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Who drinks what, and where, from Tim Eyman to Ichiro.

Fifteen great places to take your kids while you drink. And an argument against it.

in back 19 THE WEEKLY WIRE We go boozing with Anthony Bourdain and golfing with drink in hand.

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27 | WHERE TO DRINK AT THE MOVIES | A local venue guide.

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45 | BOOZE CLUES | Different music genres have their favorite tipples.

46 | DUFF MCKAGAN | Great places to hang out even if you don’t drink.

49 | CHORDS & COCKTAILS | Drink recipes from Seattle’s music scene.

51 | THROUGH @ 2 | A Showbox stalwart reflects.

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MAYOR MIKE MCGINN: “Thank you for the invitation. We will not be participating.” —spokesperson Aaron Pickus TIM EYMAN: Eyman was introduced to his favorite drink—a shot of Don Julio—at the Mukilteo Azteca by a bartender who sent one over on the house. Late last year, a few weeks after his loss on Initiative 1125—his proposal to have Washington become the first state where the legislature determined tolls on highways—Eyman’s agave love was sealed at Scott’s Bar & Grill in Edmonds. Eyman claims he had so many of Scott’s “three-gulp” shots that he was cut off. Said his wife: “I wish more of your initiatives failed, you’re a lot more fun when they do.”

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STEVE SEVERIN, owner of Neumos: “Basil Hayden’s with ginger. Moe Bar or 611 Supreme.”

CHRIS BALLEW, lead singer of Presidents of the United States of America: “I love to get the Red Rickey [house-infused vodka, cucumber, lime, ginger syrup, soda] at Feedback Lounge. I feel like it is good for my soul and nervous system and brain and body at the same time!”

BRENT AMAKER, lead singer of Brent Amaker & the Rodeo; West Seattle’s unofficial mayor: “My favorite spot these days is Pizzeria 22. They have a killer bar with quality drinks (not to mention kick-ass pizza and wood-fired almonds to snack on). For me, it’s a vodka martini, dry, with olives. Unless I’m eating pizza. Then it’s vino.”

JOSH ROSENFELD, co-founder, Barsuk Records: “I might not be the guy you’re looking for this time—my favorite place to drink is on my couch or at my dining-room table, because if I’m doing either of those then it means I’m caught up on my sleep and I’m not working . . . So usually (to answer your question) when I’m a position to be ordering a drink, I order tap water, no ice.”

LUDOVIC MORLOT, music director, Seattle Symphony: The French-born conductor is “still at the stage when I am discovering places in Seattle, so no favorite yet . . . get back to me in a year from now!” What we do know is that he loves single-malt Scotch whisky (anything

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COUNCILMEMBERS: TIM BURGESS: “Sip on Fifth Avenue or Betty on Queen Anne for a gin and tonic with a lime and four green olives. I know it’s strange, but the olives are the final touch of excellence.”

NICK LICATA: “I’m one of the few people who can honestly say he made it through all four years of college and didn’t touch a drop of liquor. But I do occasionally drink, and what I drink depends on the crowd. If it’s a serious crowd, it’s a scotch and soda.

If I’m having fun, a muddy white Russian. That’s Bailey’s, Kahlua, and cream. I’ll go to Morton’s downtown. Or McCormick & Schmick’s. I didn’t start drinking until after grad school, when I was in my mid-20s. Even up until five years ago I only had a drink a month. Now I have a drink a week. If I was an economist I’d make a chart and say by 75 I’ll be drinking every other hour.”

SALLY CLARK: “No matter where I am, if I’m driving, I’m ordering a club soda or a ginger ale. If I’m not driving, then . . . If I’m downtown, the Polar Bar is close to City Hall and has that nice hotel lobby/polar explorers lounge vibe. Maybe a rye Manhattan. You can check out which city staff are toasting the end of the day and which are trying to bury a hatchet. In a nice return to yesteryear, you can do the same at Vito’s these days, too.”

JEAN GODDEN: “A classic martini at Oliver’s.”

RICHARD CONLIN: “I would go to the Madrona Ale House and choose from among their wide selection, which includes Fremont products. How’s that for a tactful answer?” [Sara Nelson, Conlin’s legislative assistant, is married to the owner of Fremont Brewing Company.]

SALLY BAGSHAW: “If I am in public, I’ll have a nice Diet Pepsi or Arnold Palmer. If I’m sitting on my couch with my beloved nearby, I will have a sauvignon blanc from New Zealand. I’m waiting for the Washington wineries to create a sav-blanc that is as citrusy as those from NZ!” BRUCE HARRELL responded via an e-mail from legislative assistant Vinh Tang: Hi Caleb, Can you let me know how many Councilmembers have replied with an answer?

I have a meeting with Councilmember Harrell today and I will ask Councilmember Harrell about your question. Thank you.

Then, the next day, another e-mail from Tang: Hi Caleb, My meeting with Councilmember Harrell was delayed to this afternoon. Can you update me on how many responses you have received and which Councilmembers are replying. Thank you.

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news» The Daily Weekly » from page 7 from a “nice old Glenlivet to a Castle Leod”), prefers beer after a concert, and “used to go around the table and finish the guests’ half-empty cups [of Champagne] while they were getting into their cars” during dinner parties when he was a kid.

Jonathan Evison, novelist: “Favorite bar: Conor Byrne. Favorite drink: whatever Diarmuid is pouring.”

Lynn shELton, homegrown filmmaker whose fourth feature, Your Sister’s Sister, will open this year’s SIFF: “Liberty bar on Capitol Hill. Justin [Freet, co-creator of the RAWSTOCK Film Festival], the bartender, makes a very special Negroni for me and I don’t know what’s in it, but it’s awesome.” [Says Freet later, by phone, of Shelton’s admiration: “Wow, you just made my week.” Rather than the traditional equal amounts of gin, sweet vermouth, and Campari, Freet’s Negroni features three parts aged gin (brand: Ransom Old Tom), one part Campari, one part sweet vermouth, and a quarter-ounce of Gran Classico bitters.]

DEan WhitmorE, leader/drummer/singer for pop-punk band Unnatural Helpers: “Sloop Tavern in Ballard. 34 oz.

‘Sloopersize’ Bud Light.” mikhaiL shmiDt, violinist, Seattle Symphony and Seattle Chamber Players: “Lecosho at the Harbor Steps became the place of choice for a lot of Seattle Symphony musicians to go after concerts for a drink (plus, they have a great happy hour after 10 p.m.).

Personally, a Sazerac at Lecosho for me.”

PEtEr BoaL, artistic director, Pacific Northwest Ballet: “The DeLuxe Bar and Grill and a Stella Artois.”

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mark kLEBEck, owner of Top Pot: “Sun Liquor Distillery on Pike Street is my favorite bar (full disclosure here: It is my brother Michael’s establishment, but still it is my favorite bar to go to. So there!). My favorite drink to order is ‘Libby’s Mai Tai,’ which is a classic on their menu. Best Mai Tai I have ever had!”

BEcky sELEnGut, private chef, founder of Cornucopia Cuisine: “Does it have to be a bar bar?

Meaning, my favorite drink is the Papi Delicious [bell pepper, tequila, habanero] at Poppy—does that count? I tend to also follow bartenders more than specific drinks so I can keep an open mind (and mouth). So I’d have to give a shout-out to Veronika Groth at Chino’s and Tammy Spears at Tilikum Place Café, because I would follow their drinks and knowledge of all things boozy anywhere they set up shop.”

JEssiE oLEson, owner of CakeSpy Shop and CakeSpy.com: “The ‘Cupcake’ vodka shot from Unicorn . . . For fans of all things magical and sweet, there is absolutely nothing missing.” kathy casEy, celebrity chef: “The Norwegian Wood cocktail [aquavit, applejack, sweet vermouth, and yellow Chartreuse] from The Walrus & the Carpenter.” tom DouGLas: “I like re:public for a Redbreast Irish whiskey, splash of water, lots of ice, in a bucket.” moLLy moon, the woman behind Molly Moon’s Ice Cream: Says a spokesperson: “A tall, frosty glass of milk!” E news@seattleweekly.com

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ichiro: In nearly every profile written about the enigmatic Mariners right fielder, the authors have made a point to mention that Ichiro doesn’t drink. In fact, nearly an entire 2007 P-I article was devoted to the fact that no teammates had ever seen Ichiro put anything in his mouth (drink or otherwise).

But here’s what we do know. Ichiro has been a longtime pitchman for Pepsi and one lesser-known drink: Yunker, a sort of Japanese 5-Hour Energy shot which is made by something called Sato Pharmaceuticals, retails for $15, and contains a healthy dose of nicotine.

Jim moorE, former P-I columnist, now co-host of The Kevin Calabro Show on 710 ESPN: “My favorite drink is Lunazul tequila with whatever splash of juice I can find in the refrigerator.

Used to put more juice than tequila in the glass, but not anymore. If you want a favorite bar, this isn’t very exciting either—it’s the Azteca across the street from the KIRO studio. Almost every night, I walk out of the studio and have this little talk with myself on the way to my truck. Should I just walk past the Azteca and get in my truck, pet my dog, and head home?

Or should I stop in for a quick one, because I could really use one because even though the show’s only three hours long, I’m worn out. Three of the five

days, I head straight to my truck. The other two days I stop and either have a Jack Daniel’s on the rocks or a Cadillac margarita. Either way, I usually slam it and am out of there in five minutes. Have never had a problem with drinking alone, which might be a problem in itself.”

DavE “thE Groz” GrosBy, fellow host on 710 and the voice of Seattle U basketball: “Well, I do have a drink named after me, so let’s pick that. It’s ‘The Groz’ Magic Water, and it’s available at John Howie’s Sport resturant. It’s a double Absolut and tonic with no fruit in a water glass with a straw.” sEattLE mist, women’s professional lingerie football team: Defensive coordinator Jeremiah Captain said he strongly discourages in-season drinking. But he did concede that once the games are over, he and the team go to Southcenter Joey’s for its SuperSonic gin and tonics [2.5 oz. of Tanqueray, tonic, and a “citrus liqueur slush”]. katiE smith, guard, Seattle Storm: “Palace Kitchen is the spot, Moscow Mule is the drink.” rat city roLLErGirLs: The Rollergirls’ practice facility is in Ballard, which means post-practice drinks usually happen at King’s Hardware, where the four-wheeled competitors’ drink of choice is whiskey, either Jack or Jameson.

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A SERIOUS DRINKING PROBLEM Most Seattle bars

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et’s say you’re running errands with your 6-year-old daughter in just about any American city—St. Louis, for example—and, upon peering through a tavern window, you notice that a college basketball game you’re interested in is tied with less than 10 minutes to go. You walk in, order a beer for yourself, a Sprite for your daughter, and a plate of tater tots for the two of you to munch on. Because the sun has yet to set, nobody is inebriated, and a laid-back, convivial time is had by all (except for the team you’re rooting for, which loses at the buzzer). Walking into a place of drink is not viewed as taboo by your offspring because it’s something she’s been exposed to—casually and

don’t allow kids. Here are a few that do.

responsibly—all her life.

Sadly, Seattle is different. Even with the imminent abolition of the state’s monopoly on hard-liquor sales, we’re still saddled with a collection of archaic, blue-nosed liquor laws which largely prevent the sort of scenario outlined above. Seattle fancies itself an ultra-progressive city in a leftleaning state, yet kids are left with the impression that the corner bar is tantamount to a strip joint, a place where clandestine, nefarious behavior takes place behind tinted panes. (Or worse: Washington state bars which served anything stronger than wine were not permitted to install windows until the 1970s.)

To the contrary, throughout the world, the public house (such terminology did not develop by happenstance) has served as a gathering space, a de facto community center where people engage in civic debate or socialize at the end of the week or a long workday. Yet in most Seattle

watering holes, bound by licensing regulations which typically require the erection of a physical barrier near the bar should that establishment wish to allow minors through its doors, a pint of stout might as well be a lap dance as far as your kid is concerned. And when it comes to drinking, mystery often breeds excess.

Thankfully, a handful of local bars (restaurants which happen to have bars don’t count) have seen fit to jump through the necessary licensing hoops to create environments where Mom and Dad don’t have to feel like degenerates while hoisting a few adult beverages in the company of their spawn. And despite assumptions to the contrary, breweries like Fremont and Two Beers are among the most progressive when it comes to accommodating families.

In these pages, as a service to parents who struggle to navigate what amounts to a geographic crapshoot of where they can take their kid and be an adult too, a group of writers who have contributed to the creation of tiny humans provide a guide of their favorite places to drink—with their kids, as in most civilized cities. MIKE SEELY

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In Ballard, the Sexton has quickly become a go-to for craft cocktails; Noble Fir has some 20 different microbrews and ciders on tap (and another 20 available in bottles); and regulars line the bar at salty fisherman dives like the Sloop and the Smoke Shop from sunup to sundown. But you know what none of these offer? A place for a girl to get a drink—with a baby. When the mood strikes, head over to the BALLARD LOFT—it looks and feels like a bar, but no one will bat an eye if you roll up with a stroller. The Loft actually prides itself on being family-friendly—there’s a kids’ menu with tiny corn dogs, cheese quesadillas, and the like—but keep in mind that minors aren’t welcome after 9 p.m., when the place fills with the boisterous Ballard nightlife crowd. Before then, however, you’re free to bring the kiddies in for a pint (for you, not them) on the patio, where you can graze on Uli’s sausages and contemplate something stiffer off the specialty-cocktail list. CHELSEA LIN 5105 Ballard Ave. N.W., 420-2737,

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Tuesday nights are “Bruce’s Night” at the EASTLAKE BAR & GRILL. The specials are $5 Headbutts, $4 Whadyawant well drinks, and $5 Mac & Cheese Nachos— veteran bartender Bruce Lloyd’s version of the food pyramid. But it’s Brucie Bob, as longtime customers call him, who brings me

to the Eastlake, along with my baby daughter Darcy, who turns 40 next month. She was still in grade school back when Lloyd blew in from Denver and began tending bar and bantering with customers at Jimmy Coury’s old newspaper hangout, the Villa Real on Wall Street near the old P-I Building. From there I followed him around to a succession of Seattle drinking spots, earning a free drink now and then by commiserating with his tales of Denver Bronco woes, eventually recruiting my daughter as a Bruciephile. He works the upstairs and downstairs bars at the modern Eastlake, a popular steak and burger eatery with unique Lake Union views and one

As its name suggests, the BARKING DOG ALEHOUSE is dog-friendly. It’s also kid-friendly. Combine dog-friendliness and kid-friendliness in a white, uppermiddle-class residential location (that description fits most of Seattle) made possible only by grandfathered-in zoning laws which date back to when Ballard was an independent entity, and you’ve got a consistently packed pub where anyone wary of waiting for a table would be wise to show up by 5, even on a weekday. (For the most punctual of families, the six-top near the bar is a luxury box of sorts.) Adults put off by dog- and kid-friendliness can take solace in the Barking Dog’s beer and Scotch menu, geared to the geekiest of geeks. Mondays are especially welcoming, with $9 microbrew pitchers and 20 percent off the pizza menu, where the Sicilian (prosciutto, grape tomatoes, and mozzarella doused in balsamic) stands out. With the newly opened Ridge located a few blocks east, Phinney has become a pizzaand-pint mecca—no babysitter required. MIKE SEELY 705 N.W. 70th St., 782-2974, thebarkingdogalehouse.com, BALLARD/PHINNEY

of the city’s great decks. Customers with little kids can sit just off the downstairs bar and still take in one of the HD sports screens, or gather on the patio near the outdoor tiki bar.

Happy hours are 3–6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close every day. Bring the family on Sunday night for a three-course dinner at $15 per person.

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If ever an establishment could be forgiven for banning minors from its premises, it would be a brewery. After all, persons under 21 are barred from legally consuming alcohol (that antiquated regulatory norm is for another day), and breweries are primarily concerned with producing alcoholic beverages. And yet, more than any other commercial boozing enterprise in the Seattle area, breweries seem to be the most kid-friendly. The original ELLIOTT BAY BREWERY in the West Seattle Junction (there’s a roomier duplicate in Burien, and another on the way in Lake City)—which, along with Rocksport, West 5, and A Terrible Beauty, anchors a formidable kid-friendly crawl—perfectly embodies the brewer’s live-and-let-live ethos, where really good beer is no big deal and the food which accompanies it rises high above soak-it-up standards. For a microbrewery, Elliott Bay is especially welcoming to sports fans, with little television sets in every available nook and cranny and a balcony to accommodate main-floor overspill. Here you’d expect the fish and chips to be excellent, but a stellar Cuban sandwich? That’s as pleasant a surprise as being permitted to quaff a pint of B-Town Brown alongside your toddler. MIKE SEELY 4720 California Ave. S.W., 932-8695, elliottbaybrewing.com, WEST SEATTLE

pound burgers, house-smoked pulled pork, country-fried chicken, and English pub standards like shepherd’s pie and bangers and mash. CHELSEA LIN 4301 Leary Way N.W.,

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There’s good and bad news regarding HALE’S BREWERY’s kid-friendly policy. First, the good: There’s a spacious room separate from the bar where you don’t have to feel guilty being that person who brought their kid to a brewery, and where you can stuff your little one full of jo-jos and cheese pizza while you get your drink on with one of Hale’s custom brews. Bad news: Seemingly every lush of a parent knows this, so the “family room” is frequently packed with sleeping babes in car seats and ankle-biting toddlers. Thankfully they keep the blues and ’70s arena rock loud enough that you hardly notice the tantrums. Pints of more than a dozen beers—ranging from the flagship Hale’s Pale Ale to small-batch and seasonal beers like the Irish Style Nut Brown Ale—are available any hour, and if you go for brunch on weekends, Bloody Marys and mimosas are just $4 all day. The food is a solid representation of no-frills pub fare; you’ll find half-

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hen I lived in Asheville, N.C., a realtor with a weakness for Belgian beer opened a very dark pub in a downtown basement that he couldn’t sell to anyone else. Unlike most of the craft breweries in town, where it wasn’t unusual to encounter paddlers jamming on washboards, this bar had a continental moodiness stoked by highly alcoholic beers bottled by temperamental monks. I held a few political meetings there, although it would have been an equally good venue for reading Sartre or writing nihilistic poetry.

The owner acquired a wife around the time he opened the bar, and soon became a father. Many of his buddies were in similar straits, so when he developed a sun-filled,

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In the category of Bad Parenting for $100, Alex, the answer is: “At this Eastside bar, you can down Jäger bombs in front of your kids while giving them balloons and becoming a perfect dysfunctional candidate for Dr. Phil’s next show.” Newport Hills’ MUSTARD SEED GRILL & PUB offers two big family-friendly sections—each with 10 booths, four tables, and several big screens on which to watch the Super Bowl while teaching little Johnny the merits of taking the Giants and 3½. A longtime waitress says the Seed is just like Cheers because 90 percent of the customers are regulars—and the other 10 percent soon will be after they try the crispy-on-the-outside, juicy-on-the-inside pressure-cooked chicken. With jo-jos and homemade coleslaw, it’s an absolute steal at $8.99. For a great way to end your week,

all-American ale joint on the floor above the windowless pub, he put a “Babies and Beer” event on its permanent calendar. Every Tuesday night, drinkers would flock to the bar with babies under their arms (or, more commonly, lashed across their chests in earth-toned slings), transforming the room into a playground. I always wondered what tourists thought was happening when they strolled past a bar with captive toddlers rapping on its front windows.

On this subject, I strongly agree with the prohibitionminded legislators who wrote Washington’s liquor laws: Minors don’t belong in bars. While it’s lovely that so many young parents want to forge relationships with their children by stressing constant togetherness, I don’t think child-

try the five-hour Happy Hour, 4 to 9 p.m. on Fridays. Bribe your kid with a triple-decker PB&J and hope he won’t tell Mommy where he and Daddy have been for so damn long. If he does, head back to the Seed, because Friday night is ladies’ night and you’re already in trouble. JIM MOORE 5608 119th Ave. S.E., Bellevue. 425-603-9001, mustardseedgrill.com, NEWPORT HILLS

It’s no secret Seattle’s had its struggles with all-ages rock shows. To most, more lenient rules mean 16- or 17-year-olds can come out and enjoy some live music, but what they also mean is that you can slap a pair of noiserestricting headphones on a toddler and take them to venues like the NEPTUNE. Of course, if you want to take full advantage of the bar, as minors and adults are still separated, I’d recommend bringing a 16- or 17-yearold to babysit and watch your kid run amok while you hang back in the elevated drinking area and pretend to be appalled by other parents’ poor choices as your offspring screeches by. If you have older kids, have them invite a friend and spring for one of the VIP seats right next to the rail, so they always know where to find you as you let them rock and roll while you sip and observe from a distance. The Neptune’s shows are generally over at a reasonable hour, and its U District location makes for an easy cab ride home. MA’CHELL DUMA LAVASSAR 1303 N.E. 45th St., 781-5755, stgpresents. org/neptune, U DISTRICT

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less adults should have to tolerate crying babies and whining children everywhere they go. I appreciate how desperately their parents must need a drink, but it’s hardly worth disrupting the sanctity of the saloon to do so. Bars are where revolutions are forged, ideas debated, and affairs sparked. More prosaically, bars are where folks behave in ways they wouldn’t if forced into role-modeling.

