Notes by Northwest

The first hour of the show was on the mellow side, including Burl Ives (Anacortes, WA);  Louis Armstrong (from soundtrack to Sleepless in Seattle), and Bing Crosby singing about the iconic Black Ball Ferry line.   The second half was louder, as we were commemorating three grunge milestones on April 5:  the death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain in 1994;  the death of Alice in Chains Layne Staley on the same day eight years later;  and on a happier note, the 57th birthday of Pearl Jam's Mike McCready.  

A mixture of music with a PNW connection, a bit on the mellow side this time.  And I'm continuing to feature songs from two iconic grunge albums released 30 years ago--Vs. by Pearl Jam, and In Utero by Nirvana.  Cue the angst. 

The first hour is a typical Notes by NW program, and the second hour was a tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, on what would have been her 81st birthday.  And it was a celebration of the Diva Piano donation to KSQM radio.  The Steinway piano was donated to Jennifer Hudson's foundation, and she commissioned it to be painted by some famous street artists to commemorate her role as Aretha Franklin the the movie, RESPECT.  The piano was auctioned off, and a Tacoma couple, Rich and Linzee Langsford, bought it at the auction.  After moving to Sequim earlier this year, they donated the piano to the station.  Rich and Linzee join me during the second half of the show in which we talk about the piano, Aretha, and living in Sunny Sequim.

Telemachus, archetype of the boy left behind, is portrayed in this novel by Bobby Bacca, whose father, M.M.Bacca, the famous poet, has died. Bobby, an artist who has gone in search of his father’s past, revisits the Bacca legend through stories told by those who knew him best, while his own memories intersect with the effects of trauma pervading the adult lives of his contemporaries.

It was written by former Port Townsend resident Michael Daley, and the town in which the story takes places feels a lot like this Peninsula town. 

Telemachus, archetype of the boy left behind, is portrayed in this novel by Bobby Bacca, whose father, M.M.Bacca, the famous poet, has died. Bobby, an artist who has gone in search of his father’s past, revisits the Bacca legend through stories told by those who knew him best, while his own memories intersect with the effects of trauma pervading the adult lives of his contemporaries.

It was written by former Port Townsend resident Michael Daley, and the town in which the story takes places feels a lot like this Peninsula town. 

Telemachus, archetype of the boy left behind, is portrayed in this novel by Bobby Bacca, whose father, M.M.Bacca, the famous poet, has died. Bobby, an artist who has gone in search of his father’s past, revisits the Bacca legend through stories told by those who knew him best, while his own memories intersect with the effects of trauma pervading the adult lives of his contemporaries.

It was written by former Port Townsend resident Michael Daley, and the town in which the story takes places feels a lot like this Peninsula town. 

Rena Priest is a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation. She is the incumbent Washington State Poet Laureate and Maxine Cushing Gray Distinguished Writing Fellow. Priest is also the recipient of an Allied Arts Foundation Professional Poets Award and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, Indigenous Nations Poets, and the Vadon Foundation. Her debut collection, Patriarchy Blues, received an American Book Award. 

Rena Priest is a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation. She is the incumbent Washington State Poet Laureate and Maxine Cushing Gray Distinguished Writing Fellow. Priest is also the recipient of an Allied Arts Foundation Professional Poets Award and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, Indigenous Nations Poets, and the Vadon Foundation. Her debut collection, Patriarchy Blues, received an American Book Award. 

Rena Priest is a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation. She is the incumbent Washington State Poet Laureate and Maxine Cushing Gray Distinguished Writing Fellow. Priest is also the recipient of an Allied Arts Foundation Professional Poets Award and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, Indigenous Nations Poets, and the Vadon Foundation. Her debut collection, Patriarchy Blues, received an American Book Award. 

Rena Priest is a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation. She is the incumbent Washington State Poet Laureate and Maxine Cushing Gray Distinguished Writing Fellow. Priest is also the recipient of an Allied Arts Foundation Professional Poets Award and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, Indigenous Nations Poets, and the Vadon Foundation. Her debut collection, Patriarchy Blues, received an American Book Award.