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The Bill Radke Treatment: Tea Party vs. Occupy Seattle

An Occupy Seattle protester expresses his frustration in downtown Seattle earlier this week. (AP Photo/File) A Tea Party Patriot. An Occupy Seattle’r. In the same room? This weekend on The Bill Radke Treatment: I welcomed Keli Carender, Legislative Coordinator for Tea Party Patriots and Mark Taylor-Canfield, Media Working Group for Occupy Seattle. Both of these […]
14 years ago

Photo: Not the 99 percent

Posted by Alyssa The “haves” and the “have nots,” that’s how a lot of people have categorizing those who call themselves the 99 percent and those who are qualified as the one percent. This image bucks the traditional image of the kid coming out of college, plainly stating they’re not with the 99 percent. I’m […]
14 years ago

Proof of snow in Chinook Pass

Posted by Alyssa Listener and reader Ann said that this morning she heard Bill Radke and Linda Thomas report that the first snow had fallen at Chinook Pass last night. But Ann said the first snow landed softly on the ground Wednesday morning. Well, regardless of the time of day, snow did hit the pass […]
14 years ago

Amanda Knox sign down, will anyone feel outraged for Ashton?

Posted by Alyssa It was news to folks around the world that City Market in Seattle had put up a tasteless sign featuring a poorly drawn Amanda Knox advertising frozen pizza. News outlets reported the “pizza joint” (false) put up the sign to welcome Knox home. As it turns out, and as those familiar with […]
14 years ago
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Josh Kerns

Before Seattle rocked – Our musical legacy explored

When it comes to the history of Seattle music, talk naturally turns first to Nirvana or Jimi Hendrix. But the city has been home to groundbreaking sounds since the first settlers sailed into Elliott Bay.

14 years ago

Flu fears prompt handshake warnings – Is the fistbump better?

It’s the automatic way many of us greet each other. But as flu season approaches, some health experts recommend it’s time to end the traditional handshake, and go with a “safe shake” like an elbow bumb or bow instead. Really? “Certainly this would help to decrease the spread of some infectious agents in the same […]
14 years ago

The Facebook ‘Amish’ – How do they live without it?!

By Josh Kerns/97 . 3 成人X站 FM (and Facebook 'enthusiast' who could quit anytime I want . I just don't want to . ) Pregnancy ..

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Alyssa Kleven

Seattle waitress turns to social media to slander tipless customer

A Seattle waitress was stiffed on Saturday night. While that might not be news, she did take to the internet to expose the cheapskate, who also made a comment about her weight.
14 years ago

Photo: Traffic reporter Shane Cobane’s alter ego

97.3 成人X站 FM traffic reporter Shane Cobane doesn’t just have a voice for radio. He’s also got a voice for Elvis impersonations. (Image courtesy The Auburn Reporter) The Auburn reporter caught Shane entertaining some seniors at the Auburn Senior Activity Center’s Rock n Roll Your Way to Wellness last week. If you’re interested in how […]
14 years ago

What has Amanda Knox missed?

Posted by MyNorthwest.com Staff Coming back to your hometown when you’ve been away for a while can be kind of shock to the system. You notice that certain things always stay the same, but you also notice that some things drastically change. Amanda Knox is back in Seattle after four years, so what has she […]
14 years ago

The making of “Foxy Knoxy” – How fiction became fact in Knox case

Knox reacts to news she has been acquitted (AP photo) It was an out of control, drug fueled orgy gone wrong. She confessed. She was a manipulative, cold-blooded killer. Those are just some of the falsehoods that became accepted as facts in the Amanda Knox case. Falsehoods that helped wrongly keep her in an Italian […]
14 years ago

How can you find a great value wine for under $10?

Pete and Rob of Home Matters talk with Tom Hedges of Hedges Family Estate all about wines for the Fall season, what makes up a good wine, how are different wines produced and how can you find a GREAT value wine for under $10 a bottle in today’s tough economic times. Listen to Home Matters: […]
14 years ago

Who the heck is Chris Christie, and why does everyone want him to run?