Fortunately, there’s no shortage of options for kid-free drinking across Seattle. I don’t have to worry about kids dipping their fingers into the maraschino compartment of the garnish tray at any of the city’s excellent cocktail lounges, or the bars at my favorite restaurants being overrun by children demanding paper umbrellas for their drinks. And that’s exactly as it should be. HANNA RASKIN STOCKB YTE

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LOTTIE’S LOUNGE is the kind of neighborhood joint you can take your snotnosed offspring to and still manage to feel like a grown-up. There’s no kid pit, no box of toys, no kids’ menu, and only one lonely booster seat. What Lottie’s has is a genuine bar with three local beers on tap, creative cocktails with names like Rosemary’s Baby and Red Rum, tasty snacks, and servers who won’t turn up their nose if you order a cold one after breastfeeding your infant. Lottie’s, in the heart of Columbia City, inhabits a 1905 building that once housed the Columbia Hotel. It opened as a coffee shop in 1998 and spent years as an a.m. coffee joint/p.m. bar before transforming fully to the latter in 2005. But it’s maintained its morningfriendly trappings, proudly brewing Victrola coffee (free refills) and offering a weekend brunch that rivals anything in this very breakfast-friendly neighborhood; it’s the perfect spot if you have kids who don’t like hour-long waits, and features a legitimate Bloody Mary bar for Mom and Dad. Simply put, it’s the kind of low-key place every ’hood needs—even sweeter in that it’s somehow made peace with Washington’s draconian liquor laws and said yes to kids. AIMEE

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of these dumbbell-heavy steins and you’ll earn yourself a personalized wall plaque. The menu is authentically German; those brave enough to order braunschweiger would be wise to summon some horseradish mayo alongside their spread and rye. The lone drawback: no changing tables, which forces toddlers and their personal assistants onto the bathroom floor for pampering. Daring dads could try to wipe out in the dining area, but they wouldn’t want any discharge getting confused with the aforementioned ’schweiger. MIKE SEELY 3407 California Ave. S.W., 420-7174, prostwestseattle.com, WEST SEATTLE

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A shrine to 1980s Seattle—back when a fulfilling Friday meant cheap pitchers of beer and the Sonics on the big screen followed by a whiskey-shot/cover-band chaser—ROCKSPORT stands in strict service to the activities bluntly referenced in its name: rock and sport. (It stands in service to booze, too, but Rocksportbooze is a pretty unwieldy moniker.) Rocksport serves standard, affordable bar fare, and boasts an ambience about as cheerful as a parking garage. So you might be surprised to find that it welcomes kids. With its cavernous, nobullshit aesthetic, Rocksport is reminiscent of everybody’s favorite multipurpose Midwestern-college-town sports bar. For parents looking for a prescription to immunize their kids from the smug tug of hipsterism, it’s the ideal pharmacy. And even in an age when wall-sized flat-screens are mounted in every other living room, there’s still nothing quite like watching the big game on a big screen surrounded by a big crowd of like-minded strangers—a crowd that could include your kids. MIKE SEELY 4209 S.W. Alaska St., 935-

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Drinking is woven into the fabric of the European lifestyle to the point that legal imbibing ages, if they exist, are all but ignored. In Germany, however, drinking is so culturally central that every other task is effectively a means to the biergarten. Sister pub to the original Prost! on Phinney Ridge, Roosevelt’s Die Bierstube, and South Lake Union’s Feierabend, PROST! WEST SEATTLE’s exclamation point and cozy ski-lodge interior should compel customers to order a full liter. Drink 50

There’s something very un-Seattle about ROOKIES, Columbia City’s newest sports bar. Despite its luxury-box feel, there’s a Midwestern warmth about the place, with cheerful servers dressed in collegiate garb and the unapologetic number of giant TVs. And Rookies doesn’t discriminate: football, basketball, hockey, soccer, and more obscure sports are all welcome on those large plasmas. Also unSeattle is the lack of sideways glances when you bring in your toddler to enjoy the game.

The OWL N’ THISTLE is a traditional Irish pub that occasionally masquerades as a sports bar. If a local team is playing, it’s a convenient stop for folks seeking a beer priced in the single digits before they head to the stadium. The Owl N’ Thistle rocks a full-service bar, a small stage, a game room, and a front room where kids are welcome until 9 p.m.

Their budget-friendly happy hour, 3–7 p.m. daily, offers fish and chips for $3.50, a “happy” burger for $3.50, and hand-cut fries for $2.25, while the regular menu includes chicken strips as well as full-size versions of the happyhour offerings. A little word of caution: Feisty and fueled-up sports fans frequent this pub, so beware of your child’s ears being besmirched by “colorful” game commentary. MA’CHELL

On a recent Friday, Rookies was comfortably populated (as opposed to crawling) with little ones, and the hostess didn’t flinch at our request to cram a four-and-a-half-person party into the only available four-top. Our server showed up immediately with a nicely appointed plastic suitcase full of crayons, a coloring-book-inspired kids’ menu, and a mini-water glass, complete with lid and straw.

She kept the beer flowing for the adults and served quality burgers, while our 2-year-old was mesmerized by high-def glow and mildly entertained while trying to decorate her own “Rookie” T-shirt on said menu. Later, when we knocked an entire pint across the table onto the floor, we were instantly surrounded by a team of employees asking us not to lift a finger while they mopped up the suds. We informed them that the mess was due to an overexuberant high-five, to which one server replied, “Then it was totally worth it. How about another pint on the house?”

AIMEE CURL 3820 S. Ferdinand St., 722-0301,

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Even if THE ROYAL ROOM didn’t allow kids, it would be the kind of place you’d be telling your friends about. Columbia City’s newest hangout, started by jazz pianist Wayne Horvitz and partners, is at once a sophisticated music club and a cozy neighborhood bar and restaurant. Horvitz’s idea is to give the city’s musicians a place to try out new projects, and he books an eclectic range of artists: an Afro-funk group one night, veterans of Roosevelt High’s jazz band another. There’s something big-city about this sizable space’s vibe; you feel somebody interesting is bound to stop by to play or listen. Horvitz himself regularly performs with his wife Robin Holcomb, an ethereally beautiful singer. Opening night in December was so jammed and alive with chatter that Horvitz pleaded with the crowd to be quiet so she could be heard. A number of those in attendance that night were children, who are allowed until 10 p.m. Macaroni and cheese, an ice-cream cookie sandwich, and an excellent housemade Key lime pie are on the menu. For parents, there are wine and cocktails, including a stiff cosmopolitan. NINA SHAPIRO 5000

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Ballard’s SUNSET TAVERN isn’t trying to pass itself off as a family dining establishment; it is and always will be an old-school Seattle rock bar. But since it joined forces with Flying Squirrel Pizza Company, the Sunset’s been able to allow minors in for early-evening pie. Aside from the occasional PG movie night, the Sunset isn’t pandering to kiddos at all.

You’ll need to bring your own activities to keep mini-mes occupied, but the pizza, discounted from 5–7 p.m., is stellar, and the house music (Paul McCartney, on my last visit) appeals to all ages. The Sunset’s downtown-Ballard location makes busing to and from there a breeze, and all the easier to enjoy their amply stocked bar.

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While other worthwhile venues at tonight’s Blitz! Capitol Hill Art Walk include Ltd. Gallery, True Love Art Gallery, and Photo Center NW, we prefer Vermillion, because it’s equal parts gallery and bar. Elsewhere, stale cheese cubes and white wine served from a box are acceptable art-going incentives, don’t get us wrong. But we’d rather have a real drink at the comfortable, grotto-like bar in back before perusing the art in Vermillion’s

front gallery space. And the daily happy hour (4–7 p.m.) nicely overlaps with the opening of this month’s group show, Conversations in Paint (through March 3), featuring Sue Danielson, Laura Hamje, and Marie Gagnon.

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his favorite cocktail is a good gin Negroni with an orange-slice garnish. But the man who’s gamely eaten an entire fresh-killed cobra and a raw seal’s eyeball doesn’t discriminate. From agave liquor in Mexico to soju in South Korea to a Jäger and Red Bull in Boston to Guinness in Dublin, he sucks it all down with relish.

And he deserves the tipple, since the überbusy Bourdain now hosts two TV shows (his new air travel–focused The Layover premiered last fall). He appears tonight with his friend, Michelin-starred chef Eric Ripert, on their ”Good Vs. Evil” speaking tour to banter about their most interesting and scandalous foodie experiences. After a few Negronis, Bourdain may start spouting some of his juiciest Bourdainisms—comparing vegans to Hezbollah, explaining why fat people should pay more for plane tickets, or slamming butter queen Paula Deen. You know, the good stuff. I think we all know who the Evil one is here. The Paramount, Let’s hope Bourdain gets liquored up 911 Pine St., 877-784-4849., stgpresents.org. and talks trash. $55. 8 p.m. ERIN K. THOMPSON

cheese, chorizo chili ($7.50 during normal hours, $1 off during happy hour). All three painters work in what might be called an urban impressionist style, with familiar forms semi-abstracted into bright colors. Gagnon has done a recent series on our doomed Alaskan Way Viaduct; Hamje, too, has an eye for roadways cutting across the sky. Come early for the happy hour, and the money you save on drinks could be invested in a new canvas for your living room. Vermillion, 1508 11th Ave., 709-9797, vermillionseattle.com and blitzcapitolhill.com. Opening reception 6– 8 p.m. BRIAN MILLER

Skip the snack cart, windmills, and any concern for general safety. This spring’s Smash Putt has opted for a dimly lit SoDo madhouse with a fully stocked bar. Once you’ve flashed your ID and signed the safety waiver, head straight to the drink line and order a Ginger Zelenka. Having a drink in your system may not help you putt your ball properly, but it will make shooting a golf-ball bazooka at metal plates and cymbals that much more rewarding.

The challenging 15-hole course is designed to leave you scratching your head. Or, in the case of the giant wheel that smells like campfire smoke and grape soda, scratching and sniffing.

And there’s more than just putting: Ever tried golf foosball or golf Skee-Ball? For a premium, there are also various VIP lounges where you can kick back and get away from the golf madness. Not feeling so rich? Try the “living room hole,” with two couches, shag carpet, and a lovely oak coffee table. But be aware, people may play around you—or try to get in on the Atari action on the vintage floor-model TV. (Runs Fri.–Sun. through Feb. 26.) 2724 Sixth Ave. S., smashputt.com. $12.50. 8 p.m.–2 a.m.

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New bars come and go on Capitol Hill, but Linda’s Tavern has remained a popular neighborhood standby for 15-plus years.

Granted, the once cash-and-beer-only establishment has seen a few changes— most for the good. It now accepts credit cards and houses a full bar and kitchen, and the jukebox plays CDs instead of vinyl.

But what has stayed the same is the rare happy hour that complements concertgoers’ schedules. From 7 to 9 p.m. nightly, patrons can split $6 pitchers of Olympia (or $10 for any other beer). It’s guaranteed that you’ll be well-lubricated before your favorite band takes the stage nearby. In fact, you may run into them again enjoying a round at Linda’s after the show. Linda’s Tavern, 707 E. Pine St., 325-1220, lindastavern.com. ERIKA HOBART

Like most of Seattle’s Mexican restaurants, Guaymas Cantina serves standard Tex-Mex fare, and its patrons tend to be office drones who come for the sake of convenience. But for finding a good downtown happy hour, this spot perched high above the Harbor Steps is one of your best bets. Twice daily, Guaymas offers $5 margaritas, $4 wells, and $3 beers. (If you really want to get down to business, ask nicely and your server may give you a chilled silver tequila shot in lieu of a margarita.)

Better still, the restaurant is relatively empty after the lunch rush, which means drinks are delivered at lightning speed, along with bottomless baskets of free (!) chips and salsa.

The only place you’ll enjoy a better-priced fiesta is, well, Mexico. Guaymas Cantina, 1303 First Ave., 624-5062, tacosguaymas.com.

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Cocktails moves from one swank nightspot to the next, each more unlikely than its predecessor (on a giant zeppelin, at the bottom of the ocean, near the Earth’s core, etc.). The Albion Club introduces a pair of star-crossed lovers (Monica Finney and Trevor Cushman), each trying to seduce any of the fat-cats in the bar—regardless of gender—to secure a meal ticket. Add a gay cabaret singer (Carter Lee Churchfield), a tycoon who’s gotten rich by exhuming mummies and juicing them into fuel (John McKenna), and his robot-inventing rival (Jennifer Pratt). Heather Bernadette’s costumes and some wildly creative (and uncredited) makeup enhance the fun.

By the show’s conclusion, we’ve met the robot, a fox who speaks in an odd convolution of poetry and English, and a feisty lesbian aviatrix who zooms around by jetpack. (Played by Erin O’Malley, she’s more testosterone-charged than a Vin Diesel triple feature.) It’s too much of a good thing, all mirth and mayhem, even if you’re a fan of such fanciful characters and adventures. Each bar scene plays like a silly bit of sketch comedy that, like yeast, begins to swell on its own, erupting into bad puns and incessant eye-rolling.

For maximum enjoyment, you may wish to be several cocktails ahead of the cast before curtain time. And, yes, you can take your drinks into the theater. Salute. E stage@seattleweekly.com COCKTAILS AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH Annex Theatre, 1100 E. Pike St., 728-0933, annextheatre.org. $5–$15.

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et in four different bar scenes, Simon Astor’s very retro shoestring extravaganza Cocktails at the Centre of the Earth is equal parts musical travelogue and whimsical farce.

First performed in New York three years ago, the show’s a bit of a cabaret, with a song performed in each successive lounge. The winningly off-kilter score is performed by a quartet that includes bassoon (Jono Green), accordion, keys, and drums (music director Meg van Huygen), guitar (Tyson Lynn), and tambourine and kartalas (Andrea Lauritsen).

In effect, writer/director Astor poses a question: What did kids do with their free time and imaginations before Star Wars: The Old Republic and Elder Scrolls: Skyrim?

Well, back in the pre–World War II era of dime novels, movie serials, and sci-fi comics, they thrilled to stories of a future that didn’t include transistors, microchips, or CGI. Instead, their fantasies ran to a mélange of fantasy and science that might include talking animals, domed civilizations on the ocean’s floor, mummies, robots, pneumatic gadgets, and airships so large they could blot out the sky.

Now imagine all that clutter onstage in a musical comedy like something the regulars of The Carol Burnett Show might’ve put together for their cast parties. Astor’s text overflows with bluebloods, boors, and the gold diggers and radicals at the opposite end of the social spectrum who seek to undo them all. Add to that songs seemingly sprung from a ’20s speakeasy, and you’ve got a show that’s sure to please . . . um, people who like such alt-historical arcana.

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set at a grueling audition. Seattle Musical Theatre, 7400 Sand Point Way N.E. # 101N, 363-2809, seattlemusical theatre.org. $35–$40. Opens Feb. 10. 7:30 p.m. Fri.–Sat., 2 p.m. Sun., plus 7:30 p.m. Thurs., March 1. Ends March 4.

EMMA Jane Austen’s novel of romantic meddling. Jones Playhouse Theatre, 4045 University Way N.E., 543-4880, drama.uw.edu. $8–$20. Previews Feb. 8–9, opens Feb. 10.

7:30 p.m. Wed.–Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends Feb. 26.

FALLING BODIES Infinity Box Theatre Project presents a staged reading of Mary Jo Salter’s play about political dissent. Wykoff Auditorium, Bannon Engineering Building, Seattle University. Free. 7 p.m. Mon., Feb. 13.

J’ADORE!: A BURLESQUE VALENTINE The Atomic Bombshells’ annual romantic extravaganza. Jasper McCann hosts. (Early shows 17 and over, 10 p.m. shows 21 and over.) The Triple Door, 216 Union St., 8384333, tripledoor.net. $22–$25 ($18–$20 Monday). 7 & 10 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11–Sun., Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. Mon., Feb. 13.

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Mariano Pensotti’s story of four 20-somethings in Buenos Aires. On the Boards, 100 W. Roy St., 217-9888, ontheboards.org. $12–$25.

8 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 9–Sun., Feb. 12.

PRAIRIE NOCTURNE Ivan Doig’s Montana-set novel.

Center House Theatre, Seattle Center, 216-0833. $22–$44.

Previews Feb. 8–9, opens Feb. 10. Runs Wed.–Sun.; see book-it.org for exact schedule. Ends March 4.

SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY A reading of Eduardo de Felippo’s riotous 1959 comedy about a family gathering for dinner. Intiman Rehearsal Studio, Seattle Center, endangeredspeciesproject.org. 7 p.m. Mon., Feb. 13.

SEATTLE CONFIDENTIAL Ian Bell’s series turns your confessions (submit them at seattleconfidential.org) into theater. ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., 292-7676, acttheatre.org. $10–$15. 7:30 p.m. Mon., Feb. 13.

SEATTLE FESTIVAL OF IMPROV THEATER Wing–It Productions hosts 27 troupes from as far away as France. See seattleimprov.com for full schedule and venue info. $15–$18 (pass $50). 8 p.m. Wed., Feb. 15– Fri., Feb. 17, 8 p.m.; 8 & 10:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 18–Sun., Feb. 19.

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THE BELLS What does it take to survive in the wilder-

ness? And what becomes of those who don’t? Theresa Rebeck’s 2005 ghost-haunted mystery is set on the bleak Alaskan frontier toward the end of the Gold Rush. There, Mathias (Peter Crook) and his daughter (Brenda Joyner) maintain an inn; there’s no more gold, but Mathias wants to keep that a secret, and his business depends on deception. With the arrival of a French-Canadian bounty hunter (Patrick Allcorn), past misdeeds are dredged up—one having to do with a Chinese prospector (Jose Abaoag) with a tale to tell of his own. Rebeck, creator of the new backstage musical TV show Smash, is certainly versatile. Her stated intention for this melodrama, based on two prior plays from the 19th century, is to invest the old morality-play form with “more richly imagined language and psychology.” Although her dialogue can be overly sentimental and overdrawn, and while her stock characters are restricted to unsympathetic archetypes, the talented cast brings intensity to the work. (Julie Beckman directs.) The Bells isn’t your normal whodunit (the crime is easy to guess). Rather, it’s a deliberately old-fashioned and hermetic examination of guilt, sacrifice, and personal demons. Also worth praising: the clever, economical set design, where white-peaked mountains—pieces of hanging cloth—double as the

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Northern Lights, and white blankets heaped onstage signify snow. IRFAN SHARIFF Strawberry Theatre Workshop, 1524 Harvard Ave., 800-838-3006, strawshop. org. $30 ($15 on Thurs.) 8 p.m. Thurs.–Sat. Ends Feb. 18.

THE CALLERS WET’s first shot at a musical features a threadbare book and lyrics by Ella Dorband and Ali elGasseir and a trove of promising but often unrealized tunes from composer Richard Andriessen. Emma (Kate Sumpter) and Bea (Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako) are phone-sex workers; faux psychics Viktor (el-Gasseir) and Kevin (Andriessen) have their own mentor/apprentice relationship. The text veers wildly from doe-eyed innocence to comedic shtick to a closing duet that has to be seen to be believed. (Also, Andrea Bryn Bush’s set is genius.) KEVIN PHINNEY Washington Ensemble Theatre, 608 19th Ave. E., 325-5105, washingtonensemble.org. $10–$25. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.–Mon. Ends Feb. 11.

COCKTAILS AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH SEE REVIEW, PAGE 21.

I AM MY OWN WIFE You won’t find any local actor more suited than Nick Garrison to inhabit Doug Wright’s 2004 Pulitzer- and Tony-winner. Charlotte von Mahlsdorf played her life as one long role. Born a biological male, she began dressing in women’s clothes as a teenager, murdered her abusive father, survived the Nazis, then continued to flout convention in Communist East Berlin.

