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Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:25:26 -0800

No "supposed" about it.

DEFINITELY the worst musical - ever.

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:26:50 -0800

i also saw Sigur Ros at the King Cat.

i fell asleep, but mrs. solomon found it transcendent.

Comment by scary tyler moore

scary tyler moore — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:36:09 -0800

hmm. wonder what happened to all nations christian church? i went to high school with pastor vince, and his finding jesus eerily coincided with him being the major suspect in the lunchroom stereo system theft.

Comment by Matt from Denver

Matt from Denver — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:36:57 -0800

I saw the Residents there in 2002. Somehow that ended up being the only time I went there while I was in Seattle.

Comment by Abby

Abby — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:37:15 -0800

Neat. I've gone past that place many times and have been curious as to what's actually going on in there. Also, Bollywood films sound like fun.

Comment by Grant Cogswell

Grant Cogswell — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:38:58 -0800

Great news. I saw Jeremy Enigk there with the 'Frog Queen' orchestra - something to my knowledge he never did again - in 96 I think. It was just magnificent.

Comment by Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:45:51 -0800

Yo La Tengo, Melvins, Sebadoh, Seaweed, Posies, Hater, Sweaty Nipples, and dozens more. I'm sure I'm forgetting some of the best. It will be interesting having the old King Kat back in the mix.

Comment by Digno Rossi

Digno Rossi — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:13:19 -0800

When did the PI become the Seattle Times website?

Comment by David Schmader

David Schmader — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:16:40 -0800

When I first moved here in the summer of '91, the King Cat was a discount cinema, where I saw "Silence of the Lambs" twice a week for a month. (I was obsessed with the screenplay. Also, I was collecting tips on how to construct my woman suit.)

Comment by eh?

eh? — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:18:46 -0800

Sky Cries Mary. Great show. Maybe because there was no bar and I was completely sober to enjoy and remember it. They had someone painting a big picture stage right for the show.

Comment by Cato

Cato — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:28:09 -0800

Saw lots of great shows there back in the day...Mudhoney, Red Aunts, Black Happy, Seaweed, etc. I had forgotten about the painting guy, he was a staple at local shows for a year or two. One of the few all-ages venues that operated during the Norm Rice Teen Dance Ordinance days.

Comment by Eric F

Eric F — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:47:29 -0800

Mike Watt's first solo tour. Eddie Vedder on drums and a new band called Foo Fighters opening. Security was making kids toss their wallet chains into the trash at the door, which, it being 95 or so, made for a lot of sad teens.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:08:14 -0800

Sky Cries Mary, Foo Fighters, and Juliana Hatfield Trio (not sure I spelt that right) ... good times.

Comment by michael strangeways

michael strangeways — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:11:53 -0800

Personally, I'd go to Ann Taylor for tips on a woman suit.

oh. THAT kind of woman suit.

gross.

Comment by litlnemo

litlnemo — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:12:47 -0800

I worked there when it was still a first-run movie theater. How could that be so long ago?

The bastards who ran the place wouldn't give us an employee discount on the beverages. And the manager's office was air-conditioned, but the concessions area and ticket booth, both with west-facing glass windows, were not. This is no way to build employee loyalty.

I quit a while later when I got a job that paid me a whole .90 more per hour. (From $3.35 minimum wage to $4.25! Woo hoo!)