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NWP welcomes Queensryche female vocalist Pamela Moore.

Pamela is a singer/songwriter from Seattle, WA Known for her amazing voice, Pam was tapped to be the voice of Sister May on Queensryche's concept album: Operation Mind Crime. This album was a commercial hit and has been named one of the top 40 Metal Albums of ALL TIME.

Conintuing to perform on occasions with Queensryche, Pam has a new solo album out getting critical aclaim "Resurrect Me". There are not many wormen who can really rock and Pam has proved to be one of the top women rockers of our day.

www.pamelamoore.net

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NWP welcomes Robin Layton!  

During her 25 years as a photoournalist, renowned photographer, Robin Layton, has produced countless notable photographs.  By age 24, she was honored by LIFE magazine as one of the eight most talented photographers in America.  

In 1991, her image of a young departing soldier embracing his daughter on the USS John F. Kennedy, was chosen to be part of the Smithsonian exhibits. Her photo story on runaway teens in downtown Seattle was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Robin has photographed prom queens to actual kings, street people to presidents; personalities from Oprah Winfrey to Shaquille O'Neal. 

Now Robin is a producer of documentary films for the OWN Network and works closely with Oprah Winfrey.

More information can be found at www.robinlayton.com

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NWP Welcomes Jessie Pavelka.  Jessie is rumored to the the front runner for the hottest and most coveted roles in Hollywood, young billionaire, Christian Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey.  

Jessie Pavelka is an internationally recognised as a Fitness and Wellbeing Expert. He has already graced British and American television screens with his life-changing work on Sky’s Obese: A Year to Save my Life, and Lifetimes DietTribe, and motivated the masses on Oprah’s OWN Wake-up Workout, The View, and most recently The Doctors . In July 2013, he will be returning to Sky presenting the equally inspirational FAT: The Fight of My Life.

For the past 10 years Jessie has been dedicated to helping others to develop practical solutions to lose weight, live well and thrive through exercise and nutrition. Jessie learned much of what he knows about the fitness industry during his time as a professional bodybuilder and fitness model. He has adorned countless magazine covers and features and was even named as Insider’s “Hottest Trainer”.

Although Jessie has starred in a number of popular TV shows such as “Friday Night Lights” and “Rita Rocks”, his passion and enthusiasm for fitness stems from a keen childhood athleticism and has put him on the international radar. His friendly but firm attitude towards participants on FAT: The Fight of My Life is both motivational and makes for compulsive viewing.

Jessie is also a patron of UK charity HOOP (Helping Overcome Obesity Problems) which aims to help to be the voice of the obese person and to assist them in finding healthy solutions. Dividing his time between the US, UK and Canada, Jessie Pavelka is certainly rising as an internationally recognized star and symbol within the Fitness, Wellbeing and Entertainment Industries

www.jessiepavelka.com

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NWP welcomes Ethan Nicolle, creator of the FOX TV  hit "Axe Cop"

The AXE COP saga began on a Christmas visit to see my family. My Father, a man with very healthy loins, has managed to produce a variety of children, ranging from me, a 29 year old comic book artist, to my 5 year old brother Malachai, a 5 year old boy genius, with four other siblings in between. During the visit Malchai was running around with his toy fireman axe and he said he was playing “Axe Cop.” He asked me to play with him, and I asked what my weapon was… so he brought me a toy flute (actually a recorder). I told him I would rather be Axe Cop then Flute Cop, and he seemed just fine with being Flute Cop. The story that followed became more and more brilliant, until I couldn’t contain myself and I had to draw the whole thing into a one page comic. From there the saga continued, and over the course of my week-long visit we cranked out the first four episodes of AXE COP. I posted the comics to my blog and on Facebook and they got great responses. I decided to give AXE COP a home on the internet here and attempt to continue the saga as often as I have time to draw them, and I can get Malachai to write them.

The writing process is basically just me quizzing Malachai as he develops the saga. I’ll just try to pry all the details out of him and write them all down until something like a complete little story has been formed. Everything in AXE COP started in Malachai’s head, all I do is sort it out and draw it. Here is a video of the writing process. So enjoy these comics, they are a fun slice of the mind of a 5 year old boy processed through the pen of a 30 year old comic artist. www.axecop.com

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Touring this summer with Adam Ant , Prima Donna's front man Kevin Preston joins us to share music and his thoughts on the sincere praise from rock legend Adam Ant, that as brought Prima Donna out on this amazing summer tour.

