Editor’s Note: We are saddened by the news that Estelle Getty died today at the age of 84. Best known for her work as Sophia in the hit 80’s TV show “The Golden Girls,” and for briefly holding down a spot next to Whoopi Goldberg on “Hollywood Squares,” Getty leaves a comedic legacy that will not be soon forgotten. Estelle, you devoted your entire lifetime to giving us the gift of laughter, and for that, we thank you.

The following is a NadaMucho story that originally ran in April of 2005. We hope it brings back some of your favorite Estelle Getty memories.

DVD Review
The Golden Girls: The Complete First Season
By Dan Lurie

Fantasies can come in all shapes and sizes, and in some cases, ages. While young men across this great nation might claim that Kathy Ireland was their first obsession, they would be lying. Everyone knows that, when it comes to cream dreams for Generation X'ers, the ultimate provider was none other than Rue McClanahan, a.k.a. Blanche Devereaux, a.k.a. the Golden Girl who mounted more men than Evel Kenievel mounted motorbikes. Thank you for being a friend, indeed.

Sub Pop is 20 and aging Gracefully
20th Anniversary Festival
Saturday, July 12th and Sunday, July 13th
Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA

Seattle record label Sub Pop came to fame in the late 80's/early 90's as the ultimate showcase in the "Seattle sound," which later became known as "grunge" or "punk/garage" or whatever you want to call it.

Over the years, the label has continued to release quality material that spans the wide musical landscape. Everything from over the top noise destruction (Wolf Eyes) to electronic Indie-pop (The Postal Service) has been fair game. In more recent years, the label's roster has mellowed significantly with bands like Fleet Foxes, Grand Archives and Blitzen Trapper exemplifying a new, post-hippie folk vibe.

No matter the musical style, the label's emphasis has always been on exceptional artists, regardless of their widespread commercial appeal. Luckily for the label, some of these great bands have garnered some widespread success, most notably The Shins, the aforementioned Postal Service and Nirvana's debut record Bleach, all of which have all sold hundreds of thousands of units.

To celebrate twenty years of outstanding music, Sub Pop is throwing themselves a big 'ole birthday bash in Redmond's Marymoor Park next weekend. The roster features a variety of artists throughout the label's history. Do yourself a favor and soak in the sound of the reigning label of cool.

...After we stumbled out of the Rendezvous into the backseat of the cab, I punched in the number for The Trucks' promotions pimp down in Portland, an avowed connoisseur of all things sexy and Scottish, and handed the phone to Kevin.

While he purred to her in his Glaswegian brogue, I pulled my finished review of the listening party we were supposedly en route to from my jacket pocket and squinted at what I'd scribbled during Anita Goodmann's show. Not too awful, considering that it was more of a rambling love letter to my various demons and indiscretions than an imagined account of the events about to unfold at Neumo's.

Global Seepej Records and NadaMucho.com began within a year of each other in the mid 90s, but it wasn't until 2003 that the two independent organizations crossed paths.

Nada High Potentate Matt Ashworth received the debut At the Spine album, The Curriculum is Never Neutral, at his basement office in Kent, Washington and quickly invited the band to play New Music Monday, a weekly showcase for emerging local bands.

Within months, Ashworth and ATS front man and Global Seepej head Mike Toschi formed an informal partnership based on their shared love of music and community.

After discussing the idea for a few years, Ashworth caught Toschi on the phone drinking enough free beer to agree to put out the compilation. Songs from the Seattle Underground is the first recorded manifestation of that partnership.

Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a wakeup call for musicians, music fans, and Americans of all kinds who have grown numb to the terrible news coming out of Iraq. There have been so many powerful Iraq documentaries of late (Taxi To the Dark Side, Standard Operating Procedure, Body of War) that it's hard to imagine being deeply affected by one more, and even harder to look forward to the experience. However, anyone who loves bands or has ever been in one should consider this film required viewing.

Acrassicauda (Latin for "black scorpion") is a heavy metal band made up of four friends from Baghdad who love Metallica, Slayer, and the release that comes from rocking out. The folks at Vice magazine became aware of them in 2003 and began to follow the band's progress, filming them in Baghdad and eventually Syria. Heavy Metal in Baghdad is built from four years of footage of Acrassicauda rehearsing, recording, performing, and simply trying to stay alive in the most dangerous city on Earth.

Indecisive Rhythm
Tales from the Dumpster
[May 2008; Self Release]

Indecisive Rhythm is the brainchild of Amy Mustoe, who has been working the Seattle scene for more than five years with various incarnations of her power pop trio. The band’s sound (lovingly referred to as ‘dumpster pop’) has undergone a series of changes over the years, but with its current and longest-standing line-up, IR seems ready to prove itself as one of Seattle’s best performing acts.