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ALL MEMBERS »It's not just Seattle's lefties who tout the benefits of organics, it's also one of the region's premier right-wing religious political activists. There was an interesting nugget in The Seattle Times' coverage of the recent visit to the area by Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee:
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWA visit from the Oberlin Baroque Trio to Town Hall Monday night underscored a strength of Seattle's musical scene as an "early music" city. Probably only Berkeley and Boston are the equals of Seattle in this regard, with Portland also a strong contender. One wonders why more is not made of this distinctive excellence. More evidence of Seattle's vitality in this regard came two nights earlier, when the Seattle Academy of Baroque Opera mounted at St. James Cathedral a rarity that is very nearly the oldest opera we have, Emilio De'Cavalieri's The Portrayal of the Soul and the Body. I couldn't get to the show, but here's a review by Richard Campbell of The P-I. Stephen Stubbs, an early music heavyweight and lutenist, recently moved from Boston to Seattle and is busy putting on this and other shows.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWA one-line job ad on Craigslist/Portland caught my eye: You will be a soldier in the war against button-less garments and bags. The story behind it:
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWAs Michael Hood reports at BlatherWatch, former KOMO-AM (1000) morning host Larry Nelson is gravely ill. They've started a tribute Web site for him, and Seattle radio people famous and not-so are leaving their wishes and telling stories on him. I wrote Larry's retirement story 11 years ago, when I was covering media for The Seattle Times. He's as nice as his voice.
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No sense waiting: With failure of Proposition 1 in metro Puget Sound, they say, guidelines need to be established for the inevitable use of tolls to pay for transportation improvements.
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