photo by stacy davis [flickr] via our group pool [#].

• Depressing restaurant news : Artemis , the charming, delicious, and cozy cafe bar with a killer view situated at the intersection of Bellevues on the northwestern corner of Capitol Hill is temporarily closing on Saturday with plans to return in May with more focus on the bar and a scaled back menu. [voracious]
• Depressing local corporation news: On the day that the Dow fell below 7.5k, local companies’ stock prices are taking a beating, too. [seattlecourant]
• Good news for fanzine archivists: A brief history & catalog of contents for Backlash. [10things]

Longview/agenda/listening: (1) if you visit the Thermals you will learn that they are on the twitter [#], hear the first single from their upcoming album playing, and learn that they will be in Seattle on 11 April. (2) the Yeah Yeah Yeahs — among the bigger Sasquatch highlights in my opinion — fixed the link to their first single, “Zero”, so that you can get more excited about their new album and their visit to the Gorge. Alternately, you could curse that giant wookie for bringing a bunch of great acts to Central Washington and keeping them from Seattle. Either way. [imeem]