Antony and the Johnsons EPs (Secretly Canadian) Cabaret crooner Antony and all his Johnsons created quite a stir when they snatched Britain’s Mercury Prize from acts like Coldplay and Bloc Party. But Antony’s magnificent voice is entirely controversy-proof, whether on I Am a Bird Now or on these EPs culled from that album. It could …
Northwest Bestsellers at Local Record Stores Death Cab for Cutie Plans (Atlantic) Decembrists Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars) Wolf Parade Apologies to the Queen Mary(SUB POP) MODEST MOUSE Lonesome Crowded West (UP) Seaweed Jack The Captain (self-released) Nirvana Sliver (Geffen) Five Foot Thick This Cold Life (self-released) Coretta Scott Scream And Shout (Rise) The Makers Everybody …
On Saturday November 26 I opened the Spokesman-Review to find an amazing photo of two plainclothes police officers handcuffing and arresting, face down on the asphalt, two Critical Mass bike riders who had blocked traffic with their bikes. Critical Mass is a nationwide monthly demonstration of cyclists filling traffic lanes during rush hour to call …
DR. LUTZ’ COLD SURVIVAL GUIDE The right clothes, food and water can make all the difference. NOW THAT WE’RE FINALLY seeing some cold weather, don’t let it keep you indoors. There’s plenty to do out there, but as the saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Although we’re physiologically …
Do Bike Commuters Get The Support They Need? Seventy-nine million Americans rode bicycles on a paved surface at least once in 2004, the most popular human-powered leisure activity according to the Outdoor Industry Association. That’s more than 25 percent of the nation’s population. Mirroring that trend, the number of commutes by bicyclists in the Spokane …
John Roskelley Reports Back From Guari Shankar And Talks About Global Warming And The Impact On Mountaineering As if glaciers, avalanches, and ice fields weren’t enough, mountaineers have a new threat to worry about as they climb the world’s most technical and treacherous peaksglobal warming. It doesn’t take a glaciologist to figure out that the …
Bozeman Backpack Company Opts Not to Outsource TALK TO THE FOLKS at Mystery Ranch Backpacks for a few minutes and you’ll know where their target market lies. “Basically, we build tools as opposed to toys,” says Dana Gleason, who, along with Renee Sippel-Baker, founded Mystery Ranch in 2000. Headquartered in the sprawling outdoor hub of …
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman Yvon ChouinardPenguin Press HC, October 2005, 272 pages. I rarely recommend business books to people. But Yvon Chouinard’s new book, Let My People Go Surfing is different. Most business tomes tout a single process or strategy for success. Chouinard tells his story and rambles …
