Feb 16th, 2010 · Back in the '90s, whether you were from Seattle, Olympia or Portland, a riot grrl or not so much, pro-Nirvana but anti-Pearl Jam (or vice versa), or whether you thought that Dwarves album cover was perfectly fine or totally effed up, one thing most people could agree upon was that the band name "Cherry Poppin' Daddies" was revolting. The group, based in Eugene, Ore., seemed to be playing just about every weekend in the Pacific Northwest, so everywhere you looked, there was a flier for one of their shows, and there was that name.
Keywords: vice · Portland · Pacific Northwest · Seattle · album · Nirvana · Eugene · Pearl Jam · flier · Olympia · dwarves · versa
Feb 14th, 2010 · Valentine's Day isn't all sweetness and light. Just ask Seattle librarian David Wright, who reads for us a different kind of Valentine story — Love Poems by Lon Otto.
Keywords: poems · Valentine · Librarian · Seattle · David Wright · emLove · Lon Otto
Feb 6th, 2010 · Sometimes deeds read "whites only." In Seattle, Asian restrictions were common, while Hispanics were the target in Los Angeles. The discriminatory language is no longer enforceable, but the words remain a painful reminder. The clauses are so difficult to remove that in most cases only a state legislature can do it.
Keywords: Los Angeles · legislature · language · Seattle · enforcement · Asian · Hispanic · deed · discriminatory · clause · segregationist · restrictions
Jan 4th, 2010 · Dozens of residents of Arlington, Wash., decided to recycle their Christmas trees. By doing so they provided a meal for local animals. KING-TV in Seattle says the trees were taken to the New Moon Farm Goat Rescue and Sanctuary, where the evergreens were fed to about 38 goats.
Keywords: local · animal · residents · meal · Seattle · Christmas · Recycled · goat · evergreens · sanctuary · Arlington · KING TV
Dec 20th, 2009 · Storyteller extraordinaire and Seattle librarian David Wright reads a holiday tale — the 1942 Ogden Nash classic "The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus."
Keywords: boys · holiday · Librarian · Seattle · storytelling · extraordinaire · Santa Claus · Santa · Claus · David Wright · 1942 Ogden Nash · The Boy Who Laughed
Dec 14th, 2009 · Rachel Flotard is the frontwoman for the Seattle-based band Visqueen. The band has a new album out called Message to Garcia. Flotard talks to Ari Shapiro about the new recording. She wrote many of the songs while caring for her father, who died earlier this year from prostate cancer.
Keywords: Prostate · cancer · Ari Shapiro · songs · Seattle · album · Garcia · Triumph · frontwoman · Visqueen · Rachel Flotard · emMessage
Dec 8th, 2009 · As a way of thanking its supporters, KEXP brought Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova of The Swell Season to the Triple Door in Seattle. Without a band, the duo gave an intimate performance that showcased its deeply personal songwriting, including a new song and a blazing cover of Tim Buckley's "Buzzin' Fly."
Keywords: doors · songs · songwriter · duo · Seattle · intimate · showcase · Tim Buckley · Glen Hansard · KEXP · Triple Door · Buzzin Fly
Dec 1st, 2009 · A day-and-a-half-long manhunt came to an end early Tuesday in Seattle when a police officer shot and killed the suspect in Sunday's killings of four police officers near Tacoma, Wash. Police say more arrests are likely in the case.
Keywords: officer · Seattle · suspect · manhunt · Tacoma
