News | Antisemitism Watch

Police break up antisemitic Seattle "#BlockTheBoat" protest

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

Progressives proving themselves again to be the most racist people in the country.

Music | Music

SONS - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

http://KEXP.ORG presents SONS performing live at Kex Hostel in Reykjavik during Iceland Airwaves 2019. Recorded November 7, 2019.Songs:Family DinnerRicochetI...

News | News

Slain BLM Protester’s Family Sues Seattle for Not Policing ‛No Police’ Zone

The duplicity of the Black Lives Matter movement is on full display in Seattle where the mother of an activist who was gunned down last...

Music | Music

L.A. Witch - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

http://KEXP.ORG presents L.A. Witch performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded October 10, 2017.Songs:Drive Your CarKill My Baby TonightBaby In Blue JeansG...

Music | Music

Habibi - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

http://KEXP.ORG presents Habibi performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded March 6, 2020.Songs:Angel EyesHate Everyone But YouStrongholdCome My HabibiHost:...

News | News

After Over 6 Months of Widespread Violence, Black Lives Matter Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize

After over six months of violent protests and the destruction of over a billion dollars’ worth of businesses and property,

Sports | Cycling

Festive 500 - Sleepless in Seattle

500km. Eight days. Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve. There’s no right way or wrong way to ride the Festive 500; every rider is free to rise to the challenge i...

Politics | Leftists Are Insane

Seattle School District Accuses U.S. of 'Spirit Murder' Against Black Students

Seattle Public Schools held a teacher training session where it asserted that the U.S. education system is responsible for committing "spirit murder" against black students. 

Food & Drink | Bars/Restaurants/Venues

Seattle Tiki Bar and Lounge Hula Hula

A haven of cosmopolitan Polynesian kitsch, Hula Hula features a selection of classic & contemporary tiki cocktails with a great food menu. We are referred to as "A tropical karaoke paradise in the heart of the urban concrete jungle".

Been here a couple times. Hope they survive the Covid shutdown.

Politics | Politics

Seattle Creates ‘Community Panel’ for Non-Violent Criminals; Taxpayers Pay Victim Restitution

Seattle has been under siege since the shooting of George Floyd and the city fathers and county officials have done

Politics | Leftists Are Insane

Jason Rantz: ‘Community panel’ will choose punishment for first-time offenders, while taxpayers pay restitution

Taxpayers are stuck with the bill for restitution while the criminal pays nothing.

News | News

Video Of Seattle Officer Rolling Bicycle Over Protester's Head Leads To Suspension

The unnamed officer will be placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into the incident that occurred during protests earlier this week.

Politics | Leftists Are Insane

Seattle hires former pimp as 'street czar' for $150,000 after CHOP fiasco

Seattle is paying an ex-pimp $150,000 a year to act as the city's "street czar" and offer "alternatives to policing" after protests morphed into the no-police-allowed Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.

And THIS is why this topic is called “Leftists Are Insane”!

Politics | Leftists Are Insane

Democrat-Controlled Seattle Votes To Defund Police As Violent Crime, Far-Left Riots Surge

The Democrat-controlled Seattle City Council voted late on Monday to advance a highly controversial plan to defund the Seattle Police Department as violent crime and far-left riots have rocked the city in recent months. The Seattle City Council voted to r

News | News

Defunding Seattle police: City council's plan starts to take shape

After pledging to slash this year’s remaining budget of the Seattle Police Department, City Council members on Friday began the work to whittle its cuts into legislation that can be voted on. The council's police policy decisions came in the form of

I support the protesters and support police reform. I honestly can't say if this is a good idea or not and feel it may have unintended consequences. Only time will tell.

Politics | Leftist Lies

Seattle Mayor Again Blames Trump After Rioters Blew Open a Police Station Using a Van Full of Explosives

Antifa rioters drove a van full of explosives around Seattle, blowing a hole in the police station. The mayor focused her ire on... Donald Trump.

These democrat mayors are all morons. Literally every single one of them.

Politics | Leftists Are Insane

Seattle Police Chief Memo To Businesses: We Have ‘No Ability To Safely Intercede’ To Protect You From ‘Violent’ Crowds

Seattle’s police chief issued a memo over the weekend, warning the city’s residents and business owners that police officers would not be able to “safely intercede” in the event that homes and businesses were targeted during expect

News | News

Video: Seattle driver arrested for slamming into protesters

The incident comes just days after authorities shut down the so-called police-free zone known as “CHOP."

