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Eric Olson

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Seattle
As seen in: Seattle Met, Princeton Alumni Weekly, The Daily Beast, Read Optional (Podcast), The Seattle Times, The Millions, Earshot Jazz, Post Alley Seattle
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Grammy-nominated saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin makes Jazz Alley debut

Grammy-nominated saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin makes Jazz Alley debut

Seattle Times — After recovering from a life-threatening car accident, Lakecia Benjamin is on the rise, much like her critically acclaimed "Phoenix" album.
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I Finally Popped My 'Titanic' Cherry After 25 Years

I Finally Popped My 'Titanic' Cherry After 25 Years

The Daily Beast — For most of his life, one pop-culture enthusiast has managed to evade watching the most popular movie of all-time. Now, after catching an anniversary screening, he's a changed man.
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Joaquin Phoenix Is the Sad Boy Napoleon We Deserve

Joaquin Phoenix Is the Sad Boy Napoleon We Deserve

The Daily Beast — The actor's entire filmography has been preparing him to play a lovesick, awkward narcissist in Ridley Scott's "Napoleon." In fact, it just may be perfect casting.
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Nicolas Cage in 'Renfield' Proves Vampires Need an Image Consultant

Nicolas Cage in 'Renfield' Proves Vampires Need an Image Consultant

The Daily Beast — Three decades after his turn in "Vampire's Kiss," Nicolas Cage is back doing the bonkers vampire thing-in a film that reveals that Hollywood has lost the bloodsucking plot.
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The Biggest Problem With 'Oppenheimer': Everyone Is Too Damn Sexy

The Biggest Problem With 'Oppenheimer': Everyone Is Too Damn Sexy

The Daily Beast — Have you seen what these people looked like in real life?
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'The Boys in the Boat' Reminds Us How Much Seattle Has Changed

'The Boys in the Boat' Reminds Us How Much Seattle Has Changed

Seattle Met — George Clooney's movie adaptation of the bestseller about the UW crew team's Olympic triumph also serves as a time machine.
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Seattle's Indie Movie Theaters Are Finding Their Audience

Seattle's Indie Movie Theaters Are Finding Their Audience

Seattle Met — Is it possible to bring top notch films to the masses and still balance the budget? After 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer,' these theaters are finding out.
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Author event: Naomi Alderman at Third Place Books

Author event: Naomi Alderman at Third Place Books

Seattle Times — The Seattle Times spoke to Alderman about technological wariness, prospective paths to change and a novelist's place in an increasingly algorithmic world.
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Elmer Dixon's 'Die Standing' is a portrait of a Seattle revolutionary

Elmer Dixon's 'Die Standing' is a portrait of a Seattle revolutionary

Seattle Times — The Times spoke to former Seattle Black Panther Elmer Dixon about his time in the Black Panther Party, the organization's civil rights legacy and America's continuing inequity.
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Karl Marlantes' latest novel explores the moral gray areas of war

Karl Marlantes' latest novel explores the moral gray areas of war

Seattle Times — We spoke with local author Marlantes ahead of the release of his latest novel, "Cold Victory."
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In Denis Johnson, Darkness Met Delight

In Denis Johnson, Darkness Met Delight

The Millions — Denis Johnson familiarized himself, early and often, with life's bleakness. Between his roving childhood in Tokyo and Manila, a heroin addiction that...
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How a Church in Anacortes Turned into a Destination Recording Studio

How a Church in Anacortes Turned into a Destination Recording Studio

Seattle Met — Indie rock stars like Fleet Foxes and Angel Olsen have converged on the Washington coastal town to make music at the Unknown.
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REPOSADO: Tequila Funk Odyssey

REPOSADO: Tequila Funk Odyssey

Earshot Jazz — BY ERIC OLSON In 2021, as a reliably drab spring burst into summertime and newly vaccinated Seattleites eked free of winter's many confinements, I found myself at a July Fourth celebration on the southern banks of the Duwamish River, at a house which residents of that neighborhood know perhaps too well.
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Ron Weinstein is on Fire

Ron Weinstein is on Fire

Earshot Jazz — BY ERIC OLSON I'm shooting the breeze with pianist/organist Ron Weinstein when he delivers a precious bit of lore. "I was gigging at Vito's when the fire started," he says, kicked back with partner Dillyn Kost on their South Seattle couch. "That building's fire alarm was always going off.
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Eric Olson's Top 23 Albums of 2023

Eric Olson's Top 23 Albums of 2023

Post Alley Seattle — Lists like this one are built on a rickety foundation of caveats and qualifications, the most important being that musical taste is a curious impulse. Unlike film, unlike novels, it's almost imposs...
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