Church burnings, suicide, Satanism, murder — such are the trappings of the Nordic death metal scene of the early ’90s, and the subject of Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell’s “Until the Light Takes Us,” which is just out on DVD. Unfortunately, despite such a morbidly fascinating topic, the film fails to shed much light on [...]

It was perfect Bumbershoot weather for the second day of the three-day music and arts festival. The overcast morning gave way to a nicer afternoon, but the sun stayed mostly behind the clouds which meant it never got too hot and there was no roasting in the sun while taking in the shows.We started our [...]

Bumbershoot is always awesome. But it totally makes your feet hurt. It also makes your head hurt with its dizzying amount of bands, exhibits, comedians, authors, daredevils, vendors and on and on. We bounced like a pinball between the tens of thousands of attendees on day one and what seemed like the tens of thousands…

Bah, who needs color. All the best movies are in black and white anyway, right? You think KISS would’ve painted their faces with any other colors? (wait, what — Ace used silver?) And of course there’s the mother of all desserts, the black and white cookie. Needless to say, there are plenty of reasons why [...]