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  • Are there art galleries in Seattle that would welcome a volunteer?
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    The vera gallery is all volunteer run. Depending on what you're interested in learning what to do they're always interested in help. I think knowing what you want to get from the experience is key. Do you want to deal with the art handling and hanging or are you more interested in the selling of work? If the latter they wouldn't be good since they are not sales oriented if the business side of it is what you want you should target for profit galleries but if you want to learn how to do cards and work with poster designers then they would still be a good choice.

    What is your background? Do you make work yourself (if so it's a great eye opener) I know that the call for new work went out recently so if you were interested in the process of going through applications and deciding a years worth of shows it would be an excellent opportunity since you wouldn't have that kind of experience at most galleries and it's fun to look through all the images and try to group together artists that normally wouldn't show together.
    If you have an interest in non profits theyre a good choice too since you would get a bit of exposure to working within budgets and possibly grant writing (a terrific skill to learn if you're interested in working in the arts long term.) some of the skillls you learn for free there could land you paying work elsewhere in the future if it clicks with you.

    The vera project aside I think figuring out what you want from the experience is key and then going to galleries where you consistently like the work they show is key.

  • Free outdoor artwalk/museum?
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    As Finger Games mentioned, all Seattle art walks are free. Some are family friendly, most are not dog friendly.

    I think you're thinking of the Olympic Sculpture Park. It's open year round, free, family friendly, and since it's outside, relatively dog friendly. It has concerts on Thursdays in the summer, too. There are actually quite a few events at OSP - check out the events calendar for more info.

    Enjoy!

  • Good place in Seattle to buy 8-track cassettes?
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    Man, I don't think the thrift stores even take them any more. You used to be able to buy shoeboxes full of the things off eBay for basically the cost of shipping, but now it seems like even those are expensive, especially if it's anything you would actually want to listen to.

    I saw one of the coolest things ever at a car show once. They used to make these adapters that were shaped like an 8-track tape, but would accept a cassette. Since the cassettes are so much smaller, the adapter is mostly empty space, so this guy took one apart, hardwired a cassette adapter and stuck an iPod Shuffle in it loaded with Fleetwood Mac-era rock separated into 8-track long albums. So it was like a magic 8-track tape that could be anything you wanted it to be. It didn't quite capture the tempo weirdness of an actual 8-track, but otherwise it sounded just like the genuine article.

  • Know how to rip audio (for free) from a YouTube video?
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    http://jdownloader.org/download/index

    Free, and works the best out of all options.

  • Community musical theatre compensation question
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    For community theater stuff, about $25 per rehearsal and $50 per performance. Terrible.

  • Crazy specific This American Life music question
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    its the main theme from (the Oscar-winning musical score for) The Social Network.

  • What was the cause of death for Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers?
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    Heart attack precipitated by an OD of demon cocaine according to Wikipedia.

    One of the greatest rock tenors ever. Much of his singing on You Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - particularly those high PLEASEs - were ad-libbed. A great artist.

    Bill Medley made enough dough to retire very comfortably after all the RB hits and especially after the duet with Jennifer Warnes. Besides, who'd want to try and fill Bobby Hatfield's shoes. Not I.

    I'm thinking that he just got too old for it and didn't want to try being a solo act on the Vegas/club circuit.

  • Is there somewhere I can donate a bunch of CDs that no longer have their cases?
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    maybe,...

    The VERA project?

    Youth Center ? aka Childhaven / casey family ctr / orion center / PSKS?

    Children's Hospital?

    Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind? / wtbbl.org?

  • Where might I get the best prices selling my mom's LPs (60s jazz/folk) for her?
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    I'd take them to Jive Time in Fremont. You never know; most of these records are frankly close to worthless, but there might be some obscure gems in there. Joan Baez's first album sold a trillion copies; but a weird Fred Neil record might be scarce. And jazz, well, early sixties is a big time for jazz LPs, especially if they're on a collectible label like Blue Note, Riverside, or World Pacific.

    A shop like Jive Time is going to be straight with you. You're not going to get the price they'll ask for it, and they may reject a fair amount outright. But they're not going to rip you off.

    If you can do some research beforehand, you're better off. Look them up on Ebay, see what people are getting for them.

    The most likely scenario is, you have a crate of dollar records, but with a few red hot items, and if you're not a collector you'll never guess which ones they are. They might be worth a buck, they might be worth a hundred.

    Neptune in the U District is another good shop that should be fair to you. Also Silver platters and Easy Street.

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