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.
We Are One
One year ago today, The Seattle Star posted our first article. A reflective look back, on our anniversary.
Reclaiming Elitism
Thoughtful communities should always value judgment over opinion. Popularity is not a judgment and should never concern anyone thinking about what is beautiful. Push come to shove, I will always encourage what is beautiful over what is popular.
We Need Communities of Works
An op-ed piece from Seattle author, poet and musician, Alvin L.A. Horn.
Welcoming the Return of the Light: Unsilent Night 2012
According to the “Unsilent Night” website, Phil Kline composed the piece in 1992, originally as a one-time way to bring back the experience of caroling and combine it “with his love of experimental music.” Because he was working with boomboxes, he wrote the piece to last 45 minutes, or the length of one side of a cassette tape.
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?
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