Music | Music

Man or astro-man? - Reversal of Polarity

This was at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle

Miscellaneous | Opinion

Observations from inside Seattle's CHOP

In my nearly two days at the CHOP, I was in search of the truth, the leaders, and the message.

News | News

Protest Live Updates: More Shooting in Seattle’s ‘Autonomous Zone’

A shooting Sunday night was the second round of gun violence over the weekend in an area where officers had pulled out of the police station.

News | News

After deadly CHOP shooting, activists and officials look for ways to prevent protest zone violence

June 21, 2020 at 8:11 pm Updated June 22, 2020 at 11:00 am

No matter what side you're on, it's definitely a shit show. This is just one more perspective.

News | News

My terrifying five-day stay inside Seattle’s cop-free CHAZ

During five undercover days and nights in the zone, I witnessed a continuing experiment in anarchy, chaos and brute-force criminality.

News | News

Seattle's Autonomous Zone Is Not What You've Been Told

Some call it CHOP, some call it CHAZ, and no one knows quite what it is. But one thing is clear in a blocks-large swath of Capitol Hill: a community is taking shape

Politics | Politics

The CHAZ/CHOP ‘Tourism Videos’ Have Arrived and They Are Something Else

YIkes.

This is no good.

Politics | Op-Ed

Don't Clean Up the Left's Mess | RealClearPolitics

Leave it exactly as you found it.
This is a message every parent knows. When your children throw a tantrum and wreck their rooms by tossing books, games and clothes everywhere (but oddly enough not...

Music | Music

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

http://KEXP.ORG presents King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded October 11, 2017. Songs: Welcome to an Altered Future ...

Politics | Politics

Seattle’s Autonomous Zone Gets a Warlord and He’s Doing What the Cops Should’ve Done

I did not see this coming

No one saw this coming.

Politics | The Hall of Idiots

Seattle police chief tells residents to call 911 if called racist names amid coronavirus pandemic

Seattle Chief of Police Carmen Best tweeted her plea to residents to call 911 if called racist names Monday night.

So this is typical. Liberal cities are releasing prisoners, not enforcing things like felony theft, but want people to arrested for calling other people names.

News | News

Seattle Coronavirus Cases Beginning to Slow After Strict Stay-at-Home Measures

The city had the first reported case of the virus in the U.S., and has since been able to reduce the spread, early data shows.

Music | Music

Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Subscribe To Sub Pop's YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/subpoprecords Mudhoney YouTube Playlist http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8D9D4C25F46...

Most appropriate time for this song lol.

Music | Music

Guantanamo Baywatch - Conquistador (Live on KEXP)

http://KEXP.ORG presents Guantanamo Baywatch performing "Conquistador" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded November 15, 2017. Host: DJ Sharlese Audio Engineer:...

Politics | Malfeasance

Progressives Gone Wild: Identity Politics & The Homelessness Crisis

In Seattle, municipal employees increasingly see identity politics and fighting “oppression” as part of their jobs.

"I feel that an inclusive model is the only way that we will ever reach collective liberation from institutional oppression.”

Morons.

Miscellaneous | Interesting stories

'Smoke in the street.' Unions grapple with the complicated legacy of the Battle in Seattle

Music | Music

All Them Witches - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

http://KEXP.ORG presents All Them Witches performing live at Avast! Recording Co.. Recorded November 16, 2018. Songs: Diamond Fishbelly 86 Onions Workhorse B...

Politics | Malfeasance

Austin Mayor Steve Adler Learns How to Multiply the Homeless

Austin Mayor Steve Adler went on a trip west, taking cues on handling homeless problems from Los Angeles and Seattle, cities that are getting killed by homeless pathologies.

Yes because the democrats running LA and Seattle are doing such a good job. These people are delusional.

Music | Music

Yes, Tacocat can!

'This Mess is a Place' has mostly silenced anyone who questioned Tacocat’s credibility. Produced by Erik Blood, the record is a solid evolution of their rising talent and proof that faking it until making it totally works.

Music | Music

R.I.P. Roky Erickson

Music | Music

World Goth Day: Throbbing Gristle's Cosey Fanni Tutti on Performance Art, Discomfort, and Her New Book Art Sex Music

Music | Music

KEXP Celebrates World Goth Day

Music | Music

Sleater-Kinney - The Woods [Full Album]

The Woods is the seventh and final studio album by the indie rock trio Sleater-Kinney. Released in 2005, the album was released to widespread critical acclai...

