Pop Culture
Kirkland Arts Center Opening, “Re-Animators: A New Examination of the Historical Heroic Body”
The exhibit is a journey through a redefinition and reclamation of the contemporary heroic identity through various iterations of heroic representation. From comic pages to dolls, from bead work to textile work, these pop pieces from the last twenty years invite the audience to investigate, interrogate and reconfigure their relationship to their own bodies and…
Best Scary Movies to Watch on Halloween
In case the weekend shut-ins among us need a little help rounding off the perfect horror movie marathon. (Watch at your own discretion – we can’t be responsible for any “accidents.”) Listed in no particular order: The FlyYou will never look at Jeff Goldblum the same way again. Night of the Living Dead (1968)The zombie…
X Factor: Team Lomax Delivers, While American Dream Story Line Depresses
Thanks to an unexpected office rivalry, I find myself properly hooked on the X Factor, another Simon Cowell singing contest that has been popular in the UK for years and just crossed the pond this year. In case you don’t watch, but still care: 32 acts (narrowed from thousands) are battling to win a 5…
X Factor Update: Team Lomax Still Cuter
Last night’s X Factor episode was bumped to a delayed baseball game (woe!), so we have to wait until tonight to really deliberate over which Seattle contestant is the best. In the meantime, to respond to Brangien Davis’ challenge of my preferred X Factor candidate, I submit new evidence: a video diary of Phillip Lomax,…
Seattle’s Phillip Lomax on the ‘X Factor’
Our staff photographer, Hayley Young, just alerted me to the fact that an adorable Seattleite named Phillip Lomax has made his way to the bootcamp stage of Simon Cowell’s new Idol-esque program called The X Factor. Here’s Lomax keeping it classy in his audition with Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon.” Hayley tells me…
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