All the Live Art I Witnessed in 2007
What is live art? Well, in my world, it is anything that is performed, experienced, or interacted with solely in a live setting. It can be a play, a concert, or a museum exhibition. It can be a comedy show, a lecture, or a podcast taping. It doesn’t really matter, so long as it is happening in front of me, and I am there to see it in the moment.
This list will not be as extensive as some of my others, mostly because these things cost money and time, in a way the other culture consumables do not, but I still managed to engage with more than a fair share of live art over the course of 12 months. It is a list which I will organize in chronological order, and categorize thusly:
music
play
COMEDY
visual art
lecture/reading/other
January
1/8 My Morning Jacket (KEXP 500 Club) — Moore Theatre
February
2/15 Gomez, Ben Kweller — The Showbox
March
3/7 This American Life (w/ Ira Glass, David Rakoff, Sarah Vowell, Dan Savage) — Paramount Theatre
3/20 Holly O’Reilly — The Triple Door
April
4/5 Inherit the Wind — Redmond Civic Theatre
4/13 Fridays at the Frye — Frye Art Museum
4/25 Trapped in the Closet Live — Re-Bar
May
5/2 Kings of Leon — The Moore
5/3 !!! — Neumos
5/5 Urinetown — Nathan Hale High School
5/30 Ravens & Chimes — The Crocodile
June
6/6 The Police — KeyArena
July
7/6 Tim Seely, Mooncalf — Tractor Tavern
7/18 Patty Griffin — ZooTunes
7/27 Ryan Adams & The Cardinals — The Moore
7/29 Rufus Wainwright — The Moore
August
8/4 Cave Singers, Grand Archives — Nectar Lounge
8/19 Fountains of Wayne — Neumos
8/21 Wilco — Marymoor Park
8/25 Modest Mouse — Download Festival / The Gorge
8/25 Incubus — Download Festival / The Gorge
8/25 Nada Surf — Download Festival / The Gorge
September
9/1 The Shins — Bumbershoot
9/1 Menomena — Sound Transit Stage, Bumbershoot
9/1 Gogol Bordello — Bumbershoot
9/2 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club — KEXP Music Lounge, Bumbershoot
9/2 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club — Bumbershoot
9/2 Kings of Leon — Bumbershoot
9/2 TODD BARRY — Bumbershoot
9/2 MICHAEL IAN BLACK — Bumbershoot
9/2 Ian Ball — Bumbershoot
9/2 Andrew Bird — Starbucks Stage, Bumbershoot
9/2 Devendra Banhart — Bumbershoot
9/3 John Legend — Bumbershoot
9/3 Fleet Foxes — Bumbershoot
9/15 New Pornographers — The Showbox
9/24 The Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, Gossip — Hec Edmundson Pavilion
October
10/4 Greg Dulli, Shawn Smith, Tim Seely (A Drink for the Kids) — The Triple Door
10/9 MICHAEL IAN BLACK, MICHAEL SHOWALTER — Neumos
10/16 Rogue Wave — Neumos
10/23 Neil Young, Pegi Young — WaMu Theater
10/26 David Sedaris — Benaroya Hall
November
11/5 Ben Lee — Neumos
11/6 The Women — ACT
11/28 Ben Kweller (The Craft) — Neumos
December
12/3 Mike Doughty’s Question Jar Show — The Triple Door