Her murky, unreliable story says as much about the unknowable definition of truth as it does about heroism.

But when Garrison’s done bringing Charlotte—and more than 30 other characters—to life, you may want to cheer, anyway. STEVE WIECKING Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Center, 443-2224. $12–$59. Runs Feb. 3–March 4; see seattlerep.org for exact schedule.

THE ODD COUPLE This tale of two men, a laid-back slob and a compulsively tidy neurotic, comes alive in a snappy revival. Charles Leggett is a wonderful Oscar, on the mark as a messy but otherwise likable guy. Though he gets laughs, Chris Ensweiler has a greater challenge in trying to make us sympathize with his Felix, a deeply irritating, over-the-top personality. BRENT ARONOWITZ. Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N., Issaquah, 425-392-2202. $22–$62. Runs Wed.–Sun. plus some Tues.; see village theatre.org for exact schedule. Ends Feb. 26.

OKLAHOMA! For this revival, we’ve been promised an examination of race—a dubious prospect, yet director Peter Rothstein has upped the stakes by casting a black actor as Jud. STEVE WIECKING 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., 625-1900. $29–$119. Runs Feb. 3–March 4; see 5thavenue.org for exact schedule.

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Tom Stoppard’s witty 1966 comedy centers on two minor players in Hamlet, rendering Shakespeare’s tragedy from their limited, rather dim-witted perspective. Director Shana Bestock’s twist is to cast Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as women, the charming Angela DiMarco and Alyssa Keene. Hamlet and the other unhappy Danes address them as “gentlemen.” OK, we get it—everyone’s playing a role in this very meta deconstruction of the Bard. “We’re actors,” says the leader of the players (Heather Hawkins) performing at Elsinore. “We’re the opposite of people.” Right, we’ve heard that before.

After four decades and countless stage productions, Stoppard’s writing in R&G can seem overly cerebral and too familiar. But the SPT players plunge themselves into a revival that’s cute, engaging, and thought–provoking.

The cross-gender casting doesn’t add much; but then, the play doesn’t need much help. IRFAN SHARIFF Seattle Public Theater at the Bathhouse, 7312 W. Green Lake Ave. N., 524-1300, seattlepublictheater.org. 7:30 p.m.

Thurs.–Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends Feb. 19.

A SHORT–TERM SOLUTION TO A LONG–TERM PROBLEM An encore of David Schmader’s solo

show. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave., 322-7030, hugohouse.org. $15–$20. 8 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11.

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on Marius Petipa’s 1869 choreography. PNB is using every dancer in the company for this production, since Ratmansky is committed to the hubbub of the big crowd scene. Four couples play the principal roles of lovers Kitri and Basilio, and I’ve seen three of them; although each reveled in the Spanish-inflected choreography, Carrie Imler probably gave the snappiest performance, flashing through brilliant pointe work and powerhouse jumps, showing speed and elevation. Don Q is often a a vestigial figure, but Ratmansky has woven him and sidekick Sancho Panza into almost every scene. Tom Skerritt makes a lanky, dreamy Don, yearning for the romance of earlier times, and Allen Galli brings considerable mime and commedia dell’arte skills to his Zero Mostel–ish Sancho. SANDRA KURTZ McCaw Hall, Seattle Center, 441-2424, pnb.org. $28 and up. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.–Sat., 1 p.m. Sat.–Sun., also 7 p.m. Sun., Feb. 12. Ends Feb. 12.

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Theater’s Donald Byrd doesn’t perform very often any more, but when he does, he still brings down the house.

His turn as the dramatic interlocutor in Chekhovian Resolution, his multimedia investigation of the ongoing disputes between Israel and Palestine, was a major driver of the success of that 2008 work. Eva Stone included him in this showcase, already full of exciting dance artists: locals Jason Ohlberg, Ellie Sandstrom, and Cyrus Khambatta, and visitors from Portland, Vancouver, B.C., and NYC. Byrd is the frosting on a really big cake. SANDRA KURTZ Meydenbauer Center, 11100 N.E. Sixth St., Bellevue, 800-838-3006, chopshopdance. org. $20–$25. 7:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11, 3 p.m. Sun., Feb. 12.

FLASHES OF BRILLIANCE This improv performance combines dancers (like Wade Madsen), musicians (like Byron Au Yong) and lighting designers (like Ilvs Strauss).

Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Ave., 325–8773, velocity dancecenter.org. $20. 8 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11.

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JAN LISIECKI This Canadian pianist, all of 16, plays Liszt

and Chopin etudes and more. Meany Hall, UW campus, 543–4880, uwworldseries.org. $20–$32. 8 p.m. Wed., Feb. 8.

SEATTLE IMPROVISED MUSIC FESTIVAL Dozens of performers (local and far-flung), including Paul Hoskin, Gust Burns, and many more. See seattleimprovised music.us for full details. Chapel Performance Space, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. 7 p.m. Wed., Feb. 8–Sat., Feb. 11.

ROSS HAUCK & QUINTON MORRIS This busy tenor and violinist team up. Seattle U., Pigott Auditorium, 901 12th Ave., seattleu.edu. $5–$12. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 9.

SEATTLE SYMPHONY Roberto Abbado conducts Pictures at an Exhibition, plus Haydn, Jolivet, and Stravinsky. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., 215-4747, seattlesymphony.org. $17–$115. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 9; noon, Fri., Feb. 10; 8 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11; 2 p.m. Sun., Feb. 12.

SMOKESTACK ARIAS Wayne Horvitz’s new theatrical song cycle tells the story of the 1916 labor uprising.

SEE REVIEW AT SEATTLEWEEKLY.COM. ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., 292-7676, waynehorvitz.net. $15–$25. 8 p.m.

Thurs.–Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends Feb. 12.

PUGET SOUND CONCERT OPERA Idomeneo, Mozart’s powerful opera seria, performed with chamber ensemble. At Bellevue First Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave. N.E., 7 p.m. Fri., Feb. 10, and Bethany Lutheran Church, 7400 Woodlawn Ave. N.E., 4 p.m. Sun., Feb. 12. $10–$15. pugetsoundconcertopera.org.

AVE & C’NARDALLY WAYTES One’s a women’s choir, the other’s a cornetto and sackbut ensemble. They’ll perform music of the 15th–17th centuries. Trinity Episcopal Church, 609 Eighth Ave., earlymusicguild.org. 7:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 10.

MASTERS OF SCOTTISH ARTS Bagpipes, drums, and more. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., 866-833-4747, benaroyahall.org. $23–$44. 7:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 10.

SIMPLE MEASURES This chamber-music organization presents music for clarinet (Sean Osborn) and strings. At Q Cafe, 3223 15th Ave. W., 7:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 10, and the Mt. Baker Community Club, 2811 Mt. Rainier Dr. S., 6:30 p.m. Sun., Feb. 12. $15–$30. 853-5672, simplemeasures.org.

MUSIC NORTHWEST The first of three concerts observing Debussy’s sesquicentennial includes his piano music. Olympic Recital Hall, S. Seattle Community College, 6000 16th Ave. S.W., 937-2899, musicnorthwest.org. $16–$18. 7:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11.

ANDRE FERIANTE This guitar virtuoso’s 14th annual Valentine’s Day Concert is “In the Theater of Love.”

Benaroya Recital Hall, Third Ave. and Union St., 215-4747, benaroyahall.org. $40. 8 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11.

THE THEATRE OF EARLY MUSIC Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, semi-staged. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., 3257066, earlymusicguild.org. $25–$40. 8 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11.

MARK SALMAN This powerhouse pianist’s five– concert series celebrates Liszt’s bicentennial. Up next, his Malediction and other virtuoso showpieces.

University Christian Church, N.E. 50th St. & 15th Ave. N.E., marksalman.net. $15–$50. 4 p.m. Sun., Feb. 12.

RUSSIAN CHAMBER MUSIC FOUNDATION The Prima Trio plays Stravinsky, Khachaturian, and more. Benaroya Recital Hall, Third Ave. and Union St., 425-829-1345, russianchambermusic.org. $10–$27. 5 p.m. Sun., Feb. 12.

MICHAEL PARTINGTON Chamber music old (Mozart) and new (Takemitsu) from this guitarist. Brechemin Auditorium, School of Music, UW campus, 685-8384, music.washington.edu. $15. 7:30 p.m. Sun., Feb. 12.

CONCERT SPIRITUEL Renaissance music for Valentine’s Day from flute, lute, and violin. Christ Episcopal Church, 4548 Brooklyn Ave., 633-1611, concertspirituel.org. $15–$20. 7:30 p.m. Tues., Feb. 14.

UW CONTEMPORARY GROUP Including a performance by the Vu–Karpen Group, a new quartet founded by UW faculty members Richard Karpen and Cuong Vu. Meany Hall, UW campus, 543-4880, music.washington. edu. $10–$15. 7:30 p.m. Tues., Feb. 14.

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Thurs., Fri., 11 a.m.–9 p.m.; Wed., Sat., Sun., 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Through May 6.

BALLARD ARTWALK Every Second Saturday, Ballard’s galleries stay open late for their monthly artwalk.

Peek into venues including Ambach & Rice, 20Twenty, and many others.

Various locations. 5–9 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11.

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Check out the participating galleries and stores on Pike and Pine Streets, including Vermillion, Ltd. Gallery, True Love Art Gallery, Photo Center NW, Fetherston Gallery, and Rosebud, which will extend their hours to feature art, music, and more., blitz capitolhill.com. Various locations.

5–8 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 9.

PETER BOOME Salish Connections will showcase paintings and prints of Native American design. Note opening reception 4–6 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11. Duwamish Longhouse & Cultural Center, 4750 W. Marginal Way S.W., 431-1582, duwamishtribe.org. Opens Feb. 11. Mon.–Sat., 11 a.m.–5 p.m.

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CAT CLIFFORD In the Test Site lobby space, the Houston artist conducts a speedy mini-residency called “How to Make a One-Minute Sculpture.”

Henry Art Gallery, 4100 15th Ave. N.E., 543-2280, henryart.org. Free. Fri., Feb. 10, 6 p.m.

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Pat Moriarity, Josh Agle (aka SHAG), Jim Woodring, and other artists show work influenced by Davis, a veteran of both MAD magazine and EC Comics. (His original work is also on view.) The exhibit is inspired

by Davis’ “Funny Valentines” series, created during 1959 and 1963 for the Topps trading card company.

Note opening reception 6–9 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11 (part of the Georgetown Art Attack), where Davis will make a Skype appearance from Atlanta. Fantagraphics has just published Jack Davis: Drawing American Pop Culture, with some signed copies for sale.

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, 1201 S. Vale St., 658-0110, fantagraphics.com. Opens Feb. 11. Mon.– Fri., 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Through March 7.

GAUGUIN & POLYNESIA Subtitled “An Elusive Paradise,” opening this Thursday, SAM’s big spring show showcases 60 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper. Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., 6543100, seattleartmuseum.org. $12–$15. Thurs.–Fri., 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; Wed., Sat., Sun., 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Through April 22.

GEORGETOWN ART ATTACK The February edition features Seb Barnett at American Pie, Angielena Vitale Chamberlain at Bella Vitale, and Kat Houseman’s animal paintings at Calamity Jane’s.

Down at the Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center, there’s an “Ahh Nuts!|Art Against Allergies” silent art auction. Various arts and crafts are for sale in the Georgetown Trailer Park Mall. Nautilus Studio is hosting the group show “Dis-ease,” and The Stables is showing work from West Seattle’s Twilight Artist Collective. Afterward, you’re encouraged to continue the evening at any number of watering holes along Airport Way, including booze and music at the Georgetown Liquor Company, Jules Maes, 9 Lb. Hammer, and anyplace else you care to bend an elbow. T. BOND Various locations (see georgetown artattack.com). 6–9 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11.

EMILY GHERARD & MICHAEL HOWARD Gherard shows large abstract nature scenes. Howard paints

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More than a dozen locals are featured along with Jack Davis at Fantagraphics. construction sites and houses. Note opening reception 2–4 p.m. Sun., Feb. 12. Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave. N., 782-0355, sedersgallery.com.

Opens Feb. 12. Tues.–Sat., 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sun., 1–5 p.m. Through March 4.

GIRLS GONE WILD Patricia Ariel, Lea Barozzi, and Hera Won are among the dozen-plus female artists represented in this group show. Note opening reception 6–10 p.m. Fri., Feb. 10. Tasty, 7513 Greenwood Ave. N., 706-3020, shoptastyart.com. Feb. 11–March 8.

INDULGE: JEWELRY MARKETPLACE Thursday’s gala launch party (6–9 p.m., $40) precedes the weekend sale event. The 20-plus artists will include Tia Kramer, Iris Guy Sofer, Mary Lee Hu, Jana Brevick, and Isabelle Posillico. Bellevue Arts Museum, 510 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue, 425-519-0770, bellevue arts.org. $10–$14. Feb. 10–12, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.

KIRKLAND ART WALK Howard/Mandville and other downtown galleries are represented at this free monthly event. Various locations. 6–9 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11.

TIMO MEYER The German artist presents new work in I Heart Movies. Note opening reception 6–10 p.m.

Thurs., Feb. 9. Ltd. Art Gallery, 307 E. Pike St., 4572970, ltdartgallery.com. Feb. 10–March 2.

YANN NOVAK Novak’s audio-video installation Blue Hour reflects the colors found during “l’heure bleue,” a twilight time when it’s neither day or night. Photos and sound recordings from Joshua Tree National Park are included. Note opening reception 7 p.m. Fri., Feb. 10 and artist talk 7 p.m. Fri., March 9. Jack Straw New Media Gallery, 4261 Roosevelt Way N.E., 634-0919, jackstraw.org. Opens Feb. 10. Mon.–Fri., 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Through March 20.

PRETTY, SEXY, DIRTY, GIRLY Over a dozen female artists are featured in this group show, including Crystal Barbre, Cat Davis, and curator Siolo Thompson. Note opening reception 6–10 p.m Fri., Feb. 10. Bherd Studios, 8537 Greenwood Ave. N., 234-8348, bherdclothing.com. Feb. 11–March 2.

WEST SEATTLE ART WALK Over 60 venues showcase local art every second Thursday of the month, including Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, ArtsWest, and Twilight Artist Collective. Various locations. 6–9 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 9.

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American prints from the 1930s to 1950s. Tacoma Art Museum, 1701 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253-272-4258, tacomaartmuseum.org. Wed.–Sat., 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Through Feb. 26.

CHRISTOPHER BOFFOLI In the large photos of Big Appetites, he combines miniature hand-painted figurines from Germany with dioramas of food and drink. Winston Wachter Fine Art, 203 Dexter Ave. N., 652-5855, winstonwachter.com. Mon.–Sat., 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Through Feb. 23.

DIANNE BRADLEY AND JIM MADARA Things We Don’t Know showcases new work by both artists, featuring Bradley’s cut-paper collages and Madara’s concrete sculpture. Columbia City Gallery, 4864 Rainier Ave. S., 760-9834, columbiacitygallery.com. Wed.–Fri., noon–8 p.m.; Sat.–Sun., 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Through March 11.

CONSTRUCTED GEOGRAPHIES A group show of the multimedia work of Alan Abdulkader, Debbie Bianchi, and others. ArtsWest, 4711 California Ave. S.W., 938-0339, artswest.org. Tues.–Sat., noon–7 p.m. Through March 10.

KARIN DAVIE & GUY TILLIM The Canadian-born Davie paints large, colorful works abstracted from the human body. From South Africa, photographer Tillim’s Second Nature presents scenes from the fallen paradise of Polynesia. James Harris Gallery, 312 Second Ave. S., 903-6220, jamesharrisgallery.com. Thurs.–Sat., 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Through March 17.

NEAL FRYETT The Eastern Washington artist shows new photographic, video, and sculptural work inspired by “the tangram, a dissection puzzle comprised of seven parts.”

Kirkland Arts Center, 620 Market St., Kirkland, 425-8227161, kirklandartscenter.org. Sat., 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; Mon.– Fri., 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Through Feb. 11.

THEASTER GATES In The Listening Room, the Chicago artist has rearchived the albums from a defunct R&B record store as a kind of tribute to the Civil Rights era.

Flag-like arrangements of flattened fire hoses cover the walls, and he’s set up a DJ’s console on an old church altar, too. Visitors are encouraged to browse through another trove of old vinyl on the floor, where turntables also invite your use. Seattle Art Museum. Through July 1.

SEAN MCFARLAND The San Francisco photographer is known for very dark, murky views of the city. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave. S., 624-0770, gregkucera. com. Tues.–Sat., 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Through Feb. 18.

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furniture and design of what we now call mid-century modernism. Yes, it’s the Mad Men era, but it’s also the postwar moment when the realigned U.S. economy began to boom, when Nelson (1908–1986) helped give form to America’s new industrial might. As design director for Herman Miller, the furniture- and office-design firm that employed Charles Eames, Isamu Noguchi, and Eliot Noyes, he helped invent the modern workplace.

His modular approach included desks with tidy hidden compartments, flip-out typing stands, and finally the L-shape desktop configuration so ubiquitous today. In addition to all the vintage furniture on display (most of it scuffed and used, stained with ink and cigarettes), you can examine old Herman Miller brochures and catalogs; each new line, like the Action Office 2, was like an updated iPhone for its day. Still, unlike Pan Am and other echoes of JFK-era cool, it’s worth remembering that his intent wasn’t entertainment but commerce. Good design made for good business. In which sense, his modern analogue isn’t a fictional character like Don Draper but a packaging perfectionist like Steve Jobs. BRIAN MILLER Bellevue Arts Museum. $7–$10. Tues.–Thurs., Sat.–Sun., 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; Fri., 11 a.m.–8 p.m. Through Feb. 12.

SOPHEAP PICH When first deployed by Cambodianborn Pich at the Singapore Biennial earlier this year, Compound was presented in the round, so you could view it from all sides. In its new configuration, the modular, crab trap–like cages have been stacked into a vaguely urban form—suggesting a city’s towers, though empty within its lattice. Pich, trained in the U.S. but now living in his homeland, leads a compound existence combing two cultures; his installation also has a hybrid aspect— skyscraper meets basketry, if you will. There’s a collision between old and new that Pich pointedly documents in a series of photos facing Compound. Study their dates carefully, and you’ll see that an entire lake has been filled in—by truck, barge, and sand pump—to provide more buildable land for booming Phnom Penh. BRIAN MILLER Henry Art Gallery. $6–$10. Thurs.–Fri., 11 a.m.–9 p.m.; Wed., Sat., Sun., 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Through April 1.

UPRISING Rick Araluce’s network of plumbing appears to emerge from every corner of the space, and is complemented by composer Steve Peters’ sounds (recorded specifically for the exhibit). Suyama Space, 2324 Second Ave., 256-0809, suyamapetersondeguchi.com/art. Mon.– Fri., 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Through April 13.

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he movies are full of cautionary tales about drinking. From The Lost Weekend to Leaving Las Vegas to Young Adult, Hollywood’s settled approach to booze—at least since the Hays Code and Prohibition—has been to come out against it. Whatever and however much filmmakers and stars may imbibe in their private lives, it’s safer to condemn Demon Rum than to celebrate it. But when you look in the vaults, many movies actually show the fun side of drinking. Movies, too, are about escape—a giddy reprieve from our humdrum daily lives. A favorite film should feel slightly intoxicating, so here are some suggested DVD rentals to pair with your next bottle of hooch.

The Drink: Rum. The Movie: The Rum Diary

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No matter what a self-caricature he became in his later boozing/writing life, Hunter S. Thompson was a man who loved a good bender. And before he got into drugs later in the ’60s, he was a rum-guzzling tyro journalist in Puerto Rico. Those experiences provided the the outline for his novel The Rum Diary more than three decades later, which Johnny Depp encouraged him to write—thus providing the star/acolyte with a role in last year’s film adaptation. Sure, there are hangovers, missed appointments, and a few drunken regrets, but rum is mainly a source of liberation for Depp’s reporter Paul Kemp, who’s actually revealed to be a fairly principled fellow. Around the periphery is an alcoholic fellow newsie (Giovanni Ribisi) who steals the old filters from a rum distillery to make super-strong home-brewed hooch. He’s what Thompson would become—a sad, broken-down clown. But Kemp is the man Thompson fancied himself to be: young, handsome, and a fun drunk. Even if he doesn’t get the girl after the night’s revelry, he can sail off to new women, new stories, and new adventures.

