David Gray did a fantastic session in the Carter Subaru Mountain Music Lounge on Thursday afternoon (which you can listen to here. ) Then he did an even more fantastic show at the Paramount on Thursday night. Here’s a rather lame Blackberry shot:

I noticed two very distinctive moves that David makes throughout his live performances — maybe you’ve noticed them too. I forgot to bring my trusty video camera to capture the action, but using an ordinary piece of promotional swag I found in the Mountain control room, I was able to recreate David’s signature physical moves. Watch and learn:

I’ve got the tickets, and maybe you can win them this Friday (November 6) when I hang out at the AT&T store at Northgate Mall between noon and 2pm.

The AT&T store’s going to have sweet deals on the new HTC Pure or Tilt 2 — you can actually enter to win* one of these phones during the celebration, plus you’ve got a shot at those Devo tickets. (They’re at the Moore on Sunday and Monday nights.)

And you get to spend some quality time with me — see what it actually looks like in person when a DJ speaks. Ask me questions about The Mountain. Show me pictures of your dogs. Share an Auntie Anne’s pretzel if things really get nutty.

See you Friday between noon and 2!

*The fun-loving lawyers want me to remind you that certain restrictions and other charges apply. See store for more details. While supplies last. Must be 18 yrs or older to enter. AT&T. Your World. Delivered.

Okay, so maybe that’s not very enticing. (That’s my Facebook profile pic.)

But you should also know that sometimes my Facebook friends or my Twitter followers get a secret invitation to join me for a private, intimate performance in the Carter Subaru Mountain Music Lounge. (An invitation that you don’t hear about on the air.) Since we have some good sessions coming up in October, you might want to be in the loop. (Here’s the schedule.) Seating is limited, but I can usually sneak at least a few FB friends or Twitter followers in.

Here are my links:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/john.fisher1
Twitter: http://twitter.com/johndfisher

Here’s a little slice of life from a typical morning at my house. When my dog Zoe sees me pull a certain pair of pants off the hook she knows it’s time for a walk. Yes, it’s true — I have magic dog pants.

No matter how you feel about replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a deep-bore tunnel, you’re going to be interested, amused, frightened, shocked, or outraged by this video that WSDOT made and just released. It shows what might happen if a big, long earthquake had its way with Seattle’s waterfront. Enjoy:

Yup, that’s Dog-O-Ween, the annual fundraiser for COLA — Citizens for Off-Leash Areas. I was the host for this dog Halloween costume contest, and here’s a little look at the festivities at Genesee Park in Seattle:

There’s nothing quite like a field full of dogs in Halloween costumes. But that’s the deal tomorrow (Saturday 10/24) at Genesee Park in Seattle. I’m the host once again for the annual dog Halloween costume contest, which benefits COLA — Citizens for Off-Leash Areas. It’s the tenth anniversary for Dog-O-Ween, and I’d love to see you and your four-legged pal at the park. It’s from 11am to 2pm Saturday, rain or shine (of course.)

You can enter the dog costume contest at the event, or check out all the details here. When you enter, you get a goody bag full of freebies from COLA and our sponsors, including a free reusable COLA fabric tote, the latest issue of CityDog Magazine and treats from WildSide Salmon. One dog, ten dogs, same price: $10.

It’s a fantastic event — raffles, prizes, booths, lots of mayhem, great people — and people-watching. And of course the dogs, and their costumes. See you there!

I saw on my Facebook page that the Paramount was going to light up its newly-installed sign for the first time, so I went to the window where I could look down on the action from 16 floors above, and . . . .

UPDATE: I went past the Paramount last night when it was totally dark out — that sign is BRIGHT!

A couple hundred hardy Northwesterners braved torrential rains to plant trees in the Mountains to Sound Greenway over the weekend. It’s part of a campaign from our friends at Carter Subaru to plant 25,000 trees and shrubs in the Greenway. We got things started on Saturday morning at Lake Sammamish State Park; the project continues right on into November. Here’s me, doing my part:

If you’d like to give up a few hours of your Saturday to help with this project, they could really use your help. It’s fun! In fact, if I had fun on a damp, gray, windy morning like this, think how much fun it’ll be on a morning when we’re not having a typhoon.

The people are great, you get a quick tutorial that teaches you everything you need to know about planting, and gloves and shovels are provided. Oh yeah, and Snoqualmie Casino will sweeten the pot with free tickets to an upcoming concert.

Click here for all the details.

Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol did a session in the Carter Subaru Mountain Music Lounge, which you can listen to here. He mentioned that before coming to Seattle, the band had been in Portland, and he took a long walk around the city, stopping into Powell’s Books, A PDX landmark. He said he picked up a couple copies of his favorite book, which he likes to hand out to friends. Just in case you’re interested, the book is by Bryan Charles, and it’s called Grab Onto Me Tightly As If I Knew The Way.

It’s “a wise, bighearted, and hilarious look at one teenager’s life by a remarkable new voice in contemporary fiction.” Read more about it here.