Finding Mu

Ok I've been getting some slack from people for very irregularly updating this blog. I have a life, people!

Last night Jeson and I went to hang out in Fremont just to do something different on a Thursday. We started the night at Red Door but the place was a bit quiet, so we hit the road again, eventually ending up at Nectar.

Turns out there was a show there that night with the Stiff Upper Lips, a Ska group. Have to say, they rocked, and the crowd was super into it. Main guy said they were going away for a while to do some studio work and (I'm guessing?) make an album.

It was some awesome instrumental work, but having Jamaican vocals is what really adds the spice. Mostly though, it was a super cool crowd. But what is it with Ska fans and winter hats? I couldn't figure out whether it's because of the cold outside, but the "Jamaican music / winter hat" combo just didn't make sense to me. Ah well, as long as you're having fun in your winter hat, you can wear any hat you want!

Here's more info about the event.

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News around Seattle is that there's supposed to be a massive storm today, the likes of which the city has never seen. Predicting floods, power outages, etc. Hype? We'll see.

Here's a Seattle PI picture from yesterday showing a man knocked down flat on his face, right in the middle of the street:

"An unidentified woman, a good Samaritan, moves in to offer a helping hand to a man who was knocked down in the middle of a crosswalk by strong winds in downtown Seattle Wednesday. (December 14, 2006)"

I just love that picture. :) And here's the radar picture right now:

Be careful if you live under the transmission towers in Queen Anne, or if you happen to be a crane operator.

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Just had to mention this awesome blog post here about the "Design Disease". Some guy in London giving a visual tour of what it feels like to be obsessed with design: words, numbers, objects, colors... you name it.

I think Seattle is chock full of such people. But over here we're lucky enough to have it span a wide range of things... Yes, you've got the interesting signs, sights, and people of Capitol Hill and Fremont, but you can't help but see the design in nature itself... Looking over deep choppy water to a beautiful sky split purple/blue right through the middle, backdropping snow-capped mountains with the sun's rays pushing their way through (*sigh* that was long...) ...can't help but get your jaw to drop.

And in case you don't know what Seattle artsies look like, here's a really good Flickr ablum and website of some of them. :)

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Came across this funny cover of a parody of a style magazine for Seattle men... Could this be true? Nahhhh.

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Starbucks just recently opened a location in my building, the Columbia Center, in downtown Seattle.

But, this isn't just any Starbucks. The thing is, they already had a location in the building. And, why settle for just one location per building? And, why only hang out with the rest of the ("less cool") food businesses in the cafeteria area?

So, Starbucks went ahead and opened a new location on the 40th floor. Yes, the 40TH floor! Right next to, oh, a couple likely-super-high-priced law firms up in the sky. This is quite simply the most amazing Starbucks I've ever seen. There's an excellent view of downtown Seattle, and you can even see downtown Bellevue and far into the Puget Sound. Beautiful. My $1.91 "Tall with room Americano" was overpriced, but the view was worth it.

I told the cashier, "You know, you work in the coolest Starbucks ever," to which she replied, "Yeah, it's not too shabby, is it?" No, this over-the-top Starbucks isn't too shabby at all. Not one bit.

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Last night I saw Thievery Corporation at the Moore Theatre. Amazing show!

As always with live electronic music though, you always wonder what those guys are doing on the turntables and knobs. I mean, this music wasn't produced live in the first place, so at most they might be mixing in some extra samples or just adjusting levels. My guess is they're just twidding knobs that aren't actually connected to anything, and it's all for show. Either way, none of that detracted from the performance. The sound was great, the music was high-energy, and the crowd was loving it!

Would have been nice to see these guys in an actual club rather than sitting in a reserved seat. The music just asks you to stand up and move, but after doing so the event staff would just ask you to sit down and chill out.

Loved .38 .45 especially- and putting a face/picture to the rasta voices I know and love!

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