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Here are some photos of Sloan from the performance at Chop Suey two weeks ago.

The Golden Dogs from Toronto, Canada opened for Sloan at Chop Suey. They put on an engaging and energetic set of indie rock by the numbers. Without further ado, some photos of The Golden Dogs live at Chop Suey Sunday night.

Last week I met up with an old friend from Tucson whom I didn’t realize has lived up here in Seattle for four years. We reconnected by virtue of the unyielding and strangely magical power of the series of tubes. We decided to meet up and we head over to Cafe Venus to grab something to eat and a couple of beers.

Though there are typically live shows Thursday-Saturday at the Venus counterpart, Mars Bar, I was surprised to learn The Ruby Suns were playing later that Wednesday night. I walked home to grab my camera and headed back to the place.

Though I had picked up one their Sea Lion release early this year on a recommendation, this was my first chance to see the band live. They performed a short, lively and interesting set; a mix of triggered loops and samples, cocktail drums and live instrumentation. I actually ran into Ryan McPhun last night at the Sloan show (which I’ll post photos from soon) at Chop Suey and spoke with him briefly. He mentioned circa 1999, Sloan was one of his favorite bands at the time. Enough of my rambling, here are the resulting photographs from The Ruby Suns’ performance, in case you didn’t click on the giant photo atop this post.

The Turn Ons from Seattle at their record release party at The Comet Tavern. There are more photos in the gallery. How about this action, eh? Five posts in a row from the world’s worst blogger: me.

The Triumphant Returns from Spokane. There are more photos in the gallery.

The Apple War last night at The Comet Tavern in Seattle. There are more photos in the gallery.

Seattle’s Psychedelic pop stalwarts The Green Pajamas live at King Cobra last weekend. There are more photos in the gallery.

The Weekend Session at King Cobra last Saturday night. There are more photos in the gallery.

New live rock galleries up: The Coloffs, The Paper Dolls and The Zip Guns from Friday night at The Funhouse, Seattle.

Tim Robbins’ Keynote Speech at the National Association of Broadcasters’ Convention Monday evening. This is just one of many gems.

In the ’70s, radio took a serious nosedive when Edwin Armstrong invented FM to eliminate the static and noise associated with AM and unwittingly provided a home for easy listening jazz rock, overly dramatic disco songs and 20 minute psychedelic sitar jams.