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Sub Pop at 30: Charting the Legacy of the Seattle Sound
How Sub Pop, a scrappy independent record label with the slogan ‘Going Out of Business Since 1988’ established the ‘Seattle sound,’ weathered the volatile music business and continues to make its mark on the city--30 years and counting
This article appears in print in the August 2018 issue. Read more from the feature story here. Click here to subscribe. Like Kurt Cobain, Nirvana and so many of the homegrown cultural forces it first nurtured, the origins of Seattle indie record label Sub Pop formed organically and humbly, specifically, in the 1980 dorm room of Evergreen State…
Sub Pop’s Creative Director Waxes on the Label’s Album Art
Sub Pop albums are defined by a certain aesthetic, and for the past 24 years, the label’s creative director, Jeff Kleinsmith, has helped convey it through the label’s record covers. Here, he waxes on a few favorites
Creative director Jeff Kleinsmith and office Sub Pup Kenny
Street Style Star Nick Wooster Is Launching a New Men’s Shoe Collection at Nordstrom
Our Q&A with the fashion icon
From the moment you meet him, Nick Wooster makes an impression. At Nordstrom’s flagship store in Seattle, the designer and fashion guru was dressed in black and white polka dotted shorts, black tube socks, and a Yohji Yamamoto jacket (“I was in Vancouver B.C. yesterday and picked up this jacket because I forgot the one that paired with these pants,” he…
Must List: Red, White and Brew, BAM Artsfair, Torchlight Parade
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MUST SAVOR Red, White and Brew (7/27) Sample sips from more than 60 breweries and wineries—many of them award winners—and nibble on delicious bites from local restaurants at Seattle magazine’s premier food and beverage event of the summer. 7–10 p.m. Prices vary. Fisher Pavilion, 305 Harrison St.; 206.684.7200; seattlemag.com Photo via bellevuearts.org MUST ART…
The History of the Showbox in Seattle
The 79-year-old theater is at risk of being demolished to build a new 44-story residential tower. The Showbox has a rich history in Seattle, going back to the days of Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra and "Jumpin' Johnny" Kerns
This article from Historylink.org was published in July 2014. Founded in 1939 as the Show Box, Seattle’s historic Showbox Ballroom (1426 1st Avenue) is one of the town’s very few extant entertainment venues that can lay claim to having provided local music fans such an astonishing breadth of music over the decades. From the Jazz Age…
Q&A: ‘Doom-Wop’ Singer Prom Queen Talks About Her Work on the Original Score for the Can Can’s ‘Femme Fatale’
The Seattle singer moved to L.A. earlier this year but came back to contribute to the music for and perform in the Can Can's new summer production
A major factor in the success of Femme Fatale, the Can Can’s current dinner cabaret, are the sultry, moody original songs by Celene Ramadan, aka Prom Queen. This dance/burlesque revue is loosely based on the life and myth of Dutch WWI spy Mata Hari (1876–1917), whose name has become emblematic of the power of feminine…
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