CultureMob.com takes a behind the scenes look at the Girl Power Hour 1 Year Anniversary Glitter Party For details go to: http://culturemob.com/events/5583989

Check out our video:

That was part 1. Stay tuned for part 2.

Event Hosts Samantha Lawton and Darnell Sue spent the afternoon trying out cupcakes from WinkCupcakes.com and checking out the Pan Pacific Hotel located downtown Seattle

What’s cool is Girl Power Hour is going to let the boys attend too! So get your tickets now before this event sells out.

September 18, 2008
Pan Pacific Hotel
6pm - 10 pm
Tickets available online at www.girlpowerhour.com

Culturemob is proud to be a co-sponsor of this event. It’s going to be the event of the year!

TV On the Radio played at Showbox Sodo tonight and it was sooooo good! They made a musical statement tonight which was beautiful. Here’s how I unofficially translated it.

Attention Seattle! We are the future. So you either get on the bus or you my friend are in for a mighty long walk!

They backed that statement up by firing up some new songs from their soon to be released NEW CD.

Sooooo good!

event details: http://culturemob.com/events/132687

Palomino is a track by Seattle band The Western Shore. Self described as Alternative Country music, This band is gritty and seasoned. They’ve been playing in the Northwest for several years, gaining an audience slowly like well cooked home meal that mom used to make. I don’t know about you all, but my momma can cook!

Their mid tempo, matter-a-fact rhythm and harmonies are a delight to listen to. The vocal harmonies between front man Charlie and vocalist/bassist Dawn is the secret ingredient that has me puzzled why we don’t see this band touring the world for everyone to hear. I’m particularly drawn to their myspace track Palomino because the lyrics are so damn awesome.

no one to talk to, no thunder to steal…

Off the track Palomino by The Western Shore

Scott Griggs and Dawn work so well together as they deliver an intense yet gentle rhythm section that beams with confidence. Jason, Diego and Patrick round out this ensemble with the guitar, sax and keyboards respectively.

I recommend you catch The Western Shore Thursday September, 11th at The Rendezvous (Jewelbox Theater) in Seattle. It’s listed as a 9pm start time.They will be joined by the http://www.myspace.com/hallways1 and Lonesome Rhodes & The Good Company.
check details here: http://culturemob.com/events/5599555

They also play on the 16th of September at the Tractor Tavern (SEA)
w/ Hurricane Chasers and Michael Clarke and the Alley Walkers. Doors open at 8pm
check details here: http://culturemob.com/events/5599556

Seattle’s own Nadamucho.com recently released a CD compilation titled:
Nada Mucho Presents: Sounds From The Seattle Underground (global seepej records)

It’s a 18 track CD which features such artists as At The Spine, Head Like a Kite and The Lonely Forest to name but a few. Culturemob interviewed Matt Ashworth and Kyle Kauzlarich from Nada Mucho to talk about the CD and get the latest Nada Mucho News!

Nada Mucho est. 1997 is a cool online Seattle based underground publication that strongly advocates the cultural scene at large. They’re extremely supportive of artists. A small example of this is their comments about a local band. Matt says this about the band The Lonely Forest:

…they were amazing at the cd release show first time around, and i’m stoked to bring them to a bigger venue this time at the tractor…

Kyle says this about the band The Lonely Forest:

…they’re (the lonely forest) are a great example of what keeps us going as non-musicians to continue to keep the community moving forward.

That’s not all they talk about. Dig this article written by Matt Ashworth and catch the picture of a 1990 semi-smiling Matt in High School. Dude! He still manages to keep the story about music.

You can get your copy of Nada Mucho Presents: Sounds From The Seattle Underground at CD Baby or just click here!

See NadaMucho at the Sunset Tavern on October 10th (Seattle): Click here.

The Nada Mucho Artist Page on Culturemob: http://culturemob.com/artists/19314496

Harvey Milk and Myspace. I’ve taken an interest in the band Harvey Milk. Mainly because they’re amazing. So today when I checked out my myspace news feed, I found their latest blog about myspace.

Too bad about the music…

myspace has decided that almost every song that we try to upload is a copyright infringement and has threatened to cancel our account if we continue to upload songs that fit this description.

at no point did we ever try to upload songs that were not ours so this is complete and total bullshit.

we decided that keeping in touch with eall of you through this site is more important than a couple of songs (that myspace rips to shreds anyway) and have decided to leave you with “war” unless and until myspace gets their shit together.

I just want Harvey Milk to know that if I were the owner of Myspace, I’d let them post any song they wanted! I do work at culturemob and you can find past and present gigs of Harvey Milk here: http://culturemob.com/artists/247385

The Harvey Milk Myspace Page:
http://www.myspace.com/harveymilk

Comicbookmovie.com heard a rumor that WB (that’s Warner Bros) is interested in casting the legendary One-named singer as the Catwoman for Batman III the movie. They have a Poll asking the good nerds of comicbooksville (me) what we think of Cher being cast. www.comicbookmovie.com/news/articles/4981.asp

They’re not saying it’s true, they’re just saying that’s what they heard. I mean, that’s about as crazy as Johnny Depp buying the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle…um! Oh and speaking of which, there’s another rumor that Mr. Depp is being tapped to play the Riddler in Batman III.

