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‘Kicked Out Of Capitol Hill,’ Don’t Talk To The Cops say goodbye

Reign City has the details:

Don’t Talk To The Cops are having their final show and djBlesOne’s birthday celebration this Friday, May 9 at Chop Suey. Their latest song, “Kicked Out Of Capitol Hill,” tackles the Capitol Hill Condo takeover.

DTTTC have the jam:

artworks-000078644722-bhmsk2-t500x500DTTTC say:

Kicked out of our neighborhood by people tearing down a bunch of historic buildings to build a bunch of lame condos for a bunch of people who want to live on Capitol Hill but not really live on Capitol Hill. Bye bye Capitol Hill, R.I.P. Same story in my town as it is in yours…

Well, technically, guys, they aren’t condo buildings… ah, forget it… nevermind.

The new song joins Draze’s The Hood Ain’t the Same on your displaced nostalgia mix tape. And, remember, Capitol Hill — or Pike/Pine, at least — died eight years ago this November.

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crap bag
crap bag
9 years ago

Seriously, people. They are NOT condos.

Yet
Yet
9 years ago
Reply to  crap bag

When we hit the next bust cycle (and history promises we will), all these little boxes called apartments will convert to condos faster than when they were built.

paul
9 years ago
Reply to  Yet

Do you have historical evidence that rentals get converted to condos during a bust cycle? People have no money to buy during a down cycle, so wouldnt the shift move to rentals at that time?

Ed
Ed
9 years ago
Reply to  crap bag

Seriously?!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, not the point. Apartments, condos- the point is, Amdroids, yuppies and the new wealthy increasingly think they want to play in one of Seattle’s traditionally exciting and creative neighborhoods -all while they and greedy (and don’t dare say they’re not greedy developers) developers force the very exciting creatives, artists, etc off the hill, out of the city by willingly, gladly driving up the cost of housing. And City Council? They do NOTHING to stop or slow it. There isn’t even an attempt at restricting annual rent increases. Why not write about that so profusely, JUSTIN!?!

genevieve
genevieve
9 years ago

Interesting link to the Stranger story…although based on the photo above I expected it to be a post about the death of Slats. He rather was Capitol Hill. How long ago was that, anyway? God, I’m old……

zeebleoop
9 years ago

Life’s not been good for you
It’s just not fair
You did nothing to deserve it
You did nothing at all
Sit back and watch
It turns from bad to worse
No matter how loud you cry
It always hurts

Boy I’m glad I’m not in your shoes

How could things
Get any worse for you?
You’re so fucking alone
How could things
Get any worse for you?
I don’t blame you
When you piss and moan

Everybody gets
What you should’ve got
Everybody takes
Your opportunities
Everybody gets
The breaks that belonged to you
Everybody takes
Your just desserts

Life’s not been good for you
It’s just not fair
I’ve got some news for you
Nothing is fair
I wish there was a way
To make it all better
I pray for a way
To make you happy
Cause I’m sick and I’m tired
Of your whining, complaining, and bitching and moaning
Boo fucking hoo

-Minor Threat

Roberto
Roberto
9 years ago
Reply to  zeebleoop

Here’s an idea, you brilliant punk rock transcriber. This is an article about Don’t Talk to the Cops. Don’t Talk to the Cops have penned their own lyrics. Maybe it occurred to you share the lyrics of the band THAT THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT?

zeebleoop
9 years ago
Reply to  Roberto

@roberto

sorry, blog-comments-nazi, i didn’t your memo about the specific rules to what i could and couldn’t post in response to the theme of this blog post.

if you’d care to think a little about the lyrics, you’ll see that my comment is for don’t talk to the cops, and others, who bitch about being “driven off the hill”. it’s in direct reference to what “THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT”.

RealityBites
RealityBites
9 years ago

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