Seattle Gay News
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 41, Volume 37, October 9, 2009
Deadmau5 show bouncy, Snow Patrol frontman sweaty, grinding, gyrating jacqui sadler
be an egotistical jerk. You’d think, as attractive and well-schooled as he is, having studied at the reputable University of Dundee in Scotland, that he’d be a bit of a snob, that the number of magazine covers he and his bandmates have appeared on, many overseas and several on US soil, would perch him on a pedestal too high for a regional Gay newspaper to reach. But nope, Gary Lightbody is nothing like this. The lead singer of Grammy-nominated act Snow Patrol is the friendliest, coolest, and most interesting frontman I’ve had the pleaSnow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody sure of interviewing by Albert Rodriguez – a pleasure indeed, because each word from his mouth, coated in an SGN A&E Writer Irish farmboy accent, made it feel You’d think the lead singer of a as if my ears were being swabbed band that opened shows for both U2 and Coldplay this year would see music lounge page 35
Deadmau5 October 4 The Showbox Market I felt bad for the line of ticketless hopefuls outside The Showbox Market on Sunday night, desperately hoping to gain entrance to a performance filled to capacity. Their frustration isn’t lost on me, as years ago I too prayed for big miracles at concert venues with “sold out” signs taped on box office windows. I remember capturing morsels of sound escaping through the front doors, reminding me that listening from the curb is the worst seat in the house. The reason for all this fuss was Deadmau5, a 28-year-old Canadian who has rapidly earned marquee status on the dance music circuit around the world. Based in Toronto, the Grammy-nominated producer/DJ attracts the likes of club scenesters and electronica hipsters on both sides of the fence – Gay cuties grinding into each other on my right, shirtless straight boys gyrating to my left. It was more or less a rave party with a star turntablist, but instead of a dark eyeliner crowd, the gathering here was a preppy ensemble of college kids, trendy 20- and 30-somethings, and the usual Gay twinks.
No Exit a shining success from the Wrecking Crew
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on his band, books, and Belfast
by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer
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Wearing one version of his trademark mousy headpiece – glittery silver head, large red ears – Deadmau5 got busy on music from various projects, including several from his 2008 compilation called Random Album Title. A fusion of “Sometimes Things Get, Whatever” and “Complications”
was incredible, two songs I hadn’t paid considerable attention to on the disc, and even cooler was a tantalizing rotation of “Slip.” Deadmau5 also intertwined snippets of Daft Punk’s “Harder Better Faster Stronger” into a setlist entry. see deadmau5 page 42
39 Steps a spoof at its highest level
No Exit Stone Soup Theatre Through October 10 When I was a young punk hanging out in Austin, Texas, I was given a copy of Nietzsche’s Ecce Homo. Admittedly, this was probably not the best place to start an exploration of existential thought for a hayseed quite literally just off the farm. Through this unsupervised reading, I somehow got the faulty impression that being an existential-
ist meant giving God the finger. As I was already in that state of mind, I began to tell people I was an existentialist, and I began to earnestly write really awful “existentialist” plays. Fortunately, this entire episode only lasted until I read Dharma Bums. That’s when I became a beat poet and began to earnestly write really awful beat poetry instead. But you don’t exorcise your existential streaks with ease. And deep down, and with the addition of later reading in the company of a couple of amazing teachers, I still have a deep respect for existential
art and thought. That’s why I got excited about The Wrecking Crew’s production of No Exit by the French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre at the Stone Soup Theatre’s Downstage. No Exit is one of the most famous existential plays, and I had never seen it performed. No Exit is about three people who have just died and find themselves escorted to a single room by a stoic valet (the only other character in the one-act play). The drama unfolds as they get to know each see no exit page 28
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courtesy the wrecking crew
by Scott Rice SGN Contributing Writer
(l to r) Eric Hissom, Claire Brownell, Scott Parkinson and Ted Deasy in The 39 Steps
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer The 39 Steps Seattle Repertory Theatre Through October 24 You don’t need to know Alfred
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Hitchcock movies to be in on the fun of The 39 Steps, now at Seattle Repertory Theatre, but it helps with at least a few jokes. This is a production that started at La Jolla see the 39 steps page 28
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