Premature Burial

Have you ever been to a funeral where everyone eulogized so beautifully you had to wonder why these sweet sentiments weren’t expressed when the deceased was still living? Well, one of Seattle’s newest and most congenial art spaces will be closing for good (well, really for bad) on Friday, October 31 2008. Rather than wait and merely lament its loss post facto, I’m hijacking this forum and breaking all the rules to urge you to go to McLeod Residence while it’s still serving up the art, booze, and good times. A sadder, more solemn remembrance will follow. Thursday night (10/30) will be especially good, with performances by Jeppa Hall, Kate Widdows, and Hisham Mayet; the departure of the latter from Seattle on November 1 will give the alternative music community here ample additional reason to mourn.