Podcast appearances and mentions of The Vera Project

Dylan Tupper Rupert is the host of the podcast, Groupies: Women of the Sunset Strip from the Pill to Punk. It's the latest season of KCRW's Lost Notes. Dylan is also Producer Emeritus for Bandsplain. We talk about birth control, the dawn of punk, a scandalous version of Cosmo in 1971, making a show about sexual relationships between rock stars and teens, that Cormac McCarthy Vanity Fair story, the vampiric energy of Jimmy Page, Pamela Des Barres, Dee Dee Keel, empowerment vs. exploitation, the mid-2000s Seattle scene, The Vera Project, The Lashes, her feelings about LA,  Blood Brothers, throwing a music fest on Orcas Island, and the Jackson Browne For Everyman house. Groupies is live now on your podcast app. Subscribe to After the Deluge Patreon and get extra stuff and a free zine mailed to your home: ⁠patreon.com/afterthedeluge⁠ - instagram.com/yaydylan - instagram.com/routinelayup --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afterthedeluge/support

Cody Choi joins The Steebee Weebee Show for the 1st time!!! We talk about: her growing up in Seattle, Cody getting into the "Rave" scene back in the day-discovering "Hardstyle" music, one of her first music groups- "Lama Bomb", Built To Spill and Ween being some of the groups she was into, Koreans on Lexapro, REAPER: a complete digital audio production application for computers, her performing and attending shows at The Vera Project: a live music venue in Seattle, being able to communicate "Telepathically" with her 3 cats-high on weed, how she linked up with PSY SOUND, and much much more. Go this week to: www.youtube.com/steebeeweebee to watch. More: Cody https://www.instagram.com/supercoze Scissor Bros YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/scissorbros ** Now on iTunes:  https://goo.gl/CdSwyV ** Subscribe: https://goo.gl/d239PO Little Ray promises a Karma Boost if you join our Patreon: https://goo.gl/aiOi7J Or, click here for a one time Karma Boost. https://www.paypal.me/steebeeweebeeshow/2 More Steven: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quangou Bandcamp: https://steebeeweebee.bandcamp.com/ Itunes: https://goo.gl/PSooa0 Send stuff to: 1425 N. Cherokee Ave P.O. Box 1391 Los Angeles, CA 90093

I spoke with Seattle record shop owner Brad Tilbe of Nellis Records! He shared some stories from his time running the Light in the Attic record shop in Seattle Center, and transitioning into a record shop owner.  We talk about his store moving into the building that formerly housed the Lo-Fi Performance Gallery (and the other new tenants in the space), aligning goals with the Vera Project and the Black Lodge, his ethos and commitment to community building, his beloved Nick Drake box set design, Ian and Baxter Dury covers, and lots more….thanks for tuning in!    “He's got a very cool and weird taste in music that doesn't necessarily fit in a conventional space…and so do we. So it made perfect sense.” – Ricky Graboski, Executive Director at The Vera Project The Vera Project is an all-ages nonprofit space dedicated to fostering personal and community transformation through collaborative, youth-driven engagement in music and art. A music venue, screen print shop, recording studio, art gallery, and safe space for radical self-expression, VERA is a home to Seattle's creative community. Thanks for tuning in! This episode is sponsored by Distrokid. Check out distrokid.com/vip/designfreaks for a 30% discount!  Follow Brad @nellisrecords Nellis Records on Facebook https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/diy-music-venue-black-lodge-reopens-in-seattles-south-lake-union/ Follow the show: @_designfreakspodcast_ Design Freaks on YouTube Subscribe wherever you get podcasts! linktr.ee/DesignFreaks ~~ Donate to help with recording costs Thank you! ~~ Theme music: "Jet in Jungle" by Damaged Bug, courtesy of John Dwyer

It's way past the month of love, but it's never too late to learn about the importance of love languages in your personal relationships! This episode was recorded at the Vera Project under the affiliation with Ground Zero Radio, and without their help I wouldn't have been able to record this episode! Please go check out their content and support all the amazing work they do for the youth and for their community!

