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Ernest Jasmin | December 31, 2007
Here are a few more shots I had laying around on my various hard drives. Happy New Year, y'all!
From top: Stevie Wonder with daughter Aisha Morris at Chateau Ste Michelle in Woodinville; Reba McEntire at the Puyallup Fair; the Used's Bert McCracken, looking like he's up to something; Candlebox's Kevin Martin bonds with fans [...]
Ernest Jasmin | December 30, 2007
Here's your daily installment of the Year in Gig Pics. One more day to go, y'all, and then we're on to 2008:
From top: Lyrics Born and wife Joyo Velarde get funky at Bumbershoot; the Mother Truckers' Teal Collins rips it up on the other side of Seattle Center; Interpol's Carlos D looks comparatively somber [...]
Ernest Jasmin | December 29, 2007
More scenes from some of the biggest shows of 2007:
From top: The Police during the second night of their two-night stand at KeyArena; Hot Hot Heat's Steven Bays lets loose at Endfest 16; Visqueen rocks at Sasquatch Festival; Buckcherry's Josh Todd bangs his head at Cheney Stadium during Pain in the Grass; 3 Inches [...]
Ernest Jasmin | December 28, 2007
I've been going through some of my photos this week, and I noticed I've got a lot of cool shots I never shared with you guys. So keep checking in over the weekend and I'll be recapping some of the memorable sights of '07. Enjoy.
From top: Perry and Etty Lau Farrell perform with [...]
Ernest Jasmin | December 27, 2007
OK, I feel much better now, and I'm back to writing about stuff I liked this year. So, without further ado, here are ...
EJ's Best albums of 2007
1. "Back to Black" Amy Winehouse: The sounds of Motown updated for a new millennium. Winehouse is the most talented and refreshing soul singer to emerge in a [...]
Ernest Jasmin | December 27, 2007
If there's anything more fun than rattling off your favorite albums and concerts at the end of the year, it's making fun of the songs that you absolutely HATE, HATE HATE! So along those lines I'm taking an informal survey of the most annoying and played out songs of '07. You know, the stuff that [...]
Ernest Jasmin | December 27, 2007
OK, I went through that 50 albums, 50 artists list I posted the other day and narrowed it down to my 10 favorite songs for 2007. Well, more like 11. Those Shins songs are equally awesome, and I tend to play them back to back, anyway. So, without further ado, here they are:
1. (tie) "Sea [...]
Ernest Jasmin | December 24, 2007
This year, I didn't break 'em, down by individual performances as in the past. Otherwise, Sasquatch would have accounted for the bulk of my top 5.
1. Stevie Wonder (Aug. 31, Chateau Ste Michele, Woodinville): The living legend hadn't played the Seattle market for more than two decades, and it felt like seeing the Beatles [...]
Ernest Jasmin | December 21, 2007
Fife's Fabulous Firwood will be back up and running by Jan. 11, according to a press release the club e-mailed to me this afternoon. The club was shut down earlier this month for health code violations.
The release also took issue with a story The News Tribune ran on Dec. 14, reprinted below:
Fife police [...]
Ernest Jasmin | December 21, 2007
As that reality set in that the Croc is, indeed, toast, I came across this on Chop Suey's site:
"UNSCREW THE CROCODILE EMPLOYEES BENEFIT SHOW" with members of Fleet Foxes, Peter Parker, Siberian, Pale Pacific, J.Tillman, Damien Jurado, Pleasureboaters and many more!
Come down, hear some songs, share a story, get a chance to say goodbye...
$ TBA
7pm [...]
