Chelsea Handler Live @ Paramount Theatre (2/2/2022)

Great show and I remember my biggest takeaways after the show was that I really always compared her to one of the greats of comedy. Paramount Theater is a great historical venue located on the EastSide of Downtown Seattle and owned by the late and Legendary Paul Allen of Vulcan Construction. Chelsea Handler entered the show in a full jump suit like you might have seen Dave Chappelle wear in one of his specials in past years except hers didn’t have any letter on the side. She had some TimberLand boots on with her big blonde hair cascading down. Even though Handler was essentially wearing this AutoShop style suit that typically restricts the human eye from deciphering the intricate yet alluring curves that make up the woman species, she still pulled of the highly desirable generation X that shows the audience she can flaunt the independence, flip the stereotypes, yet reel things back in and tame down the woman hear me roar shit. She had some funny analogies and the only Modello19 joke I remember and care to share was the one small teaser of the show. She basically made a joke of how people were all wigging out during the 2020/2021 modello19 lockdowns and she was having fun discovering how much she likes hanging out with herself and doing whatever she wanted to do with herself. Very worth the tickets to see her live and she came out with her dogs which was some cool shit too.

Rainbow Kitten Surprise Live @Paramount Theater 5/31/19

I go to a lot of Paramount Theater shows, great venue, easy to get to with a historical touch makes it a great place to see live music. Lower open standing area as seen below with seating in rows up above. I received an email with this band name on their weekly newsletter and with a name like that I had to check it out. I was amazed at how many people actually knew of the band and were chanting all the lyrics during songs. I felt they were “okay” not terrible not amazing. The lead singer put on a great show, interacted with the audience as well as his band mates. Some decent guitar rips and good lighting effects in back. If you aren’t familiar, they have this indie-alternative rock sound to them with some hints of other musical sound but most of their stuff had me scrolling thru my phone to pass the time. Meanwhile the crowd was going wild so fuck my opinion but just how I felt. The main reason I went to see them was because I liked the song “Fever Pitch” which was the only one I enjoyed at the show. The rest I just couldn’t get with. The band is interesting themselves. The drummer up on a platform doing his thing, while the lead singer looked like a spokesperson for Neighbors night club in Capital Hill with a beard and about 5’4″ tall and some tight hammer pants on. One guitarist was a chubby dude with glasses looked like he was really good at math and leader of the chess club. Then to the right was a tall chick in white bell-bottoms/long hair and wait..nope it was a dude actually and what gave it away was the flat booty, sleek aerodynamic chest, hair line, long feet and hands that really told me…yep that’s a dude. However, in light of the whole LGBT movement the Seattle rainbows were in full effect. Rock on you little colorful souls and I will quote Owen Wilson from Zoolander on this; “I haven’t heard a lot of their music, but the fact that they are still making it, I respect that.”

Candlebox live @Paramount 7/22/18

Very Seattle grunge right here in which Seattle is home to many greats of this era. This venue is one of my favorites located in Downtown Seattle. It’s a historical location that was once renovated by the late and great Paul Allen. Candlebox still has their touch with many classics to choose from but I was waiting for “you” which they nailed like it was 1993 in their prime. Nice to see Seattle musicians still out here doing it.

Bone Thugs n Harmony Live @Paramount 11/14/16

As mentioned this is one of my favorite venues and a historic landmark for Seattle. I went to see this for the Puff Puff pass tour which also Snoop Dogg & Warren G were on the line up. I felt like Snoop was extra lame sauce constantly pointing the Mic towards the crowd to sing his lyrics, like damn muthafucker sing your own shit dude. Warren G I couldn’t tell if he was lip syncing the entire time and you could tell he just wanted that check. However Bone Thugs murdered the stage. Voices sounded as you remembered with every member jumping into their position on tracks with all the hype and energy like they did through the 90’s. They had the look and stage presence to back up their vocals and the message they were re-sending to the audience. I went on to see them a few other times after this show at different venues and every time Bone Thugs N Harmony delivers the damn mail in their performance so be sure to see them when you can.