THE BOX IS EMPTY’S TOP PICK
This week on the blog I thought we would take a moment to remember the victims of the tragic shootings in Seattle. I am sure you heard on the news that last week Wednesday saw violent deaths first at Seattle’s Cafe Racer and then in the Downtown and West Seattle neighborhoods. The event is tragic and frightening, but I have been amazed at the responses in the neighborhood, the city, and the musical community. Last Sunday’s Racer Session was packed with people, and many of them brought instruments to play. The showing of support and solidarity was moving, as was the music. You can listen to it here.
So, my suggestion to you this week is not a performance, per say. Rather, I think it would be wonderful for us all to take a moment and listen to some of the musicians who were killed last week. Drew and Joe were mainstays at the Cafe Racer, and their absence will be felt for quite some time. Read this touching memorial from The Stranger. This video is of the two of them playing together…
If you like what you here, please continue to listen. You can find more music by their bands God’s Favorite Beefcake and Circus Contraption by following each link.
Please consider either donating to or participating in one of Cafe Racer Love’s events. They are continuing to raise money to support the victims families. Lastly, pray for the victims families, for the shooter’s family, and for our great city. Cafe Racer is a rare and special place because of the people, music, and art that have filled it over the years, let’s all take a part in making sure it continues to be.
HAPPENING THIS WEEK – 6/4/12-6/10/12 – Seattle
- Nat Evans – Sandscape (Film by Erin Elyse Burns). TK Building, Seattle, WA. June 7, 2012.
HAPPENING THIS WEEK – 6/4/12-6/10/12 – Seattle
- Lindsay Kesselman /Kate Moroney – Einstein On The Beach. Sony Center for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada. June 8-10, 2012.
- Lauren Husting – KnoX Brass WorX. International Women’s Brass Conference, Kalamazoo, MI. June 10, 2012.
HAPPENING SOON
- The Fisher Ensemble – Magda G Score Reading. The Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA. June 15, 2012, 8:00 p.m..
- Kate Moroney – Soloist with Yale Choral Artists and Mark Morris Dance Company. Arts and Ideas Festival, New Haven, CT. June 19-22.
- Table and Chairs – Operation ID. Columbia City Theater, Seattle, WA. June 20, 2012, 7:30 p.m..
- Tom Peyton/Make Music New York – Gradient vs. Drone by Eric Frederic. All over NYC. June 21, 2012, all day.
- Parnassus Project – Music at Tully’s Flagship. Tully’s Flagship Store, Seattle, WA. June 23, 2012.
- The Inverse Opera – TIO In the Tuplis. The Trumpeter, Mt. Vernon, WA. June 27, 2012, 7:30 p.m..
- The Box Is Empty – Music by Van Der Aa, Gordon, Gendel, Evans, and Kirsten. Century Ballroom, Seattle, WA. June 29, 2012, 8:00 p.m..
- Parnassus Project – Music at the Design Commission Gallery. Design Commission Gallery, Seattle, WA. July 5, 2012.
- Lindsay Kesselman – Louis Andriessen’s The New Maths and Amy Beth Kirsten’s L’ange Pâle with the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. City Theater, Pittsburgh, PA. July 13-14, 8:00 p.m..
- Nat Evans – Sound installation in the online gallery Violet Strays. July 13-19, 2012.
The Box Is Empty