Stop For Me, It's the Claw

So if you've ever lived in Seattle, you probably noticed some great street sign graffiti. Some of my favorites include Alien St (strategic pieces of tape on the former Allen St sign) and the Stop For Me, It's the Claw (shown above). While Capitol Hill was the birthplace for the original Claw sightings, my favorite interpretation of this joke lies on Stone Way (west side, between 43rd and 42nd). Capitol Hill tends to make their claws more lobster or robotic-like; Stone Way's sign, on the other hand, looks like something straight out of Nightmare on Elm Street. Anyway, it got me in the mood to listen to some "claw-inspired" songs, which took me back to 2003's Keep On Your Mean Side by the Kills. Speaking of the the Kills, they commence their North American tour in mid-April, and if you read the last post, you'll know that Alison Mosshart (aka "W") has joined supergroup The Dead Winter alongside Jack White, Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age), and Jack Lawrence (Raconteurs).

MP3: The Kills - "Cat Claw"
(buy Keep On Your Mean Side)

The Kills on tour:

Mar 14 2009 8:00P	Zakk	Dusseldorf
Mar 15 2009 8:00P	Ubel and Gefahrlich	Hamburg
Mar 16 2009 8:00P	Postbahnhof	Berlin
Mar 17 2009 8:00P	Mousonturm	Frankfurt
Mar 25 2009 8:00P	SFBH	Wellington
Mar 26 2009 8:00P	Transmission Romm	Auckland
Mar 28 2009 8:00P	Sydney V Festival	Sydney
Mar 29 2009 8:00P	V Festival	Gold Coast
Mar 30 2009 8:00P	The Zoo	Brisbane
Apr 1 2009 8:00P	The Forum	Sydney
Apr 3 2009 8:00P	Prince Bandroom	Melbourne
Apr 4 2009 8:00P	V Festival	Melbourne
Apr 5 2009 8:00P	V Festival	Perth
Apr 19 2009 8:00P	Coachella Arts and Music Festival	Indio, CA
Apr 20 2009 8:00P	Club Congress	Tucson, AZ
Apr 22 2009 8:00P	Fox Theatre	Boulder, CO
Apr 23 2009 8:00P	The Bottleneck	Lawrence, KS
Apr 24 2009 8:00P	Emo’s	Austin, TX
Apr 25 2009 8:00P	Granada Theatre	Dallas, TX
Apr 27 2009 8:00P	Lenny’s Bar	Atlanta, GA
Apr 28 2009 8:00P	Cat’s Cradle	Carrboro, NC
Apr 30 2009 8:00P	9.30 Club	Washington DC
May 1 2009 8:00P	Theatre of the Living Arts	Philadelphia, PA
May 2 2009 8:00P	Webster Hall	New York, NY
May 4 2009 8:00P	Music Hall of Williamsburg	Brooklyn, NY
May 5 2009 8:00P	Paradise Rock Club	Boston, MA
May 6 2009 8:00P	La Tulipe	Montreal, QC
May 7 2009 8:00P	Phoenix Concert Theatrre	Toronto, ON
May 8 2009 8:00P	Magic Stick	Detroit, MI
May 9 2009 8:00P	Metro	Chicago, IL
May 11 2009 8:00P	First Avenue	Minneapolis, MN
May 15 2009 8:00P	Neumo’s	Seattle, WA
May 16 2009 8:00P	Commodore Ballroom	Vancouver, BC
May 17 2009 8:00P	Wonder Ballroom	Portland, OR
May 19 2009 8:00P	The Filmore	San Francisco, CA
May 21 2009 8:00P	Glasshouse	Pomona, CA