By Jason Stone So, what was PROJECT MK-ULTRA? MIND KONTROL ULTRA (1953-1973) was a C1A government research program with a global reach distributed over 149 sub-projects. The project connected the U.S. armed services, the intelligence community, and the military industrial security complex with the academic world. Funds for academic research […]
Psychiic Book Review: Walkaway by Corey Docotorow
By Jason Stone Hello, II’m a psychiic book reviiewer wiith a message from your future-self, “Thank you for readiing “Walkaway” by Cory Doctorow.” Now a briief pause iin psychiic channeliing to briing you another message. Readiing thiis book feels liike you are gettiing to see a secret gliimpse of the […]
New Women’s Comedy Open Mic
By Danny Loose On Tuesday, February 2, host and comedienne Taylor Rae Sikorski ushered in the first Women’s Comedy Open Mic at Ben Moore’s pub to great reception. The open mic prioritizes acts by women, transgender & gender nonconforming comedians. I touched base with Taylor after the show about the […]
The Procession is Coming
By Phoebe Celeste Started in 1995 as a way to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Earth Day and the renewal of the Endangered Species Act, The Procession of the Species is a popular, uniquely Olympian event. The event essentially consists of a group of participants dressing up to represent creatures from […]
Local Stores Gear Up for Record Store Day
By Blaine Ewig This April 18 will mark the ninth annual Record Store Day in the US. Record stores all around the country will be hosting free in-store performances, throwing parties, having sales, and selling special Record Store Day releases. Inspired by Free Comic Book Day, Record Store Day aims to […]
Best Bets April 9-22
Friday, April 10th @ The Longhouse $0-10 Comedy Night with Aamer Rahman As part of Day of Presence, Aamer Rahman, an Australian comic of Bangladeshi descent is performing at Evergreen. He is best know as a former member of the comedy duo Fear of a Brown Planet, and a […]
Broken Water Releases ‘Wrought’ Over beers at Le Voyeur, Broken Water talks about Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, and Making Bros Cry
By Josh Wolf The show ended with the guitar screaming face down in the drums. Jon Hanna left his guitar lying nervously on Kanako Pooknyw’s drum, while Pooknyw yelled improv into the microphone and clashed down upon her bellowing drums. Hanna’s long grunge-blond hair veiled his ambivalent gaze as he […]
New Open-Mic Leading the Way in Olympia’s Comedy Scene
By Taylor Sikorski Olympia’s newest stand up comedy open-mic, Vomity, is successfully reviving our comedy scene as well as establishing new standards for local comedians. Olympia has a long-running comedy scene, but it’s been a struggle to keep shows going for a long period of time, mostly due to venues going […]
G.L.O.S.S Lives Outside Society’s Shit
By Blaine Ewig G.L.O.S.S. is the band that everyone has been talking about since long before they existed; they’re the thing that needed to happen. The Olympia supergroup is comprised of members of Vexx, Slouch, Body Betrayal, and other Olympia punk bands. They haven’t even gone on their first tour […]
Sleater-Kinney Release ‘No City to Love’ Evergreen’s Greatest Musical Legacy Continues
By Zachary Newman Kathleen Hanna may get the documentaries and Calvin Johnson gets the books, but there is no greater product of Olympia’s music scene than Evergreen’s own Sleater-Kinney. Fiery, urgent, harmonious, and downright powerful, Sleater-Kinney offered an exceptional escape from the dudecore sound of a post-Nirvana world. Their riffs cut […]