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With His New Novel, Matthew Amster-Burton Trades Food for Music

With His New Novel, Matthew Amster-Burton Trades Food for Music

Matthew Amster-Burton’s switch from mainstream publishing to Kickstarter got him a best-seller and a movie option

Matthew Amster-Burton’s new novel, Our Secret Better Lives, returns readers to the grunge era, focusing on Northwest kids stuck in Los Angeles while the whole world is going crazy over Pearl Jam. A former Seattle magazine contributor, Amster-Burton is known for his culinary writing and Spilled Milk podcast with Orangette’s Molly Wizenberg. His Pretty Good…

Sarah Jio's New Book, 'Always,' Keeps Seattle's '90s Scene Alive

Sarah Jio’s New Book, ‘Always,’ Keeps Seattle’s ’90s Scene Alive

The best-selling Seattle-based author talks about her latest novel

Sarah Jio

Bruce Pavitt's New App, 8Stem, Makes You the DJ

Bruce Pavitt’s New App, 8Stem, Makes You the DJ

Sub Pop's Bruce Pavitt has a new app that puts anyone in the producer's seat

8Stem creative director Bruce Pavitt (foreground) and CEO Adam Farish in their Capitol Hill office: Sub Pop’s 25 million record sales were just a start

Where to Find the Best Looks for Fall

Where to Find the Best Looks for Fall

Grunge goes glam at The Paramount Theatre. The '90s music scene returns to rock on for fall fashion

September marks 25 years since Nirvana’s second studio album Nevermind crashed onto the music scene, defining grunge and solidifying Seattle as ground zero for the moody rock movement. Fall ready-to-wear collections seem to be streaming a similar soundtrack, with ’90s references evident throughout. We headed to The Paramount Theatre to celebrate the anniversary of this…

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