Megan Jasper currently works for Sub Pop Records as the label's CEO. She started working for Sub Pop in 1989 and eventually went back to the label in 1998. Before working at Sub Pop she was the Northwest Sales Representative (for five years) for Alternative Distribution Alliance, a music company that distributes mostly independent music to retailers in the US. Megan has also volunteered for numerous non-profits, served on the Board of Directors for SCBWI for four years, volunteered and served on the Board of Directors for The Service Board for ten years, the Board of Directors for the Vera Project for six years and served as a Seattle Music Commissioner for six years. She is currently on KEXP's Board of Directors. When she isn't working, volunteering, or listening to music, she's training for triathlons and hanging out with her family: Brian, Yogi, Bear, Claw, and Pickles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode 52 Clarita chats with pal Nick Turner from Sub Pop Records. Nick is a Seattle musician, record collector, co-founder of Sonic Reducer on KEXP, currently at Sub Pop, and all around great human. He talks about his bands, working at record stores, his college radio show, starting a punk show in Seattle, The Vera Project, Sub Pop Singles Club, terrifying Beatles, confusing covers, design pranks, and way more! Thanks for listening.Follow the new Instagram account: @designfreakspod  ~~Designfreakspodcast.comRuinousmedia.com~~NIck's Bands:Private Room https://ironlungrecords.bandcamp.com/album/forever-and-ever-lp-lungs-084Dead Language https://ironlungrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dead-language-lp-lungs-020WALLS https://ironlungrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-future-is-wide-open-lp-lungs-028Society Nurse https://ironlungrecords.bandcamp.com/album/society-nurse-lp-lungs-019Cold Sweat https://ironlungrecords.bandcamp.com/album/blinded-remastered-lp-lungs-095-2~~Donate to help with recording costs Thank you!~~Theme music: "Jet in Jungle" by Damaged Bug, courtesy of John DwyerSupport the show

Supercrush - Perfect Smile - from the 2022 self-released Melody Maker EP. While Seattle power pop band Supercrush have technically been a band since 2013, they only just released their debut LP Debt Offensive in 2019. With time to makeup, the band, led by veteran hardcore, punk, and metal musician Mark Palm, quickly followed that up with SODO Pop in 2020 and just dropped the EP Melody Maker in early June via Supercrush's own KR Records. Made up of five soaringly sweet hook-laden songs, the EP is tailor-made for the sunny days that have finally emerged, including our Song of the Day “Perfect Smile.” In America, we put high precedence on good teeth. And, unfortunately, it usually takes money in order to acquire perfect teeth. “Perfect Smile,” delves into how easy it is for one who does not have them to fall fast and hard for someone who does. Perhaps, the love interest has other qualities that their narrator also loves but it's the one quality of obsession that comes into play here. While we could admonish them for their admiration for something that most people can only control to a limited extent, who doesn't love an incredible smile? Supercrush are currently in the middle of a US tour, with a tour-ending hometown show in Seattle on Saturday, July 16th at the Vera Project. Watch the visualizer for “Perfect Smile” at the link below. Read the full post on KEXP.org Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are no "secrets" to success, just things you haven't learned yet. Join me, Jamaal aka Boss Eagle, Billboard-charting Hip Hop artist and music business coach, as we talk digital marketing, social media, technology, and more, plus share interviews with musicians and industry experts, to help you unlock the “secrets” and take control of your music career. The Indie Musician Secrets Podcast welcomes our very first guest to the show: Ben London--music professional, recording artist and current Executive Director of Black Fret Seattle. He's also held senior positions with Experience Music Project (MoPop), The GRAMMYs, Hewlett Packard and Northwest Polite Society. Ben was the inaugural chair of the Seattle Music Commission and has served on boards including KEXP and the Vera Project. His music has been featured in a wide variety of movies and television programs. London currently performs as a member of the Seattle band STAG. Don't miss this fun and insightful interview, with a music industry pro who went from playing in bands as a youth in Cleveland, OH, to getting signed and touring, to having an illustrious career in the music industry -- oh, and who also STILL rocks the stage with his band! ABOUT BLACK FRET Black Fret is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that believes popular music is art, worthy of support as the opera and symphony have been supported for generations. Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXRPybzYPEA&ab_channel=BlackFret Artist Testimonials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS2vZP0Yut4&ab_channel=BlackFret Visit: https://www.blackfret.org/ B.E. Sure to RATE & REVIEW! Connect with Business Minded Musicians: Website: http://businessmindedmusicians.com Learn: https://bizmindedmusicschool.thinkific.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/businessmindedmusicians Facebook: https://facebook.com/businessmindedmusicians Twitter: https://twitter.com/bizmindedmusic SHARE this podcast: https://anchor.fm/indiemusiciansecrets --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/indiemusiciansecrets/support

