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BLACK FLAG and FLAG rivalry: Just be thankful that this music exists | Editorial
By Cat and AndyThis whole BLACK FLAG and FLAG rivalry, the back-and-forth trash talking between some band members (according to interviews and Facebook posts we've seen) and ignorant FB comments from...
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Die Kreuzen tears it up at Roadburn Festival
Singer Daniel Kubinski lets loose. (All Cat Rose photos)Do you travel to the Netherlands to see people wearing wooden clogs?No way. You journey to Dutch country to witness Die Kreuzen rattle the stage...
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Punk-rock time capsule: John Macias and Circle One
Circle One's John Macias. (Alison Braun photo)By AndyScowling. Intimidating. Raging.These are the three best words I can conjure up when thinking about Circle One's former lead singer, John Macias.And,...
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Spray paint the walls: Street art in Amsterdam and Berlin
Evil Ronald McD in Amsterdam. (All Cat Rose photos)By CatOn our recent trip to Berlin and Amsterdam, we had some specific "sightseeing" that was more up our "alley". Â This included checking out local...
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Roni Lee and the boys rock Razorblades-style
Roni Lee belts out a tune in Seattle. (All Cat Rose photos)"Punk-A-Rama!" Andy yelled out to Roni Lee as she and her band prepared to launch into another song at last Saturday's University District...
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Bettie Serveert: Rocking the emotional spectrum / Interview
Bettie Serveert: Carol van Dijk with (from left) Joppe Molenaar, Â Herman Bunskoeke and Peter Visser. (Tinca Veerman photo)By CatAndy and I always make it a point to check out the opening bands at...
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Soccer Made in Germany: Our Bundesliga trek
Bundesliga journey achieved: Monchengladbach's Borussia-Park. (Cat and Andy photos)By Cat and Andy"You must drink beer to support your team."That is a rule, according to the red-faced elderly...
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Punk Kingpins: Flag rages at Punk Rock Bowling in Vegas
Flag's Dez Cadena, Keith Morris and Stephen Egerton. (All Chris Shary photos)By Greg CameronI was truly disappointed to have missed the "Black Flag" performance at the Goldenvoice 30th anniversary show...
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How to punk-ify a bathroom
Got a plain, half bathroom that you're looking to liven up?Why not make it a (clean!) punk-club powder room? That's the way we roll here in Seattle.Here's how to achieve it:* Get some of your classic...
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Diesel Boy singer relives "Freaks and Geeks" punk episode
Diesel Boy, with singer Dave Lake second from left. (Courtesy photo)By Cat and AndyWhat do a sweaty punk club, the Armpit, a newbie punk rocker, Daniel Desario, and a fiery band, Diesel Boy, have in...
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Red Hare: Close friends, tight musical unit / Interview
By Andy If Red Hare doesn't grab you, pull you in different emotional directions... make your eyes squint, your fists clench and your mouth grin -- you're not living, not feeling. This isn't stand- and...
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Fourth of July 2013 at the Bindlestick
The Shivering Denizens. (Cat and Andy photos)When the Shivering Denizens play, people yell, dance and drink. On the Fourth of July, one small boy took his appreciation to a new level by kicking over a...
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Chatting with Big Country's Bruce and Jamie Watson
Bruce Watson in Seattle. (All Andy photos)By AndyWith the weather topping at a scorching 89 degrees in Seattle on July 1, Big Country's tour bus rolled up to the front of El Corazon as a coterie of...
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Black Flag live in Seattle / Review
Black Flag's Ron Reyes. (All Cat Rose photos)By Andy and CatAs Black Flag raged, a guy in the crowd was so enthralled with one tune that he wildly began punching the air. His fists rocketed high and...
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Talking Zero Boys, records and yoga with Paul Mahern / Interview
Paul Mahern with the Zero Boys in Seattle 2011. (Cat Rose photo)By AndyPaul Mahern is exactly where he wants to be in his life.He knew from an early age that he was meant to be involved with recorded...
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Sub Pop Records' Silver Jubilee / Photo essay
Tad Doyle of Brothers of the Sonic Cloth ... and TAD. (All photos by Tim Harvey Pekar Clarke)You can't watch 'em all.We attended Sub Pop Records' 20th anniversary in 2008 at Marymoor Park in Redmond,...
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Bl'ast!: 'Blood' will spill with release of 25-year-old recording session
Bl'ast in action: From left, Clifford Dinsmore, Mike Neider, Dave Cooper and William "Kip" Duvall. (Courtesy photo)By AndyMusical maniacs... and super nice guys -- the perfect concoction.That's Bl'ast!...
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You asked for it... You got it: Mudhoney live under the Space Needle
Mudhoney's Mark Arm. (All Cat Rose photos)Talk about perfect timing.Cat's best friend Bridget from high school and her boyfriend Greg visited us in Seattle on the same weekend when Mudhoney stormed the...
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One hell of a good time at Darrell's Tavern
Stag! (All Cat Rose photos)It was Hell on Wheels off stage and Raucous Rockin' on stage last night at Darrell's Tavern in Shoreline, WA.Bands, burlesque, comedy, bitchin' custom cars and motorcycles...
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Circle Jerks! 7 Seconds! The Yobs! ... and who?? Sorex
By AndyInsolents: Out. Sorex: In.I was loafing around home one afternoon in October of 1985 -- probably planted in front of the television watching the classic hoops series "The White Shadow" and...
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