Category Archives: GLBT

In Memoriam: Jhonn Balance (COIL) 2/16/62 to 11/13/04

I remember where I was when the news broke to me that Jhonn Balance, much beloved singer and co-founder of the experimental music band, Coil, passed away. Approximately three weeks after I returned to Seattle, I was walking down Broadway contemplating what awaited me the following day, which was to be my first day of [...]

Pride on Easy Street

Photo from June 2008

The Noise 2007 Year in Review Part 1c: I Gotta Get This Off My Chest #3

I promise this will be my last gripe about 2007. After this, I will move on. I promise.
I want to address an issue that has been really really REALLY bugging me. I sincerely hope that I’m not the only person that feels this way, but here goes:
HEY SEATTLE GUYS: DROP THE FRACKING ATTITUDE.
I’d like to think [...]

*Sigh* It’s Actually Thursday Even Though I Was Writing About It Being Another Monday

**Note: I failed to finish writing Monday’s intended blog entry so I am publishing it Thursday. Funny funny!!
Alas, Pride weekend is over. I did manage to catch the last 45 minutes of the Pride parade downtown along 4th Avenue. Afterwards, I started venturing into Seattle Center, along with what seemed to be everyone in the [...]