New kid in town: Prickly guitar-picker Geoff Farina has moved to the Chi-boogie. According to an anonymous tipster who probably wasn’t Farina, the former Karate front man/Secret Star has followed his lady here while she pursues some higher education, and was recently spotted at the Mako Sica show at the Whistler.
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This past weekend Olympia, Washington, lost longtime scene fixture Natalie Cox to hemangiosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Cox played in Neon Panda and the Old Haunts, worked at Kill Rock Stars, and was one of the organizers of the first Ladyfest—the feminist music festival which has gone on to be a global phenomenon. Cox’s blog about her battle is at teamnataliecox.blogspot.com, where donations are still being accepted to cover a massive hospice bill; any money received beyond that will go to a fund for her three-year-old son, Dillon.
Also shooting a video: local Husker Du tribute band Husker Dudes, which features Eric Mahle from Sybris, Dan Fanelli of Land of the El Caminos, and Geoff Greenberg of Mr. Rudy Day. According to Mahle it’s being shot on VHS and is intended “to show people how awesome we are.” Husker Dudes play September 10 at Quenchers.
