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Aberdeen

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Barefoot Bandit Transferred Out of Solitary Confinement ... But Sent to Aberdeen

    The Associated Press is reporting that Colton Harris-Moore - known the world over as the Barefoot Bandit - has been transferred out of solitary confinement at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary and moved to the medium security Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen.

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Russell Dickerson, Harassed and Threatened in Aberdeen Schools for Being Black, Settles Case

    Growing up African-American in the harbor town of Aberdeen, young Russell Dickerson III was just a "nigger" to some of his classmates. Miller Junior High students tripped him in the hallway for being black. They knocked him about and smashed an egg on his head. It got worse when he reached Aberdeen ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Afghanistan 2001-2011

    Growing up African-American in the harbor town of Aberdeen, young Russell Dickerson III was just a "nigger" to some of his classmates. Miller Junior High students tripped him in the hallway for being black. They knocked him about and smashed an egg on his head. It got worse when he reached Aberdeen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Aberdeen Mom Arrested for Biting Most of Daughter's Ear Off--Police Still Looking for Lost Lobe

    ​Growing up, my mom used to always tell me "Behave or I'll bite your friggin ear off!" Wait, actually my mother never said that.

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Today Reverb Recommends the City of Aberedeen Change Its Name to "Nirvana"

    ​Aberdeen has taken a number of steps in the years since the death of its most famous former resident, Kurt Cobain, to align itself with his band, Nirvana. There's an annual festival, a youth center in the works, a tasteful tribute on the city's welcome mat (above), and last week, the city cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Aberdeen to Vote on Resolution to Rename Bridge After Kurt Cobain

    ​Aberdeen is considering paying homage to its most famous son by renaming the Young Street Bridge after Kurt Cobain. The bridge spans the Wishkah River and is the same bridge of Nirvana myth under which Cobain allegedly resided for some time in his youth and wrote about in the Nevermind track ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Check Out Aberdeen's New Kurt Cobain Memorial, Unveiled Just Yesterday

    ​Yesterday, on the 17th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, Aberdeen unveiled a new memorial to their native son. The concrete statue isn't of Cobain, but of an 8.5 foot Fender Jag-Stang--which we think is a much classier way to go. A steel ribbon wraps around the guitar inscribed with the wor ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2011

    Trisha Brown Dance Company

    ​Yesterday, on the 17th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, Aberdeen unveiled a new memorial to their native son. The concrete statue isn't of Cobain, but of an 8.5 foot Fender Jag-Stang--which we think is a much classier way to go. A steel ribbon wraps around the guitar inscribed with the wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    The Grays Harbor College Chokers: Nickname Hard to Live With After 3 Wins in 3 Seasons

    Stanley​If Seattle is the most miserable sports city in the U.S., what does that make Aberdeen? Its Grays Harbor College basketball team last night lost its 65th out of its last 68 games. That's three wins in three years - one each year, in fact: 1-21 this season, and 1-22 in each of the previ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Speaking of the Nirvana Dudes, Soul Asylum and Sweet Water Are Playing the Kurt Cobain Memorial Foundation Benefit In Aberdeen

    Krist NovoselicKurt Cobain, right, with drummer Chad Channing.​The Kurt Cobain Memorial Foundation is raising funds to put a youth center in the late Nirvana founder's hometown. Last year they had one-time Nirvana drummer Chad Channing and his band Before Cars perform at their annual benefit, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Congratulations to The Melvins! After 26 Years They've Finally Cracked the Billboard 200 Chart

    ​I don't know that The Melvins' influence on pop music can be overstated. Were it not for their sludgy sounds coming out of Montesano and Aberdeen in the 1980s, would have have had Nirvana, and a generation of folks inspired by 'em? It's worth considering when we note that the band's 19th albu ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Watching the Protesters

    These spies may have known too much.

