The Sweet-Spot Gallery returns in collaboration with Seattle’s whizARTbang to bring you a new featured artist: Jocelyn Skillman.Local News
Poetry in the 253
by Electric Elliot | April 4, 2010 |
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Here ye! Here ye! Announcing the biggest Poetry event to ever grace the City of Destiny. On Saturday, April 24th at 7pm, in celebration of National Poetry Month, 7 fantastic poets will take the stage at the Washington State History Museum to present poetry in a new light.
Politics & Business
Newt Gingrich Joins Muslim-Baiting Movement
by Walid Zafar | July 22, 2010 | (0)
Early this week, disgraced former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich warned that “a commitment to religious freedom and God-given rights is being replaced by a secular oppression…” Just hours after those words appeared on Human Events, Gingrich issued a statement forcefully opposing the construction of a community center and mosque in downtown Manhattan, two blocks from Ground Zero.
Arts & Entertainment
Tacoma’s $2000 Puma Album Released!
by Electric Elliot | May 1, 2010 | (0)
Born on the campus of the University of Puget Sound, $2000 Puma has just released their freshman album “Last Night’s Kill”, streaming free on bandcamp. Sometimes loud and angry, but often solemn and ponderous, “LNK” presents a young band unabashed about what it is and the type of music it intends to play.
Spit-Seeds
The New Face of BP
by Electric Elliot | May 30, 2010 | (1)
In response to the current oil spill disaster in the Gulf, Green Peace has developed a design competition charging participants to redesign BP’s logo to better reflect their image. Here are some of my favorites.
Health & Living
Being a Better Person:: Step 2, Make Charity Part of What You Do
by Electric Elliot | March 3, 2010 | (0)
Whether you’ve dropped some loose change in a cup or donated hundreds to charities every year, the reality is that money does make a difference. But I’m not looking to tell you to just donate money.
Science & Technology
More Security Failures in the Intarwebz
by Walker Lindley | November 20, 2009 | (0)
Almost a year ago, I explained a flaw in the encryption system that you use to securely connect to online banking sites and to safely purchase goods from Amazon, eBay, and many others. Today there’s more news about ways for that encryption (https) can fail.
The Vine
Holy Cow! Former Melon Contributor Writing For Huffington Post
by Electric Elliot | January 19, 2010 | (2)
We just received word from Jen Drake that one of our guest writers and regular contributor to our old KUPS radio show, Walid Zafar, is now writing for the Huffington Post.
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whizARTbang #1
by Electric Elliot | July 13, 2010 | (0)
On July 3rd, a plethora of artists gathered at The Satori Group’s loft in downtown Seattle for a new collaborative event called whizARTbang! The Melon was on hand for July’s gathering which featured the poetic stylings of our own Electric Elliot.
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