(Extra bonus: Max von Sydow, who plays the McKenzies’ evil nemesis, is up for an Oscar this year for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, which would’ve been a much better movie if everyone in it had been drunk— a more proper response to 9/11.)

The Drink: Wine. The Movie: Sideways Some say Paul

Giamatti’s character is a melancholy drunk in this Oscar winner from 2004; but then again, wine is also the only thing that gives Miles any pleasure.

He’s no good as a teacher, writer, or ex-husband. He may drink pinot noir to excess, but he’s also most alive when tasting and discussing the stuff. And as he and college buddy Jack (Thomas Haden Church) go golfing and drinking in the Santa Barbara wine country, there are as many good times as bad.

Their middle-aged lives may not be improving with age, but the wine generally does. And if not for their vineyard tour, Miles wouldn’t have met the lovely local waitress Maya (Virginia Madsen), a more temperate oenophile than he.

Like Alexander Payne’s latest film, The Descendants, Sideways is sad but not depressing. Miles gradually accepts that he may be a failure at some things (like writing novels), but there’s no sign that he gives up on grapes . . . or love.

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The Drink: Champagne. The Movie: Arthur

No, we are not talking about last year’s remake with Russell Brand and Helen Mirren. Rather, it’s the 1981 original with Dudley Moore and John Gielgud that makes us want to pop open a bottle of bubbly. Oh, to be rich and idle in the ’80s! As the cackling Arthur Bach, heir to some kind of fortune, Moore relishes every slurred line reading and carpet stumble. His approach The Drink: Beer. The Movie: Strange Brew to acting is one of verbal slapstick—he genuinely Way back in 1983, Dave Thomas and Rick seems surprised by everything he says, as if his Moranis spun off their SCTV characters, Doug utterances came from someone else’s mouth. and Bob McKenzie, in this sudsy celebration So naturally he laughs along of TV chat shows (aka The at what he’s just said. Liza Great White North) and cold Hey, what movies are Minnelli plays the girl who beer. Originally conceived opening this week? would reform him, but as a kind of rebuke to boring See seattleweekly.com/film for who wants reform? Worth old Canada, the duo actually reviews of Crazy Horse, Journey $750 million then, Arthur became unlikely national 2: The Mysterious Island, Man on a Mission, 2012 Oscar-Nominated would be well past billionmascots. So what if they Short Films, Pina, SpokAnarchy!, aire status today. Yet you didn’t have any interests The Vow, and W.E. can’t hate this blithe spirit, or geopolitical awareness since Arthur is so defiantly beyond beer, ice hockey, childish. In its selfish yet unsnobby way, Arthur and . . . well, beer? Refreshing themselves often celebrates New York, limousines, top hats, and from the cooler full of Molson’s behind the butlers (Gielgud’s archly disapproving characcouch, the McKenzie brothers exuded a goodter) with zero class-consciousness. Champagne natured, humble acceptance of the world. They is the lubricant that allows Arthur to treat all didn’t get too worked up about anything—or try to understand anything. Their comfortable beer parties equally. He’s a happy drunk who’s happy to clown for the masses. Told that drinking so buzz stood in relaxed contrast to those tenser much will affect his decision-making, Arthur times (Reagan, the Cold War, etc.), and the replies, “You may be right. I can’t decide.”

McKenzies possessed a kind of pre-Gumpian innocence. Pettiness and ambition were for The Drink: Tequila. The Movie: Cocktail This hosers, and beer was for drinking. If they had one is kind of a cheat, since Tom Cruise’s baran American cousin, he’d be Homer Simpson. tender character learns to make every kind of

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drink while apprenticing under Bryan Brown.

Cruise here plays the top gun of the Upper East Side, a dancing mixologist and ladies’ man who dreams of little more than money and the next piece of tail. At this point in his career, Cruise’s charm, ambition, and self-confidence were already beginning to harden into the mask he wears today. Made in 1988, as an emblem of the decade, Cocktail clings to the good times. No one worries about AIDS, hangovers, or lonely nights. (On the soundtrack, of course, is Robert Palmer’s “Addicted to Love.”) There’s only the slam of the glass on the mahogany, then another round for the ladies: Elisabeth Shue, Kelly Lynch, and Gina Gershon are among the babes forced to stand next to Cruise—he on a milk crate—and endure his grinning affections.

The Drink: Bourbon. The Movie: Barfly The Wrestler may have signaled Mickey Rourke’s comeback and earned him an Oscar nomination four years back, but his career has been full of strange exiles, unheralded returns, and bizarre physical transformations. Case in point: his role in the autobiographically inspired, Charles Bukowski-scripted Barfly (1987), cast as a shambling drunk so soon after his suave performance in 9½ Weeks. Gone was the sexy seducer; in his place a lank-haired, potbellied, unshaven saloon poet appeared. Playing Henry Chinaski, Rourke is a riot—it’s one of his funniest, loosest turns as an actor. Under the direction of Barbet Schroeder, with Faye Dunaway on the barstool next to him, Rourke communicates the unapologetic gusto of a daytime drinker. You can’t separate his loves for women, words, bourbon, and life. His vitality is near-boundless, but it doesn’t quite include ambition. When a magazine editor takes an interest in his poetry, Henry isn’t eager to clean up for a respectable literary career. That would interfere with his true vocation, he explains to her: “Anybody can be a non-drunk. It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes endurance.

Endurance is more important than truth.” E bmiller@seattleweekly.com

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Where to drink and watch a movie, in alphabetical order.

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higher ticket prices ($10–$15) but the same welcoming atmosphere. It’s deservedly popular for married couples on date nights. Special holiday screenings for Valentine’s Day and other occasions are fairly common. The venue can also be rented. (21 and over.) 7411 166th Ave. N.E., 425-556-0565, thebigpicture.net Central Cinema Repertory fare, TV shows, and oddball sing-along nights are the rule here, with a bar area in the lobby and table service inside the cinema. Very much a neighborhood joint, owned by Kevin and Katie Spitzer, the Central Cinema is currently getting an assist in the state legislature with a bill to permit beer and wine to be served in an all-ages singlescreen venue—as it does now. However, the Liquor Control Board only recently discovered this fact . . . after seven years of operation! The menu ranges from burgers ($9.50) to mac ’n’ cheese ($6). And yes, you can still enjoy a beer while taking your kid to (this week) Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Tickets are generally $6–$8.

1411 21st Ave., 686-6684, central-cinema.com Cinebarre Way up yonder in Mountlake Terrace, this multiplex has its own dedicated parking lot, a full bar in the large lobby, and table service at its eight screens. Cinebarre

serves paper-napkin cuisine from a cutesy menu (Blue Velvet Burger, Mystic Pizza, Fight Club chicken sandwich, etc.), with an affordable, casual vibe. Food prices top out at $12.50, and a pitcher of Blue Moon costs $18. You eat off a counter, as at Central Cinema, and won’t feel bad about dropping a few fries on the floor.

Tickets: $12. (21 and over.) 6009 S.W. 244th St., 425-672-7501, cinebarre.com iPic Theaters The most expensive place to drink or eat while gazing at the screen, this converted Redmond multiplex features seven screens, luxe decor, and large seats situated surprisingly far apart. (Agoraphobics, stay away; cuddling is also difficult.) The lobby bar looks like a chichi European hotel, with a fireplace and leather sofas. Unlike Cinebarre, where you just wander into the theater, here you’re escorted by a hostess and assigned a server.

It’s a bit like boarding a first-class flight, with prices to suit: Tickets run $15–$25, depending on whether you want a reclining seat, and menu items range6048_IPIC_RedmondSeattleWeeklyAd.pdf from Portobello sliders ($14) to battered calamari ($13). A pint of Mac & Jack’s MATTHEW WILLIAMS

The Big Picture This comfy basement space beneath El Gaucho, with plush seating and several lounge areas, generally books first-run movies on its single screen, projected digitally.

Showtimes may vary, since the Big Picture is also a party-rental space—and a good one, for a mob of like-minded movie lovers. Finger food and catering are available along with the full bar. Tickets: $7–$11. (21 and over.) 2505 First Ave., 256-0566, thebigpicture.net The Big Picture Redmond The Belltown location’s Eastside cousin features slightly

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is $8.50; specialty cocktails include the $12 wild-blackberry mojito. (21 and over.) 16451 N.E. 74th St., 425-636-5601, ipictheaters.com Northwest Film Forum NWFF finally added beer and wine last year, meaning you can drink in the lobby before (or after) enjoying art-house movies on its two small screens. Northwest wine and beer selections change frequently on the chalkboard. Last week’s list included a Dick’s Winter Ale ($4.25) and Gavin Pinot Noir ($5.50). Also note the happy hour every Thursday from 5–6:30 p.m., perfect for this week’s screenings of Nicholas Ray films. For finger food, there’s popcorn and candy. Tickets: $6–$9. 1515 12th Ave., 329-1193, 1nwfilmforum.org 1/17/12 4:42E PM

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Local Film ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE From 1994, this

was the breakout role for Jim Carrey. (PG-13) Central Cinema, $6-$8, Sat., Feb. 11, 7 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 12, 7 p.m.

DON’T EXPECT TOO MUCH/WE CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN As an act of tribute to her late husband,

Nicholas Ray (1911–1979), Susan Ray has “finished” (or at least assembled) We Can’t Go Home Again, a multi-screen movie made in collaboration with his SUNY Binghamton students. It was begun in 1972, screened as a rough cut in Cannes, but never commercially exhibited.

For good reason. Whatever Ray’s intentions, the selfindulgent fiasco is impossible to understand without Susan Ray’s companion doc, Don’t Expect Too Much.

Both are part of a coming DVD set, and both would’ve benefited from outside perspective and ruthless editing.

Ray’s Hollywood career was finished in 1962, with a heart attack on the set of 55 Days in Peking. Though revered as an auteur by the French (for Rebel Without a Cause, Johnny Guitar, etc.), he couldn’t find another gig. Why teach a bunch of hippies how to make movies? “I had to take the job—I was broke,” he says in the doc. Also, he was a hopeless alcoholic, and his students were feeding him drugs—issues his wife (the fourth of four) mostly ignores. Watching the two movies, you get the sense that We Can’t Go Home Again was Ray’s form of therapy, one supported by tuition checks. Four decades later, his students don’t exactly seem bitter; although it appears that only one became a professional actor. They were the paint that Ray splattered at the screen; his film alludes to cubism, but the few scenes that make any sense are in traditional single frames. The old director was trying to catch up to the youth culture (and art films), but the red jacket he wears in some scenes refers back to James Dean in Rebel. Amid the tedium, the dominant mood to both T H I S CO D E films is sadness for the TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE career he lost. (NR) BRIAN SEATTLE WEEKLY MILLER Northwest Film IPHONE/ANDROID APP Forum, $6-$9, Feb. 10-16, FOR MORE EVENTS OR VISIT 7 & 9 p.m. seattleweekly.com FLETCH Based on Gregory McDonald’s comic crime novel, this 1985 romp stars Chevy Chase with all his trademark snark. Call for showtimes. (PG) Central Cinema, $6-$8, Feb. 11-15.

FRAMING PICTURES Erstwhile SW film critics Richard T. Jameson and Kathleen Murphy talk about the best and worst of 2011, with guests, in three roundtable chats that will likely touch on the Oscar nominations and other awards. Northwest Film Forum, Fri., Feb. 10, 9 p.m.

HAROLD AND MAUDE Hal Ashby’s 1972 countercultural touchstone may now seem somewhat adrift, since that dominant, Nixon-era culture has disappeared.

Suicidal Bud Cort falls for lively Ruth Gordon, each of them learning valuable life lessons along the course of their, ahem, romance. (They don’t actually bridge the 60-year January-December age gap by having sex.)

One indication of how times have changed is the score

by Cat Stevens, as he was then known. Another is how Cort, then dressed like a dweeb of his era, could almost pass for a Williamsburg hipster today. A special Valentine’s Day screening. (PG) BRIAN MILLER SIFF Cinema at the Uptown, $7-$12, Tue., Feb. 14, 8 p.m.

HOUSE OF THE DEVIL The Devil, apparently, lives in an out-of-the-way gingerbread Victorian, just past the cemetery, where college sophomore Samantha (Jocelin Donahue) is lured for overnight housesitting by an elegant, forbidding couple (Tom Noonan and Mary Woronov). Though its poster and opening title freeze-frames threaten ‘80s kitsch, House of the Devil (2009) drops the quotation marks quick, lingering over wet autumn atmosphere in a couple of well-scouted locations. Pumping the audience with inhale-exhale zooms and out-of-the-way close-ups, director Ti West’s ratcheting of suspense in this alone-in-an-empty-house tale is proficient if not psychologically piercing. What makes House stand out is Donahue, who’s gravely gorgeous in the style of a storybook Snow White. (R) NICK PINKERTON Grand Illusion, $5-$8, Fri., Sat., 11 p.m.

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it seems, is black-and-white in Iran, and the ambiguities launch out of the films like bottle rockets. For the newcomer, here’s an to see Kiarostami’s Koker Trilogy over three days: Where Is the Friend’s Home? (1987), And Life Goes On (1991), and Through the Olive Trees (1994).

Each subsequent film rises from the fictional essence of its predecessor, and yet tangles with an authentic rural Iranian universe; the trilogy constitutes a uniquely profound act of cinema. J. Hoberman calls the films “an exceptional suite of movies that refer both to Iran’s devastating 1991 earthquake and to one another.” (NR) MICHAEL ATKINSON Northwest Film Forum, $6-$9 (individual), $15-$25 (series), Feb. 14-16, 8 p.m.

LOONEY TUNES CARTOON FESTIVAL See the SIFF website for showtimes of packages featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and company. (G) SIFF Cinema at the Uptown, $4, Fri., Feb. 10, 6:30 p.m.; Feb. 11-12.

MOULIN ROUGE Baz Luhrmann’s flamboyant, cartoonish, often headache-inducing Moulin Rouge (2001) has maybe a thousand musical cues that trigger samples, cover versions, and bits of original songs, yet he does his cribbing with a loving wink. In 1899 Paris, a naïve aspiring writer (Ewan McGregor) is enchanted by a glamorous chanteuse (Nicole Kidman). Purportedly a film about love, Moulin Rouge is really about Luhrmann’s love of show biz (which outlasts both love and life).

(PG-13) BRIAN MILLER Central Cinema, $6-$8, Tue., Feb. 14, 6:30 & 9:30 p.m.

SAY ANYTHING John Cusack as romantic lead? It didn’t seem likely, but that’s exactly what happened with the alchemy of Cameron Crowe’s lovely 1989 rom-com (his directorial debut). Ione Skye is the girl, and John Mahoney her disapproving father. Cusack was just graduating from teen fodder when Crowe gifted him with the role of a decade. Set in Seattle, the film has Cusack’s kid from the wrong side of the tracks fall hard for a college-bound high achiever. Though something of a shambling oaf, whose only goal in life is to become a pro kick-boxer, he somehow locates his own inner Cary Grant to woo her. Well, a Cary Grant for the grunge era, since Crowe’s soundtrack includes Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden, and The Replacements. (Look for Lili Taylor and Eric Stoltz, Crowe’s good-luck charm, in nice supporting roles.) Two decades later, there are plenty of women in their 30s and 40s who are, perhaps after a divorce or two, still looking for their Lloyd Dobler. Movie screens at midnight. (R) BRIAN MILLER Egyptian, $6, Fri., Feb. 10; Sat., Feb. 11.

SCI-FI SATURDAY SECRET MATINEES The Sprocket Society presents surprise features following episodes from 1939’s Buck Rogers serial, starring Buster Crabbe.

(NR) Grand Illusion, $15-56 (series), Saturdays, 2 p.m.

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SILENT MOVIE MONDAYS From 1927, William Wellman’s WWI aviation drama Wings deservedly won the first Academy Award for Best Production. With live organ accompaniment by Jim Riggs. (NR) Paramount, 911 Pine St., 784-4849, stgpresents.org, $34 (series), Mon., 7 p.m.

SOUL TRAIN: THE HIPPEST TRIP IN AMERICA By very morbid coincidence, this documentary tribute to the old syndicated TV music show, which ran from 1971-93, was scheduled before the recent suicide of its host, Don Cornelius. Still, it’s probably a good way to honor him and his creation. (NR) Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., 654-3100, seattleartmuseum.org, $8, Fri., Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m.

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George Lucas is dusting off his poorly received 1999 installment in the Star Wars saga, hoping to profit from the 3-D craze. Maybe it’ll help pay for Red Tails. Call for price and showtimes. (PG) Pacific Place and other theaters, Feb. 10-16.

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew is reconfigured into the setting of “Padua High” (actually Tacoma’s Stadium High School, an amazing neo-gothic structure on Puget Sound that resembles a castle by the sea). Julia Stiles plays Kat, a Sylvia Plath-reading feminist who can’t wait to graduate and get away from her restrictive dad and the stupidity that is high school. Her younger sister, Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) is her opposite: a boy-crazy, miniskirtwearing sophomore who dreams of going to the senior prom. Problem is, Dad says that if Kat doesn’t go, then Bianca doesn’t go. Bianca’s admirer (Andrew Keegan) concocts an elaborate plan to get tough-guy Patrick (Heath Ledger) to ask Kat to the prom. The sharp, fastpaced dialogue makes 10 Things the best teen movie of 1999. And while the film pretends that no teenage guy in his right mind would want to go out with Kat, any viewer can see that she’s all that, and more. The movie is screened as part of an ongoing tribute to Joseph Gordon-Levitt. (PG-13) SOYON IM SIFF Film Center, $5-$10, Sat., Feb. 11, 9 p.m.

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Table downstairs, then enjoy a free movie (screened on video). Baz Luhrmann’s 1992 Strictly Ballroom is frothy, silly fun as it follows a maverick dancer (Paul Mercurio) determined to forge his own path in the highly sequined world of competitive ballroom dancing. (PG) Century Ballroom, 915 E. Pine St., 324-7263, centuryballroom.com, Free, Sun., Feb. 12, 8 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 26, 8 p.m.

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Hollywood, of its viewers have ever seen. French writer-director Michel Hazanavicius’ film opens in 1927, when preening matinee idol George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is still the top draw at Kinograph Studios. George acts as a mentor to Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), a chorine with big ambitions. Borrowing heavily from A Star Is Born, The Artist tracks both Peppy’s ascent (through amusing montage) and George’s decline as he refuses to acknowledge synchronized-sound as more than a passing fad. (PG-13) Melissa Anderson Harvard Exit, Kirkland Parkplace, Lincoln Square, Majestic Bay, Thornton Place CORIOLANUS Ralph Fiennes modernizes this knotty tragedy about a warrior who refuses to kowtow to the perceived inferiors who control his fate. But the transposition to present day is confusing and counterproductive, dulling the impact of an otherwise fierce, often unbearably immediate production. What saves the film is actor Fiennes’ steadfastness to the character of Caius Martius Coriolanus, an irreducible anti-hero balancing a defiant integrity with damning pride. His physicality complements rather than obscures the Bard’s blunt dialogue.

