Scenes from Day 1 of Bumbershoot featuring Modern Kin, Danny Brown, Big Freedia, Sam Lachow and more at the Seattle Center on August 30, 2014

The yellow brick road is lined with Northwestern Americana: farms, a one-armed sculpture of Jesus, a rundown water and amusement park, a billboard with Uncle Sam that reads “Immigration or Invasion?”, the mammary-shaped Tacoma Dome, and Jack in the Boxes that play Modest Mouse. Driving north on I-5 from Portland, our friendly rideshare driver has red curls coming out from underneath his beanie. Like the friendly... read more