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Vol. 8, No. 50June 25, 2015
CITY NEWS
FILM + MUSIC + INTERACTIVE HAPPY HOUR WITH ROB DUNLOP OF KCTS 9FMI HAPPY HOURJoin us on Wednesday, July 29 with featured presenter Rob Dunlop,President and CEO of KCTS 9 (PBS), as he explores the current mediaenvironment and shares how KCTS 9 is adapting to create long‐termsustainability in the midst of disruptive forces that are upending themore traditional methods of content creation and distribution.
ART ZONE WITH NANCY GUPPYART ZONEThis week is a "Best of Band" show (and truly the final show of theseason!), featuring a killer mixtape of bands from the past nine months.Check out: Tuatara, Lady Rizo, Ayron Jones, Say Hi, Sam BoshnackQuintet, Overton Berry, Aaron Crawford, and Statics. The show airsFriday at 8 p.m. on Seattle Channel 21 and streams online at the Art Zonewebpage.
INDUSTRY NEWS
BUMBERSHOOT COMEDY AND WORDS & IDEAS LINEUPS ANNOUNCEDBUMBERSHOOTBumbershoot has announced the lineups for its Comedy and Words &Ideas programming for 2015, featuring national acts and PacificNorthwest‐grown talent. Bumbershoot's popular Words & Ideasprogramming features conversations, performances, and readings thatexplore the points where pop culture, new media, literature, theories,and trends intersect and explode.
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KICKSTART SEATTLE FILM + MUSIC PROJECTSKICKSTARTER This week, check out these Seattle Kickstarter campaigns: "Lose You MusicVideo," the music video for an electronic song from Empty Platform; "CRAVE:an original series by Aneesh Sheth," created by transgender actress andactivist, Aneesh Sheth; and "This Summer," the first full length album fromBrothers from Another.
OPPORTUNITIES
CALL FOR FILM SUBMISSIONS: CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL SEATTLE 2016 CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL SEATTLEChildren's Film Festival Seattle, an annual, competitive, international filmfestival presented by Northwest Film Forum, calls for films that aresuitable for children ages 13 and under to screen at the 2016 festival.The festival accepts live‐action and animated submissions, completedbetween 2013 and 2015, and entries are due by October 1, 2015.
YOUNG FILMMAKERS: MAKE A FILM AT REEL QUEER YOUTHREEL QUEER YOUTHLGBTQ youth and their allies, ages 13‐20, have a chance to useprofessional cameras and editing equipment to express themselves in asafe, open, and fun environment with a team of professional filmmakersand mentors. Working in small groups, youth will complete a short film.Reel Queer Youth takes place July 20‐24 at 12th Ave. Arts. Participantsare requested to pay what they can ($0‐295). Apply by June 30, 2015.
MEDIA DIGEST
WHAT WASHINGTON STATE'S FILM SECTOR HAS TO DO WITH TRADEPUGET SOUND BUSINESS JOURNALWashington state's motion picture and TV industry directly employs8,500 workers and pays them $348.5 million in wages. The report alsofound that Washington state's film industry consists of 2,150 industry‐related businesses, which employ more than 37,600 people. Thosestatistics were released late Monday by the Motion Picture Associationof America in an attempt to persuade the U.S. Senate to pass TradePromotion Authority legislation, which gives the president greater authority to more quicklysubmit trade agreements to Congress.
EMP: CHRONICLER OF SEATTLE'S POP ROOTSCROSSCUT
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EMP is more or less Seattle's ultimate package ‐ a chronicler of past rock'n' roll and an encyclopedia of present popular culture, all in a futuristic‐looking building. For the museum's 15th birthday on June 23, museumleaders threw a gigantic party in which they both celebrated EMP'saccomplishments and outlined the lessons that they had learned alongthe way.
SEATTLE SUMMER OUTDOOR MOVIE GUIDE 2015SEATTLE METGrab your blankets, lawn chairs, homemade popcorn, and pack thecooler: It's summer outdoor movie season once again. It's alwaysinteresting to see which movies have become popular across the variousseries; this year's winners are Big Hero 6 (which you appropriately havesix chances to see) and Guardians of the Galaxy (five screenings to honorhometown Star‐Lord Chris Pratt).
QUEER ROCK CAMP IS MAKING HISTORY AND CHANGING LIVESSEATTLE WEEKLYQueer Rock Camp empowers youth and promotes music as a way toamplify resilience and self‐expression. The Seattle camp takes place June22 ‐ 27 at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, and then again in Augustin Olympia. Seattle Weekly profiles the event, its organizers, and how asimple idea that began in Olympia is starting to have a global impact. TheSeattle Queer Rock Camp Showcase takes place this Saturday, June 27, atthe Vera Project.
HOW MUCH CAN YOU MAKE IN THESE MUSIC INDUSTRY JOBS?BILLBOARDBillboard followed the money to determine who's pulling in the largest(and smallest) paychecks in the industry: from the tens of millions inequity awards reaped by Apple executives to a radio‐station mascot'sminimum wage. Check out salaries of media industry jobs from radioengineer to Saturday Night Live senior music booker.
MUSICAL TRANSCENDENCE FOR PARENTS & KIDSRHAPSODYSeattle's Chris Ballew (Caspar Babypants, Presidents of the United Statesof America) discusses the transcendent power of music shared betweenparents and children saying, "Forming a bond over music appreciation ata young age can lead to a lifelong connection between children andparents." He also shares a fantastic playlist to let readers hear some ofthe sounds behind his inspiration.
DIY PUNK LEGENDS DEAD MOON ON CANCER, RETIREMENT, AND THE EARLY DAYSNOISEY
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After many years of making ground‐breaking music as seminal DIY punkband Dead Moon, Fred and Toody Cole now survive by living off theOregon land and swigging Jack Daniels. And after 48 years of marriage,the two are celebrating their wedding anniversary by hitting the roadand gigging as an acoustic duo. For a handful of those dates, they'll bereviving Dead Moon for what could be the last time.
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