Doomed Planet

#137: "KIM THAYILL - The creative journey of a guitare legend who redefined alternative rock" might seem like a legitimate book to those who don't recognize typos or the image of "Kim" that looks nothing like him. The cover art of this fake slop also shows that one of "Kim's" hands has a pinkie finger so small it looks like a birth defect. His thumb looks bent at a ninety degree angle. Not optimal anatomy for one of rock's great guitarists. Predatory, parasitic Amazon Inc. will do anything if it makes even one penny and that is why hideous offensive fake garbage like this is allowed on their platform.

#136: Louie Sanft's Seattle Barrel Company has a long history of environmental violations. In 2019 they were busted for a ten year scheme that illegally diverted caustic waste into Seattle's sewer system using a hidden drain. After a jury trial in Federal court, Sanft and Seattle Barrel were convicted of conspiracy, 33 counts of violating the Clean Water Act, and making false statements. Seattle Barrel is still a going concern, and the Sanft family is still very rich.

#135: Ginny Burton's mother gave her marijuana when she was 7 and soon after she was abusing meth and crack. After a lifetime of addiction and incarceration Ginny got clean, got a degree and is now a darling of right wing media. Like unsavory local characters Kevin Dahlgren and Andrea Suarez, Ginny Burton creates online engagement by filming homeless people during their lowest moments. Ginny's associate and fellow ex-con Alex Peder runs Corrio, a player in the exploitative for-profit prison telecommunications industry. Ginny's kooky pro-cop story of recovery and its "pull yourself up by your bootstraps and say no to methadone" narrative is eaten up like candy by right wing media outlets like unDivided with Brandi Kruse, Sinclair Broadcasting's KOMO and Fox News.

#131: A dredge through the Puget Sound Business Journal's "Seattle's Power 100." Former real estate mogul Martin Selig (he developed Columbia Center - Seattle's tallest building, and once owned much of Belltown's commercial office space) is off the list. Also no longer on the list is Jeff Bezos, who f*cked off to Miami (party on, bro!).

#134: PODCAST SHOUTOUT: 90s Alt-Rock superstar Billy Corgan has a new podcast called The Magnificent Others. Billy has pulled an impressive list of A and Z-list guests from the creative asylum known as the music industry to come on his show, including Nancy Wilson of Heart, guitar shred-god Steve Vai and wealthy widow Courtney Love.

#133: Daniel House's new podcast, The Creative Asylum, has an impressive lineup of guests from the glory days of the Seattle music scene. House was in 80s grunge band Skin Yard and went on to run C/Z Records. The bands that claim that C/Z shortchanged them on royalties have yet to be interviewed for his pod, but an outstanding lineup of magnificent others have appeared to dish some dirt, including documentary filmmaker Doug Pray, grunge historian Adam Tepedelen, alleged sex pest Ken Stringfellow and original Nirvana drummer Chad Channing.

#132: Seattle editorial cartoonist David Horsey's baby boomer centrism has long been the subject of ridicule. He's published a novel, which makes him fair game for podcasts that review ridiculous books.

#130: The Iron Chink revolutionized the salmon canning industry. It increased cannery profits by throwing thousands of hard working Asian immigrants out of work. The machine made inventor Edmund A. Smith rich. Smith would not live to enjoy his wealth. He perished in a fiery car accident while on his way to the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.

Communist Teen (you may remember them from episode #56) is back! And they ain't no teen no more, but they are still Communist to the bone. Join us as we discuss classics of modern cinema like Return of the Living Dead, Flushed Away and Elmo in Grouchland. We also go down the rabbit hole to explore unknown underground gems like the story of Seattle cults Doomed Planet (2000) and the anti-surveillance epic Hell Hole High (2003). Want hope for the future of humanity? Know that every elderly conservative that dies is more than likely gonna be replaced by someone like Communist Teen.

A frightening, prurient peek into some books that will scare the hell out of you. The Darkening Age - The Christian Destruction of the Classical World reveals that intolerance, cruelty, vandalism and tax evasion have been a foundation of the Christianity cult since the beginning. Dancing with Death - The True Story of a Glamorous Showgirl, Her Wealthy Husband, and a Horrifying Murder is the typical tale of a mentally ill stripper who got greedy and careless. In No Regrets KISS guitarist Ace Frehley (April 27, 1951 - October 16, 2025) dishes out one rock star cliche after another. The women. The booze. The never reading any books or contributing to society in any meaningful way. The horrible music that made him and numerous others rich as kings. Lame! The scariest horror story of all comes from Independent - A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines, the new book from Genocide Joe's press secretary and certified satanic Halloween ghoul Karine Jean-Pierre.