I understand your frustrations my man, but lets think about this rationally shall we???<BR>The Roots, being that they roll with a crew as deep as MC Hammer did back in the day, and before this album, really didn't make doodly squat from record sells, make almost all their dough from touring the earth. Why would they purposely avoid seattle????? or avoid playing at all age venues in WA??? YOU CAN'T PLAY AT A VENUE UNLESS SOMEONE ASKS YOU TO. So go get all your frustrated buddies and go to the university of washington or some other place and lobby to get them to invite the roots to perform. That's like me bitching you out and call you a sissy ass sucker cuz you won't come to NYC and let me buy you dinner, even though I'm not willing to pay for your trip here. Doesn't make much sense does it??? <BR>Anyway, that's all. I understand your pain buddy, but just think about this whole thing a little bit more thoroughly.