NOT GOING ANYWHERE? PROVOKE SOME SNICKERS
Captain Spaulding finds defective logic in the defection threats of Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger and Robert Altman in Hooray For Me!

Partying With a Humble Rock God
Slash and Rod Jackson talk about Snakepit, AC/DC, Les Paul, and why there will never be a Guns N' Roses reunion, by Gail Worley

FCS North Expresses the Inexpressible
What's the sound of "six girls simultaneously urinating over scattered shrubbery awash in moonlight?" Find out in this
CD review by Reed Jackson

The Best Northwest CDs of the Year 2000
...as voted by
Pandomag.com staff and associates

The Black Sounds Which Make Art a Power, Not a Construct
Reed Jackson reviews The Ice in Me, the new cd from Enemymine

The Best CDs of the Year 2000
...as voted by
Pandomag.com staff and associates

THE KLEMPERER'S NEW CLOSE
Captain Spaulding gives the lowdown on Colonel Klink and the late Werner Klemperer in Hooray For Me!

Abstract Confessions, Concrete Dreamscapes
Dave Liljengren reviews the new CD from
Tagging Satellites

Getting In Tune
Steve Stav reviews a brand-new Who tribute album

The Ventures A Go-Go In The New Millenium
Don Wilson opens a pipeline to rock history and looks to the 21st Century, by Steve Stav

Toys in the Attic
Rock Stars from across the world remember their favorite Christmas toys, both hoped for and received, in The Worley Gig

Piece and Love and Anger and Romantic Idealism
Meg Lee Chin is the best thing to happen to industrial-- scratch that-- music, this year, by J. Kim

The Time Has Come Today
Gail Worley interviews Jon Crosby of VAST

The Seattle to Omak Stampede
Steve Stav goes on the road to dusty death with guns, Shinola, and a really big dog...

A Seattle Music Legend Says Farewell
After four years and nearly 100 editions, Reef Valmont Kill [s] The Lights for the final time

What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been
Courtney Taylor
talks about life - and love - on the road as the Dandy Warhols finish their 2000 World Tour,
by Steve Stav

Elliott Smith Vs. Himself
Although he doesn’t like to talk about it (and who in his right mind would?), Mr. Smith has tales of serious substance abuse, suicidal flings, and broken noses in his past.
By Sean O'Neill

Night of the Living Rock God
Gail Worley remembers Alice Cooper and shares the wit and wisdom of the Cult's Ian Astbury in The Worley Gig

Waxwing: Madmen for the Ride
Reed Jackson interview's Seattle's youngest emo superstars

Our Little Polly Jean is in Love
Or at least she’s made an album as though she were. Norm Elrod reviews PJ Harvey's Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

Most Artists Would Kill for a Single Moment of Transcendence
U2 has managed three albums worth. Norm Elrod reviews U2's
All That You Can't Leave Behind

Trimmed Down Fat Beats Handcuffed to Wheels of Steel
"Fatboy Slim excels most when he brings it, and brings it hard" - Norm Elrod reviews
Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars

Barking Bards Crashes Rockrgrl 2000
"This was the cool mentoring thing that coulda-woulda-shoulda come out of Lilith Fair, had dear Sarah had a real vision minus the commercialization of chick rock."
By Sheryl Diane

Peter Murphy Tames Audiences with Intimate "Just For Love" Tour
Candid conversation reveals lighter side of Goth-rock's Dark Prince,
by Steve Stav

Vive La Grrrl-Style Revolution!
ROCKRGRL Women in Music Conference Makes Good on Its Promise of Change Through Unity, by Tizzy Asher

Long Live Teen Angst and Rock N' Roll!
Kimberly Reyes examines the imaginative power and raw sex appeal wielded by [The London] Suede

Bring The New Noise
New releases by Radiohead, Madonna, Shellac, Godspeed You Black Emperor, and The Posies are
reviewed and reviled by Michael Hukin

A Really, Really Haunted House
A rock critic and four gorgeous coeds are terrorized by Satan himself in Birmingham horror house,
by Michael Hukin

The Prom: Bring a Date
Shane Berry
reviews In This Way They Found Me, a new disc from Seattle band,
The Prom

Lost Empires, Found Memories:
Joel R. L. Phelps and the Downer Trio
release a gripping new album,
by Dave Liljengren