First it was Romney, then Bachman, then Perry. But they’ve all seemingly fallen by the presidential wayside as the GOP is suddenly taken with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as the best bet to unseat President Obama. He generated big buzz with a high profile speech Tuesday night at the Reagan Library in Southern California. […]
14 years ago
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Josh Kerns

Seattle band Heart nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

They were two Bellevue sisters from a modest upbringing that made it ok for women to rock. And today the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honored Anne and Nancy Wilson, nominating Heart for induction into the Hall of Fame.

14 years ago

Local superhero breaks up bus jacking

Listen to Seattle Super Heroes Thwart Car-Jacking When a guy tried to steal a party bus last weekend in Belltown, it wasn’t the cops that thwarted the attempt. It was self-appointed Seattle crime fighter Phoenix Jones, his wife and sidekick Purple Reign, and their fellow costumed-colleague Myst. Phoenix tells 97.3 成人X站 FM’s John Curley Show […]
14 years ago

Follow President Obama’s visit to Seattle

President Barack Obama made two stops in the Seattle area on Sunday. 97.3 成人X站 FM reporter Brandi Kruse monitored all the activity from the President’s arrival at Boeing Field up until his final appearance at The Paramount. 聽 3:55 p.m. Air Force One takes off from Boeing Field. The President is off to the Bay […]
14 years ago

The Greatest American Hero, William Katt stops by Geekwire

In today’s GeekWire: Jet City Comic Show guests William Katt and Matthew Southworth joined the show!
14 years ago

It might be the first day of fall, but it sure looks like summer [photo]

MyNorthwest.com reader John submitted this photo of Foss Waterway in Tacoma. Check out Mt. Rainier in the background … it sure is hard to tell that it’s the first day of fall! Thanks John!
14 years ago

Netflix FAIL: How did the company get it so wrong?

Tone deaf is the term you hear most often these days when it comes to Netflix, as the fallout from this week’s highly publicized apology by Netlix CEO Reed Hastings continues. “I messed up,” starts the e-mail he sent to customers Sunday night. But talk about too little, possibly too late. Customers and investors alike […]
14 years ago

Just say no…to ‘Coning’! Fighting back against Internet idiocy

'Coning' has been all the rage with those crazy kids the last few months . . . at least those crazy kids who see something stupid on the internet, then video themselves doing it too and post it online.

14 years ago

VIDEO: Time lapse construction of the biggest Rubik’s cube you’ve ever seen

Posted by Alyssa It is sad but true – we can’t all be brainiacs. I have fumbled around with a Rubik’s cube a few times in my life have always seemed to fall one color block short of a solved puzzle. (And I can’t even blame color-blindness for my lack of puzzle excellence … because […]
14 years ago
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The Angry Longshoreman Raps – Now This Is A Rave!

It's gone viral...The web is ablaze with the profanity laced tirade a Longview longshoreman unleashed last week on some news crews outside the union hall (if you haven't seen or heard it, it's a meltdown of epic proportions...check it out here, but be forewarned: it is profanity laced and not for the young or easily offended.)

YouTube video

But as if that wasn't good enough, now comes the latest hit sure to take the dance clubs by storm. It's the 'Longshoreman's Rap'...a remixed, mashed up bit of audio gold starring the guy who would only identify himself as @#$% you #$&*sucker. We've taken the liberty of dubbing him MC Potty Mouth, and his single made its world premiere Monday night on the John Curley Show on 97.3 成人X站 FM. T-Pain watch out...

Listen to The Angry Longshoreman's Rap

14 years ago

Dick’s sign raising: Edmonds is one step closer to a greasy burger

Posted by Alyssa It’s the first new Dick’s drive-in in 37 years, and Edmonds will soon see that famous sign in the air – meaning they’re one step closer to a delicious greasy burger. “One of the last things to get done is put our signs up,” said Jim Spady, Dick’s Vice President. He said […]
14 years ago

Hope Solo talks about Dancing with the Stars on ABC’s ‘The View’

Bill Swartz writes … U.S. and former University of Washington soccer goalie Hope Solo is preparing for her next big challenge, competing on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. Solo and her dance partner Maks Chmerkovskyi appeared on The View this morning. The first ‘Dancing with the Stars’ episode airs Sept. 19.
14 years ago