In today's episode, Izzy is joined by West Seattle teen pop rock outfit THEM to talk about their new EP coming this summer, the exciting new wave of youth movements in the Seattle music scene, and writing conversational songs about breakups and hypothetical Netflix dramas. ✨ MORE ABOUT THEM ✨Comprised of four teenage musical virtuosos—Thompson, Hudson, Ellie, and Maia—THEM is a Seattle-based pop rock quartet that has quickly taken the West Coast music scene by storm, charting at #5 on KEXP with their 2021 single "BAD 4 U." THEM has also received high praise in publications like Audiofemme and the Stranger, and made live appearances at local Emerald City hotspots like The Vera Project, Pier 52, and Seattle's historical Paramount Theatre. ✨ KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THEM ✨Website: https://www.theband-them.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theband.them/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/th3bandthemTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebandthem?✨ CONNECT WITH IZZY ✨YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv6SBgiYCpYbx9BOYNefkIgWebsite: https://izzyshutup.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/agrrrlstwosoundcents/Twitter: https://twitter.com/missannthropei 

All the way from Seattle, Mt Fog makes her way on to My Little Underground to talk up the cassette release of her 2021 album 'Guide To The Unusual', details of her untitled upcoming project, expanding her physical music collection, the importance of Vera Project to the Seattle music and arts community, enjoying professional wrestling casually, and more! -- Listen to Mt Fog: https://mtfog.bandcamp.com/ My Little Underground Newsletter: https://www.peteraradio.com/newsletter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlupod Twitter: https://twitter.com/mlupod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mlupod/support

