September 2010
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WatchThe Marty Riemer Show sat down with Star Anna and her guitarist Justin Davis (one of the Laughing Dogs) right before they performed on Bumbershoot’s Starbucks Stage for a huge crowd.
Star Anna tells Marty and Jodi what annoys her most about Justin, how they coordinated having musical icons Mike McCready and Carrie Akre join them onstage at the Festival, and where they live now that...
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WatchIf you didn’t catch Monday’s Mainstage show at Bumbershoot, watch this montage to get a taste of what you missed. J. Cole, Drake, and Mary J. Blige tore up the stage, and put on an amazing show for an audience that stuck it out through a little bit of rain.
Thanks to KDCutz for the video. (We forgive them for writing “Bumpershoot,” but would like to make it clear that...
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WatchBefore Drake and Mary J. Blige took the stage together at the Video Music Awards, the Bumbershoot Programming department had already paired these two talented artists for the Festival’s Monday Mainstage show. Check out their collaboration on Drake’s “Fancy,” performed just days after they shared billing here in Seattle.
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WatchAs part of the Sounds Human exhibit at Bumbershoot, Seattle-based artist Trimpin set up his old Apple laptops to play percussion for a multitude of songs.
Check out this video to see a demonstration of his project, including an app he developed for the iPhone (which Apple has apparently not approved due to its “lack of functionality”) that allows the audience to choose which songs...
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WatchJonathan Brilliant created The Bumbershoot Piece entirely out of coffee stir sticks, held together only by tension, on-site in the days leading up to the Festival.
Watch this time-lapse video of the entire installation (plus a little bit of sight-seeing) to get a sense of just how much work went into creating this piece specifically for the Festival.
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WatchThe Physics put on an amazing show on Sunday at the EMP Sky Church, check out their performance of “I Just Wanna Beat” now via offpageradio.
The track’s been getting a lot of hype lately - the guys just released a music video for it, which you can find here. Be warned: some of the language and subject matter may not be appropriate for all audiences.
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WatchIn the first installment in a series of video interviews from Bumbershoot, The Marty Riemer Show’s Marty and Jodi go backstage at the Starbucks Stage to interview Billy Bragg.
Marty gets Billy to share his thoughts on Bob Dylan, American politics, the Internet, and more. He also tells a great story about how impersonating a repairman got him a record deal.
If you love Marty Riemer as much...
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