Dan Nailen
The Inlander
Spokane, WA, United States
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Unexpected delights in unnecessary 2022 musical reunions
Music geeks are obsessed with the new. New artists, new songs, new albums from familiar artists. The sense of discovering something new is a big... → Read More
Lilac City Live!
Lilac City Live! The reopening of downtown Spokane’s Central Library isn’t just great because of all the new amenities and features; it also means the return of the library’s vivacious real-time talk show Lilac City Live hosted by one of Spokane’s suavest cats around, Ryan Dean Tucker. The monthly showcase of all things cool and/or weird in Spokane returns to the third floor’s nxʷyxʷyetkʷ Hall… → Read More
Rock The Nest: Milonga
Rock The Nest: Milonga If you haven’t wandered through Kendall Yards lately, you might not know the Powers That Be have been sprucing up “The Nest,” the mini amphitheater located just off the Centennial Trail and just west of Molé (formerly Central Food). While there’s been live music during the Wednesday farmers market, the newly configured (and shaded!) stage means The Nest is ready for its… → Read More
Scott Seiss | Spokane Comedy Club
Scott Seiss I’m probably at the end of the line in terms of when a viral video will reach my social media feeds, but at some point a couple months back a bunch of comedians I follow on Twitter started sharing clips of “angry IKEA employee” (for lack of a better description). This mustached young man staring straight into the camera is having a one-sided conversation with an angry customer,… → Read More
Jess Walter's new collection offers a little hope in dark times across 12 tales
Even the most ardent of Jess Walter fans (and there are plenty here in his hometown of Spokane) would have to admit the man isn't exactly prolific when it comes to book releases even though he's almost always working on something. → Read More
Author Leah Sottile discusses her deep dive into two dead children in Idaho, and where extreme religion meets extreme conspiratorial fervor
It's a case seemingly made for tabloids and trash TV. → Read More
Screen | Summer Guide
Even with all the outdoor activities available thanks to warmer weather and long, sunny days, and even with annual family reunions and road trips in the mix, summer remains prime time for movie lovers. → Read More
Nate Bargatze
Nate Bargatze “The Raincheck Tour” seems appropriate for sure, given that comedian Nate Bergatze's career was heating up nicely, and his hotly anticipated national tour was waylaid by COVID-19 more than once. But the tour is finally happening, and the Tennessean surely hasn’t lost a comedic step despite the time off the road — time he filled with a podcast, Nateland (podcasts are apparently… → Read More
Fortune Feimster: Hey Y'all
Fortune Feimster: Hey Y'all Comedian, writer and actor Fortune Feimster’s profile has grown exponentially over the past decade, as gigs working on cable talk shows like Chelsea Lately gave way to becoming a regular cast member on sitcoms like The Mindy Project and, eventually, to her own Tina Fey-produced sitcom Family Fortune and having a couple of her movie scripts bought by Steven Spielberg’s… → Read More
Tracy Morgan
Tracy Morgan Not a lot of SNL cast members have gone on to spin sitcom gold, and it’s kind of surprising that Tracy Morgan is one of a short list that includes Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tina Fey. Of course, Morgan can thank Fey for creating 30 Rock and arguably the comedian’s most popular character, the extremely Tracy Morgan-like “Tracy Jordan” (all due respect to SNL’s Brian Fellows). Morgan’s… → Read More
How Record Store Day helped lead to a vinyl relapse for this music obsessive
Record Store Day arrives this Saturday. Again. You'll be forgiven if it seems like this celebration of independent record stores and special music releases comes... → Read More
Santana brought his "Blessings and Miracles Tour" to Spokane Arena April 3
On Sunday night Santana rolled into Spokane Arena for a stop on the band's "Blessings and Miracles" tour, and as one might expect, it was an evening of fiery guitar work from band leader Carlos Santana, plenty of killer Latin rhythms, and more than one long, winding speech from the legend as he waxed on about spirituality, unity and "dreaming big." → Read More
Spokane Arena | Live Bands, Music Events & Concerts
Santana OK, I get it, you’ve heard “Smooth” one too many times since the earworm hit helped make Santana 1999 Supernatural album a multiplatinum seller and multi-Grammy winner. Here’s the thing, though: You can drop Carlos Santana’s most successful album from history, and the guy is still a sure-fire Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and one of the greatest guitar players who’s ever hit a concert… → Read More
As FX's Better Things approaches its end, it's proving itself one of the best sitcoms in recent memory
It's difficult to think of sitcoms coming to an end gracefully, and at the height of their relevance. → Read More
Kyle Kinane: The "So...Where Were We" Tour
Kyle Kinane: The "So...Where Were We" Tour You ever have the experience of discovering some artist who’s been around awhile, and immediately wondering how you’re so late to the party? That’s my experience with comedian Kyle Kinane, a guy whose punk-rock roots and friendly bar-banter approach developed as he started stand-up in Chicago make him, on paper, right up my alley. Experiencing his… → Read More
Tim Meadows | Spokane Comedy Club
Tim Meadows Tim Meadows is what you would call a comedy “glue guy.” During his decade on Saturday Night Live (pretty much the entire ’90s), his time as part of Second City improv troupe in Chicago and in dozens of roles large and small over the past three decades (hail his Principal Duvall in Mean Girls), Meadows always makes a scene more funny, even when he’s not the center of attention. That’s… → Read More
Building a St. Paddy's Day playlist that's a bit off the beaten path
St. Patrick's Day is divisive. On the one hand, it's an opportunity to gather with friends for some pub time or a parade and enjoy... → Read More
Rachel Feinstein
Rachel Feinstein In the recent documentary Hysterical, Rachel Feinstein was one of the most enlightening voices in its dissection of life on the road, on stage and behind the scenes for female comedians working in a frustratingly male-dominated field. The frankness she brought to her interview segments in the movie serves her even better when she’s on stage bouncing between character studies and… → Read More
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr. The 2005 reunion of the original Dinosaur Jr. is one of the more unlikely happy endings in modern rock, an out-of-nowhere reunification of ’80s indie-rock favorites guitarist J Mascis, bassist Lou Barlow (also of Sebadoh) and drummer Murph after nearly 20 years apart. And while it’s thrilling to hear the trio fire up old faves from albums like 1987’s You’re Living All Over Me,… → Read More
David Koechner
David Koechner You probably know David Koechner’s work even if you don’t know him by name. After all, you’ve binged The Office like every good American has, and he’s Todd Packer, one of Michael Scott’s oldest Dunder Mifflin buddies. He also played sports news dude Champ Kind in Anchorman, and regularly pops up in various Will Ferrell projects and TV comedies like The Goldbergs. You get the idea… → Read More