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Music Can't Change the World If It's Not Ready For Change

    Kurt CobainKrist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. Check back on Friday when he writes about what he's been listening to.​I grew up listening to a lot of rock music and heavy bands of the 1960s and '70s. Then in 1983, I got bored and needed something new. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Black Flag - My War Revisited

    "Swimming in the mainstream, is such a lame dream."​Listened to Black Flag's My War again. I wrote about this seminal album a couple of years ago and need to stress again what an impact this work had on Grunge music. We know that Grunge is a mix of old school heavy rock and punk. And that's w ... More >>

  • Music

    October 28, 2009

    Bleach: Krist Novoselic Interviews Chad Channing

    The drummer on most Bleach tracks talks about Nirvana's "Doom Pop" sound, naming "About a Girl," and Endino's snack attacks.

  • Music

    October 28, 2009

    Bleach: Krist Novoselic Interviews Dale Crover

    The Nirvana bassist chats with the Melvins drummer about making Bleach, Metal Church, and their friend Kurt.

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    This Almost In: Patty Murray Wins Again

    ​"How do we educate people who hate us?" shouted someone from the audience at a Republican meeting in Aberdeen over the weekend. The question implies the GOP isn't screwed up, just misunderstood. Yet here was a crowd gathering to hear a candidate named Dr. Sean Salazar, an Edmonds chiropract ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Jack Endino on Early Nirvana, and the Portland Show Being Released With the Bleach Re-Issue ( Free MP3s)

    Courtesy of Sub PopSub Pop's got free MP3s of "About a Girl" and a live version of "Scoff". Download away, and check out a few more pics and Nirvana goodies over here.​Couple things Jack Endino -- the producer/engineer who recorded Nirvana's debut, Bleach -- told me recently. On the early Nir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Early Nirvana Drummer Chad Channing Plays Cobain Memorial Benefit in Aberdeen on Saturday

    Chad Channing, center, and his band, Before Cars, play Lounge Acts, a benefit for the Kurt Cobain Memorial Foundation in Aberdeen on Saturday. Candlebox is also on the bill. The event is sold out!​"It's going to be interesting stepping foot in Aberdeen, becuase I haven't been there since I pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    You Can Sandblast All You Want, But Drugs Will Still Fuck You Up

    ​There's something fitting about the way this Kurt Cobain memorial situation is shaking out in Aberdeen. Since the city brought in a sandblaster to censor the word "fuck", fans have taken it upon themselves to fill in the blanks. Did the city really think that a sandblaster would keep the prof ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    K--- Cobain

    ​Drugs will fuck you up and so will politics, as you can see at a nearly invisible tiny-ass park on a dead end street in desolate north Aberdeen. Around the bend from Felony Flats, the splash of greenery known as KC Riverfront Park last week was a homage to hometown musician Kurt Cobain and th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Dead on the 4th of July

    "They killed my son, Aaron!" an anguished David Masters Twittered on Independence Day, leading to worldwide condolences over the death of his stepson, Pvt. Aaron Fairbairn, 20, of Aberdeen (left). He and a fellow soldier were killed when a Taliban suicide bomber drove an explosives-filled truck th ... More >>

  • Music

    July 15, 2009

    Roadmap to Nirvana

    A veteran Seattle music scribe smartly resists sensationalism in a new book about the iconic local band.

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Media Hits: The Grange Party Debacle Pt. 3

    Here are some pieces in the media about my Grange Party candidacy. BIg question though - where are the proponents of this system? Probably keeping mum because this whole thing is in litigation. The legal beagles have their noses in legal books trying to find a way out of this one. In the good old ... More >>

  • Music

    May 20, 2009

    Rocket Queen: Annihilate This Week

    The Melvins turn 25 and Big Business expands.

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Metal Church: The Anvil of Seattle?