Oldie but goodie.

Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous

The 18 Best City Parks in America

From well-known emerald gems like LA’s Griffith Park in Los Angeles, to underrated spots like Forest Park in St. Louis or Falls Park in...

Music | Music

Sonic Reducer Turns 15: A Tribute to KEXP's Punk Show and the Standard Where it Gets its Name

Music | Music

Coffin Break - Kill The President

A true Seattle punk band from the 90s who eschewed the grunge scene of the time.

News | Fun With Islam

Washington school district wants teachers to bless Muslim students in Arabic during Ramadan

A religious liberty advocacy group is threatening to slap a Seattle-area school district with a lawsuit unless it revokes a letter urging teachers to bless Muslim students in Arabic during the holy month of Ramadan and give them preferential treatment, in

The left would like nothing more to see the full Islamization of the United States.

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

Leftists In Seattle Accuse Jews Of ‘Weaponizing’ Anti-Semitism To Target Blacks And Muslims | Daily Wire

As Seattle-based KTTH 770 AM radio host and Daily Wire contributor Jason Rantz reports, left-wing activists in Seattle are planning a transparently

Anything they disagree with is “weaponized.” I am sick of these pathetic losers.

Music | Music

Dirtnap Records 2018 Sampler, by Dirtnap Records

16 track album

Music | Music

Today is International Clash Day February 7.

Music | Music

All Them Witches - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

http://KEXP.ORG presents All Them Witches performing live at Avast! Recording Co.. Recorded November 16, 2018. Songs: Diamond Fishbelly 86 Onions Workhorse B...

Sports | Cycling

Why Seattle Is the Best Bike City in America

The seven reasons this riding utopia topped our 2018 list.

And on the positive end......

Music | Music

The Black Tones - Woman in Black - Live on Band in Seattle #GarageRock #Seattle | Music | Pinterest | Toned women, Seattle and TVs

Black Tones performs "Woman in Black" for the TV/Web show Band In Seattle.

Subscribe to the Band In Seattle channel for more music from great bands!

Music | Music

The Black Tones - Arrows and Stones - Live on Band In Seattle Pinterest

The Black Tones performs "Arrows and Stones" for the TV/Web show Band In Seattle.

Subscribe to the Band In Seattle channel for more music from great bands!

Music | Music

Wimps - Full Performance (Live on KEXP | Pinterest

Wimps - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) #PunkRock #GarageRock #GaragePunk #Seattle

Music | Music

Wimps live on PressureDrop.tv #PunkRock #GaragePunk #GarageRock #Seattle | Music | Pinterest

Wimps live on PressureDrop.tv #PunkRock #GaragePunk #GarageRock #Seattle

Music | Music

Casual Hex - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)| Pinterest

Casual Hex - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) #IndieRock #PostPunk #Seattle

Miscellaneous | Random

‘It’s surreal’: Seattle’s Pike Place Fish Market sold to fish-throwing employees

WATCH: Ryan Reese, a new owner of the Pike Place Fish Market, explains the origin of the fish tossing that has become a tourist attraction. (Alan Berner and Christine Clarridge / The Seattle Times)

Music | Music

The Boss Martians [20 Minutes]

The Boss Martians [20 Minutes] #SurfMusic #GarageRock #Seattle #PunkRock

Music | Music

The Boss Martians - She moves me

The Boss Martians - She moves me #Seattle #PunkRock #GarageRock #GaragePunk

Politics | Politics

Seattle's Unloosed Monsters Will Kill The Progressive Dream

Seattle is ground zero for progressive experiments... (Its) recent contributions to the liberal virosphere include... a $275 head tax per employee to raise $48 million annually to address a rising homeless population of almost 12,000 people in a city of 7

This is so obviously misguided, it's hard to understand how anyone can support it.

Music | Music

Tacocat - "Crimson Wave" [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Tacocat - "Crimson Wave" [OFFICIAL VIDEO] #PunkRock #GarageRock #GaragePunk #IndieRock #Seattle

Catchiest pop punk song about menstruation you've ever heard.