As blood rival Tullus Aufidius, Gerard Butler’s all surface, a beard with a Scottish brogue, leaving Brian Cox and Vanessa Redgrave to remind us how it’s done. They make every line seem personally conceived, surprising yet inevitable, and in the process, reaffirm that exquisitely articulated words are where the drama is. (R) Eric Hynes SIFF Cinema at the Uptown A DANGEROUS METHOD David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method is at once a lucid movie of ideas, a compelling narrative, and a splendidly acted love story involving Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender), Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen), and Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley), the near-forgotten patient-turned-disciple who confounded both men en route to her own tragic destiny. The movie opens like an electrified gothic novel with freaked-out, wild-eyed Spielrein being taken to the clinic where Jung is experimenting with Freud’s newfangled talking cure. Liberated by therapy, Spielrein eventually propositions her married doctor. Later, she contacts his mentor Freud to propose herself as a patient. (Sensing her unresolved attachment to the ultra-civilized Jung, Freud warns her against putting her faith in Aryans. “We’re Jews, Miss Spielrein.”) Caught between two geniuses, Spielrein is the movie’s true and tragic subject. (R) J. Hoberman Lynwood, Metro THE DESCENDANTS George Clooney stars in this smart, affecting seriocomedy, directed by Alexander Payne. It’s a generous study in everyday catastrophes—death, infidelity, fractured families—that artfully acknowledges the obvious without wallowing in it. His wife in a coma (and about to be unplugged), attorney Matt King (Clooney) first cries in a long shot that Payne discreetly frames from behind. King’s two daughters, ages 10 and 17, are meanwhile acting out and talking trash; and his entire extended clan, which dates to colonial Hawaii, is greedily anticipating a huge windfall from the sale of ancestral property. Standing to profit from the deal is his wife’s lover, a petty real-estate broker. King wants to confront the guy, so he drags his daughters on an island-hopping road trip—searching for one thing, finding another. (R) Brian Miller Bainbridge Cinemas, Big Picture Redmond, Guild 45th, Kirkland Parkplace, Lincoln Square, Meridian, Thornton Place, Vashon HUGO The hero of Martin Scorsese’s first foray into 3-D family filmmaking is a just-pre-pubescent orphan squatting in a train station circa 1930. When not dodging the constable (Sacha Baron Cohen), Hugo attempts to fix an automaton, the only keepsake the boy has from his late father. Hugo has become convinced that if he could get that automaton to work, it would write out a message from his dad. Hugo eventually discovers that the automaton was built by a silent filmmaker and special-effects innovator named Georges Melies (Ben Kingsley), who runs the station’s toy shop. With this revelation, Hugo pivots: The boy’s attempt to excavate his own personal history becomes an excavation and celebration of the first three decades of cinema history.

The movie is most successful as a barely veiled issue flick from Scorsese, the celebrity face of film preservation. (PG) Karina Longworth Bainbridge Cinemas, Kirkland Parkplace, Metro

drama stars Anna Paquin as Lisa, whose role in a fatal Upper West Side bus accident leads her to act out sexually, antagonize her self-absorbed single mom, and obsessively pursue retribution on behalf of the accident victim. Lonergan’s remarkable mess of a movie is dryly funny and uniquely novelistic. It dismantles the impulses and pretensions of precocious Lisa with painful accuracy while making blatant allusions, both verbal and visual, to the omnipresent paranoia of just-post-9/11 New York. Margaret is an often car-crash compelling portrait of a teen as an unfinished being. (R) Karina Longworth SIFF Cinema at the Uptown 3 MISS MINOES More delightful than Procatinator and a greater tribute to the power of print journalism than Page One: Inside the New York Times, Miss Minoes centers on a cat who becomes a lady and, with the help of her feline pals, an assistant to a shy, struggling reporter.

Vincent Bal’s film, based on a 1970 book by Dutch children’s author Annie M.G. Schmidt and released in the Netherlands in 2001, receives a belated U.S. run in a dubbed version, its actors — kitties and humans both — now speaking plummy British English. Carice van Houten, five years away from her breakthrough role in Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book, plays the title role, “still a cat but in the wrong body.” In exchange for bed (a cardboard box in her host’s garret) and board (lots of fish), Miss Minoes passes news tips gathered from rooftop meetings of the Cat Press Service to Tibbe (Theo Maassen), who writes a front-page expose about the chair of the Pet Lovers’ Association. Conveying, with a light touch, important lessons for kids on the necessity of civic engagement, the perils of edit-ad conflicts, and the need to honor difference, Miss Minoes is also an ailurophile’s dream, featuring a fantastic array of tabbies, calicos, and Birmans that always hit their marks.

(PG) Melissa Anderson SIFF Film Center A SEPARATION Asghar Farhadi’s urgently shot courtroom drama puts you in the jury box. It opens at a Tehran judicial hearing where a quarrelsome husband and wife each make their case. Simin has finally obtained official permission for her family to move abroad, but husband Nader has apparently changed his mind. He feels obligated to care for his aged father, and, in order to leave the country, Simin is compelled to sue for divorce. When her petition is denied, she moves in with her parents; Nader stays with his father as does their daughter.

To look after his father, Nader hires Razieh, who has taken the job without the knowledge of her devout, unemployed husband, Hodjat. A Separation then heads directly into a real crisis. Nader comes home to find his father’s wrists tied to the bed with Razieh out on an errand. They have words; Razieh is shoved out of the apartment, falls down the stairs, and winds up in the hospital. With its two couples warring on two fronts on behalf of their offspring, A Separation is an Iranian analog to Roman Polanski’s recent Carnage—but the stakes are much higher. (PG-13) J. Hoberman Egyptian TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY John le Carre’s 1974 spy novel is predicated on a pair of enigmatic personalities: the colorless bureaucratic master-spook George Smiley (a taciturn Gary Oldman) and the double agent the Soviets have planted near the top of British intelligence whom he must unmask. Best known for the bleak tween vampire drama Let the Right One In, Swedish director Tomas Alfredson has made a brooding, fluidly crafted movie adaptation of the novel, strong on chilly atmospherics. The “circus”—le Carre’s term for MI6—is in disarray, and the discharged Smiley is metaphorically brought back from the dead to discover which one of his former colleagues is the mole. Alfredson establishes a shabby universe of technologically primitive dial phones, teletype machines, and reel-to-reel tape recorders. (R) J. Hoberman Metro, Pacific Place

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“spirited dinners,” a New Orleans mainstay for which the city’s top restaurants partner with liquor-brand ambassadors to develop multicourse dinners featuring a dram with every dish. At the Granville Room, for example, a juniper-crusted roast rack of lamb will be paired with a Last Word riff made with Beefeater 24 and hopped grapefruit bitters;

Rather than sign up for seminars and dinners featuring spirits you love, she suggests, concentrate on topics and tasting rooms which initially don’t seem appealing. “First-timers have to try everything,” she says. “Some people only like to drink vodka, and everything else gives them a headache. Remember the people hosting this are experts in their field.”

On one end of the snobbery spectrum, Jones suspects, a few attendees will hesitate to register for a tequila seminar because the spirit doesn’t have the cachet of whiskeys.

“Tequila gets a bad rap because people have bad experiences in Mexico,” he says. “The best part is discovering something new.”

Share your badge. I always believed the reason names weren’t printed on Tales identification tags was that registrants didn’t want strangers to hold them responsible later for their drunken indiscretions. Jones provided a less-cynical explanation: The badges are made to be shared. Tales doesn’t care if a dozen drinkers go in on a single all-access pass (a $195 proposition that includes everything on the Vancouver calendar except a Spirited Dinner), so long as the purchasers take turns using it—an especially good deal if prospective attendees have different work schedules, Jones points out. “Share the badge,” he says. “We’d love to reach as many people as possible.”

Marvel at British Columbia’s arcane liquor laws. While Vancouver bartenders can now

order most of the spirits they need, provincial taxes mean they don’t come cheap. A 750milliliter bottle of St-Germain that retails for $29.53 in Washington costs $70 north of the border. Laws have strongly influenced the local cocktail scene, since bartenders have had to devise their own syrups, bitters, and herbal tinctures to supplement their liquor supplies.

Consume enough of these, and you may end up like the gal in the painting.

“They don’t have a wealth of premium spirits, but it’s made them better, because they have had to become creative,” Tuennerman says. “Vancouver is one of those unrecognized cocktail cities.”

Mote says many voids have been filled by fresh ingredients. “Seattle residents will be delighted with the amount of local products,” she promises, thinking perhaps of the apple juices used by The Keefer Bar or the Granville Room’s maple syrup.

If you finish every drink you’re handed, you don’t have the wherewithal to scale a telephone pole or run naked down the street.

Tales has organized a bar crawl allowing attendees to sample Vancouver cocktails in their native habitats. Unlike last year, the 23-bar hop will extend over the entire festival, so drinkers won’t have to cram all their visits into one night.

Jones is confident the city will again impress. “If you’re not having fun, you’re doing it wrong,” he says. E hraskin@seattleweekly.com

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the Waldorf Hotel is serving a tiger-prawn flambé with an Appleton rum punch.

Eight dinners are on the schedule, all but one starting promptly at 7 p.m. The next day’s seminars also run simultaneously, so drinkers must decide whether they care more about liqueur filtering or oak-aged rum—or nursing their hangovers. “Tales on Tour” doesn’t assail its guests with the drumfire of boozy options that defines the New Orleans bacchanal, but a firsttimer still risks becoming overwhelmed: Three cocktails is the seminar standard at Tales, and most presenters greatly exceed it.

Tickets are now available at talesofthecocktail.com. To help Seattle drinkers make the most of their first Tales, we asked Tuennerman and a pair of Vancouver bartenders how to approach the event. Their wise suggestions: Spit! You’re on your own when you’re slurping your way through drinks stiffened with bitters at Tales’ Valentine’s Day farewell party, but every seminar table and tasting room is equipped with spit buckets. Jay Jones, a bartender at the Shangri-La Hotel and the Tuennermans’ onsite event coordinator, recommends using them. “You don’t have to finish every drink,” he cautions. “Some people, myself included, will probably enjoy the entire thing, but you don’t have to. The next free drink is never far away at Tales, so there’s no valid rationale for wolfing . . . It’s a party, but we want to keep a leash on it.”

Tuennerman says the decade-old event has had remarkably little trouble with drunken misbehavior: “We’ve never really had an issue.” Perhaps that’s because if you finish every drink you’re handed, you don’t have the wherewithal to scale a telephone pole or run naked down the street.

Drink water. What makes sense in hot, humid New Orleans, where the specter of dehydration is a constant companion, is also sound advice in rainy Vancouver. “Pace yourself and drink lots of water,” Tuennerman says. “It’s meant to be a learning experience, not a drunken experience.”

Don’t play favorites. Most drinkers have opinions as strong as their cocktails, but Lauren Mote of Kale & Nori says it’s a mistake to build an itinerary around biases.

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lans have a way of contracting in direct proportion to the number of drinks consumed. What sounds brilliant before a night of carousing has begun—hey, let’s have three different Bronxes at three different bars!—begins to feel imprudently ambitious when re-evaluated from a comfortable perch aboard a barstool.

We’re already here, so why not stay?

A similar phenomenon is responsible for Tales of the Cocktail’s return this month to Vancouver, B.C., the first city selected to host what amounts to an exhibition game for the renowned cocktail conference that overtakes New Orleans every July. To drum up interest in Tales’ signature event down south, organizers plotted to stage capsule versions in cities across the globe, complete with celebrity bartenders, scholarly seminars on alcohol-dilution science and sweetened vinegars, industry-sponsored parties, and fancy dinners accompanied by copious amounts of booze. Rather than stretching the event over five hazy days, as it’s done in New Orleans, the shot-sized Tales would open on a Sunday night and close by Tuesday. The “Tales on Tour” model was rolled out last February in Vancouver, and worked so well that it made decent sense to park the road show, at least for the time being.

“It was always meant to be one stop and move on,” says Paul Tuennerman, who created the conference with his wife, Ann. “But on the last day we looked at each other, and it was like, ‘How can we not come back?’

We wanted a second date.”

This year’s wee Tales will follow much the same format as 2011’s, with the addition of

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The Watering Hole: Manhattan Drugs, 1419 12th Ave., 325-6574, CAPITOL HILL The Atmosphere: I arrived on the Friday following the big snowstorm of 2012 to a packed, dark house. I could make out a bunch of happy souls surrounded by an ambience sewn from much of the same fabric as the other restaurants in Laura Olson’s empire, specifically Grim’s. Manhattan Drugs features the same salvaged, dark wood, odd art (like the ram with M-16s at the end of his golden horns), concrete floors, textured wallpaper, and other it’s-so-reclaimed-it’s-modern decor, as if everything was rubbed with an antique varnish. And if you feel something rub against your leg while sitting at the bar, don’t be alarmed—it’s just the cowhide paneling saying “Hello.”

The Barkeep: Andrew Flewelling has been bartending only two years because he’s only 23. Management found him at Purr. Since then he’s worked shifts at several Pterodactyl Group hangouts like Grim’s and Detention. Flewelling was born and raised in the Seattle area, and is the calmest, coolest-headed bartender I’ve ever encountered.

He says Manhattan Drugs’ clientele is “very eclectic. We have a lot of people who come in and want a good steak, or they come in and they’re ready to have a good meal. We actually have some people who are expecting this to be a really big cocktail bar because Canon and Tavern Law are really close. I’m not going to compete with Tavern Law or Canon because I don’t have a shot!” he concedes. “So I like to focus on the classics and putting a spin on them.”

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you’re from Minnesota) and other late-night pizzerias in downtown Ballard, Snoose Junction is strategically located so that its slices can be used as sponges for strong drink. Major bonus points for pricing them in a manner affordable enough to cobble together an ala carte large for the price of an actual, homogeneouslytoppinged large pizza. $

The calmest, coolest bartender ever.

He interrupts me to have me taste a cocktail he just made. It’s spicy, made with green chiles. It’s wonderful. He made it for a regular customer who loves spicy stuff. Now she’s addicted.“I call it the Tiger Lilly,” he says.

But Flewelling is less fluffy about what he drinks when he goes out. “I’ll usually stick to something really simple, like a citron press made with Ketel One [and] a mix of Sprite and soda. It’s not a pain in the butt for the bartender, and I think they’re good.”

The Drink: I tell Flewelling I like St-Germain and gin. So he makes me a drink with StGermain and . . . vodka. “How do you feel about ginger?” I told him I loved it. Flewelling’s Ginger Blossom consists of citrus vodka, St-Germain, Domaine de Canton (ginger liqueur), lemon juice, and simple syrup.

The Verdict: For a drink that’s half liqueur-based, the Ginger Blossom is delightfully boozy. Turns out it was a sneak preview, as it’s not on the menu yet. “I’m working on revising the cocktail menu right now. It needs to be bigger. I think people are getting tired of it already!” E jperry@seattleweekly.com

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Seattle has enjoyed a surge in the prominence of carbonated cocktails since Jim Romdall put them on the menu at Vessel in 2008.To accomplish this, he worked with Evan Wallace, designer of the Perlini system.

Why not just add soda or sparkling wine to give a cocktail some fizz? Because you dilute a drink like a French 75 a great deal when you do this instead of injecting bubbles into the ingredients. While amateur mixologists are welcome to try their hand at kitchencounter carbonation, some experiments are best left to professionals; thankfully, bars like Canon, Liberty, Montana, and the soon-to-berevived Vessel all have carbonated cocktails on the menu.

Romdall says the Perlini system allows for dilution and agitation, just like a regular cocktail shaker. Canon owner Jamie Boudreau agrees: “Perlini is the only one that operates like a cocktail shaker and allows us to truly make carbonated cocktails to order.”

Romdall thinks lighter cocktails—”like a

ODDFELLOWS CAFE AND BAR 1525 10th Ave., 325-

0807. Oddfellows Cafe & Bar is a dining hall for the Capitol Hill of today. Decorated in washes of nostalgia—gray-blue walls, scuffed wood tables, salvaged signs and portraits—it’s Linda Derschang’s most beautiful space yet, where old-timey cocktails served in Grandma’s glassware look like they’ve always shared tablespace with MacBooks. During the day, the place operates as a counter-service cafe and at night as a bar and restaurant. The food classes up basic American food without sparking class resentment. The simple mac and cheese looks circumspect yet has a surprising depth of flavor, and the crisp coating on the “pork nuggets” house a dense hunk of carnitas. For every plate of clams with chorizo the kitchen puts out, it assembles six BLTs and chickensalad sandwiches. The braised pork shank and meatballs with pine nuts, currants, and polenta are popular, but the menu’s also seasonal (the spring menu has a plethora of arugula, asparagus, and green peas, for example). Drinks flow with abundance—the full bar offers a small wine selection, specialty cocktails, canned and bottled beer, and Manny’s Pale Ale and others on tap. $-$$ QUINN’S PUB 1001 E. Pike St., 325-7711. Quinn’s is Seattle’s finest exemplar of the nationwide gastropub outbreak that has diners wallowing in recherché cuts of pork and ever-rarer microbrews. It’s a gorgeous space, a mix of woodsy and refined; upstairs, you feel like you’re in a century-old tavern, and downstairs, in an episode of Entourage. Chef/owner Scott Staples calls his food “unapologetically meatdriven.” He’s featured pig’s tail, and buffalo-fried frog’s legs served with a whipped blue-cheese spread. The cult dish is the wild-boar sloppy joe, which, true to its name, spills over its bun, the spicy braised meat topped with fried onions and sage leaves. Quinn’s is one of the few higher-end restaurants in town where your waiter can provide tasting notes on any of the beers on tap. $$ SMITH 332 15th Ave. E., 709-1900. The decor at this popular Capitol Hill pub looks like it was patterned after your old English professor’s home study, the impossibly pompous one who treated “The Sun Also Rises” like gospel. The abundant wood paneling is brown enough to appear black and there is a puzzling amount of stuffed (and mounted) animals. But for all of its taxidermy weirdness, the atmosphere (and the bar) are probably the best things about Smith. The menu—though styled for gastropub simplicity—isn’t expert enough to warrant a special trip just for a meal.

Burgers, poutine, mac-and-cheese and the like make

Corpse Reviver 2, or CO2, as we call it when it’s carbonated”—tend to benefit the most from carbonation. “Spirit-forward drinks like a martini or Sazerac also work, but the result is very different than the original,” he adds.

“You don’t maintain the soft complexity of some drinks when carbonation is added.”

Liberty’s Andrew Friedman concurs: “The Perlini can flatten the flavor of the drink and reduce the sweetness, so you need to add a little more sweetness to achieve the right balance.” Meanwhile, Boudreau is a big fan of a carbonated Negroni, and thinks spirit-forward cocktails are the best candidates for carbonation, followed by citrus concoctions.

Boudreau cautions against trying to carbonate an egg, however, and suggests “The greatest trick about carbonated cocktails that I feel most bartenders overlook is the CO2’s tendency to break apart, with one of the byproducts being carbonic acid. This means that carbonating a cocktail is a great way to balance sweetness without adding bitters or citrus.” E sgroset@seattleweekly.com

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Before heading into the latest new movie or show, stop in for reasonably priced, shareable Korean bulgogi, Chinese pot stickers, yellowfin tuna with Thai red curry, and tamarind chicken satays. (And don’t forget your cocktails!) The wok station and the robata grill are ablaze with activity; sit near them if you want to watch the line cooks fly. Located in the Paramount Hotel, Dragonfish serves all meals, but is perhaps best known for its generous happy hour. $ EL MALECON 1122 Post Ave., 623-7203. Formerly known as Las Margaritas, this big, airy Mexican joint is nestled in Post Alley, directly under the Highway 99 offramp at Seneca, giving it a hideaway feel. Plates of big Americanized Mexican are cheap and satisfying. They’re not exactly reinventing the wheel here, but the food is still a cut above many of this city’s casual Mexican sit-down spots. Happy hour is every day from 3 to 7 p.m. and again from 9 to close, when margaritas are $4.25 and drafts and wells are $3. $ ELEPHANT & CASTLE 1415 Fifth Ave., 624-9977. It’s refreshing sometimes to pretend you’re in town on a business meeting, and too spent at day’s end to venture outside of the hotel. That said, you don’t want to let the fact that you’re away from the wife and

kids for two days go to waste entirely; and besides, you’ve got an expense account to burn through. If this is your predicament, you can do far worse than to ingest some shepherd’s pie and microbrews at the downtown Red Lion’s sprawling, British-themed pub. $$ GORDON BIERSCH 600 Pine St., Ste 401 (Pacific Place), 405-4205. If Gordon Biersch were a guy, he’d have big pecs. He’d like his beer cold and his meat by the pound. With a crowded, buzzing scene, this manly eatery offers solid food, varying from surprisingly interesting to a few steps short of good, but always in massive portions. $ GUAYMAS CANTINA 1303 First Ave., 624-5062.

Perched above the Harbor Steps, the patio of this downtown branch of the local Mexican chain is a great spot to savor a sunny summer lunch and dinner.

For the other 10 months of the year, you can always enjoy the cheery interior and catch some soccer on the telly. Food is cheap and serviceable, which in the Four Seasons district is very handy to have. $ ICON GRILL 1933 Fifth Ave., 441-6330. There oughta be a dance floor at Icon, where swing music floats above the heads of diners and the menu is filled with witty throwaway lines (“Everything you see I owe to pasta”—Sophia Loren). The restaurant’s contemporary art all seems to be from the former owner’s private collection. Between the tunes and the sculpted glass art (not to mention the equally sculpted and artful desserts), Icon easily ranks among the city’s most exuberant eateries. $$ LIBRARY BISTRO & BOOKSTORE BAR 1007 First Ave., 624-3646. Less like a bookstore and more like some rich old guy’s library, the Bookstore is a fine place for a quiet lunch or a civilized drink after work.