    So when you host a locally-focused radio show every week, you learn quickly what's almost universally popular among listeners (Soundgarden, Fleet Foxes), what's invariably divisive (Calvin Johnson's deep, distinct baritone, which Sleater-Kinney album is the best) and what are sure fire cuts to make ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Krist Novoselic: We All Owe Something to The Melvins

    Krist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly. Listen to an mp3 of The Melvins' Buzz Osborne, Dave Groh, and Novoselic at The Crocodile in 1992. Going on twenty five years as a band, The Melvins' new album, Nude With Boots, shows them stronger than ever. I want to tell you a litt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2008

    Weekend Review: Portland Infiltrates the South Sound

    Krist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly. Listen to an mp3 of The Melvins' Buzz Osborne, Dave Groh, and Novoselic at The Crocodile in 1992. Going on twenty five years as a band, The Melvins' new album, Nude With Boots, shows them stronger than ever. I want to tell you a litt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2008

    Mudhoney Defined Grunge

    Krist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly. Listen to an mp3 of The Melvins' Buzz Osborne, Dave Groh, and Novoselic at The Crocodile in 1992. Going on twenty five years as a band, The Melvins' new album, Nude With Boots, shows them stronger than ever. I want to tell you a litt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    Friday Night: Krist Novoselic @ EMP

    Krist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly. Listen to an mp3 of The Melvins' Buzz Osborne, Dave Groh, and Novoselic at The Crocodile in 1992. Going on twenty five years as a band, The Melvins' new album, Nude With Boots, shows them stronger than ever. I want to tell you a litt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2008

    `Whoops' Powers Up - Just 25 Years Late

    Krist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly. Listen to an mp3 of The Melvins' Buzz Osborne, Dave Groh, and Novoselic at The Crocodile in 1992. Going on twenty five years as a band, The Melvins' new album, Nude With Boots, shows them stronger than ever. I want to tell you a litt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2008

    Mark Pickerel: SXNW

    Krist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly. Listen to an mp3 of The Melvins' Buzz Osborne, Dave Groh, and Novoselic at The Crocodile in 1992. Going on twenty five years as a band, The Melvins' new album, Nude With Boots, shows them stronger than ever. I want to tell you a litt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2008

    The Daily Wire: The Full Specter

    Krist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly. Listen to an mp3 of The Melvins' Buzz Osborne, Dave Groh, and Novoselic at The Crocodile in 1992. Going on twenty five years as a band, The Melvins' new album, Nude With Boots, shows them stronger than ever. I want to tell you a litt ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 16, 2008

    Auburn Paranormal Research Team

    Auburn-based ghostbusters share their finds

  • Calendar

    January 16, 2008

    Auburn Paranormal Research Team

    Auburn-based ghostbusters share their finds

  • Film

    October 10, 2007

    Kurt Cobain: About a Boy: Grunge Ghost Speaks From Beyond the Grave

    Auburn-based ghostbusters share their finds

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2007

    Bar Disses Own Report

    Auburn-based ghostbusters share their finds

  • News

    May 10, 2006

    Mission: Inscrutable

    Tom Cruise causes a stir in Aberdeen by doing next to nothing.

  • Music

    February 22, 2006

    Sleepless in Seattle: The Birth of Grunge

    Also: Sweeney Todd and Beth Orton.

  • Film

    February 1, 2006

    Imagine Me & You

    Opens Fri., Feb. 3, at Metro and others

  • News

    March 23, 2005

    Black and White in Grays Harbor County

    Opens Fri., Feb. 3, at Metro and others

  • News

    March 16, 2005

    Black and White in Grays Harbor County

    In an otherwise-colorful timber town, Angela Walker and her family are taking a stand against racism.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Afghanistan

    Washington's toll in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the War on Terror.

  • Music

    July 3, 2002

    Days Of Our Nights

    Of Mice and (patrol) Men, Courtney's latest look, Muppets, and more.

  • Film

    March 27, 2002

    Affliction

    Love or the bottle—which is more destructive?

  • Music

    August 15, 2001

    The myth of St. Kurt

    Charles Cross' new book explores the dark side of Kurt Cobain.

  • Arts

    September 13, 2000

    Postmodern cowabunga

    Seattle surfers embark on their own peculiar safari.

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    Set it awful

    "Bank Robbin' Mama" confesses.

  • News

    September 23, 1998

    SET IT OFF 2:

    You go, white girls

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