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Whew! Bumbershoot ended and ushered in monsoon season. Did everyone make it out alive and get their last elephant ear, funnel cake, or roasted corn to last until next festival season?

My last batch of Bumbershoot photos are now posted for your browsing pleasure. In this extra action packed edition (trying to make up for a relatively slackery Sunday after talking to one of the T.I.G. photographers [flickr] at the end of the day and realizing that I’d only been to a few shows):
Spencer Moody vs. Jetpack McLeod in a live Yeti interview; Andrew Bird (again!) going back to his solo roots and making us all want to be better whistlers; the Mother Truckers; newish local band, the Sneaky Thieves sounding vaguely brit-influenced, smooth, and pretty; the Blakes opening their set with a geography lesson about the grimy clubs of Western Washington; Tokyo Police Club teaching a new generation the pleasures of slouchy, synthtastic, dance rock while breaking new ground in enthusiastic tambourining (at one point Graham Wright deflected a flying beach ball with his tambourine without missing a beat); Jonathan Coulton turning the audience at the Intiman into a mob of brain-hungry zombies, covering “Baby Got Back”, milking Flickr for musical inspiration, and celebrating the pleasures of springtime; Portland’s favorite husband & wife duo, Viva Voce making much more noise than you’d expect from two people; the Damnwells bringing southernish rock all the way from Brooklyn; Fleet Foxes living up to the hype (which is saying a lot given the level of buzz from all quarters); the Frames winning everyone’s heart at sunset; My Brightest Diamond, sounding a little less weird than last time, but still lovely; the Wu Tang Clan complimenting Seattle on the quality of its weed; and Miranda July working magic with web assignments, volunteers, interviews and an auction.