This is the official tumblr for Northwest Passage, covering northwest music news, website updates, and anything relevant to the northwest music scene. You should be following us on Facebook and Twitter. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-15382782-2’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @northwestpassageblog)http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef31d5df61b92cc9faef47696737839a/tumblr_mmpvsolvBJ1qmtfbyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kathleen Hanna, Bikini Kill.</p>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/50316063689http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/50316063689Sun, 12 May 2013 20:17:11 -0700kathleen hannariot girlriot grrrlbikini kill<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/99c486f4d0162216dd9749520c1e4df9/tumblr_mlkf4lMhHP1qmtfbyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 2002, a memorial service for Layne Staley is held at the Seattle Center International Fountain, the same place a vigil for Kurt Cobain takes place eight years earlier.</p>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/48453149535http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/48453149535Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:55:32 -0700mad seasonalice in chainslayne staley<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5ccbcc77725e9d118ef1f97c38567e54/tumblr_mkshksY13p1qmtfbyo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Layne Staley as a child.</p>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/47197068579http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/47197068579Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:55:40 -0700layne staleyalice in chains<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a72c12bf253adeb17713c811245762c6/tumblr_mkl8cuAlI21rccpkso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://subpoprecords.tumblr.com/post/46861952078/sub-pop-turns-25-today-happy-birthday-us-at" class="tumblr_blog">subpoprecords</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Sub Pop turns 25 today. Happy Birthday, us. (at Sub Pop HQ)</p></blockquote>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/46915258913http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/46915258913Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:55:57 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/20a417a64d5f397e067f634edd04a914/tumblr_mkkz04Q9en1qctvzro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/61259f92cf4e8a053240e4b61f4a24f0/tumblr_mkkz04Q9en1qctvzro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://grungebook.tumblr.com/post/46848711061/sub-pop-turns-25">grungebook</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Happy 25th birthday, Sub Pop!</strong></p> <p><em>“April 1, 1988, is when we quit our day jobs and moved into our tiny, original office, in the Terminal Sales Building downtown. It’s the first day of Sub Pop, with a big asterisk next to it: </em>Except for the previous eight years<em>.”<br/><br/></em><span>—</span><strong>Sub Pop cofounder Bruce Pavitt</strong>, from<em> <a href="http://grungebook.tumblr.com/buythebook">Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/46852289709http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/46852289709Mon, 01 Apr 2013 08:29:33 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bdd26b3066ca7b39013f27c116b9f194/tumblr_mkl0k2lWdo1qmtfbyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kurt Cobain and Jon Poneman of Sub Pop backstage at the Piper Club in Rome, 1989.</p>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/46850733974http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/46850733974Mon, 01 Apr 2013 08:04:50 -0700kurt cobainsub popnirvanagrunge<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c63ce34d4817b1bbafc6d841a804918c/tumblr_mk19spYzcA1qmtfbyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This is the cover of the next Alice in Chains album, “The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here.”</p>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/45946392782http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/45946392782Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:12:25 -0700alice in chains<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/61de7688189e5c5b2521c0629f0e475b/tumblr_mjxennD3sQ1qmtfbyo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Flier from the first Nirvana show as “Nirvana.” Community World Theatre, Tacoma, 3/19/88.</p>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/45779815356http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/45779815356Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:06:58 -0700nirvanagrungekurt cobainsub pop<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a1e30d04d44bae1b6b1004a8445ec8d0/tumblr_mji1pwH5nJ1qzcuy8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/45175154188http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/45175154188Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:21:57 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/320b2bec495bd7ee1caa3295a544d845/tumblr_mj54rzGEbl1qmtfbyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mad Season.