FESTIVAL PHOTOS & REVIEW: CAPITOL HILL BLOCK PARTY 2014, SEATTLE, WA. JULY 25-27

(I was lucky enough to be assisted by Seattle photographer-writer and all-around goddess/badass Suzi Pratt this year at CHBP, so she and I bring you this co-post! All photos © Suzi Pratt unless noted. Please to enjoy!)

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FEST PREVIEW: 2014 CAPITOL HILL BLOCK PARTY, SEATTLE, WA. JULY 25-27

(I am absolutely delighted to once again feature here on Popthomology my friend and colleague, Seattle-based writer and photographer extraordinaire Suzi Pratt! Suzi will be bringing you SMOKIN' HOT coverage of the annual Capitol Hill Block Party this weekend, and I am so excited to see her work I am hopping up and down like a kindergartener after a Pixy Stix binge! I will also be popping into CHBP myself to see 'n shoot as well -- woo hoo! Let's get started NOW with Suzi's Fest Preview featuring some of the newer bands you should be sure to check out. Please to enjoy, and check back here for more from CHBP!)

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HOW SEARS WANTED YOU TO SPEND THE SUMMER OF 1982!

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12 MORE WEIRD KNICK-KNACKS FROM THE VALUE VILLAGE THRIFT STORES IN WOODINVILLE & KIRKLAND, WA.!

My theory™:

After the clusterbang that will be climate change and nuclear holocaust and whatever else nasty we've chosen to inflict upon this fine Earth, all that will be left will be roaches, Rush Limbaugh, and massive piles of curios and knick-knacks.

Of course, I won't be around to see this proven, but I'm pretty confident Rush will be bitterly battling the roaches for title of Knick-Knack Lord Supreme until the sun blows up and everything is reduced to universe-drifting ash. In the meantime, please to enjoy this latest lot of goofball decor!

I dunno, wherever you go these days, it always seems like there's a bunch of damn cocks hangin' out.

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17 WEIRD RECORD COVERS FROM THE GOODWILL THIRFT STORE IN BELLEVUE, WA.!

Six things I've learned about people from rummaging through the old record bins at thrift stores:

1. Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand, people are dumping your entire recorded works in every thrift store I've been at all over the nation. Sorry.

2. Local religious records are not popular.

3. Nor are recordings of the local high school bands and choruses.

4. One day, all your stuff will smell "old," too. Sorry.

5. Herb Alpert, sit over by Neil and Barbra over there.

6. Mitch Miller, you too.

Well, you can make your own sociological conclusions with this next lot! Please to enjoy!

Well, that's one depressed horse there.

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PHOTOS & SHOW REVIEW: REIGNING SOUND, THE INTELLIGENCE, & THE TRIPWIRES @ NEUMOS, SEATTLE, WA. 7/6/14

When I found out several months ago that THIS show was coming to Neumos...

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PHOTOS & SHOW REVIEW: PARTMAN PARTHORSE AND THE GODS THEMSELVES @ RENDEZVOUS, SEATTLE, WA. 7/5/14 (NSFW)

Q: What is more fun than seeing a superb live triple bill at a sweaty Belltown club on a lovely July evening?

1. Staying at home and watching a rerun of "Dance Moms" while clucking your tongue.

2. Organizing your pencils and pens by height and color.

3. Drinking craft beer at the "sustainable sandwich" cafe with people you think have too much money for their own good.

4. Bungeeing jumping on a dare and visibly crapping your pants.

5. NOTHING! NOTHING IS MORE FUN!

A: #5 OR GET OUT

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22 MORE WEIRD THRIFT STORE RECORD COVERS FROM WOODINVILLE AND REDMOND, WA.!

Isn't about time YOU made yourself a record? I'm serious! Clearly, if you peruse this post and the many other thrift store record posts I have made, you may correctly surmise that ANYONE can make one! Go ahead! Haul out your powder-blue leisure suit and a slide whistle and do your thing! What's the worst that could happen? Ending up in a thrift store bin and then on Popthomology? LIVE THE DREAM! In the meantime, please to enjoy these!

"Music for dancing and relaxation," huh? If I'm looking at the dude in the lower right hand corner, it's totally "Music for puking up beer later on in the night."

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25 WEIRD BOOKS AND KNICK-KNACKS FROM THE VALUE VILLAGE IN WOODINVILLE, WA.!

Here's the question I have in my mind today: did ancient peoples have knick-knacks? You know what I mean...like, did The McHuttersons collect turtle shells to display or did the Swampsteins paint rocks to look like big-eyed wild boar with stain made from berries? I don't think I have to even research this: SURE THEY DID. People love their crap! Here's some more from Le Thrifte Shoppe, with a few oddball books thrown in for good measure. Please to enjoy!

What time is it? IT'S FRIGGIN' BEAR O'CLOCK, THAT'S WHAT TIME IT IS!

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