Rachel Bennett – If you scroll through the Facebook event of a sold-out show and see the comments of many people searching for tickets, it can inspire hope for the tenacity of the rock n’ roll music industry. While it sucks for the poor souls who waited too long to snag a ticket, it’s a positive indication that the band is doing well, and that they will have the money/support to tour again in the future.
Maurice Harnsberry – oey BadAss, Flatbush Zombies and friends traveled to Seattle for their first stop of the Beast Coast tour and did not disappoint. These guys were literally flying in the air (sorry I couldn’t capture that shot 😔) as they engaged the crowd, which was fully energized.
Aarin Wright – It’s 9:50 p.m. on a Thursday evening and the air smells only of sweat. Standing directly in front of The Crocodile’s stage among a sold out crowd in the peak of summer has led to the aromatic situation. There is no noticeable AC. People are downing beers for hydration and fanning their faces with recently purchased LPs.
Aarin Wright – Welcome to your Sunday recap of Capitol Hill Block Party 2019! Your guide: A Topo-Chico-hydrated, ear-plug-prepared, comfy-shoes-wearing 25-year-old.
Andy Bookwalter – Everyone in the universe is batshit crazy for Lizzo and well they should be; she’s exactly what our too-skinny, too-white, too-lacking-in-flute-solos world needs. But is this decrepit old man batshit crazy enough to brave the crowds that descended on Capitol Hill to see her?
