“Gulp!,” the self-released debut LP out today from Fayetteville punk rockers the Phlegms, opens with “Puppet,” a buzzsaw of a track that begins with a bruising, groovy riff and shifts tempos to become a mosh-pit blitz ... .
James McMurtry reminds me, line by line, that music can still do more than decorate our playlists. It can hold our hands while the floorboards creak ... .
A San Francisco bookstore has announced it will no longer carry “Harry Potter” following author J.K. Rowling saying she’ll dedicate her private wealth to developing an anti-trans organization ... The organization appealed its case to the U.K ... .
Craving 360-degree mountainous views as the summer kicks off? Artist Point — what may be Washington’s most scenic parking lot at 5,100 feet in elevation — is set to reopen at 8 a.m. Friday ... “The weather is heating up and the mountains are calling.” ... 16.
The Seattle Seahawks are off for the summer. That doesn’t necessarily mean there won’t be any news over the next six weeks ...In general, though, the 90-man roster is set ... Let’s take a look in our latest roster projection. Quarterback ... Comment ... 1 offense ... .
Darron Cummings, Associated PressA Planned Parenthoodsign is displayed on the outside of the clinic Aug. 1, 2023, in Indianapolis... It closes off Planned Parenthood’s primary court path to keeping Medicaid funding in place. patient lawsuits ... ___ ... .
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield. From a goat sculpture to a giant bronze ampersand, via a filmed argument about sardines between two Kentridges, there is no rest for this dazzling artist’s imagination. How’s this for vanity art ... ....