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Seattle Music History
8:00 pm
Mon March 25, 2013

Mad Season's Meteoric Rise And Tragic Fall

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Mad Season.

Seattle's music scene was booming in the mid-1990s. Four friends from different established bands decided to get together for a side project called Mad Season. Layne Staley sang in Alice in Chains, Mike McCready played guitar for Pearl Jam, Bassist John Baker Saunders toured with The Walkabouts and Barrett Martin was the drummer for Screaming Trees. 

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Modern Burlesque
5:22 pm
Thu March 21, 2013

Seattle's Waxie Moon: Burlesque Performer For A New Century

When you hear the word burlesque, what comes to mind?

Some of us envision down and dirty night clubs populated by weary strippers clad in not much more than feather boas and G-strings. For most of the past century, burlesque has been synonymous with women doing a little bump and grind for mostly male audience members. Remember the musical "Gypsy?"

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Musician Memoir
3:58 pm
Thu March 21, 2013

Singer-Songwriter LeRoy Bell: The Rise, Fall And Rise Again

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Musician LeRoy Bell.

Most people know about singer-songwriter LeRoy Bell  from his appearances in 2011 as one of the top performers on the network television singing competition, The X Factor. But long before televised competitions, LeRoy Bell was at the top of the pop music charts.

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Word Games
9:00 am
Thu March 21, 2013

Weekday's Annual Listener Spelling Bee

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Can you handle the high pressure of a spelling bee?

The region's top middle school spellers go head to head this weekend in the King-Snohomish Regional Spelling Bee at Seattle's Town Hall. The winning wordsmith heads to Washington, DC, to compete in the 86th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. Last year's regional champ had to spell "putrescible." Think you have what it takes to win? Call 206.543.5869 and prove your spelling prowess on live radio against your fellow listeners.

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