In case you haven’t been paying attention, 2011 has been a pretty big year for grunge. With an abundance of media that includes a museum exhibit, multiple reissues, new music, three different films and a music festival it can be pretty easy to overlook something as seemingly antiquated as a book, but amid the media blitz fueling nostalgia for Northwest music from the ’90s is Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge by Mark Yarm.
As the title implies, the book chronicles the local scene during the time of long hair, flannel and Doc Marten boots. Its 544 pages contain excerpts from hundreds of interviews with the people who lived through the grunge explosion and helped build the scene that put Seattle on the musical map. It is as much a historical resource as it is a well-informed piece of music journalism. For more on the book I recommend checking out Yarm’s excellent Tumblr.
Yarm, former senior editor of Blender magazine who is of no relation to Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, will be at EMP tonight for a Q&A with EMP Senior Curator Jacbob McMurray. The Q&A takes place between 7 and 8:30 p.m. and cost $5 for EMP members or $8 for non-members.
Ran into Chris at EMP. He said you weren’t feeling well. Get better, brother.
Thanks Mike. Wish I could’ve been there there at EMP last night but I was at home doing battle with a brutal chest cold.