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Home *Seattle Musicland, *SGS Recommends, Arts & Entertainment, Comedy, Music, Music - 80s, Music - 90sLet’s Party Like It’s 1988! Celebrate Sub Pop’s 30th Anniversary!

Let’s Party Like It’s 1988! Celebrate Sub Pop’s 30th Anniversary!

August 8, 2018• byMichael Strangeways

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That stench you’re smelling is the wafting of “Teen Spirit” from the metaphorical grave of Kurt Cobain…and the dried up crunchy smell of “pearl jammed” sheets…and the sweet earthy smells of “mudhoney” mixed with the long gone scents of Rainier beer being brewed…

Misty water colored memories…of the way it were…

Yes, the moony eyed gaze you’ve seen lately on Seattlites of a certain age (45 to 55) is because nostalgia is in the air due to all sorts of things all converging at once…including the 30th anniversary celebrations of SUB POP, the indie Seattle record label so instrumental in the “Seattle Sound” music madness of the late 80s/early 90s (aka, that dirty word: “grunge”).

Sub Pop is doing all sorts of stuff this weekend including:

AUGUST 10TH
SUB POP’S BIG 30TH ANNIVERSARY KICK-OFF SHOWCASE 
THE MURAL AMPHITHEATRE • FREE!!! • 5PM • ALL-AGES
A special concert at the Mural presented by KEXP and Seattle Center with The Afghan Whigs, Mass Gothic, Yuno

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A NIGHT OF COMEDY FROM THE CAST OF BOB’S BURGERS THE MOORE THEATRE • $30 • 7PM DOOR • ALL-AGES
Featuring H. Jon Benjamin, Eugene Mirman, Kristen Schaal, Larry Murphy, John Roberts

Note: This is sold out.

AUGUST 11TH
SPF30: SUB POP’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL• ALKI BEACH, WEST SEATTLE • FREE!!! • NOON – 10PM • ALL-AGES
On four stages… with Mudhoney, Shabazz Palaces, Wolf Parade, Kyle Craft, Moaning, Beach House, Clipping, Fastbacks, METZ, LVL UP, Loma, Jo Passed, Caspar Babypants, The Not-Its, The School of Rock West Seattle House Band, and Special Guests.

LOSER STAGE (@ Bathhouse West) 
1:30 – Moaning
3:15 – Bully
5:15 – Fastbacks
7:00 – Wolf Parade
9:00 – Father John Misty

THE FLIPPITY-FLOP STAGE (@ Bathhouse East) 
12:45 – LVL UP
2:30 – Loma
4:15 – Clipping
6:00 – Shabazz Palaces
8:00 – Beach House

HARSH REALM STAGE (@ 57th Street)
12:00 – Jo Passed
1:45 – Kyle Craft
3:30 – METZ
5:15 – Hot Snakes
7:00 – Mudhoney

PUNKY STAGE (@ Whale Tail Park)
1:00 – Caspar Babypants
2:00 – The Not-Its!
4:00 – The School of Rock West Seattle House Band
THE CROCODILE • $16 • 8PM DOOR • 21 AND OVER
The Unbelievably “Coincidental” 15th anniversary of Pissed Jeans

Oh, yeah….and some group called “Pearl Jam” is playing some shows somewhere this weekend…

And, we still miss Kurt…

Sigh.

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About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.

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