Batman is of course the big bank comicbook movie blockbuster that…well, you know what I’m talking about. Look, the fact is, there’s no way they want Cher to play the Cat. My guess is this is just another of those clever diversions devised by director Christopher Nolan. You know, keep people guessing??? Do not take the bait! But hey, stranger things have happened. I mean, you do remember the movie DareDevil right?

Catch the Dark Knight for a fifth time! Find it here at culturemob.com.

TK Webb & The Visions are scheduled to release their debut CD titled ANCESTOR (Kemado Records) on September 2nd. I got an advance copy to check out.

This is the second work with TK Webb I’ve heard and this one is definitely harder edged than his solo work. My favorite tracks include: **3). God Bless The Little Angels 4). Closed Caption Slang 6). Shame 7) Hope You All Are Gone.** There may be a song or two to check out on their myspace page: www.myspace.com/tkwebbandthevisions

On God Bless The Little Angels there’s this great intro with an organ and a guitar that lets your mind drift towards tranquility. All things tranquil are suddenly replaced by ferocious loud band sounds. Then the track really takes off. With hints of early Jane’s Addiction and even a touch of the classic “life’s been good” by Joe Walsh, TK Webb & The Visions have found a way to wake up the Rock Genre. I played this track over several times.

Patience & Fortitude would have made my top 5 on the vocals alone. With its Neil Young influences, I’d say it will stand the test of time. The actual CD includes all track lyrics like this catchy line from Closed Caption Slang:

…but for the confused it stands to reason to wander off alone and hold your own hand upon back lit rock…

Ancestor is an edgy rock CD and it’s cool as hell!

TK WEBB & THE VISIONS will be playing at Seattle on Thursday
September 4th at El Corazon as part of a
co-headlining
tour with Witchcraft from Orebro, Sweden.
Graveyard
will also be on the bill.

For more information about the show go to: http://culturemob.com/events/158400

“KLANG!” is the debut cd released by Seattle band motorik.

This 9 song CD (recorded by Jack Endino at SoundHouse and Gary Mula at Calleye) is all heart and no nonsense. They have the sound of a garage rock band with punk influences. Three tracks to pay attention to are 2> box of knives, 4> it’s just sugar and 5> utopia parkway.

Box of knives is the sound of a San Francisco smoke filled punk club in the late 80’s. Towards the end of the track, guitarist Adrian Garver (D.C. Beggars) plays a high pitched siren like riff that defines the entire CD. My favorite is a track called it’s just sugar. Sio’s (Andover 7, Nod, Smile) intense vocals offer no amnesty for the casual listener. She’s not trying to make friends, she’s belting out painful memories (or so it seems by this listener). Finally, utopia parkway is what you get when your drummer isn’t going to take no for an answer. In fact, drummer Hoagie Gero (D.C. Beggars) is tight, loud and extremely creative throughout this CD. I mean, who is this guy anyway?

Klang! is an ambitious garage rock CD that could have easily fell short of it’s destination. A lesser band would have turned around and gone home. Instead, the combination of these three artists manage to demonstrate what good instincts and a healthy disregard for “SOS” can do. I loved it!

go to the motorik artist page at culturemob.com!

Meet Santino Rice!

He’s going to be putting on a big event at Seattle’s famous Heaven Nightclub Friday August 22nd. Event details: http://culturemob.com/events/144768

Heaven Nightclub (Seattle) is giving Culturemob.com a VIP Section for the Santino Rice - Red Carpet Fashion Event on August 22nd (http://culturemob.com/events/144768). Guess what? You’re invited!!! You’ll be hanging out with culturemob in our very own VIP section.

You must be a registered culturemob user and at least 21 years of age to participate. Contact me at cedric@culturemob.com to be put on our special guest list (space is available on a first come, first serve basis). Get in while you can! This offer expires Monday August 18th (sooner if we run out of available space).

A Santino Rice Fashion Video via YouTube:

You can check out his blog at http://santinorice.com/blog/

About Santino Rice:

I’m Santino Rice, a fashion designer living and working in Hollywood California. I was a contestant on Bravo’s Project Runway Season 2.

Our previous blog about Santino Rice: http://blog.culturemob.com/santino-rice-red-carpet-fashion-invite

Specs One is sending me Less Is More West Coast Tour comments and I told him I’d post them on my blog. Here’s the July 28th Blog. Check out what Specs One is saying today:

well Santa Fe was the best yet! met some cool people there! Copyright never showed. the promoter thought the crowd would be upset. but they didn’t even notice his absence. + no drink tickets! just beer for the artists! real shit! not this “two drink tickets, or one ticket until more of your friends come through” bull! Santa Fe heads loved it. and weren’t too cool to express it! the tour overall has been a beautiful experience. the vast and varied terrains has left me with an inner glow i didn’t quite have on the way down.
biggup to TULSI, and DJ ABLE of the Elefaders for making it happen! I’m back, NW! let’s do work!

Specs, I’m glad you’re back friend. This is our final entry for now. Congratulations for getting out there and mixing it up with the other cities! Let’s do this again soon!

c