The Times called her a relic of old Ballard. "Forget that frivolous Ballard Denny's," they said. "It didn't tell Ballard's story, old or new. Edith's house is the real Ballard landmark."
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The Times called her a relic of old Ballard. "Forget that frivolous Ballard Denny's," they said. "It didn't tell Ballard's story, old or new. Edith's house is the real Ballard landmark."
For 18 years, Jim Hinde's folk songs provided a musical background for Pike Place Market's cacophony of fishmongers and vegetable sellers. His anti-war and protest ballads carrying more meaning and passion than ever as he watched sadly as a new generation went off to fight.Continue reading "R.I.P. Jim Hinde"
We think of Kurt Cobain’s short, violently-ended life like Clarence Worley does The King’s: "In Jailhouse Rock he was everything rockabilly's about. I mean, he is rockabilly. Mean, surly, nasty, rude. In that movie he couldn't give a fuck about nothing except rockin' and rollin', living fast, dying young and leaving a good-looking corpse."