</p>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/44541349303http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/44541349303Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:40:47 -0700mad seasonlayne staleymike mccreadybarrett martin<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a4763889b069ce3501a35671caace8ff/tumblr_misttuHsoL1qctvzro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://grungebook.tumblr.com/post/44015034885/7-year-bitch-seattle-reunion-photo">grungebook</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Former members of <strong>7 Year Bitch</strong>, together again in Seattle for the debut of the new women-in-grunge musical <a href="http://grungebook.tumblr.com/post/43818809043/these-streets-grunge-play-opens"><em>These Streets</em></a>. Clockwise, from left to right: Selene Vigil-Wilk, Elizabeth Davis-Simpson, Valerie Agnew and Roisin Ross. (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Davis-Simpson)</p> </blockquote>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/44063838844http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/44063838844Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:09:51 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_macr01SGgz1rccpkso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://subpoprecords.tumblr.com/post/31531870972/sub-pop-opened-a-physical-store-called-the">subpoprecords</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Sub Pop opened a physical store called The Megamart in Seattle. It went out of business. Surprise, surprise. Anyway, this is an ad we ran The Rocket in what would have been about 1993.</p> </blockquote> <p>I’m sad I never got to go to the Sub Pop Mega Mart, if only for the awesome wall of polaroids which are apparently now in the Sub Pop offices.</p>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43647518511http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43647518511Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:37:30 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/810b06901121b8f7719640e9788dbf21/tumblr_miksn9iE1V1qmtfbyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy birthday, Mark Arm. The Mudhoney frontman turns 51 today.</p>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43646214275http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43646214275Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:06:45 -0700mudhoneysub popgrunge<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3b199da3c639741e271cef9a21324efc/tumblr_mijhicVN3U1qmtfbyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e50b939c13b81bd94798dab8dcd98a30/tumblr_mijhicVN3U1qmtfbyo3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cc8c5a6bdde21be26528ac36645c25a9/tumblr_mijhicVN3U1qmtfbyo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a87e085eb2fc4fe67227b6d461d2c04b/tumblr_mijhicVN3U1qmtfbyo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Happy birthday, Kurt.</p>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43591917396http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43591917396Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:08:36 -0700nirvanakurt cobain<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1d1ab779ebda1fb962733cce78faf6b1/tumblr_mih7h7jgyy1qmtfbyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Soundgarden/Bundle of Hiss gig poster.</p>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43491587350http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43491587350Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:36:42 -0700soundgardenbundle of hissgrungeseattle<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e69f3b2b6e2e22c1c4eb6174c108942f/tumblr_mih3r2iTYz1qmtfbyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tad + Nirvana = Heavier than Heaven.</p>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43487757540http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43487757540Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:16:14 -0700nirvanatadsub popgrungekurt cobaintad doyle<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3910047922289aa2a7090685af2c4153/tumblr_mifc4q4haL1qmtfbyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Alice in Chains/Mookie Blaylock (Pearl Jam) ticket stub. Bacchanal, San Diego. 2/10/1991</p>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43405170681http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43405170681Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:22:01 -0700alice in chainspearl jamgrungeeddie vedderlayne staley<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdsx7uRnzn1rwj9pno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fuckyeamarklanegan.tumblr.com/post/43365951266/definitely-a-time-machine-show-yes-if-i-had-a" class="tumblr_blog">fuckyeamarklanegan</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Definitely a Time Machine Show.</p> <p>(Yes, if I had a time machine, I would use it solely to go to rock shows. Wouldn’t everyone?)</p></blockquote>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43404363438http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43404363438Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:09:22 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e82557f422ba138e4ce5cdbc6b6627c2/tumblr_mi6z7iC9uY1qmtfbyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nirvana, in the early days. L-R Chris Novoselic, Jason Everman, Kurt Cobain, Chad Channing</p>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43054733559http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/43054733559Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:02:05 -0700nirvanagrungesub popkurt cobainkrist novoselic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d1152989051269ecd8f653ae0bed69ad/tumblr_mhvopgaAEA1rccpkso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://subpoprecords.tumblr.com/post/42546419786/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-the-loser-edition" class="tumblr_blog">subpoprecords</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>A behind the scenes look at the Loser Edition version of Mudhoney’s ‘Vanishing Point’. Limited-edition “Clear Smoke”-colored vinyl to pre-orders from SubPop.com—while supplies last, of course.</p></blockquote>http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/42579288933http://northwestpassageblog.tumblr.com/post/42579288933Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:40:31 -0700