Substantial burgers and fresh sole and chips are popular. When the weather permits, sidewalk seating offers a view of rich old (and young) guys (and women) going in and out of the Alexis. $

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Among distilled spirits, Canadian whiskey is outsold only by vodka in the U.S., but the category is still struggling to shake off a reputation as an old-man’s drink.

“If I had a penny for every time someone told me their granddad drank Canadian Club,” says brand ambassador Tish Harcus. “The category is considered boring.”

While many drinkers (and Boardwalk Empire fans) believe Canadian whiskey— typically spelled “whisky” up north—owes its American presence to Prohibition, Harcus points out that Canadian whiskeys first became popular south of the border when the Civil War disrupted U.S. whiskey production and distribution. But in the last decades of the 19th century, the U.S. government imposed a suite of labeling requirements and excise taxes to combat the growing American preference for Canadian liquor, then celebrated for its superior quality.

If Canadians excelled at distilling, however, they didn’t do a very good job of telling consumers. “The [U.S.] bourbon guys are tough cowboys, they’ve got it going on,” says Harcus. “Here we are, we’re passive Canadians with passive Canadian whiskey.”

Yet the status quo may be unsettled by renewed interest in regional food-and-

beverage styles and the acquisition of Canadian brands by the world’s biggest distilling companies. For the first time in Harcus’ memory, Canadian distillers last year gathered in Toronto to brainstorm ideas for recharging the category. “We need to put a fire under it, start making noise,” says Harcus.

Canadian whiskey has already made inroads with savvy connoisseurs, an achievement partly attributable to the work of Davin de Kergommeaux, whose Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert will be published this spring. “People who have an open mind need to try these,” he says of the finest Canadian whiskeys. “These are whiskeys the Queen would drink.”

De Kergommeaux knows which Canadian whiskeys are best, since last year he established the Canadian Whisky Awards. This year, the awards ceremony was added to the program of the Victoria Whisky Festival, widely considered the continent’s top whiskey event.

“It was unbelievable,” De Kergommeaux says.

Within hours of the ceremony, liquor stores placed orders for the winning whiskeys and winning distillers reported distributors had sent them flowers.

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isn’t for purists. The rolls here are not the gentle, conservative sort favored by the picky or the classically inclined. But they are all fresh. They are all delicious. And what’s more, Nijo does an excellent, modern take on sushi-as-fast-food, and offers one of the best fish-based Happy Hours in the city. $$ PURPLE CAFÉ AND WINE BAR 1225 Fourth Ave., 829-2280. Purple’s high ceilings and airy atmosphere are head-clearing, and the bustling crowd radiates young money. Wine lovers should order vino, as that’s the highlight here (the two-story wine tower may clue you in to that fact). Full dinners aren’t particularly spectacular, but after-work drinkers can linger over cheese tastes, pairing them with three-ounce wine pours. This is the third Purple outpost (the others are in Woodinville and Kirkland). $$ TAP HOUSE GRILL 1506 Sixth Ave., 816-3314. It’s no surprise that three-quarters of the diners at Tap House Grill, just a block away from the convention center, are straight (-appearing) men. The giant underground warehouse—decorated in a handsome palette of copper and chocolate—is dominated by a bar with 160 tap handles, staffed with a team of lovely women, and lined with a Circuit City’s worth of flatpanel TVs. The global menu includes everything from sushi to steaks, wings to dinner salads. Rule of thumb: The less you spend (that means burgers and snacks), the better off you are. $-$$ THE TOP OF THE HILTON 1301 Sixth Ave., 695-6015.

As a friend put it, this is the place you take your date when you’re having an affair: quiet to the point of being clandestine, with fabulous, romantic views to the west, north, and east from downtown. Few Seattle bars do more to nurture conversation; it’s perfect for gathering after a 5th Avenue or Benaroya Hall performance to chew it over with friends. $$

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EASTLAKE BAR AND GRILL 2947 Eastlake Ave. E.,

957-7777. Wednesdays is $5 steak-and-fries night, and Sundays and Mondays are three-course dinner nights, $15. Nice surroundings, Lake Union views, upstairs and downstairs bars, sports on TV, and one of the best bartenders, Brucie Bob, in town. $ FEIERABEND 422 Yale Ave. N., 340-2528. German beer is a great democratizer, appealing to both snobs and dudes (no matter their gender). Same with the food at this slick German pub, located in the bottom of a condo complex and painted the color of a ketchup bottle. There are plump, grilled bratwurst to be eaten, as well as jägerschnitzel, thinly pounded pork loins smothered in a creamy mushroom sauce. Or, drink your weissbier with just-baked soft pretzels; light,

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Do you ever get fed up paying $10 for a glass of wine? If so, you’ll agree that it’s high time restaurants and bars started offering an affordable alternative. So let me climb on my soapbox. And by box, I mean a box of wine.

Loads of restaurants serve cheap-ass beer, making cans of PBR and Vitamin R seem downright cool. So why not embrace wine in a box? Sure, there’s the entrenched attitude that a legit wine has got to be in a bottle plugged by a cork. But the wine that goes into boxes has improved a helluva lot since it was all about crap with names like Mountain Burgundy and Summer Chablis.

I was recently at a party where a box of wine called Seven sat on the kitchen counter, and guests were invited to grab a glass and help themselves. It was pretty damn tasty. The

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bar of this glitzy Fremont nightspot is bright and cheery, staffed by jokey, genial bartenders, with a pretty, romantic little patio attached. The margaritas (tart, hand-shaken, generous, and $5 during happy hour, with premium beers at $3) are worthy of their popularity, but service and food might not meet expectations. Best bets are grilled steak tacos or the salmon glazed with tamarind and served with sauteed greens. Try the abundant premium tequilas in a sampler (half a shot of three different tequilas). $$

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KANAME IZAKAYA AND SHOCHU BAR 610 S.

Jackson St., 682-1828. Attractive, lodge-like Kaname’s long menu includes all the dishes Americans expect to find in a Japanese restaurant (sushi, sukiyaki, tempura, katsu), as well as the smaller drinking snacks that you’d find at izakayas, or Japanese pubs.

That’s a lot of dishes to master, and the results are uneven, but one of the reliable successes is Kaname’s ramen. Owner Todd Kuniyuki trained with a Japanese chef to learn his Kyushu-style tonkotsu broth, which smells like pureed bacon but is light enough to sip a bowl’s worth. $

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CABIN TAVERN 19322 Richmond Beach Drive N.W.,

542-1177. Since Prohibition, those lucky bastards who live in Richmond Beach have had the perfect tavern: the Cabin. It’s got television sets tuned to sports and classic rock on the jukebox. It’s in the middle of nowhere, yet not too far from anywhere. It has cheap and filling food, Black Butte porter, a massive patio, and aesthetic imperfections so mind-bogglingly unique that they turn into charm. The fact that its proprietors haven’t bothered with flattening the sloped floor by the bar hasn’t been a deterrent, nor has the

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number stands for the different grape varietals in this blend from Spain, including tempranillo.

I liked it so much it sent me on a journey around Seattle, looking for restaurants that serve wine in a box.

When I heard the fantastically awesome pasta pop-up Il Corvo was charging $4.09 for its glass pours, I thought I had hit the fermentedjuice-box jackpot. But no—chef Mike Easton just offers a good deal. Finally, after trolling for tips on Twitter and Facebook, I found a restaurant, Shultzy’s (4114 University Way N.E.), with box wine—though I don’t know why you’d ever order wine there, considering the spectacular beer selection. But they pour wine in a box for $5 a glass, sometimes knocking a buck off the price as a special. You bet The Wino would gleefully guzzle a glass of organic red from Badger Mountain alongside a Shultzy’s Ragin’ Cajun sausage burger. Or how about a Black Box Riesling with those bangers and mash?

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eggy spaetzle smothered in cheese; and currywurst, the ultimate Berliner street food. $ JOEY’S 901 Fairview Ave. N., 749-5639. Joey’s comes off more like a hip nightclub than it does an actual restaurant. Attractive, leggy servers channel their inner runway models as they work, flipping their hair and flashing their teeth at any (male) patron who glances their way. The menu features standard American fare like burgers and steaks, and gussiedup variations of casual dishes like pesto chicken quesadillas and lobster ravioli. It’s a popular dinnerdate destination, perhaps because you needn’t worry about awkward silences, and the loud pop music playing in the bar typically spills over to the dining area. $$

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622-6044. Owners Charles and Rose Ann Finkel helped catalyze the craft-beer movement in the late 1970s, and they’ve still got the passion. Their friendly, rambling pub, located in the lower levels of the market, attracts beer geeks of both the local and tourist species. Get a killer burger (it’s grassfed and local) with your pint of Kilt Lifter or Naughty Nellie. For dessert, another cult favorite: the XXXXX Stout float. $-$$

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BETTY BAR & RESTAURANT 1507 Queen Anne Ave.

N., 352-3773. While its older sister, Crow, near Seattle Center, is something of a “destination” restaurant, Betty, run by the same owners, is a neighborhood joint all the way. Bear in mind, however, that the neighborhood in question is the top of Queen Anne hill—so don’t come for budget dining. With your expectations properly calibrated, though, you’ll find Betty the perfect spot for a low-stress, high-end meal where you can hear your companion speak low and speak love from across the table. Betty handles standards like roast beet salad, steak frites, and roasted chicken with graceful ease. And the no-fuss elegance of the atmosphere makes for a great weeknight escape. $$ LAREDOS GRILL 555 Aloha St. #100, 218-1040. This new Queen Anne sports bar—sorry, “Northern Mexican” restaurant—serves food similar to Peso’s, but not as carefully made: mediocre cocktails, limp salads (with chips in them), lackluster salsas, and a bizarre chicken breast drowned in sour cream.

There are two bright spots, however for you to nosh on while you watch the flat-screen TVs: the warm, light, salty tortilla chips (which the servers replenish continually) and the tacos al pastor. Rubbed with chiles and cooked on the spit, the pork—a Lebanese-Mexican variation on shawarma—is sliced off in tender chunks and wrapped between freshly made corn tortillas with tiny chunks of charred pineapple. $-$$

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WEDGWOOD BROILER 8230 35th Ave. N.E., 523-1115.

A sign at the front register of the Broiler explains its three-martini limit, clearly a necessary measure to counter the rowdiness and table dancing that might otherwise occur. Here you can order an ur-Atkins meal (a ground beef patty with cottage cheese and fruit) or a steak dinner. Notable sides include clam strips and delicious onion rings: crunchy, golden, greasy, and in no need of ketchup. The broiled fish dishes are reliable, as are the hot-fudge sundaes. The Broiler, bless its heart, is the real McCoy. May it live at least as long as its septuagenarian regulars. $

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Two words can easily describe an experience at Pam’s Kitchen: Caribbean spice (and lots of it). Their assortment of curried potatoes and meats are slowcooked to perfection. Whether you choose chicken, beef, lamb, or goat to accompany your pan-fried roti (a type of Indian flatbread), all of the meal combos have a kick that will charm your palate. With two roti choices—the thin croissant-like paratha or the vegan, chickpea-stuffed dahlpuri—the hands-on dining experience at Pam’s is like one right out of Trinidad, and the homemade punches and house spirits serve as a sweet counter to the entrées. $ RAM RESTAURANT & BREWERY 2650 N.E. University Village, 525-3565. Even as the University Village around it has steadily grown ever more upscale and generic, The Ram remains a genuine purebred Husky holdout. True, it’s also a chain, but it’s a homegrown one like Red Robin, and has a similar Northwestoriginal feel. The burgers are where the main action is: They’re big, juicy, and satisfying. The Extreme is a one-pounder. The Ram’s onion ring tower is also a big hit, especially if you’ve got your Dad in tow. The Ram reinvented itself as a brewpub some years ago, and the beers are terrific too. $-$$

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If you require more sustenance, you can order from a modest-sized menu that includes bacon-wrapped dates, sweet potato fries, and salt cod fritters. Wash your order down with another martini and you’ve had yourself a decent, albeit tipsy, lunch. $-$$ MARV’S BROILER 9808 16th Ave. S.W., 763-1412. No C one will argue that Marv’s Broiler is the quintessential White Center dive. Dark and musty inside, it’s gotMa little bit of everything—pull tabs, a modest selection of draft beers, a few pool tables, booths along theY wall and a few TVs here and there. The booths are CM gunky and the only pinball machine in the place is about Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. The liquor shelf is MY notoriously disorganized: Grey Goose sits between a bottle of Goldschlager and De Kuyper Blackberry CY Schnapps. But the bartenders are friendly and pour huge shots. Plus, drinks at Marv’s Broiler are cheap: CMY shots of Jack Daniel’s are $5.50. A pitcher of Bud Light is $7.50. Busch, the crown jewel of shitty beers, K is a mere five dollars for an entire pitcher, and not one of those lame mini-pitchers. $

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After the entire population of the U.S. became a bunch of losers (aka Prohibition), The Rolling Log was inevitably repurposed from a Post Office to a bordello and speakeasy. Today, it’s just a bar. There are pool tables, a jukebox, a taxidermy moose, and, of course, alcohol. Above the barroom are two apartments. But the Rolling log also has something else: something . . . supernatural. $ ROOM 38 38 Front St. N., 425-391-3836. Based in Issaquah, Room 38 is a typical upscale bar, with a full menu and top-shelf liquor. It’s small inside, and best known for its mini burgers—eight open-faced sandwiches, each patty about an inch and a half across, served perched upon wedges of pita, topped with a caul of melted provolone, and doused in a drowsy sea of viscous orange chipotle sauce. The fries are superb. They were obviously hand-cut, and came fresh from the fryer with a glittering clear coat of hot oil: crisp outside, fluffy like a baked potato inside, and perfectly salty. Avoid the Heaven Martini, which tastes like a bag of melted Skittles, and stick with beer to wash down your greasy bar fare. $

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hen I was attending every metal show that blew through the Tacoma Dome in my youth, outfit selection was almost as important as getting in line for tickets early enough to secure one’s admittance to the Ratt/ Scorpions double bill. Sure, you wanted to look foxy, but you also had to have the correct color coordination and comfort level. Mötley Crüe? Black and red, perilously high stilettos. Slayer? All black, practical combat boots.

Along with fashion choices, beverage preference followed suit. Jack and Coke was—and is—the default for most metal shows (though if one were unfortunate enough to end up at a Dokken show, you deserved the wine coolers you were destined to drink), and ZZ Top meant that the hell-raisers in the front row would most certainly be beer drinkers.

To this day, I match my outfit and cocktail to a show. If you see me at My Morning Jacket or Drive-By Truckers, chances are I’ll be wearing a suede miniskirt the color of brown sugar, my hair will be feathered, and I’ll be drinking bourbon and soda with bitters and lemon. When I was getting ready to see Black Breath at El Corazon a few months ago, I didn’t even have to think about it; I knew my leather leggings were mandatory and that I’d be in line for the bathroom a lot because of all the PBR tallboys.

I’m not alone—music fans choose outfits and modes of imbibement that get them in the mood for the band they are about to see. Marilyn Manson may not sell as many records these days, but he probably remains fiscally solvent via satanically themed baby-doll T-shirts and those “Mansinthe” royalties.

Bartenders and venue owners know that the correlation between a band’s crowd and their liquor purchases for the week is clear and direct—almost scientific. Here are a few things I learned about crowds’ drinking habits in a poll of the city’s bartenders and club owners. E

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used to be the guy who was constantly trying to find the best place in town to drink the cocktail. Yeah, I was the guy barkeeps loved at first, but they always ended up trying to find a way to get me the hell out. An obnoxious drunk—but good tipper—like myself could only buy so much good graces. It wasn’t a “just have a couple of drinks and go home” type of situation. It got embarrassing and weird and smelly. Bartenders get a bit sick of people like the guy I used to be. I was like the Bukowski character in the movie Barfly.

I loved me some liquor.

Bars were there just for the alcohol and sleazy camaraderie. For people like me, getting sober and not drinking anymore is the only real choice (the other “choice” is not really an option at all—it’s just sudden darkness). But what do you do when you

can’t do the cocktail anymore?

Can a teetotaler even go into a bar?

Well, after I got sober, I still loved music, and most live music is played in some sort of drinking establishment. To my surprise and delight, there were a lot of people just like me out there. Not only are there a ton of sober peeps out at bars, there are also a whole legion Not only are there a ton of bar staff who are psyched to of sober peeps out at bars, have a sober person or two in their midst. I guess people who teetotal there are also a whole legion give a bartender a modicum of of bar staff who are psyched to sane company to keep. have a sober person or two If you are a non-drinker because of a “history,” or are just not drinkin their midst. ing alcohol on a particular night because you are behind the wheel, your list of bars to go to, and what they will Ivar’s Salmon House Bar (Northlake): offer in the form of non-alcoholic drinks, If you are in the mood for great food, an will vary on a par with what they offer in awesome view, and sports on TV, this bar the alcoholic arena. If a bar has a bunch of has it all. Since the Ivar’s bar is full-service, fancy cocktails, then it’s a good bet it will a teetotaler can get the fancy NA cocktails have a bunch of different NA drinks availwith a sprig of mint and everything! able. The opposite is also JaK’s (on N.E. 45th): A true, however. If a tavern great place to bring the just offers beer in a can, kids. Again, great food, your only NA choice a full-service bar, and may be tap water. no separation between There are a ton of the bar and restaurant. different great NA Since it is a real eatery, beers these days, and your chances of being more and more bars around your standard are recognizing the fact drunk are pretty slim. that there is a market Slim’s Last Chance out there for O’Doul’s Chili Shack: I’m a and Buckler drinkers. big fan of some And of course, there authentic barbecue is the energy drink, my and some real historiown personal favorite. cal Americana. As a For me, the sugar-free bar, Slim’s holds a energy drink gives candle to any shotgun you the high without the sugar crash. shack in the Texas panhandle, while still (And the calories. A guy has to watch his holding something uniquely “Seattle.” A girlish figure!) great punk-rock/rockabilly club. A great Here’s a quick list of some good restaurant. A great bar. options: Palomino (downtown): For those inclined to the fanciness, Palomino will most cerThe Sunset Tavern: Great bar staff. tainly do. A great place for date night, and They have O’Doul’s and the energy they make a real strong and full-bodied drinks. The bar staff there are real espresso. So while your date may be getting cool, and the bands are right there to her hammer on, you can get all jacked up and your right. Highly recommended for ready for the eventual hookup. Of course, I the sober night out.

Darrell’s Tavern: A branddon’t know this from experience . . . I’m just new find for me, Darrell’s is the saying it COULD go down like that. E ultimate in old-school kitsch. askduff@seattleweekly.com Nice round bar, good low stage.

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Bands: Hounds of the Wild Hunt, Smokey Brights, Virgin Islands Bar: Tutta Bella History: “At the Strong Killings recordrelease show this past year, one dude was being a real a-hole. I was standing right next to him as he continually told frontman Nate Mooter that he ‘wasn’t punk’ and that he allaround ‘sucked.’ Nate put up with it longer than you or I would have been able to. However, when the a-hole leaned in close to Nate for one last slurred heckle, Nate delivered a well-deserved backhand to the a-hole’s face, deftly dropping him to the Rendezvous’ carpet. ‘TALK SHIT, GET HIT,’ Nate cried before tearing into the DIY anthem ‘The Basement,’ which was likely the most punk/ least sucky song that semi-conscious heckler will ever hear. Strong Killings is one of the most exciting, musical, and, yes, punk bands in Seattle; this drink is for them.”

Drink: The Strong Killings

2 oz. The Black Grouse blended scotch 2 oz. coconut water Dash of lime Float of Oly Serve on the rocks.

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Drink: Davidson Hart Kingsbery 1 ½ oz. rye ¾ oz. green Chartreuse ¾ oz. lemon juice ¾ oz. Punt e Mes Garnish with grapefruit twist.

Mackenzie Mercer Band: Young Evils Bar: Skylark Lounge History: “The story

goes that the ‘first time’ I went out and got drunk after my 21st birthday, I decided I needed to have a standard drink.

Troy [Nelson] had his whitewine spritzers, Brent Amaker had his vodka sodas, and gosh darn it, I needed one too.

Whiskey ginger? I’d heard of that before.

Why not? I’ll drink them all night long at every bar we stop at!