Mark Bassingthwaighte: Hello, I'm Mark Bassingthwaighte, the risk manager here at ALPS. And welcome to another episode of ALPS In Brief, the podcast that comes to you from the historic Florence building in beautiful downtown Missoula, Montana. Today, I wanted to spend a little time and share some backgrounds, introduce you to et cetera, to what I have called over the recent year project Vera. Mark Bassingthwaighte: If you have visited our website of late, you may have seen a pop-up with a Llama, and an invitation to click on a link and participate in an assessment. You may have seen some email with the similar invitation as we advertise for our silly services and whatnot. But I really want to just share what Vera is all about. We're very proud of Vera, and that it is the next evolution of the delivery of risk management services here at ALPS. And with that in mind, I thought it might be interesting to share a little history, how we got here, and then I'll share a little bit about what Vera is all about. Mark Bassingthwaighte: But years ago, now I have been with ALPS for about 23 and a half years. The [inaudible 00:01:23] way it's just crazy how time flies, and risk services were in play prior to my arrival for a few years. And in those early years, we would write up some learnings and interesting claims, and share some learnings from them. We would write up some general articles, similar to what you might find on our blog today, but it was, of course, all paper back in those days, and you'd send these little newsletters out. But the bulk of the service, in terms of risk management services, really started with consulting. Mark Bassingthwaighte: And over the years, there are various names for this process, but really centered around just doing what we would call at RISC visit, and that sort of stood for Reduce Insured's Susceptibility to Claims, but it really was a consulting type thing. It was a fee service. And at one point there were three of us that were traveling basically two weeks a month around the country. And you fly into Iowa and you'd have all these visits set up and, and drive all over the state, and visiting with solo and small firms. And the point was really to just share with as many insurers as we can firsthand a lot of the intellectual capital that we obtained over the years in terms of what are we seeing in claims? What sort of best practices would help prevent some of this stuff? Mark Bassingthwaighte: And so it was really about education, and also, over time, I really learned some value out of this was just creating relationships. We really had a lot of firms were so appreciative, and they'd invite us back every couple of years, because you don't do this every year, and they would call in with questions. And I really think it made a big difference in retention of our insurance base, but it also people feel free to call in more comfortable to call in and say, "Hey, we have this problem, or is this a concern? Should we re be reporting this?" And I really think that that made a difference over the years and in terms of trying to reduce claims, perhaps a little frequency, a little severity, but I'll be honest to say at the end, I think the biggest value of all this was the relationship building that, that occurred, And I was so privileged to be a part of that. Mark Bassingthwaighte: That process, really what it entailed was I'd walk in and depending on the structure, there's a different process for a solo versus a firm of five attorneys, a couple associates in that kind of thing. But I would sit and spend some time going through a series of questions, and based upon the answers that, staff we would meet often separately or the attorneys, depending on the answers that they shared with us, we'd share some comments and some insights. And the goal was, again, to have a firm learn. Mark Bassingthwaighte: After the conversations, I'd go back to the hotel, and I'd get into hot docs and we had all these templates, and we would write a report, and then follow up sending this report out. Then we'd have sample forms or articles that we felt might be of interest in terms of areas that we identified as a little bit of a concern in the sense. Perhaps they're not using closure letters at all. And here's some sample closer letters, and here are the benefits, the reasons why you really might want to spend some time looking at incorporating closure letters to the practice. Mark Bassingthwaighte: And so we've just covered all kinds of topics. A lot of fun, a lot of travel, crazy, crazy times for many years. It was just, wow. Trust me. I racked up a lot of miles. Mark Bassingthwaighte: Over time, however, there was a problem, and it's a good problem to have, don't get me wrong, but ALPS just continued to grow and grow and grow. And this is a very time-intensive, obviously, and expensive service to deliver. When you're a smaller company, you can, in terms of percentage of insurers that you're having the opportunity to work with, it's a fairly significant percentage. But nowadays, boy. I mean, we have staff of probably 10 or 15 lawyers out here trying to do this, and we still couldn't keep up. And so the model had to change, and we've played around with a number of different things for a few years after we stopped. Just again, it was just way too expensive to make this. This has never been a revenue generator in the sense of we're looking at this as a profit center. We really trying to break even. And if we can throw a little money into covering some other expenses with improvements to software, some things like that, that's all good. Mark Bassingthwaighte: But we did get to a point where we had to say, "Okay, it's time to put the live process to bed and be done." And there was a lot of discussion internally about how do we transition? How do we continue to try to reach as many people as we can in terms of insurers, but not insurance as well? I mean isn't that a goal? I mean, you're sharing some internal discussions, it's just to help lawyers as much as we can to help the bar at large. Mark Bassingthwaighte: There were some fits and starts with some different ideas. We looked at doing some online types of things, and again, fits and starts and just struggled working this out and even finding the right type of platform to do this. But over time, we finally got there, and the Vera project was conceived to be the next, if you will, generation of consulting. But it's all done now online, on demand, and for free. I mean, how great is that? So that's Vera. Mark Bassingthwaighte: But as we sat down and looked at this, I really wanted to have some fun. I wanted to make a process that I think could be engaging, that could be valuable, but also be fun. I mean, I get frustrated times lecturing about how you're going to get sued, and telling all these stories, and then worse yet is all of the cybersecurity stuff, and at times it can be so overwhelming. I'm not always Mister Happy in terms of ethic, when people walk out of one of my seminars that we've just spent the last 90 minutes talking about all the ways you're going to get hacked, and it can be overwhelming. Mark Bassingthwaighte: I wanted to have a little fun, and the idea was to create a character. Vera really stands for Virtual Ethics Risk Assessment, because the consulting, when we were doing it live, we did start to evolve into the ethics space as well. Look at trust accounting as an example, and talk about some other ethical issues. Mark Bassingthwaighte: And this evolution has continued as we get to Vera. The idea was let's turn this into a character, into some type of personality. And as we've talked, I kind of thought about wouldn't have spirit guide of some sort interesting. I'm kind of channeling some of the Star Trek kinds of things. Star Trek Voyager, in particular, there was a character there that was Native American, and would talk about spirit guides and have spirit guides. That just, I don't know, that just struck a chord with me. I always thought that was kind of cool. We came up with a llama, and as you begin to write and develop, you create a personality. And so Vera does have a personality, and that'll be important here in a minute in terms of just understanding what we're doing. Mark Bassingthwaighte: The next step was to say, "How do we take the live consulting process and turn it into something that can be online on demand?" And I really just did an extensive rewrite, and also really tried to narrow down and center on some key things as an initial starting point. And so as I looked at the templates and all the things that we use when we were doing this in person, I really decided let's look at seven key areas. And the key areas that I decided to focus on are client intake, file documentation, calendaring, trust account procedures, sort of some general risk