http://www.jetcityredhead.jankeiraknox.com Bringing you Seattle's music, arts & culture Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:30:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What a year 2011 was, in fact, for me personally, some very, very tragic and awful things happened, but at least one very good thing happened, too. The same with the world of music.  Some fairly bad, some slightly sufficient especially in the world of Pop,  some pretty good with only ... http://www.jetcityredhead.jankeiraknox.com/2012/01/03/top-10-albums-of-2011/ Since our Seattle area weather was so crappy this summer, it was kind of hard to tell that it was indeed summer.  I had company, albeit GREAT company, all summer but am waaay behind in writing & posting.  My apologies. Bumbershoot was the seriously Big Show at the end of this ... http://www.jetcityredhead.jankeiraknox.com/2011/11/09/seattle-summer-came-went-2/ In case you didn't see it, the programme is a live studio performance of The King of Limbs. There are also performances of The Daily Mail and Staircase, which haven't been released yet. Supercollider has been added as a bonus track. Thanks to Steve Keros who ... http://www.jetcityredhead.jankeiraknox.com/2011/11/09/radiohead-news-straight-from-fb/   The Bells Since I've been uber busy doing the many things I do, I've let the marketing division of Badman Recording Co. do the heavy lifting by totally lifting pretty much all they said about this band & their new record.  What I can and will say is that I ... http://www.jetcityredhead.jankeiraknox.com/2011/09/28/sweden-based-trio-the-bells-great-heat/ Since our Seattle area weather has been so crappy this summer, it's been hard to tell, well, that it's supposed to be summer.  I had company, albeit GREAT company, all summer but am waaay behind in writing & posting.  My apologies. Bumbershoot is the Next Big Thing coming up.  The lineup ... http://www.jetcityredhead.jankeiraknox.com/2011/08/09/seattle-summer-came-went/ 2011 started off a bit slow in the musical arena, but it is picking up steam. Townes Van Zandt is playing The Tractor in Ballard (Seattle) Monday, March 7!  I'm not sure, but I think it's already sold-out. SXSW in Austin is gearing up for its 25th anniversary with media, music, film ... http://www.jetcityredhead.jankeiraknox.com/2011/03/05/ah-spring-brings-the-music-of-life/ @font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Yes, it was most difficult to nail it down to 10, so I picked 12.  Even ... http://www.jetcityredhead.jankeiraknox.com/2010/12/12/the-jet-city-redhead%e2%80%99s-top-12-albums-of-2010/ Hope you all enjoyed your day of giving thanks and all that fabulous homemade food.  I know I did. Now that Black Friday has passed we move right into the holiday season with light speed.  This year had gone by so fast. Soon I will provide my Top Ten Albums of 2010~ http://www.jetcityredhead.jankeiraknox.com/2010/11/30/happy-holiday-season/ On November 10, 2010, my second grandson came into this world to his parents Benjamin & O'Ryan Bronson.  He was 21" long and weighed 7 lbs. 7 oz.  He is amazing and beautiful.  A miracle indeed and I am truly blessed. http://www.jetcityredhead.jankeiraknox.com/2010/11/30/welcome-sawyer-lee-bronson/ @font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }@font-face { font-family: "Courier New"; }@font-face { font-family: "Wingdings"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { color: blue; text-decoration: underline; }a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: purple; text-decoration: underline; }table.MsoNormalTable ... http://www.jetcityredhead.jankeiraknox.com/2010/10/26/massy-ferguson-using-twang-for-good-and-not-evil/