Having toured with Green Day and the Sex Pistols, their new album "Bless this Mess"  with background vocals by Adam Levin and being produced by Grammy winner D. Sardy

Stevie Van Zandt (E Street Band) named "Bless this Mess" one of the best 3 rock albums of 2012!

Described as "glam rock meets surf rock", the back end of this album is just as great as the front end.  This is an album with depth and eveyone in the rock industry understands why.

www.primadonnarocks.com

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NWP welcomes Paul Speer  a Grammy nominated and platinum selling recording  guitarist, composer, and record producer. He has released several solo albums, music video albums, and collaborations with other artists such as pianist David Lanz, drummer Scott Rockenfield of Queensrÿche, Paul Lawler, and vocalist Satine Orient.  Paul Speer took up guitar at the age of nine and played his first paid gig at age twelve in a trio with brothers Neal and Gary. In 1969, the expanded group now known as the Stone Garden, recorded the single "Oceans Inside Me" and pressed 300 copies, a rare collector item today. Speer attended music school at the University of Idaho in Moscow before moving to Seattle to play in nightclub bands. In the mid 1970's, he took up residence in Los Angeles where his interest expanded into audio production and engineering. Speer returned to Seattle in the late 1970s and began producing records in local recording studios and in his own studio. Career highlightsedit: Catero Records (Fred Catero) of San Francisco signed Speer and released his first solo album "Collection 983: Spectral Voyages" in 1984. That was followed by two very successful music and video collaborations with David Lanz and director Jan Nickman, for the films Natural States and Desert Vision. Speer and Scott Rockenfield, drummer for the metal band Queensrÿche, teamed in 1997 to create another music and video work, the Grammy nominated TeleVoid. They also recorded Hells Canyon in 2000, a progressive rock opus inspired by places and events in the spectacular Hells Canyon region of Idaho.  In 2009, he collaborated with British musician Paul Lawler and French vocalist Satine Orient on the album Wonders. In addition to his own productions, Paul Speer has been a prolific record producer with more than 250 albums to his credit. Paul is also a Two Time Emmy Award Winner.

www.paulspeer.com

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Dr. Pepper Schwartz joins me to talk about her New York Times Best Selling book "The Normal Bar".  Based on data obtained from the most extensive survey of romantic relationships EVER conducted:  What constitutes "Normal" behavior amoung HAPPY couples?

Numerous recent appearances on the Today Show, Dr. Schwartz research has everyone running to find out "Am I Normal?"  Dr. Schwartz received her PHD in sociology from Yale University and is a professor of sociology at the University of Washington.

Is there a sexual frequency "magic number" for happy couple? Turns out...the answer is YES!

www.thenormalbar.com

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NWP welcomes Queensryche female vocalist Pamela Moore.

Pamela is a singer/songwriter from Seattle, WA Known for her amazing voice, Pam was tapped to be the voice of Sister May on Queensryche's concept album: Operation Mind Crime. This album was a commercial hit and has been named one of the top 40 Metal Albums of ALL TIME.

Conintuing to perform on occasions with Queensryche, Pam has a new solo album out getting critical aclaim "Resurrect Me". There are not many wormen who can really rock and Pam has proved to be one of the top women rockers of our day.

www.pamelamoore.net

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NWP welcomes Irish singer/songwriter, Andy McCarroll.

I talk with this school teacher from Belfast who is also an accomplished singer and songwriter.

This school teacher was "called into action" after the Sandyhook school masacre as well as what he believes other countries around the world perceives as out of control gun laws and wrote a "Masters of War".  Andy has a unique perspective on US gun rights.  I find it interesting to listen to his thoughts as someone looking at the United States from the outside.  Not sure our ideas are the same but I'm willing to listen to his opinions and get an inside look into how the world perceives our 2nd Amendment. 

www.andymccarroll.com

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Live from Seattle, its NOON on Saturday and that means NEW MUSIC from the Northwest.

 Listen in as I talk to up and coming musicians and artists in the Seattle area and play their music.  Relaxed and fun, I will also recap the past week on NorthwestPrime!

Plus, we just might try a few new things and see if they work.  If they do, we will work them into the weekday shows, if not....we will NEVER speak of this again ;)    Try-Day Saturday!  Lets throw it against the wall and see what sticks!