This past weekend, Seattle roped off a couple of blocks on Pike Street to host the Capitol Hill Block Party, inviting everyone from Sonic Youth to Micachu to Jesus Lizard to help fill out a strong roster of artists. And Speaking of Yow's iconic band: 13 years ago Jesus Lizard played the city and terrorized the crowd with his typical stage-diving/crowd-surfing madness, at which point he was banned from playing the city because Seattle authorities don't like stage-diving/crowd-surfing madness. ...
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This past weekend, Seattle roped off a couple of blocks on Pike Street to host the Capitol Hill Block Party, inviting everyone from Sonic Youth to Micachu to Jesus Liz... more info