Our Pike Place Market store is open from 11am to 5pm Thursday through Monday or by appointment. We are on the third level of the Fairley Building (underneath where they throw the fish).
"Chin music" is quintessential American slang that over the decades has meant everything from fancy talk to a swift punch in the jaw. In the 1920s, it was a synonym for gossip. Before that, it was used to describe baseball fans heckling an unsuspecting umpire. And later, it meant a high-and-tight fastball, a pitch that told the batter, "Hey buddy, back off the plate or next time it's your noggin." Today, the phrase is used in cricket in much the same way, and less subtly (surprise, surprise) in professional wrestling, when Shawn Michaels delivers his finishing kick, known as "sweet chin music." It's in rap (Method Man, "Suspect Chin Music"), pop (Nick Jonas, "Jealous"), and, of course, literature (Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, Mark Twain, Roughing It).
That scrappy little piece of American slang has staying power!
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