Music | Music

Sleater-Kinney - A New Wave [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Sleater-Kinney - A New Wave [OFFICIAL VIDEO] #PunkRock #IndieRock #Seattle

Music | Music

Fishbone - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

Fishbone - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) #Seattle #Ska #Funk #PunkRock

Business & Finance | Business

Amazon halts Seattle expansion over city tax proposal

Even as Amazon continues to grow at a staggering rate, it is pumping the brakes on its long-planned hometown expansion. The retail giant threw down the gauntlet this week when it announced that it would stop construction on a new building because of a pro

Sports | Cycling

Métier Seattle | Godspeed The Rider

Métier is a bicycle shop featuring premium bicycle brands, apparel, and repair. We specialize in coaching and strength and conditioning for people who are serious about health and fitness. Our cafe serves real, good food and drink.

Cool little bike shop/cafe in Seattle.

Sports | Cycling

Seattle Bike Blog

Music | Music

Music

Tacocat - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) #PunkRock

Music | Music

Nokie Edwards, the Ventures' influential lead guitarist, dies at 82

R.I.P

Music | Music

Seattle’s KEXP to Play Every Sub Pop Record Ever

In celebration of the label’s 30th anniversary

Politics | The Hall of Idiots

Seattle Residents Complained About A 'Confederate Flag' In Their Town Square. It Was Actually The Flag Of Norway.

Over the weekend the Seattle Times jumped at a news tip: there was a Confederate Flag flying beneath the American flag in the city's Greenwood neighborhood and residents were very concerned.

Amazing.

Music | Music

Thee Oh Sees - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

http://KEXP.ORG presents Thee Oh Sees performing live at KEXP. Recorded November 25, 2016. Songs: I Come From The Mountain Tidal Wave The Dream Sticky Hulks ...

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

Interview with Rob Casey from Salmon Bay Paddle in Seattle

I visited Seattle recently and got the chance to talk to Rob Casey who is the founder of Salmon Bay Paddle. The conditions in Seattle are mostly flat water. ...

Music | Music

Melvins - Houdini (1993) (Full Album)

Houdini is the fifth album by Melvins, which was released in 1993 through Atlantic Records. Track List : 01 Hooch - 0:00 02 Night Goat - 2:50 03 Lizzy - 7:31...

Sports | Cycling

Fast Friday

Fast Friday was a wonderful point in time. Seattle WA c. 2007. It was the very beginning of the Track bike movement Mash had yet to come out and people were riding…

Seattle bike messenger documentary form 2014.

Music | Music

The Sonics - Full Performance (Live at Easy Street)

http://KEXP.ORG presents The Sonics performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded April 18, 2015. Songs: Cinderella Money He's Waiting Boss Hoss Keep A Knocki...

And now for something completely amazing!!

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

Seattle’s Potential Solution for Heroin Epidemic: Places for Legal Drug Use

A city task force endorsed the idea of safe consumption facilities, which would allow addicts to take drugs without fear of being arrested.

Music | Music

Dengue Fever - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

http://KEXP.ORG presents Dengue Fever performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded February 10, 2015. Songs: Ghost Voice Tokay Girl From The North No Sudden ...

Sports | NFL

Panthers defeat Seahawks, second-half lethargy for big win | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo Sports

From Yahoo Sports: Two-time defending NFC champs against a 15-1 juggernaut. Who would break first?

Sports | NFL

Seahawks stun Vikings with fourth-quarter rally: 6 things to know - CBSSports.com

In the third-coldest NFL game on record, the Seahawks overcame a 9-0 fourth-quarter hole to advance to the divisional round of the playoffs.

Music | Music

Tacocat - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

http://KEXP.ORG presents Tacocat performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded February 22, 2014. Songlist: Bridge To Hawaii You Never Came Back Psychedelic Q...

Music | Music

Courtney Barnett - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

http://KEXP.ORG presents Courtney Barnett performing live at the Triple Door as part of KEXP's VIP Club concert series. Recorded July 7, 2014. Songs: Lance J...

Music | Music

Blouse - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

http://KEXP.ORG presents Blouse performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded November 8, 2013. Songlist: Imperium In A Glass A Feeling Like This 1000 Years H...

Awesomeness!!

Sports | NFL

Wilson signs 4-year contract extension with Seahawks - Yahoo Sports

From Yahoo Sports: Russell Wilson is sticking around with the Seattle Seahawks. Wilson signed a four-year contract extension with the Seahawks on Friday, keeping him with the franchise that took him in the third round of the 2012 draft and watched him bec

Sports | Sports

M's prospect dies 6 weeks after boat accident

Seattle Mariners pitching prospect Victor Sanchez has died in Venezuela from injuries sustained in a boating accident in his home country in February, the team announced.

Tragic