Independent solo artist St. Vincent and former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne released the long-awaited collaborative album Love This Giant on September 11, 2012. The unity of aesthetics and content in Byrne’s newest collaboration, plus Clark and minus his usual partner Brian Eno, innovates with easily recognizable elements of urban […]
The 29th Annual Olympia Film Festival
This year, the Olympia Film Festival stepped up its game. The 29th annual film fest, running from November 9 to 18, has been hosting some high profile events and bringing in well-known names in the media industry. With Chantal Ackerman, Philip Kaufman, Fred Willard and Todd Hayes taking part, festival […]
Student Filmmaker Nik Nerburn Spills the Beans About His Artistic Journey
What type of film would you consider “Paul: The Secret Story of Olympia’s Satanic Sheriff”? I would call it an experimental documentary. It’s sort of like a combination of an essay film – exploring an idea rather than a plot – and an historical documentary. There’s this filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky […]
Chillin’ with Jeffrey Lewis
With the sound of his friend and collaborator Kimya Dawson in the background, Jeffrey Lewis, whose unique mixed media approach has led to international success, answered questions in between sets Saturday night at the Northern. What’s your relationship with Kimya Dawson? It was 1998 when I started playing songs at […]
Artist Profile: OLIVIA RAE GUTERSON
Finding time in her busy schedule, our cover artist this week gave us some insight into her art. What is your favorite medium? Most of my work is sharpie or le pen on cardboard, wood, or paper. In the past I worked mostly with acrylic. I just completed a three […]
BURNING DAYLIGHT | King Dude
If you’re a practicing musicophile, chances are you’ve heard of King Dude’s cult hit “Lucifer is the Light of the World” off his 2011 album Love. A true Washingtonian (he was born in Kennewick), his dark, sometimes brooding, sometimes giddy “apocalyptic folk” music makes any rainy day a true celebration […]
Artist Profile: JOEL TIURA
Describe your art in 30 words or less. When I’m painting I often explore abstract, quasi-symbolic geometric patterns, often merged with turbulent masses of cloud, coaxing a sense of space from the interplay of light, color, and contrast. Talk about how you start your pieces. Some of my pieces I […]
“Miss Representation”: A Missed Opportunity
In response to the glaring under-representation and objectification of women in mainstream media, actress turned filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new documentary “Miss Representation” seeks to reveal how the sexist and violent objectification of women onscreen is a driving force behind the objectification and disenfranchisement of women in U.S. culture. While […]
Artist Profile: SAM BOURMAN-KARNS
How long have you been drawing? Since second grade I guess, I started drawing little video game puzzles, levels, the little monsters that would fill up the arenas. I remember doing little projects I guess. Since I could hold pencil. What is your favorite material to work with? Pens, […]
LP Review: THE HEIST | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Evergreen students can walk with their heads held a little higher now, since Evergreen alum Ben Haggerty (better known by his stage name, Macklemore) released his second full studio album with collaborator Ryan Lewis. The Heist was the #1 album on iTunes almost immediately following its independent release. While a […]