A new year for Libya
Blog: Regional Relations | Dec 28, 2011 - 10:10am
At a recent news conference, Ali Tarhouni, a senior lecturer at the UW’s Foster School of Business who took a leave last February to help lead the revolution in Libya, discusses what he found there and the United States’ “moral and courageous stand...More
Sound on the Sound is Presenting the Torn ACLs CD Release Show
Blog: Sound On The Sound | Dec 28, 2011 - 9:00am
The Torn ACLs ::: Photo by Elliot Levin
Friday January 6th we’ve got a show to make us forget it’s winter. The Torn ACLs have a new record called Make a Break, Make a Move coming out and we’re making our monthly show its release party. This band is a happy-go-lucky pop-athon, cleverly making amusement out [...]
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Rocking the Ukulele
Blog: Coach Sark | Dec 28, 2011 - 8:51am
Here is a short clip of Danny Shelton and Josh Perkins singing at last night’s BBQ.More
A Tip of the Hat - Our 2011 MVPs
Blog: Sound On The Sound | Dec 27, 2011 - 1:00pm
Pickwick ::: photo by Christopher Nelson
We had another incredible year here at Sound on the Sound and it was in large part thanks to the following MVPs and, of course, you guys reading this. These were the artists, albums, labels, festivals and well, your dancing, that inspired and impressed us most and these are the [...]
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Our Favorite Photos of 2011: Fitz and the Tantrums
Blog: Sound On The Sound | Dec 27, 2011 - 12:15pm
Fitz and the Tantrums ::: photo by Josh Lovseth
Damn if that is not sassiest photo we have ever snapped.
Fitz and the Tantrums are bringing their sass and their danceable soul to the Showbox on January 20th and next week we’ll be giving away a pair of tickets to a lucky reader. Stay tuned and [...]
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The Doe Bay Sessions: The Head and The Heart (Bonus Session)
Blog: Sound On The Sound | Dec 27, 2011 - 12:00pm
What a difference a year makes.
We’d heard “No One to Let You Down” before, last August, as the sun set over the San Juan’s the band sang a brand new song for their first Doe Bay Session. They’d just played the small festival’s smallest stage, the yoga studio and they were still the talk [...]
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UW Football Video at SeaWorld
Blog: Coach Sark | Dec 27, 2011 - 11:55am
Here is a video from all of the team activities at SeaWorld in San Antonio. Enjoy!More
Our Favorite Local Records of 2011: #4 - Cataldo Prison Boxing
Blog: Sound On The Sound | Dec 27, 2011 - 11:00am
We’re counting down our 10 favorite records released in the Pacific Northwest in 2011, follow along!
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#4 Cataldo - Prison Boxing (Red Pepper Records)
“Let’s begin, at the end, of bad year, with bad things at my back.
The tragic truth I’ve been slow in learning, is there are certain breaths you simply can’t retract.” - [...]
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Rudy’s Pep Rally & BBQ
Blog: Coach Sark | Dec 27, 2011 - 10:00am
The team went through a “Thursday” style practice this afternoon. Following the practice the players and coaches attended a pep rally & BBQ with Baylor. The team traveled to the event in style by taking river cruisers. UW and Baylor players provided some evening entertainment as well. Here are photos and a video from the fiesta:More
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NBA Night
Blog: Coach Sark | Dec 27, 2011 - 8:05am
The team went through a “Wednesday” style practice yesterday. Following practice the players went to the AT&T Center to watch the San Antonio Spurs home opener against the Memphis Grizzlies. One of the highlights for the team was being able to watch former UW great, and current Memphis Grizzly, Quincy Pondexter. Here are a couple photos of the game:
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