Bumbershoot Blog 2008

Day 3: Monday, September 1




The last day of Bumbershoot - a pleasantly breezy day drifting from sunny to overcast. The crowds, while heavy in places, are sparse compared to earlier days, and everyone here has the mellow, slightly bleary good cheer that comes at the end of a long, debauched weekend. Photographer Jolie Bergman and I grab our credentials and head in.




Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands

When original Screaming Trees drummer Mark Pickerel isn't jetting off to London or Spain to play drums for Truly, he's here in Seattle helming his local alt-country supergroup the Praying Hands, with occasional help from Steve Fisk, Heather Duby and the Sangster brothers. Today, we come upon Mark. . .