the miracles of technology bring us this instant photo by jasmine park [flickr] to our group pool [#]

• No, Virginia, there won’t be another Postal Service record. [rollingstone]
• Fleet Foxes dominate another reader’s choice poll, foiled a bit by TV On The Radio. [pitchfork]
• Yesler Terrace is on deck for major development [seattletransitblog]. In other development news, the Twilight Exit is on its way out. Get some tater tots before they’re gone indefinitely to make way for highish rise apartments. [slog]
• Seattle City Club had a year end luncheon. Monica Guzman got dozens of quotes from their speeches. [bigblog]
• There are but twelve shopping days left between now and xmas. This exceptionally good local gift guide will do wonders for easing your giving anxieties. [seattlest]

AGENDA

• Don’t forget: KEXP at Neumo’s [mb]. For some reason I always think of it as the Yule Ball instead of the Yule Benefit, which make a hilarious scene, wouldn’t it? Instead of formalwear, it’s Grand Archives and the Dutchess and the Duke tonight; Cancer Rising and Thao with the Get Down Stay Down on Saturday; and Shearwater on both nights. Brave the icy weather! $18, 8p, Neumo’s.