We slowly made our way from Linda’s all the way down to the Lava Lounge, where I danced on tables to the Runaways’ ‘Cherry Bomb.’ The hazards of drinking whiskey all night when you don’t know what’s about to hit you are similar to seeing the First Times for the ‘first time’—they are simply that good.

It’s like Tom Petty and Thin Lizzy’s long-lost love child, and you may find yourself facedown on the ground like a drunk young lady all of 21 years old.”

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Fresh Espresso’s music. When I hear Rik say ‘Coffee in my cup, it wakes me up on a rainy day,’ I don’t necessarily think about an actual caffeine drink. Alcohol is the stimulant here.

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Bands: Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands, the Cops, the Basements, Little Cuts, Puberty Bar: Hazlewood History: “I thought of Davidson Hart Kingsbery because over the last year I think I’ve seen them play about 20 times. And they rule. And they are awesome dudes.

But they are a country band, so the drink has to have whiskey in it. Also, due to the fact that they are a country band, the drink had to be a little bit bitter and a little bit sweet.”

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evening at West Seattle’s Benbow Room with Robert Jones, a bartender at Showbox at the Market for 12 years, who lives just minutes away on Alki Beach. Over his cocktail of choice, a whiskey ginger, he’s telling me why he’s stayed in the game for so many years: “I love music, I like booze, and there’s always lots of pretty girls around, so it’s a trifecta of fun.”

HOW HE GOT HERE Philadelphia native Jones, 41, relocated to Seattle in 1993. He taught himself to tend bar 20 years ago when some friends opened the Breakroom (the previous incarnation of Chop Suey), and calls bartending school a waste of money. “You might learn some fancy twirling and junk like that, but I think the best way to do it is to spend a couple hundred dollars on booze and try a bunch of recipes and just get your friends drunk.”

SHOP TALK Jones says he’s thought about opening his own place, and he feels that “I probably should’ve grown up by now,” but he loves the fun he has at the Showbox. “It’s really a different night every night, which I guess is why I’ve stayed in it so long. Music fans are cool.”

He’s even got each crowd’s drinking preferences down pat—“If it’s a Juggalo show, you know you have to order lots of 151 and Malibu, because everyone wants a Caribou Lou,” he says. “Canadians love hip-hop. When we have a good hip-hop show, like Hieroglyphics, a third of the crowd will be Canadian, so then we’ll sell a lot of Kokanee.” If it’s an American Idol show? “Bud Light.” Mad Rad? “Adios Motherfuckers and Jägerbombs.”

BTW: Jones says people still come to the Showbox asking for a Dirty Shirley, a drink he created with some of the Murder City Devils back at the Breakroom: a Shirley Temple with vanilla vodka, a little 151, and “at least one cherry, if not five.” He says his best cocktail is a margarita, but his best signature drink is something he calls the Get Gully, after the 50 Cent song—raspberry vodka, vanilla vodka, 151, a splash of cranberry, 7-Up, lemon, and a cherry.

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With Aaron Daniel, Mads Jacobsen. High Dive, 513 N. 36th St., 632-0212. 9:30 p.m. $7.

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Eleanor Friedberger THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9

Friedberger’s video for “Heaven” starts with a shot of her drinking a glass of red wine on an ocean pier before an angel takes her aside and remonstratively shows her a slide show of her life’s worst sins, which include making out with an Asian guy and swigging from a bottle of whiskey (a caption appears on the bottom of the screen: “CAROUSING”). By the end, Friedberger’s sitting on a throne in hell, which tells us what she thinks about a life of sobriety.

She’s too fun for that—her Last Summer, one of 2011’s most underrated records, is vibrantly alive. The wonderfully colorful lyrics mostly detail love’s disappointments (“Watching Footloose with the biggest bottle of vodka in the world,” she sings on “Inn of the Seventh Ray”), but they’re balanced by the jaunty, piano-driven, ’70s-style pop melodies. It’s intimate carousing music—so do bring your

Cold Cave FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10

Turns out gothic synth-pop young gods Cold Cave actually have their own wine.

It’s a pinot noir from Sonoma christened “Burning Sage” after Cherish the Light Years’ iron lung–pumping industrial dirge of the same name, and you can find a picture of the band’s Wesley Eisold posing with a handlabeled bottle of the stuff on his Twitter feed.

(Headline: Noir Whine Gets Noir Wine.) It’s apparently a pretty exclusive vintage, though, because beyond that Twitter post no record of the wine seems to exist—which makes it perfect for tonight’s sure-to-be-insane edition of goth rave monthly Second Sight, since its advance tickets have been sold out for weeks (additional tickets may be available at the door). Barring wine, though, trv kvlt goths drink goblets of blood—or poison, maybe. With Resident Second Sight DJs.

Less Than Equals SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11

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Re-bar—and this Drinking Issue’s alcohol advertisers—would probably prefer I didn’t say this, but let’s be real: The ideal drink to go with Omar S’s finely tuned Detroit techno is . . . water. Water for washing down a tab or two, and for staying hydrated once things kick in. You don’t have to be rave historian Simon Reynolds to know that the high most symbiotically suited to electronic dance music isn’t exactly a beer buzz. To be fair to all involved, though, Omar S’s jacking yet soulful techno is both deeply musical and dance floor– functional enough to be enjoyed in any state, from the most highly altered to stone-cold

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10 p.m. $13 adv./$15 DOS. ERIC GRANDY

Tripwires frontman John Ramberg and guitarist Kurt Bloch (Fastbacks, Young Fresh Fellows) formed this side project and tribute group, which Ramberg calls “a cover band of a relatively unknown British band called the Equals.” The music is an infectious blend of power pop, ska, and ’60s garage rock. They have virtually no online presence, so your only chance to experience the band will be live—and having seen the show, I can honestly report it’s a beer-and-whiskey-soaked event. These two Seattle-scene veterans like to pull a cork as much as they like to play, and there’s no better place to observe the spectacle than the Funhouse, where the drinks are as stiff as the decibels reverberating from it. With the Piniellas, Event Staph.

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With Ian Moore, the Juliettes, Ghosts I’ve Met, Vibragun, Kim Muraki, Like Lightning, Jon Garcia, Dan Leary, The Horse You Rode In On, Kasey Anderson, Downpilot. Chop Suey, 1325 E. Madison St., 324-8005. 8 p.m. $7.

Michael Vermillion SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11

Vermillion got his start with alternative rock band Vendetta Red, but after it disbanded in 2006, he released an alt-country album (Last Night on Earth) and has been DJing regularly as Sad Bastard. True to that tag, Vermillion spins some dreary tracks—country tunes by the likes of Merle Haggard and Hank Williams—and his woebegone sets have garnered a loyal following of folks who come together to drown their equally sorry tales in drink. At his live show, expect more of the same in an acoustic setting: lonesome ballads

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The most interesting music happening in Seattle can be found Tuesday through Thursday at the Comet. If my theory that different crowds have specific liquor longings is correct, tonight’s show would be the equivalent of what we referred to in high school as “Jungle Juice”—aka the best of what would go unmissed in your parents’ liquor cabinet all mixed together. Digital Leather champions fuzzed-out indie rock; Sick Secrets are experts in aggro; Crypts brings its own special brand of spooky, electro-heaviness; and Dude York makes riotous, feel-good garage rock. Any of these bands alone will make you think our scene is happening and vibrant; the four together make a cocktail capable of inducing one heavy rock-’n’-roll hangover.

sober. And frankly, I’ve never really followed the invocation against alcohol when raving, anyway; sometimes a pint of lager is just what you need to even out the buzz. Re-bar would be happy to sell you one. With Nordic Soul, Justin

Let’s face it: It’s Tuesday (barf ) and it’s Valentine’s Day (double barf ), so you’re going to want to get college-drunk tonight (that goes double for you love song–covering hooligans who plan to get onstage). So here’s what you do (I call it the “Valentine’s Liquid Date”): Stop by your local gas station–mart, or comparable malt-liquor vendor, and select your 40-ounce libation of choice (I personally recommend Old English’s “High Gravity”), as well as their finest wine cooler (Cisco is an effective option). Set up shop in the Bank of America parking lot across the street from Chop Suey. After drinking about a third of your 40, slowly refill the bottle with wine cooler to create a delightful mix of party fuel.

Drink rapidly (trust me), pay the cover to support tonight’s marriage-equality benefit, and have your friends tell you how it went!

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DR. DOG TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14

For music fans looking for a Valentine’s night out, there isn’t a better option than checking out Philadelphia’s Dr. Dog. The band’s a Great Equalizer—everybody loves its lively psych-pop songs, ensuring harmony with your date, and you’ll get to hear material from the band’s just-released swaggering seventh studio album, Be the Void. You’ll also be able to celebrate in style: In honor of Valentine’s Day, the Neptune’s bar will have a limited supply of celebratory Champagne available by request—and only by the bottle, which should be the perfect amount to put you and your date in the mood for an entire night of dancing. May the sound of electric guitars, popping corks, and smooching lips ring through your evening. Neptune, 1303 N.E. 45th St., 781-5755. 8 p.m. $20 adv./$23 DOS. All ages. ERIN K. THOMPSON

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BRAD PAISLEY: With The Band Perry, Scotty McCreery

ALIN DRAGULIN

All ages., 7:30 p.m., $23-$57.75. Tacoma Dome, 2727 E. D St., Tacoma, 253-272-3663.

STONE IN LOVE: JOURNEY TRIBUTE: All ages., 9 p.m., $15 adv./$17 DOS. Neptune Theatre, 1303 NE 45th St., Seattle, 877-784-4849.

SUNDAY, FEB. 12

KENNY “BABYFACE” EDMONDS: 7 p.m., $40-

$100. Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 S.E. N. Bend Way, Snoqualmie, 425-888-1234.

TUESDAY, FEB. 14

DR. DOG: SEE SHORT LIST, P. 52.

Club Listings Wednesday 8 ROCK/POP/INDIE

COMET TAVERN: 922 E. Pike St., Seattle, 322-9272. I Hate

You Just Kidding, with Elk & Boar, Tilted Stilts, The Pilot Lights., 9 p.m., $7.

CROCODILE: 2200 Second Ave., Seattle, 441-7416. YACHT, with Secret Shoppers, Bobby Birdman All ages., 8 p.m., $15.

HIGH DIVE: 513 N. 36th St., Seattle, 632-0212. Milo Greene, with Family Of The Year, Other Desert Cities., 8 p.m., $6 adv./$8 DOS. NEUMOS: 925 E. Pike St., Seattle, 709-9467. Secret Chiefs 3 Vs Dengue Fever, 8 p.m., $17.

STUDIO SEVEN: 110 S. Horton St., Seattle, 286-1312.

Still Automatic, with Elude, Lineata., 7 p.m., $8 adv./$10 DOS. SUNSET TAVERN: 5433 Ballard Ave. N.W., Seattle, 784-4880. The Golden Blondes, with The Jet Age, Mr. Drinx and The Pot T H I S CO D E Heads., 9:30 p.m., $7.

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COUNTRY/FOLK/ROOTS

EL NORTE: 13717 Lake City Way N.E., Seattle, 954-1349.

The Davanos, 9 p.m., Free.

JEWELBOX/RENDEZVOUS: 2322 Second Ave., Seattle,

441-5823. Vigilante Santos, with Canals of Venice, Andrew Robeson., 9 p.m., $5.

DANCE/DJ/ELECTRONIC

BALTIC ROOM: 1207 Pine St., Seattle, 625-4444. Anthem, 9 p.m.

HAVANA: 1010 E. Pike St., Seattle, 323-2822. Choice, with

Jeromy Nail, L.A. Kendall, Gameboy, Jon Lemmon., $1.

LAVA LOUNGE: 2226 Second Ave., Seattle, 441-5660. DJ

Deutscher Meister, 9 p.m.

NEIGHBOURS: 1509 Broadway Ave., Seattle, 324-5358. 18+ Downe, hip hop and ‘90s music., 9 p.m., free.

NEUMOS: 925 E. Pike St., Seattle, 709-9467. Secret Chiefs 3 Vs. Dengue Fever, 9 p.m., $17.

NOC NOC: 1516 Second Ave., Seattle, 223-1333. Requiem, Goth dance with DJ Sean & Eternal Darkness., $3.

Send events to music@seattleweekly.com NC = no charge, AA = all ages.

JAZZ/BLUES

DIMITRIOU’S JAZZ ALLEY: 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle, 441-9729.

YACHT takes over the Crocodile on Wednesday, February 8.

Bobby Broom and The Deep Blue Organ Trio, 7:30 p.m., $20.50.

MUSICQUARIUM LOUNGE: 216 Union St., Seattle,

838-4333. Katy Bourne, 5 p.m., NC.

NEW ORLEANS CREOLE RESTAURANT: 114 First Ave.

S., Seattle, 622-2563. The Legend Band with Clarence Acox, 8 p.m.

THE PINK DOOR: 1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 443-3241.

Casey MacGill’s Blue 4 Trio, 8 p.m., NC. THE ROYAL ROOM: 5000 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle, 906-9920. Royal Room Jazz Session, 8 p.m., NC. VITO’S: 927 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 397-4053. Jerry Zimmerman, Free., Every other Wednesday, 7 p.m., NC.

FUNK/SOUL

HIGHWAY 99 BLUES CLUB: 1414 Alaskan Way, Seattle,

382-2171. Folichon, 7 p.m., $10.

NECTAR LOUNGE: 412 N. 36th St., Seattle, 632-2020.

Soul Jelly, with Beet Oven., 8 p.m., NC.

Thursday 9 ROCK/POP/INDIE

BLUE MOON TAVERN: 712 N.E. 45th St., Seattle, 675-9116.

Scrumptious and The Backbeat, with Ocean of Algebra, The Brothers Bowlby., 9 p.m., $5.

COMET TAVERN: Digital Leather: SEE SHORT LIST, P. 52.

CROCODILE: Eleanor Friedberger: SEE SHORT LIST, P. 52.

HIGH DIVE: 513 N. 36th St., Seattle, 632-0212. Marnie, with Indecisive Rhythm, Death’s Three Daughters, The Springboards., 8 p.m., $6.

JEWELBOX/RENDEZVOUS: 2322 Second Ave., Seattle, 441-5823. Braver Pilot, with Sigmund Friend., 10 p.m., $5.

MUSICQUARIUM LOUNGE: 216 Union St., Seattle, 838-4333. Spyn Reset, 9 p.m., NC. THE RAT AND RAVEN: 5260 University Way NE, Seattle, 524-3166. Fabulous Downey Brothers, with Badwater Fire Company, Swingset Showdown., 9 p.m., $5.

SKYLARK CAFE & CLUB: 3803 Delridge Way S.W., Seattle, 935-2111. Sweetlix, with The Do Wrongs, Yusif., 9 p.m., $5.

STUDIO SEVEN: 110 S. Horton St., Seattle, 286-1312. Dr. Acula, with The Devasted, In Dying Arms, Design the Skyline, Mercy Until Judgement, On Set The Shores All ages., 6:30 p.m., $10 adv./$12 DOS. THE TRIPLE DOOR: 216 Union St., Seattle, 838-4333. Kris Orlowski & Dawn Mitschele, All ages., 7:30 p.m., $25 adv./$30 DOS.

HIP-HOP/R&B

CAN CAN: 94 Pike St. Downstairs from Matts & Chez

Chea, Seattle, 652-0832. Shaprece, 7:30 p.m., $5.

COUNTRY/FOLK/ROOTS

FUNHOUSE: 206 Fifth Ave. N., Seattle, 374-8400. Load Levelers,

with Izzy Cox, Dan Infecto, Ando Ehlers., 9:30 p.m., $6.

LITTLE RED HEN: 7115 Woodlawn Ave. N.E., Seattle,

522-1168. Buckaroosters, 9 p.m., $3.

THE MIX: 6004 12th Ave. S. #17, Seattle, 767-0280. Olde Growth, with Smokin Bill and The Band., 9 p.m., $5.

SMOKIN’ PETE’S BBQ: 1918 N.W. 65th St., Seattle, 783-0454. Howdy Boys, 6:30 p.m., NC. SUNSET TAVERN: 5433 Ballard Ave. N.W., Seattle,

784-4880. Brad Loomis and the Resonance, with Benyaro, Ian McFeron., 9:30 p.m., $8.

TRACTOR TAVERN: 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., Seattle, 789-3599. Blvd Park, with Nettle Honey., 9 p.m., $6.

DANCE/DJ/ELECTRONIC

BALTIC ROOM: 1207 Pine St., Seattle, 625-4444. Lush, 9 p.m.

HAVANA: 1010 E. Pike St., Seattle, 323-2822. Sophisticated

Mama, with DJs Nitty Gritty and Sad Bastard., NC.

LAVA LOUNGE: 2226 Second Ave., Seattle, 441-5660. Rock

Night, 9 p.m.

LO-FI PERFORMANCE GALLERY: 429 Eastlake Ave. E.,

Seattle, 254-2824. London Loves-Brit-Pop, Indie, Post Punk Dance Nigh, 9 p.m., $3.

TRINITY NIGHTCLUB: 111 Yesler Way, Seattle, 447-4140.

DJ Tre, 9 p.m., NC.

JAZZ/BLUES

CONOR BYRNE: 5140 Ballard Ave. N.W., Seattle, 784-3640.

Mouce Manouche, with Gus Clark (of Illicit Jug Cartel), Mean Street Meanie., 9 p.m.

DIMITRIOU’S JAZZ ALLEY: 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle, 441-9729. Tower of Power, Feb. 9-12, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $40.

THE DISTRICT LOUNGE: 4507 Brooklyn Ave. N.E., Seattle, 547-4134. Cassia DeMayo Quintet, Free., 8 p.m., Free.

HIGHWAY 99 BLUES CLUB: 1414 Alaskan Way, Seattle, 382-2171. James King & The Southsiders, 8 p.m., $10.

LUCID: 5241 University Way NE, Seattle, 402-3042. The Hang, 9:30 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS CREOLE RESTAURANT: 114 First Ave. S., Seattle, 622-2563. Ham Carson and Friends, every Thursday except first Thursday of each month.

THE PINK DOOR: 1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 443-3241.

Bric-a-Brac, 8 p.m.

THE ROYAL ROOM: 5000 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle, 906-9920.

Yada Yada Blues Band, 8 p.m. continues through Feb. 23, NC.

FUNK/SOUL

NEUMOS: 925 E. Pike St., Seattle, 709-9467. The Dudefest

2012: Big Lebowski Movie Party, with The Staxx Brothers., 7 p.m., $13.

THE WHITE RABBIT: 513 N. 36th St., Seattle, 588-0155.

Marmalade, 9:30 p.m., $6.

AFROPOP/REGGAE/WORLD

COLUMBIA CITY THEATER: 4918 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle,

723-0088. Savani World Quintet, with Super Sones., 8 p.m., $10.

Friday 10 ROCK/POP/INDIE

BLUE MOON TAVERN: 712 N.E. 45th St., Seattle, 675-9116.

Sad Face, with The Spinning Whips, Freighms., 10 p.m., $6.

CAIRO: 507 E. Mercer St., Seattle. Gun Outfit, with Cairo

Pythian, M. Women All ages., 8 p.m., $5.

CENTRAL SALOON: 207 First Ave. S., Seattle, 622-0209.

Levendy, with Kamikazies, Voxxy Vellejo., 9 p.m., $5.

COLUMBIA CITY THEATER: 4918 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle,

723-0088. Drew Grow & The Pastors’ Wives, with Ships, Brian Free., 9 p.m., $10.

COMET TAVERN: 922 E. Pike St., Seattle, 322-9272. And And And, with The Quiet Ones, Friends & Family., 9 p.m., $7.

CROCODILE: 2200 Second Ave., Seattle, 441-7416.

Dancing on the Valentine, with Daniel G. Harmann & the Trouble Starts, Exohxo, Fly Moon Royalty, Hotels, John Roderick, Katie Kate, Lesli Wood, Noddy., 8 p.m., $15.

DARRELL’S TAVERN: 18041 Aurora Ave. N., Seattle, 542-6688. The Sterling Loons, with The D.Evolution.Aires, Barton Carroll., 9 p.m., $6.

EL CORAZON: 109 Eastlake Ave. E., Seattle, 381-3094.

