggle over whether to fund universal free school meals or targeted food assistance for the neediest students in the district, the Seattle City Council voted to pay for both. The first year, funding will come...
In a fourth press conference this week, Mayor Katie Wilson and Seattle Police Department Chief Shon Barnes confirmed that one of the victims of Sunday’s Bite of Seattle shooting was involved in the shooting. Barnes also responded to controversy...
I’m a late-thirties hetero married man. I’m also a flirt. I’ve known this about myself for a long time, and while my spouse knows this generally, she probably doesn’t know that I can lean into a bit at times when...
LusineMelting Days(Ghostly International)
The veteran producer Lusine is like a centrist politician whose policies improve your life without making headlines and without you even realizing it. For 27 years, the laptop sorcerer has been creating varied electronic music that has...
Washington Blocked Again from Inspecting ICE Jail: State health inspectors were set to find out just how bad conditions are for immigrants detained in GEO Group’s private ICE jail in Tacoma last week, only to be blocked at the...
Dear Hendrix,
It’s 4 a.m., and I can’t sleep.
Soon, I’ll have to walk out of our apartment door and head to the KEXP radio station, where I do my daily Early Show. It’s Monday morning after a long weekend. I’m...
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson and Seattle Police Department leaders said during two Monday press conferences that yesterday’s deadly shooting at Seattle Center was the result of three people shooting at each other and hitting bystanders.
Wilson said at an 11...
MONDAY 7/27
Black Moth Super Rainbow, Giant Day
(MUSIC) Since 2003, Pittsburgh’s Black Moth Super Rainbow have been creating some of the finest honey-glazed, weird-dream soundtracks in the USA. If you like rock music that sounds as if it’s being filtered...