management types of things, cybersecurity, and then firm policies, plans, looking at some administrative type issues in a firm. And so with that framework, we sat down and developed some questions, had some fun creating some answers, and believe it or not, some of these answers that you can select are maybe a little, at times, what, really, that's kind of extreme. But I'm in being sincere and sharing. These answers really come out of the answer pool, if you will, from things that I heard over the years, and you just play with it a little bit to kind of make it fun. Mark Bassingthwaighte: But so what, what would happen now is somebody can go in, and you work through a series of questions, and each of these categories currently have five questions. And so you've get a question about calendaring, and you can select from typically four to five answers, and based on the answer, you get a certain score and in each category, so calendaring, trust accounts, that kind of thing, gets a section score, and it all totals up then at the end to an overall score. And depending on the scoring that you get, even if you get it perfectly right, Vera will have a little feedback. It might be sharing some kudos, or it might be saying, "There might be some trouble ahead on the path that you're on." And then, so if the score is such that, again, it's not perfect, she just interacts in a pleasant advisory kind of guide perspective, share some thoughts, a little bit of advice, and often has some links to resources that have been developed here over the years, maybe articles that I think would be interesting and appropriate to whatever topic we're discussing, or Vera's responding to, and just sample forms again. That kind of thing. Mark Bassingthwaighte: That's Vera in a nutshell in terms of what the process and sort of the personality is. In my mind Vera is, she's not artificial intelligence, I mean, we haven't gone that far, maybe someday you never know. But in my mind, she really is this virtual digital character that we have the pleasure to share with you and hope people will enjoy. Mark Bassingthwaighte: If you were to now at this point, just perusing the website, up pops a link, or you get an email with a link, or you just decide you want to take a look at it at some point, what happens? Well, you can go to the website, and it happens to be www.ALPSinsurance.com/vera. V-E-R-A. And you can just go to the corporate website, and go to resources, and risk management. She'll pop up. Mark Bassingthwaighte: It takes about 20 minutes. You go through some questions. You do need to answer every question. A blank is going to be scored as a zero, and you do need to give us an email address. But outside of that, we're not using the Vera as a tool to look at all these answers, and say, "Boy, if somebody ever applies or reapplies here, we see what they're really..." No. We have an email address solely for the purpose of allowing or enabling Vera to, as soon as you're finished, clicked on complete and all, she writes up this report, and we'll email it to you and you can do what you want with it. So, we need to have a valid email address to get that out. But beyond that, all your answers are anonymous, not tied to anything we do look at over time, how many people are answering B to question four or something like that, just to see where problems might be with the intent of developing additional resources, perhaps if there's a need. Just trying to identify where lawyers are struggling. Mark Bassingthwaighte: But this is all anonymous. And the goal really is to share the intellectual capital in terms of risk management, claim prevention, staying out of trouble ethically, me even staying out of trouble with cyber breaches, and that kind of thing. Just to share that intellectual capital with as many lawyers as we can, regardless of their status with us in terms of being an insured or not. This is not about trying to just keep it all within the ALPS family. We are here to, truthfully, support the bar at large. Mark Bassingthwaighte: My hope as an aside... As an aside isn't the right word. I'm just going to struggle here for a moment. But my hope is that in time this tool will be valued enough or utilized enough, that we can continue to broaden and expand the capabilities of what Vera does. We'll just have to see you over time what the pickup rate is perhaps, and also just would love to get some feedback. What do folks think about the tool? Is it useful? How might it be improved? What other topics do you think? I really see this as a way that the ALPS family can nurture and take this tool even to the next level, and be a part of the growth of Vera. Mark Bassingthwaighte: How has Vera been received thus far? It's an interesting question. The pickups, the hits have been, I'll be honest and say a bit slow, but the folks that have gone through it, I have to share one story as a lawyer, actually here in Montana, a small firm, and really great guy. We talk at times, and years ago I've been out. But he emailed in, and he said, "We got this email about Vera, and decided I'm going to take the assessment." So he went through the assessment on his own, got this report back. He says, "I was so impressed, Mark. I sat down and the entire firm's staff, we all sat down and went through the assessment together." Now, they didn't get a hundred percent, so they develop an action plan afterwards. And the firm got together and developed an action plan. And I don't know what their answers were or where the problems are, but again, let's say they're not using engagement letters as much as they should. I don't know. Then they said, "Well, here's the plan. Let's start doing this." And the plan is they're going to work their action plan for three to six months, and then sit down together as a group again, and go through the assessment a second time with the goal of getting a hundred percent in terms of the score. Mark Bassingthwaighte: And we're all bright people. We gone through law school and passed the bar and are practicing. We're some bright people here. You really can gain Vera if you want. You can figure out what the right answer is, and get a hundred percent, but that's not how he's chosen to handle it. He said, "We answered honestly. We really want to use this as a learning tool." And I said, "Was there any criticism or feedback?" He says, "My only criticism, Mark, is that this tool wasn't available five years ago. It is just absolutely fantastic." Because he really sees it as an opportunity to improve internally. And I was so touched by that. That really meant a lot. And I just was so appreciative that he took the time to reach out and share that. Mark Bassingthwaighte: I just wanted to pass that along. Vera is a labor of love. And as we talk here a little bit, I spend a lot of time trying to write and put this together, but I want to put a shout out to colleague at ALPS, Andrew Sweet. And, Andrew really is the guy behind the scenes that really brings Vera to life in terms of doing the art work, creating the Vera logo. There's a video that you get to see and hear, hear Vera speak. Andrew did all of this, and then really is the guy that made everything work in terms of the... I can sit and write a question, and I can sit and develop the layout of all this, but trust me, programming and putting all this, making Vera go, is not my bailiwick. I mean, I maybe could figure it out after a while, but, but Andrew's the guy that really did the heavy lifting. Mark Bassingthwaighte: And I also want to share kudos to the rest of my team is we all sat down. Because this is not a one person doing by any way, shape, or form. It was a group effort, and I'm just proud of the final product. And perhaps as a father or well, I have to say here's a side, just a few days ago, we became grandparents for the first time and are very proud and excited about that. And why I bring that up, it's sort of a similar feeling. We've created at ALPS a new project, a new product, called Vera that is real in so many ways to us. Mark Bassingthwaighte: And I invite you if you've not taken the time to explore and look at her a little bit, to do so. It really is intended to be a tool, free, available anytime on demand, online, to share all the insights and learnings intellectual capital we have here at ALPS. Mark Bassingthwaighte: I have rambled on enough. I will share the link one more time. www.ALPSinsurance.com/vera. Mark Bassingthwaighte: That's it folks. I hope you had a little fun listening to me ramble on about the Vera project, and hey, I look forward to having the opportunity to see the numbers change, and hope Vera proves to be a valuable to tool to you as well. Mark Bassingthwaighte: Thanks all. Bye. Bye.   To take your free Virtual Ethics Risk Assessment today, visit https://www.alpsinsurance.com/resources/vera

