Night after night, in the shadowy light of the Badlander bar, Aaron Bolton’s relaxed smile beamed from behind the sound board. He was in his element, there in the bar that he bought with a trio of friends in 2007 and helped transform into a cornerstone of Missoula’s nightlife scene.
On Monday, Bolton’s friends in the music community struggled to cope with the news that his body had been pulled from the icy waters of Seattle’s Elliot Bay early that morning.
“He was simply the nicest person I ever knew,” said Justin Lawrence, owner of Hellhouse Sound and the regular sound-man at the Palace Lounge, a music venue in the basement of the complex of bars at the corner of Ryman and Broadway. “(He) never had a cross word to say about anyone or anything.”
Details of Bolton’s death remain sketchy. According to Seattle Police spokesman Jeff Kappel, police fielded a report at approximately 6 a.m. Monday of a body floating in Elliot Bay, near Pier 57 in downtown Seattle. Bolton’s body was fished out of the water by firemen around 7 a.m.
Kappel said that no cause of death had been determined, and would not confirm Bolton’s identity. [Read More...]
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We received a doozy of a “press release” today that I thought I would share, unedited, in its entirety (after all, according to the release, failing to do so would mean I’m perpetrating evil!). Maybe I was right about saxophones all along….
From: For Immediate Release
Date: January 18, 2012 1:14:26 PM MST
To: Sherry Devlin
Subject: Strange Sounds Being Heard Are Extremely Dangerous
Those who fail to report this story are no better than the ones who are perpetrating this evil.
It is imperative that people wake up to what the NWO is now up to. The strange sounds that are being heard in many different parts of the world inclusive now of multiple locations in North America, are a full out Satanic assault of the most hideous kind. [Read More...]
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I know that accidents sometimes happen, but really. If you’re gonna spend the exorbitant money necessary to get into a concert by the New York Philharmonic, at least turn off your cellphone. Or, at least, turn it off after the first ring.
Otherwise, this might happen.
Anyone who knows the music of Mahler [...]
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Here are a few things I have learned since starting a gourmet popcorn stand at the weekend outdoor markets late last month:
- Everybody likes popcorn, but not everybody likes popcorn before their first cup of coffee in the morning.
- The building on the southeast corner of Higgins and Pine is 169 bricks wide, if you count (as I did) the half-brick on the end.
- Some people think “free samples” means “please, take all the samples on my table.”
- And, most soberingly: It takes money to make money – and it takes more than twice as much money as you thought it could possibly take just to hope to break even.
Actually, I had heard various versions of this last pearl of wisdom before I ever conjured the idea that would become my new weekend venture. I have even owned a small business in the past, and know from that experience how expensive it can be just to hang a name on a sign.
But apparently it was time for me to re-learn some old lessons when I decided, with just ten weekends left in this year’s outdoor market season, to introduce Missoula market-goers to Junkpit Von Lederhosen’s Cornutopia of Popped Delights.
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Okay, this should be something to witness (or, not). Insane Clown Posse — a Detroit hip-hop duo known equally for its crazy costumes and crazier antics — is coming to the Wilma Theatre. Once deemed offensive “not for their obscenity, but for their stupidity” by Spin Magazine, the duo nonetheless has amassed a devoted following of so-called “Juggalos,” selling millions of copies of their records along the way.
Needless to say, I’m thinking this isn’t a show for grandma and the kids. [Read More...]
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Sometimes, the cosmos seem to be telling us something. Such must have been the case this morning. A coworker had left a television on in the office, which is visible just past my computer monitor. When I sat down to sort through the morning email, the TV was tuned to Rachael Ray’s show.
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Okay, this is goofy enough that I have to share. I received this press release late last week. Who knows, maybe someone around here is a closet velvet-Elvis-maker… [Read More...]
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I received a curious Call to Artists today that I thought I’d pass along, about a shoe show up in Bigfork. Here’s the press release, for those who might be interested in kicking in for the show… [Read More...]
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Apparently in Billings, the sight of a tornado just doesn’t faze people much. Check out all these drive-by dingdongs casually cruising past right next to the Metra as its roof flies in circles overhead.
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I received a press release this morning that takes the cake for overwrought run-on madness. Check out that opening sentence:
With the breaking news that in the early morning hours, an often married high-profile chef was the first call a drunken ‘starlet” made after smashing into a number of parked cars, “The Tiger [...]
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