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The marching bands have invaded!

This Saturday the streets of Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood were covered with people holding instruments, dancing their asses off and confused drunkards whose faces rarely showed a frown. It was like being witness to some great random flash mob. I had no idea what was happening and like great acts of guerrilla theater the audience (myself included) was transfixed. These people had so much energy and joy it was hard to be the usual curmudgeonly old man I have a tendency defaulting to in public situations. Here is some iphone-o-rific videos:

In front of Smarty Pants:

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In an empty lot:

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In the damn street on Airway Drive:

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Here is some madman who figured out how to make his ipod touch a part of the horn section:

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So all the while that this marching band madness was going on The Stevedore was preparing to play at The Mix. They are normally a five person band that played as a four piece for this show. The other member of their band is in Pakastan right now doing international reporting. So they had someone sing his part. She was named Jennifer(?) and she was awesome. Here is some video of the very end of the show:

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We got into Seattle’s Truely Indepentant Film Festival. If you want to read our acceptance letter head over to The Last Quest blog. So our Seattle premiere will be in June!