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Guess Jeans Baby 12M Shirt, Hoodie Vest, and Shorts Set - Grunge :)
("Sort of grunge style; great for alternative look to other baby clothes.")

Kurt Cobain and Buzz Osborne High School Yearbook $400 (aberdeen)
("Here's a wonderful rare piece of music history guaranteed to surprise and delight featuring the punk and grunge supernovas. Just waiting for a real home!)

ALICE IN CHAINS "DIRT" VINTAGE T-SHIRT LOOK!!!!!!!!! - $30 (Edmonds)
("There are a couple White Paint Drops towards the Neck But in hasnt been Washed in years its just been sitting in my Closet!")

CHRIS CORNELL AUTHENTIC FRAMED 8X10 AUTOGRAPH - $225 (Edmonds)
("A Great piece from the Seattle Grunge Scene!")

Super Rare Kurt Cobain Authentic Autograph on Bleach CD - $1000
("Kurt liked to sign his name differently and this was an instance where he signed it as "Kurdt." You can Google that and confirm so.")

Large Clear Water Pipe - $160 (Ballard)
("has been used for mmj lightly, have my medical card if you wish to confirm. piece will be cleaned with grunge off on sale request")

From the Wall of Sound weekly mailout.

We'd like to use this week's email to inform you about our status here at 315 E. Pine St. As you know, our building has been sold and we will have to move to a new location. We will remain in our current location through JANUARY 2013 - at that point we will start to scout for a new location. When any significant information becomes available regarding our impending move we will be sure to let you know through our weekly email updates.

Read more about Wall of Sound, one of the country's best music retailers, here.

• Dog Shredder

Presumably based on how Dog Shredder's Brass Tactics is fucking killing it, they're in need of a transportation upgrade. Who's the winner in this scenario? Them. Who can come in second? You.

This 1994 Dodge Ram 250 Van is a real sweetheart. Her rockstar charm and classic good looks are likely how she got her nickname: Vanna White. She seats 5, and with the capacity of her wide-open rear, she is a perfect local work van or great for a band giggin' on the circuit.

Vanna has aged exceptionally well. She is now past her adolescence and has matured well into her post-teens at 150,000 miles. She may however need a little TLC before her next Big Trip out of state or beyond.

But she runs well and fresh from a regular checkup at the mechanic. These vans were mass manufactured in the early-mid 90s as institutional vehicles and thus have likely had a lifetime of proper maintenance and love, Vanna included.

White exterior, tan interior, sassy and loyal to the core - She's all cleaned up and ready to ride!

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Barboza has got this SO right. Most publications run on Mac OS, and when you make it this easy—with two clicks of a button, I now have all of their booked shows for the next two months in my calendar—it's inevitable they're going to be on my radar more often than not. If you're not already doing this, you're sleeping. Now if Barboza could just open...

While living in Cleveland from 1995-2002, I must have spent, oh, $35,000 at Bent Crayon, one of the country’s most intelligently stocked music emporia. (Hey, I had a lot of DJ gigs and hosted a radio show; cut me some slack.) I frequented Bent Crayon (think of it as Cleveland’s Wall of Sound, but with a greater emphasis on techno) at least once or twice week during those years and found the most amazing shit every time, from all sorts of electronic styles, weird rock, experimental, world, and other genres, aided in large part by owner John Cellura. After he got a handle on my tastes, JC would start building a stack of records he thought I’d dig as soon as he’d see me darken his doorway. Then I’d check ’em out on the store turntable. I typically liked a high percentage of what he selected. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Recently, Little White Earbuds ran a profile/interview of Bent Crayon/Cellura. It’s an inspirational story of one man remaining true to his ideals, keeping his standards extremely high, and surviving in a harsh music-retail climate in a city that’s seen better economic times. Read it here and check out Bent Crayon’s stock here.

• Supplies for the newly added hallway. Leads to Zone 2

Brittnie, Jackson, Grant and I were invited to come down to the Crocodile two Thursdays ago to chat about what they’ve done to convert the club into an all-ages thing. We were enticed with the prospect of what I assumed was complimentary pizza*. Grant couldn’t make it, so I declared myself the Stranger music editor and started asking questions.

At some point when Hunter, Marcus and Meli from the Croc were showing us around, they took us up to the mezzanine in the showroom or what I like to call, “that balcony that’s to the right of the stage… that I guess you can hang out on?” I didn’t really think you could go up there. There’s a staircase I knew about, but it totally feels like you’re going to get in trouble if you go up there. If there are people up there, to me, it’s maybe five or six, and I’m wondering if they have a VIP pass or not. They assured us that you can go up there, and that they’re using the mezzanine as part of their all-ages configuration.

Here’s how it works:

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• WHITMAN DEWEY-SMITH
• NIK CHRISTOFFERSON Seattle’s top heavy-rock facilitator.

"I talk a lot of shit [on the internet]," laughs Nik Christofferson, the 31-year-old founder of Seattle's Good to Die Records. He takes a swig from the pint of beer he's been nursing for the last 20 minutes and flashes a telling grin. "I've gotten in trouble so many times. I've probably alienated every other blogger in town."

But it doesn't seem possible when you first meet him. Christofferson is mild mannered—polite, maybe even a little shy—talking quietly from behind the brim of his baseball cap. He speaks about how he likes Pearl Jam and baseball (the former earning him a good amount of flak from his friends). He grew up in Everett, didn't start going to shows until he was 18 ("It was a parents thing"), and politely chuckles at jokes. But he's the first to admit that he can be especially tenacious when it comes to working for and defending the bands on his record label.

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Henry Rollins gives an inspirational speech about the importance of Record Store Day, which happens April 21 in several music retail establishments nationwide. I will not argue with anything the man said.

Seattle's own music-industry genius Ben London is at SXSW and he just posted this hilarious and sad photo to his Facebook page (and thankfully he allowed me to share):

• Ben London

JACKED!

- A booker contacts a Seattle band about doing a Seattle show. Show is six weeks away.

- The band responds, asking what the money will be.

- Booker responds with an amount.

- Band asks, what the line up will be, and if booker can come up in price.

- Booker responds with line up, which is a 3-band bill, and a greater amount, saying “That’s all there is in the budget.”

- Band says ok. Band and booker confirm the show, and the line up.

- Two weeks go by. Booker adds a 4th band to the line up. A national, well-known act. Booker emails band to tell them.

- Band responds saying they thought there was no more money in the budget. And asks what the new line up is, and what the new set times will be.

- Booker responds that the previous budget referred to was for “local” bands (which is not what was actually said at all). Booker does not give new set times.

- 10 days go by. Meanwhile, band is getting asked to play other shows for that same night, where they could potentially make more money. Band emails booker again, asking what the line up and set times will be.

- Booker responds that set times are still unknown.

- Band asks for a rough estimate on the set times.

- Booker responds with a rough estimate of set times.

- 3 days go by. Booker emails band, telling them their estimated set time has been pushed up, and that they will have to start earlier. No exact set time is given. Now show is two weeks away. Band has turned down other shows, and is stuck in a potentially crappy time slot.

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