AFTER IT ALL: Cat Power Live @ 5th Ave Theater (City Arts Fest)

November 10, 2010 in Music, Reviews

CITY ARTS FEST (Day 2)

Cat Power

5th Ave. Theater

Seattle, Wa

October 21, 2010

The iconic Chan Marshall (AKA Cat power) set the intimate 5th avenue Theater warmly aglow during the second night of the first ever Heineken City Arts Festival.  Accompanying her was a skilled 4-piece backing band, consisting of guitar, bass, Fender Rhodes, and drums.  Bathed in blue light, she effortlessly slow danced her way through lovely renditions of songs spanning her entire career.  Her voice filled the venue to the rafters and she would occasionally strip a song down to nothing but vocals, backed only by a solitary piano or guitar.  There were sparse bluesy jams where Chan played a tinny guitar, repeating simple riffs as the band filled in the colors.  There were loosely psychedelic spaces where she didn’t even sing.  Everything she presented was taken in and hungrily received by everyone in attendance.  Read the rest of this entry →

MUCH ADO ABOUT NORTON : SIFF Pays Tribute to Edward Norton

July 16, 2010 in Movies / Television, Reviews, With Video

Early last month, multi-Oscar-nominated actor, Edward Norton was invited to the Northwest as part of the 2010 Seattle International Film Festival.  Beginning on June 3rd, with American History X, and ending on the 5th, with Spike Lee‘s 25th Hour, SIFF helped to celebrate the actor’s illustrious career by screening some of his most successful work.  Norton was on hand to provide short personal introductions to each of the films, but the most substantial portion of the tribute took place on June 4th at the Egyptian Theatre and included the festival honoring him with their trademark Golden Space Needle award.  The festivities at the Egyptian also featured a live interview with the actor and a screening of his latest project, Leaves of Grass.  I was there for the events and, for an artist who’s managed to build a career off of his ability to shift characters effortlessly, often within the same role, I can safely say that Norton only exposed one of his faces that night. Read the rest of this entry →