Nope, I’ve not abandoned this place, not yet anyway. I took the summer away, because frankly, summer here is all too short and this particular one was the most blindingly sunny, steamy summer I’ve seen in Seattle yet. Combined with a growing pile of work, travel, visits from family and friends, and the ever-present call of beach across the street, the lure of the actual world outside proved too much.
To tide you over until I can do more here, I’m posting these two impressive videos of The Walkmen filmed in September at Monolith Festival by the kind folks at Laundromatinee. The Walkmen were at the center of my summer soundtrack, and it feels just right to share them here as we creep further into autumn. Now, if they’d append Seattle to their current tour…