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Girls on Film

Arts & Culture   March 1, 2010 at 1:45 pm Jonathan Cunningham

Every week THEESatisfaction is releasing a new project, playing a key show, being awesome, and getting written about in the Seattle press damn near more than Mike McGinn. We know. Sorry about the overkill, but honestly, they’re really good.

And there’s still more to know. For example,  they’re huge fans of Shakespeare and Carl Sagan—which I just found out by watching this interview they did with MTV.

THEESatisfaction are performing tonight at the Tractor Tavern to celebrate the premier of Lynn Shelton’s  $5 Cover: Seattle (which Shelton—of Humpday fame—made for MTV to showcase Seattle’s local scene including THEESatisfaction.) Thee ladies’ MTV interview is a promo for Shelton’s film.

Shelton will be showing the film  at 7 p.m. over at SIFF Cinema. $15.




  • hmmm…

    If I read Publicola and didn't live here, it would seem that Seattle had only one band…mix it up guys!!

  • Sparky

    The fact that someone likes Shakespeare and Carl Sagan is not news. Why isn't this post about $5 Cover: Seattle, with a note about The Girls, rather than the other way around?