January 17, 1970: Jerry Rubin Brings the Chicago Noise to Seattle
The Chicago Seven begat the Seattle Seven — and it all began with Jerry Rubin. Jeff Stevens histories you stridently.
Interleavings: Serendipity and Auto/Biographical Process
I spent a good part of today searching for page numbers for footnotes in an essay I’m finishing up. The writing’s finished but my citations aren’t. No one’s fault but my own. Did I really think I would remember the page number to footnote 19 or to footnote 23 or to footnote 33? Nonetheless, good things came from my search, not the least of which is an answer to the question “Why write biography?”
December 13, 1962: KRAB Goes on the Air
Jeff Stevens tells the story of KRAB-FM, Seattle’s first listener-supported, volunteer-run, non-commercial radio station, and its outstanding outsider founder Lorenzo Milam.
December 1, 1999: WTO + SPD = WTF
Do you feel lucky, leftist?
November 24, 1885: Anna Louise Strong
An undeniable icon in Seattle’s radical history, as well as that of the nation, Anna Louise Strong was born on the date in focus here in the uncannily-named Friend, Nebraska. Jeff Stevens histories you strikingly.
Interleavings: Serendipity and the Auto/Biographical Process
Edith Buxbaum: she also liked to cook.
November 6, 1970: The Seattle Seven
“Did you ever hear of the Seattle Seven? . . . That was me . . . and six other guys.”
October 31, 1979: Launching The Rocket
The year 1979 was a very good year for rock music — especially in Seattle, where the legendary music monthly The Rocket debuted that year. Jeff Stevens histories you grungily.
Interleavings: Serendipity and the Auto/Biographical Process
I found Dr. Remick’s name in a Little School folder. What was it doing there? It turns out that at the same time Dr. Remick was an affirmative action officer and attended that Women’s Studies meeting, she was the parent of a Little School pupil when it was in the Bellevue facility.
October 16, 1965: Mickey Mouse Fight Club
On the date in focus here, roughly 400 protesters turned out for Seattle’s first major local demonstration against the Vietnam War, and were greeted with rather feral heckling from right-wing counter-protesters. Jeff Stevens histories you mousely.
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