Beat Connection – The Palace Garden, 4am

Beat Connection has always been a group that has been so-so to me. They’re great. Their music is awesome. They get buzz in Seattle press all the time, but I was waiting for some kind of “connection” (seriously, no pun intended) to happen. It wasn’t until I heard this song and had in on repeat for a whole evening that I finally reached that “aha!” moment. Okay. Beat Connection. I get you.

Congratulations to these guys who played Sasquatch for the first time this year!

To promote this year’s Quadstock, we invited one of our acts, Campfire OK, to do a series of spontaneous performances on our campus in a classroom, in one of our busiest buildings, our library, and our cafe. It is always such a joy to work with this band. Not only are they extremely talented, but they like to have as much fun as we do.

Thanks for everything Campfire OK. We love you so much!

This video was edited and shot by my dear friend Veronica Lim.

And for you: a compilation of advice from the best TV moms ever courtesy of Flavorwire.

[Source]

YES!

See the entire lineup here.

Fashion

- Designer Tracy Feith will design for TOMS Shoes. The designer was known for his highly successful collection for Target. [Source]

- Vogue has announced that they will no longer be working with models under the age of 16 or models who look unhealthy. [Source]

- Justin Timberlake is still not returning to music because he’s too busy working on a design line for HomeMint. [Source]

Music

- The Wanted’s latest track, “Chasing the Sun” will be used as the title track for Ice Age 4: Continental Drift. [Source]

- Earlier this week, a first-grader was suspended for singing the line “I’m sexy and I know it” from LMFAO’s latest song. [Source]

Television

- Teen Wolf Season 2. It’s almost here. [Source]

- Will Jeopardy host, Alex Trabek, leave the show? I sure hope not. [Source]

- Britney Spears and Demi Lovato have joined The X Factor. [Source]

- The Jonas Brothers are getting a reality show on E! y’all! [Source]

Movies

- Twilight’s Kellan Lutz has just signed on to play Tarzan in the new animated film. [Source]

- And yet another trailer for The Amazing Spider Man.

- Outkast’s Andre 3000 will begin shooting for the Jimi Hendrix biopic next month. [Source]

Seattle

- The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) lineup is up! [Source]

- A new Seattle spot is opening up and it is dedicated to one of my favorite desserts – the Molten Chocolate Cake. Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery will open up later on this month. [Source]

Other

- Demi Moore has officially changed her Twitter handle. [Source]

- Jessica Simpson finally gave birth to a baby girl named Maxwell Drew Johnson.

- RIP to the Beastie Boys’ Adam “MCA” Youch. He passed away Friday at age 47 after battling cancer for two years.

- Kings of Leon’s Jared Followill has proposed to model Martha Patterson. The two have been dating for only a few months. [Source]

- SNL’s Taran Killam and HIMYM’s Cobie Smulders will marry this September. [Source]

Oh Seattle…you crazy.

photo cred | KOMO News

So this happened yesterday in Seattle…and I wasn’t happy y’all.

I’m all for peaceful protesting and freedom of expression and what not, but don’t you dare touch my Starbucks and Nordstrom. Just stop it. Seattle is known for being the number one hipster city in America right now not the number one city of crazies. Let’s keep it that way.

I love my home and I want to keep it pretty.

Since the city of Seattle is currently celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the World’s Fair, everyone is getting in on the action! Jet City Stream is a new radio broadcasting company sweeping the interwebz and I couldn’t be more excited about it. Their main focus happens to be local Seattle music and as we all know, I’m all about that. Additionally, they will feature the best of Seattle music from the past and the present.

Unless my television is on, I am almost always streaming/listening to music of some sort directly from my laptop. It’s refreshing to see though that there is something out there, like Jet City Stream, focused on highlighting local music and not just mainstream radio. Jet City Stream will also offer in-studio performances and exclusive performances straight from their roof-top deck.

Well, I think I’m sold. Here are some of my favorite Seattle bands that you will be able to listen to through their stream:

• Lemolo
• The Head and the Heart
• Pickwick
• Allen Stone
• Fly Moon Royalty

Learn more about Jet City Stream here.

I am thrilled to announce that my friends Eric and Andrew of The Scene Aesthetic are going on tour with one of my favorite acts The Rocket Summer and my new favorite band of 2011-2012 – States!

The lineup is stacked and it’s just the three of them. Now I haven’t gone to a concert for some time now, but this is the kind of lineup that would bring me out. It truly seems like a very special event.

Check out all of the dates here.

Seattle’s 16th-annual Capitol Hill Block Party (CHBP) will take place July 20^th-22^nd, 2012, with performances by Neko Case, Major Lazer, Fitz And The Tantrums, Phantogram, The Lumineers, Grimes, Aesop Rock w/ Rob Sonic & DJ Big Wiz, Youth Lagoon, Diplo, Thee Oh Sees, Cloud Nothings, Twin Shadow, Dam-Funk, Doomtree, Porcelain Raft, Spoek Mathambo, White Arrows, Trust, El Ten Eleven Yuna, Light Asylum, King Tuff, Psychic Paramount, Father John Misty, Jaill, Onuinu, Black Breath,  Blouse, Absolute Monarchs, Crystal Stilts, Yawn, The Coathangers, Deadkill, Sandrider, Eighteen Individual Eyes, Pollens, Nightmare Fortress Colonies, Yukon Blonde, John Maus, Blue Sky, Black Death, Nacho Picasso, Kris Orlowski, Lemolo, Kithkin, Hot Bodies In Motion, Kung Foo Grip, Tropical Punk, Nu Sensae, NIGHT BEATS , Freighms, Tom Eddy, Dude York, Stephanie, NUDE, FEET, Blood Red Dancers, Space Needles, Skarp, Pony Time, Murmurs, Mass Games, Slow Dance, Crypts, Crime Wave, Trash Fire, Vox Mod, Mama Utah, Silly Goose, Underground Revival and much more!

[Source]

Congratulations to my favorite Seattle U band – Kithkin – for making it on this year’s bill!