Falling In Reverse, with Oh, Sleeper, Skip The Foreplay, Monsters Scare You! All ages., 7 p.m., $13 adv./$15 DOS. FREMONT ABBEY ARTS CENTER: 4272 Fremont Ave. N., Seattle, 701-9270. Seattle Music For Change: Benefit Concert for Youthcare, with Land of Pines, Lindsay Fuller, Christ Cunningham, Hannah Williams All ages., 8 p.m., $12 adv./$15 DOS. FUEL: 164 S. Washington St., Seattle, 405-3835. The Industry People, with Vigilante Justice, Riverpool., 9:30 p.m., $5.

FUNHOUSE: 206 Fifth Ave. N., Seattle, 374-8400. Chris Murray, with Natalie Wouldn’t, Moon, Skam., 8 p.m., $10.

HARD ROCK CAFE: 116 Pike St., Seattle, 204-2233. Ethan Freckleton, with The Solvents, Kissing Potion., 9 p.m., $10 adv./$15 DOS. HIGH DIVE: 513 N. 36th St., Seattle, 632-0212. Smile For Diamonds, with Keaton Collective., 9:30 p.m., $6.

JEWELBOX/RENDEZVOUS: 2322 Second Ave., Seattle, 441-5823. The Blue Ribbon Boys, with The Downstrokes, The Royal Sea., 10 p.m., $5.

THE MIX: 6004 12th Ave. S. #17, Seattle, 767-0280. The Double Cross Committee, with Tanks Of Zen, The Fat Kids., 9 p.m., $5.

NECTAR LOUNGE: 412 N. 36th St., Seattle, 632-2020. Cody Beebe and the Crooks, with Perry Acker, Redwood Son., 8 p.m., $8.

NEUMOS: 925 E. Pike St., Seattle, 709-9467. Amber Pacific, with The Freighms, Anchor The Tide, Step One, The Exchange All ages., 7 p.m., $10.

THE RAT AND RAVEN: 5260 University Way NE, Seattle, 524-3166. French Letters, with The Fixits, Whiskey Radio, Vanity Mirrors., 8 p.m., $5.

SHOWBOX SODO: 1700 First Ave. S., Seattle, 652-0444.

MUTEMATH, All ages., 7 p.m., $28 adv./$32 DOS. SKYLARK CAFE & CLUB: 3803 Delridge Way S.W., Seattle, 935-2111. Dead Language, with Jo Jo Jupiter, Dino Haak Collective., 9 p.m., $5.

SUNSET TAVERN: 5433 Ballard Ave. N.W., Seattle, 784-4880. Mutiny Mutiny, with Post Adolescence, Debutante Year., 10 p.m., $7.

TRACTOR TAVERN: 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., Seattle, 789-3599. Matthew Good, with Emily Greene., 8:30 p.m., $17.50 adv./$20 DOS. THE VERA PROJECT: 305 Harrison St. (Seattle Center), Seattle, 956-8372. David Choi, All ages., 7:30 p.m., $16.

HIP-HOP/R&B

THE WHITE RABBIT: 513 N. 36th St., Seattle, 588-0155.

JFK, with Kublakai, Griff J, Apakoliptic., 9:30 p.m., $5.

COUNTRY/FOLK/ROOTS

CONOR BYRNE: 5140 Ballard Ave. N.W., Seattle, 784-3640.

Dead Winter Carpenters, with Warren G. Hardings., 9 p.m.

LITTLE RED HEN: 7115 Woodlawn Ave. N.E., Seattle,

522-1168. Wild Turkeys, 9 p.m., $5.

MUSICQUARIUM LOUNGE: 216 Union St., Seattle,

838-4333. Bart Budwig, 5 p.m., NC.

NORTHWEST SEAPORT MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER: 860 Terry Ave. N., Seattle, 447-9800. Northwest

Seaport Chantey Sing with Dan Roberts, 8 p.m., NC.

THE PINK DOOR: 1919 Post Alley, Seattle, 443-3241.

Miles & Karina, 9 p.m.

SLIM’S LAST CHANCE CHILI SHACK & WATERING HOLE: 5606 First Ave. S., Seattle, 762-7900. Izzy Cox,

with Shivering Denizens, The Hilltones., 9 p.m., $8.

THE TRIPLE DOOR: 216 Union St., Seattle, 838-4333.

John Gorka, All ages., 8 p.m., $18 adv./$20 DOS.

DANCE/DJ/ELECTRONIC

BALTIC ROOM: 1207 Pine St., Seattle, 625-4444.

Lo-Fidelity, 9 p.m.

ELECTRIC TEA GARDEN: Cold Cave: SEE SHORT LIST, P. 52.

HAVANA: 1010 E. Pike St., Seattle, 323-2822. DJs DV-One,

Soul One, Curtis, Nostalgia B, Sean Cee, Fridays, 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 p.m., $5/$8 after 11 p.m.

LO-FI PERFORMANCE GALLERY: 429 Eastlake Ave. E., Seattle, 254-2824. Lust For Life, with Evan Blackstone, DJ B.Wonder Jones., 9 p.m., $5.

NOC NOC: 1516 Second Ave., Seattle, 223-1333. Time Warp, with DJ Evan Blackstone, DJ Change., $5.

RE-BAR: Omar S: SEE SHORT LIST, P. 52.

THE SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: 2202 N. 45th St., Seattle, 992-1120. DJ Woogie, 10 p.m., NC. SEE SOUND LOUNGE: 115 Blanchard St., Seattle, 374-3733. Play Fridays, 8 p.m.

seven»nights STUDIO SEVEN: 110 S. Horton St., Seattle, 286-1312.

TRINITY NIGHTCLUB: 111 Yesler Way, Seattle, 447-4140.

JAZZ/BLUES

JAZZ/BLUES

441-9729. Tower of Power, Feb. 9-12, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $40.

HIGHWAY 99 BLUES CLUB: 1414 Alaskan Way, Seattle, 382-2171. Nathan James, 8 p.m., $13.

MUSICQUARIUM LOUNGE: 216 Union St., Seattle, 838-4333. Forever Growing, 9 p.m., NC. THE ROYAL ROOM: 5000 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle, 906-9920. Sonny Clark Memorial Sextet, 8:30 p.m., NC. SERAFINA: 2043 Eastlake Ave. E., Seattle, 323-0807. John Sanders & Saul Cline Duo, 9 p.m., NC. SORRENTO HOTEL: 900 Madison St., Seattle, 622-6400.

Kristin Chambers, All ages., 7:30 p.m., NC. VITO’S: 927 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 397-4053. Jovino Santos Neto, Fri., Feb. 10, 8 p.m.; Fri., March 2, 8 p.m., NC.

Providence Point Drive S.E., Issaquah, 425-391-3335.

Pearl Django, 7:45 p.m., $20.

CAFE RACER: 5828 Roosevelt Way N.E., Seattle, 523-5282.

Ask The Ages, 9 p.m.

DIMITRIOU’S JAZZ ALLEY: 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle, 441-9729. Tower of Power, Feb. 9-12, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $40.

HIGHWAY 99 BLUES CLUB: 1414 Alaskan Way, Seattle, 382-2171. Karen Lovely Band, 8 p.m., $14.

THE ROYAL ROOM: 5000 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle, 906-9920. The Meter Maids, with Mike Stone, Bob Lovelace, Jeff Fielder, Wayne Horvitz., 9 p.m., NC. SERAFINA: 2043 Eastlake Ave. E., Seattle, 323-0807. Jose Gonzalez Trio, 9 p.m., NC. SORRENTO HOTEL: 900 Madison St., Seattle, 622-6400.

Nikki DeCaires & Karin Kajita, All ages., 7:30 p.m., NC. VITO’S: 927 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 397-4053. Ruby Bishop, Saturdays, 6 p.m.; Sundays, 6 p.m., NC; The Barrett Martin Group, 9:30 p.m., NC.

Sexy Party, with Hot Pink Delorean, J. Rabbit, SLP, The Wolfpack All ages., 8 p.m., $10/$25 VIP.

DIMITRIOU’S JAZZ ALLEY: 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle,

Saturday 11 ROCK/POP/INDIE

CENTRAL SALOON: 207 First Ave. S., Seattle, 622-0209.

Ready Steady Go, with Stunt Doubles., 9 p.m., $5.

THE CHARLESTON: 333 N. Callow, Bremerton. Resist, with The Assasinators, Streetwalker, Generation Decline, Left Askew., 8 p.m., $5.

COLUMBIA CITY THEATER: 4918 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle, 723-0088. Kelli Schaefer, with Hobosexual, Tope., 9 p.m., $10.

COMET TAVERN: 922 E. Pike St., Seattle, 322-9272. The Torn ACLs, with The Hoot Hoots, Ash Reiter, Ambulance., 9 p.m., $7.

DARRELL’S TAVERN: 18041 Aurora Ave. N., Seattle, 542-6688.

The Fuzz, with Dead Man, The Paul Lynde Fan Club., 9 p.m., $6.

EL CORAZON: 109 Eastlake Ave. E., Seattle, 381-3094.

August Burns Red, with Silverstein, Texas In July, I The Breather All ages., 7:30 p.m., $20 adv./$22 DOS. FUEL: 164 S. Washington St., Seattle, 405-3835. The Juliettes, with Late September Dogs, Pretty Enemy., 9:30 p.m., $5.

FUNHOUSE: Less Than Equals: SEE SHORT LIST, P. 52.

HARD ROCK CAFE: 116 Pike St., Seattle, 204-2233. Stand Up and Shout, 9 p.m., $12 adv./$15 DOS. JEWELBOX/RENDEZVOUS: 2322 Second Ave., Seattle, 441-5823. Orca Team, with Pony Time., 10 p.m., $5.

THE MIX: 6004 12th Ave. S. #17, Seattle, 767-0280. Ramona The Band, 9 p.m., $5.

THE RAT AND RAVEN: 5260 University Way NE, Seattle, 524-3166. The Redwood Plan, with Lazy Animals, Mal de Mer., 8 p.m., $7.

SKYLARK CAFE & CLUB: 3803 Delridge Way S.W., Seattle, 935-2111. 80s Invasion, 9 p.m., $8 adv./$10 DOS.

Jason LeMaitre, $15/free before 10pm; GUY and Vsop, 9 p.m., $15 after 10 p.m.

BAKE’S PLACE AT PROVIDENCE POINT: 4135

FUNK/SOUL

THE WHITE RABBIT: 513 N. 36th St., Seattle, 588-0155.

Balls Out Booze Band, with Feverton, Ripynt., 9:30 p.m., $5.

AFROPOP/REGGAE/WORLD

EMPTY SEA STUDIOS: 6300 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle,

228-2483. Radim Zenkl, 8 p.m., $14 adv./$18 DOS.

NECTAR LOUNGE: 412 N. 36th St., Seattle, 632-2020.

Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band, with Selecta Raiford., 8 p.m., $12 adv./$15 DOS.

Sunday 12 ROCK/POP/INDIE

COMET TAVERN: 922 E. Pike St., Seattle, 322-9272.

Sleep, with Paul Brownlow & The Working Dogs, Poor Folks Live Well., 9 p.m.

STUDIO SEVEN: 110 S. Horton St., Seattle, 286-1312.

THE ACCUSED, with December in Red, Sausage Slapper, The Purpose Being, Echoreason, Eros, Esitu., 5 p.m., $10 adv./$12 DOS. TRACTOR TAVERN: 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., Seattle, 789-3599. Chris Conley, with Matt Pryor, Anthony Raneri, Ace Enders, Evan Weiss., 9 p.m., $14 adv./$16 DOS.

Glitterbang, with The Blind Photographers, Terabyte & The Battery Eaters., 9 p.m., $5.

EL CORAZON: 109 Eastlake Ave. E., Seattle, 381-3094. The Mid-Summer Classic, with Divided By Friday, Victorian Halls, I The Mighty All ages., 7:30 p.m., $8 adv./$10 DOS. FUNHOUSE: 206 Fifth Ave. N., Seattle, 374-8400. Iolo, 9:30 p.m., $12.

HIGH DIVE: 513 N. 36th St., Seattle, 632-0212. Matt Brown, with Megan Larson., 7 p.m., NC. THE RAT AND RAVEN: 5260 University Way NE, Seattle, 524-3166. Grenades, with Black Pussy, Lozen, Partman Parthorse., 8 p.m., $6.

SKYLARK CAFE & CLUB: 3803 Delridge Way S.W., Seattle, 935-2111. Dillon Warnek, with Beautiful Lies All ages., 7 p.m.

STUDIO SEVEN: 110 S. Horton St., Seattle, 286-1312. Big Carolina, with Jamal, My Mom Dumped Me, Entwine

by Design, Postcards From the Deathbed, Vida Vore, Anything Anastasia, Mayforuthmovement, Joshua Sands, Rising Union, Yung Guel, Ordinary, Fighting Maniacs All ages., 4 p.m., $7 adv./$9 DOS. SUNSET TAVERN: 5433 Ballard Ave. N.W., Seattle, 784-4880.

Prom Queen, with Pomerantz, Abi Swanson., 9:30 p.m., $6.

HIP-HOP/R&B

COUNTRY/FOLK/ROOTS

SLIM’S LAST CHANCE CHILI SHACK & WATERING HOLE: 5606 First Ave. S., Seattle, 762-7900. Empire of

Bigtime! with Kelly Castle Scott, with Thad Wenatchee, The Nightcaps, Chance Random, Bates, DJ WD4D, DJ Miss Ashley., 10 p.m., $6.

COUNTRY/FOLK/ROOTS

CONOR BYRNE: 5140 Ballard Ave. N.W., Seattle, 784-3640.

Drunken Prayer, with The Annie Ford Band, Bitterroot., 9 p.m.

CROCODILE: 2200 Second Ave., Seattle, 441-7416. Jackie

Greene, 8 p.m., $17.

HIGH DIVE: Michael Vermillion: SEE SHORT LIST, P. 52.

LITTLE RED HEN: 7115 Woodlawn Ave. N.E., Seattle,

522-1168. Grover’s TAB Band, 9 p.m., $5.

TREEHOUSE CAFE: 4569 Lynwood Center Road NE,

Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Island, 842-2369. Massy Ferguson, 8 p.m., $15.

DANCE/DJ/ELECTRONIC

AMORE INFUSED: 522 Wall St., Seattle, 770-0606.

DJ EStylz, 9 p.m., $5 or free with dinner.

BALTIC ROOM: 1207 Pine St., Seattle, 625-4444. The

Syndicate, 9 p.m.

CONTOUR: 807 First Ave., Seattle, 447-7704. Europa Night,

with DJs Igor & Misha., 9 p.m.

HAVANA: 1010 E. Pike St., Seattle, 323-2822. DJs DV-One,

Soul One, Curtis, Nostalgia B, Sean Cee, Fridays, 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 p.m., $5/$8 after 11 p.m.

NOC NOC: 1516 Second Ave., Seattle, 223-1333. Into the Groove, 80s dance with DJ Shane., 9 p.m., $5.

BLUE MOON TAVERN: 712 N.E. 45th St., Seattle, 675-9116.

Lost River String Band, with Two Sided Trio, The Layabouts., 7 p.m., NC. JEWELBOX/RENDEZVOUS: 2322 Second Ave., Seattle, 441-5823. Haystack Charm, with Be Honest Ruth Bryan, Jesse Williams., 9 p.m., $5.

LITTLE RED HEN: 7115 Woodlawn Ave. N.E., Seattle, 5221168. Davanos, Sun., Feb. 12, 9 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 26, 9 p.m., $3.

PIES & PINTS: 1215 N.E. 65th St., Seattle, 524-7082. Sunday Night Folk Review, 8 p.m. continues through March 25, NC. TREEHOUSE CAFE: 4569 Lynwood Center Road NE, Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Island, 842-2369. Gretchen Peters, 7:30 p.m., $18.

DANCE/DJ/ELECTRONIC

CONTOUR: 807 First Ave., Seattle, 447-7704. Broken

Grooves, With Conspiracy X and the Midnight Sons, DJ Sean Majors, and DJ Stacy Alan., 9 p.m., NC. LAVA LOUNGE: 2226 Second Ave., Seattle, 441-5660.

DJ Jimi Crash, 9 p.m.

NEIGHBOURS: 1509 Broadway Ave., Seattle, 324-5358. ¡Ay Papi! Latino Night, $5 after 10 p.m.

NOC NOC: 1516 Second Ave., Seattle, 223-1333. Sunday Resurrection, with DJ Sean IV., 9 p.m., $3.

RE-BAR: 1114 Howell St., Seattle, 233-9873. Flammable!, 10 p.m.

THE SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: 2202 N. 45th St., Seattle, 9921120. Jamaica Funk Sundayz with DJ Million, 10 p.m., NC. STUDIO SEVEN: 110 S. Horton St., Seattle, 286-1312. A HeartBeat, All ages., 8 p.m., $10.

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Drinking is an essential part of enjoying any karaoke night. It provides the energy to motivate people to sing, as well as the patience to tolerate horrible singers. Recently I came to realize that I haven’t been doing enough drinking lately.

Aside from every weekend at Tarasco, it’s been months since I truly tied one on while checking out a new karaoke bar.

Since I mostly review spots during the week, the fear of feeling like shit at my day job has subconsciously caused me to install a governor on my intake. As a result, singing hasn’t been nearly as much fun. Karaoke or no karaoke, what’s the point of hanging out in a bar around a bunch of drunk people if you’re not going to get drunk yourself?

Plus, every time I sing without enough booze in me, I’m distracted by it to the point where I’m literally thinking about how I wish I had more to drink as I’m singing the song.

This week I arranged Thursday off from work so I could get wasted at Kate’s Pub in Wallingford on Wednesday night. I grabbed my buddy Juan, and we got there just before the show started at 9 p.m. My plan was to get five slips in quickly, and take a shot before and after performing each one. And just for good measure, I brought a list I’d compiled of the most playedout karaoke songs, and decided to take a Jäger shot any time one of those songs was sung.

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Five minutes into the show, my buddy Lisa showed up. Between her and Juan, I wouldn’t be able to tell you who is crazier about karaoke.

All I know is I’d come in a close third. We each put up a song, and I took my first shot of Cazadores. An announcement scrolled across the singer-lineup ticker that the rotation was already 20 deep. Thus my plan to slam tequila before and after singing went out the door. Instead I ordered a shot pretty much every time a Kate’s employee came to our table (every 15 minutes or so).

“Drinking time.” That’s what the KJ, Pat Clark, announces during the instrumental breaks in singers’ performances.

It’s such a basic phrase, but the way he delivers it always makes me want to pound beer. I’ve been to many of his shows. As a host, he is pure energy. Lisa said he reminded her of Jonah Hill, but he’s always struck me as the Grateful Dead Bear come to life.

I had enough of a buzz rolling for my first song, “Rocket Man,” but my voice wasn’t totally warmed up. Juan delivered a solid “Overkill” by Men at Work, and Lisa sang “Say You Love Me”

by Fleetwood Mac beautifully. We were all a mess two hours later when we each got up again. I remember that the rest of the singers were solid, but nobody picked anything off my overplayed list until the end of the night, when a guy sang “Ice Ice Baby.” The shot I took when that came on the speakers put me over the top. E

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Two things became obvious immediately upon opening my $8 bottle, “infused with Super Lemon Haze”: First, it looked like conventional lemonade; second, it smelled like marijuana (a big positive for me). The taste was even yummier than I expected. As a fan of both lemonade and weed, it made me happy to see them work so well together. A pleasantly stoned fuzziness filled my head, followed not long after by a raging case of the munchies.

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“Before I got sober, nearly all the sex I’d had—excluding, say, morning sex—had been when I was somewhere between buzzed and wasted,” she explains. “Sure, initiating sex was easier because my inhibitions were down, but those absent inhibitions also caused me to do all sorts of things I never would have in the sober light of day.”

We didn’t even get into the risk factors of drunk sex: beer-goggle partners (coyote arm!), the ripped condom nobody notices until too late, and the increased likelihood that you’ll put yourself in sketchy situations. I’ve certainly had my share of drunken misadventures—like the support-hose-wearing, donkey-dicked, bisexual revenge lay. Or the shut-up fuck. If I’d been sober, would I ever have had sex with someone just to make him stop talking? Um, no. Would I have believed that screwing the roommate of the guy who dumped me was a clever revenge tactic? Well, that I might’ve believed sober, but I’m not very bright.

Anna, who’s been clean for many years now, says, “There’s nothing terrifying about sex—it’s one of the most natural things in the world—once you can get out of your head about it. And, no matter what anyone else says, just getting inebriated doesn’t mean you’re out of your head about the sex. I’ve only been able to get in the moment and actually enjoy the sex in sobriety.”

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