November 2006

FEATURES

FULL CIRCLE
Band of Horses takes stock of a whirlwind year before leaving Seattle in the dust.

JOCKS: ON THE RECORD, OFF THE AIR
Tune in as Sound looks at the lifeblood of our powerful radio mecca. In Part 1 of a continuing series, meet the folks behind the on-air voices of KISW, KIRO, KZOK, KKWF, KMTT, KBSG, and KMTT.

MORE AIR PER CAPITA
Former pro snowboarder Blue Montgomery leads up the season with a huge kick-off bash meshing daring video, extreme sports, and melodic heavy metal.

DIG THIS WISH LIST
As the holidays approach, three local musicians pound the streets to pine for your generosity.

SNAPSHOTS
Keith Rousu and the Seahawks’ Blue Thunder drumline get ready to rumble.

Microsoft’s Zune takes it to the iPod in a death match for hand-held supremacy.

Mary Nam steps away from the KOMO4 news desk for some raw food done right.

COLUMNS
Game On: Leisure with Tacoma’s Charlie Drown
Lucky Like That: Country with Jesse Flores
Sneak Attack: Jazz with John Gilbreath
World Holiday: Global with Darek Mazzone

DEPARTMENTS

AT THEIR WORD
Bitch lets the dogs out

CALENDAR
Newly expanded event listings and previews

NIGHTLIFE
Exploring the lost art of the piano bar

REVIEWS
Airpushers’ Themes for the Ordinarily Strange plus 18 album, film, DVD, and radio reviews

CODA
Heavy metal gets the beauty treatment