January 26, 1969: The Assassination of Edwin T. Pratt
The surge of assassinations of leaders of the civil rights and black liberation movements in the late 1960s cast a wide enough net across the United States that it was bound to reach Seattle eventually. It did so on the date in focus here, when Edwin T. Pratt was shot to death in the doorway of his home on a snowy Sunday night.
January 17, 1970: Jerry Rubin Brings the Chicago Noise to Seattle
When the Yippie brought knowledge to college.
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.
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