So You're In Seattle

We slumbered way down in the dark depths of Key Arena where a sea of hard working people, wires, and expensive equipment all have to come together to make four dudes (and a couple friends) look great on stage. There Gregr got to sit down with a dude who's toured the world playing music for decades: Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Roger Bennett had nothing by wonderful things to say about Seattle, the Sounders, and more Seattle with a visit to 1077 The End this morning. Here's our conversation minus the f-bomb I let slip at the end :D

Donna is one of the fine nerds responsible for OrcaCon - a huge tabletop gaming fest happening 1/13-15 in Everett! As a nerd myself, I had no idea how out of my depths I would be when talking about the immense world of social gaming. Fantastic.

A man whose world experience far surpasses his age, Nick has toured the country in a rock band, wandered the jungles, peninsulas, and archipelagos of the far east, and applied his hand as an apple picker in eastern Washington.

An artist who works in pencil, he's Keegan Hall. While art should be left to stand as expression, when collaborations with guys like Kam Chancellor or Macklemore and Ryan Lewis show up, it’s time to take notice in what a person is capable of achieving and who they can move. He’s as humble in his delivery as he is able with graphite on paper.

The resurgence of vinyl records not only makes music collecting cool again, but it's also inpsired people like Shawn and Taylor to make art from LP's. They've started a company, Skylinyl, combining the worlds or vinyl and skylines. It's a fun talk about how art inspires art and how to make a living without having to be MC Hammer selling mixtapes from your trunk.

Seth is co-creator a Lake Union escape room, Hourglass Escapes. His journey to get there involves monsters, robots, makeup and wax! We're back for another season, and Seth is the exact type of super fascinating Seattleite that I love talking to!

Who knew the captain of the Seattle Sounders FC loved kick flips so much?!

Mike Klay tackled the enormous task of organizing Flatstock 56 - a gathering of concert poster artists that takes place annually at Bumbershoot. An artist himself, he tells us about how the posters are made, displayed, and the travel some artists go through for the community.

Mike Jungers family business involves talking... talking super fast. They're auctioneers, and while we just make chicken noises with the occassional number in there like idiots in parody of their jobs, auctioneers have tons of nuance in their rattling calls. Mike helps me understand what goes in to selling stuff for people.