Joel Stadtmueller It was a seemingly ordinary Wednesday in mid April. For the crowd gathered at The Neptune Theater, we would experience the extraordinary. Oneohtrix Point Never was about to deliver a synesthetic dose of glitched-out psychedelia so potent it would distort the fabric of spacetime. Our minds open, awaiting expansion. The journey was about to begin.Opening…
Cover Graphic by Joel Stadtmueller, Photos by Ethan Fields Mutants, monsters, and aliens mingled with ninjas, robots, and royalty. Heroes and villains set aside their differences to come together for the Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC). Spanning Feb. 29 – Mar. 3, an estimated 85,000 attendees descended upon the Washington State Convention Center to show off their cosplay, meet their favorite celebrities and artists,…
Joel Stadtmueller | The Seattle Collegian The Broadway Edison building is the hub for Seattle Central College. The sprawling five-story building is the base of operations for many student services and administrative offices as well as the various arts, humanities, and social science programs. Programs like Apparel Design and Development, Visual Media, and Graphic Design require students to use expensive equipment…
Joel Stadtmueller | The Seattle Collegian The Pacific Northwest is a lush landscape in ways both literal and metaphorical. This fertile environment has shaped many of my favorite artists and albums, many of which are inextricably tied to this place — a place both wonderful and strange, to borrow a phrase from Agent Dale Cooper of “Twin Peaks.” When music became…
Joel Stadtmueller | The Seattle Collegian It wasn’t hard to spot where the Punk Rock Flea Market (PRFM) was happening as I neared the intersection of 3rd and Pine in downtown Seattle. A small crowd of people sporting leather jackets, spikes, and piercings were out front of Nii Modo Gallery. I felt like I was heading to a punk show. Once…
Joel Stadtmueller | The Seattle Collegian Dragging myself out of bed on a Monday morning, I was waking from a hazy neon fever dream to see my drab reality — back to the daily grind. After that weekend, returning to reality was a hard pill to swallow. The four nights prior I was on a cosmic sonic bender that steered me…
Courtesy of Nate Watters In the dead of winter 2013, a group of friends set up an epic party dubbed the Psychedelic Holiday Freakout. It was successful enough to make a yearly tradition. In the decade since, the Freakout Festival (as it was rebranded in 2017) has grown, but one aspect remains constant — it’s still an epic party,…
Joel Stadtmueller | The Seattle Collegian In the shadow of T-Mobile Park, on a night when the Mariners face off against the Texas Rangers in a must-win game to keep their postseason hopes alive, a much more intimate spectacle is about to take place in a nearby performance space. This performance is as far removed from the world of professional sports…