• Fri 01/01/2009 - Hangover Fest, featuring The Damage Done, Success!, Marginal Way, The Hollowpoints, Koozbane, and Dictionhead at Grn Strp Haus, 3pm.
• Sun 01/10/2009 - Andrew Jackson Jihad, Kepi Ghoulie, Ben Barnett, Partners in 818, and Like Claws! at Healthy Times Fun Club, 9pm.
• Mon 01/11/2009 - Andrew Jackson Jihad, Kepi Ghoulie, Ben Barnett, Partners in 818, and The Damage Done at The Morgue, 8pm.
• Thu 01/14/2009 - Success!, Random Orbits, Smokejumper, Heroes Amongst Theives at El Corazon, 8pm.
• Tue 01/19/2009 - Nana Grizol, The Max Levine Ensemble, Iji, A Million Years at The Vera Project, 7:30pm.

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Episode four is out the door! This episode continues the "Best of the Grn Strp Haus" radio series.

• 0:41 - "True Story" by The Pillowfights, from Round One
• 1:30 - "Identity Confused" by Down We Go, from From Up New Sleeves. Download it here for free!
• 4:10 - "Slow Car Crash" by Classics of Love from Walking In Shadows
• 6:49 - "Galloping Gurdy" by Smooth Sailing, from 2009 demo
• 10:51 - "Exploding Houses, Dirty Floors" by Smokejumper from 2009 demo
• 13:11 - "Southbound 280" by Mike Park from For The Love Of Music
• 17:13 - "The Sickness" by The Hollowpoints, from The Black Spot
• 21:31 - "Adventures, Baby" by Breaker Breaker One Niner, from their recent demo

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Episode three! This episode feature an interview and four songs from Seattle band Success! off of their self-titled full-length album. The interview was recorded on September 30th, 2009 in Seattle, WA.

Success! is:
Austin - Bass
David - Drums
Ian - Guitar
Rev - Guitar and Vocals

• 4:04 - Song #1: Trains Planes and Bicycle-Mobiles
• 6:48 - Rev and Dave used to play in Pistol for a Paycheck and Rocket In My Pocket
• 7:03 - Ian used to play in Whiskey Tango. They recently reunited to record some episodes of MTV's 5 Dollar Cover, directed by Lynn Shelton
• 11:14 - Success! has shared the stage with many diverse Seattle bands, including The Damage Done and Marginal Way
• 12:23 - Ian currently plays in another band called God
• 12:43 - Austin is filling in as the drummer for The Badlands
• 13:30 - Song #2: We Ain't No Klaus Nomi
• 19:20 The 2nd Successfest took place at the Grn Strp Haus on 10/3/2009, and featured Breaker Breaker One Niner, The Sweet Revenge, Destruction Island, Smooth Sailing, Go! Fight! Win!, Flaming Mango, and Success!. The Viggs (with members of Hot Rod Carl) were originally scheduled but ultimately unable to play.
• 21:40 - Scuttlebutt brewing company.
• 22:09 - Ryan Wilmott directed the video for "Two Shots for Mick"
• 26:33 - Buy Succes!'s self-titled album at shows, from Bottlecap Records, or on iTunes.
• 26:44 - Song #3: You Can't Even Hold Hands In Harlem
• 33:13 - Success! played at North Park Awesome Fast and saw Cheap Girls, Bitchin Summer, and Sunnyside.
• 38:49 - Song #4: You, Me, and 5 Bucks

Photo by Ally Sin.

There are some great Seattle shows coming up in December. I'll probably add more in the second half of the month as time goes on.

• Fri 12/04/2009 - Ben Russell's Memorial Show featuring The Damage Done, Smokejumper, Dragstrip Riot, and Like Claws! at The Funhouse, 8pm.
• Fri 12/11/2009 - Melt-Banana, Tera Melos, and others at Chop Suey, 9pm.
• Sun 12/13/2009 - Season Of Nightmares, The Arkhams, Dreadful Children, and Shakes at The Funhouse, 9pm.
• Mon 12/14/2009 - O Pioneers!!!, The Damage Done, Requin at Galway Arms, 8pm.
• Thursday 12/17/2009 - Like Claws!, Kevin Seconds, Kepi Ghoulie, Greg Attonito (Bouncing Souls) at El Corazon, 8pm.