Scenes from Day 2 of Bumbershoot featuring The Head and the Heart, Pickwick, Schoolboy Q, Schoolyard Heroes and more at the Seattle Center on August 31, 2014

The yellow brick road is lined with Northwestern Americana: farms, a one-armed sculpture of Jesus, a rundown water and amusement park, a billboard with Uncle Sam that reads “Immigration or Invasion?”, the mammary-shaped Tacoma Dome, and Jack in the Boxes that play Modest Mouse. Driving north on I-5 from Portland, our friendly rideshare driver has red curls coming out from underneath his beanie. Like the friendly... read more