Susan Silver is an American music manager, best known for guiding the successful careers of rock bands Soundgarden (1986-2010), Alice in Chains (1988 - present) and numerous other incredible artists. She is the owner of Silver Management and co-owns the legendary Seattle club, The Crocodile. Susan is the proud mother of college student, Lily Jean Cornell-Silver, and is an honored member of an extended family of Seattle-based musicians, colleagues, and friends with whom she has worked for over four decades. Today, Silver's time and energy are also focused on providing connection and support to young, local artists and non-profit organizations that bring health services and art opportunities to youth and women. These include: ArtsCorps, The Residency Project, The Vera Project, Road Recovery, YouthCare, Every Mother Counts, Mary's Place and Hedgebrook. Her previous service work includes Board positions with One Reel, Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, MusiCares, National Academy of Recording Artists and Sciences (NARAS), and the Seattle-based Westside School. Silver also continues to share her experiences as a music manager, business owner and promoter at industry conferences and community events around the country, including SXSW, Foundations Forum, Music West, Rockrgrl Conference, NW Area Music Association (NAMA), National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS). In Nov 2019 she interviewed Gloria Steinem at the Paramount Theater. 

Good morning people ☀️. I got exhilarating news , Pree pree this, @nwartstream & The Vera Project , The Digital Production Lab NW (a new career training program for youth) - Asked me to be part of the team that's curating and producing an 8-episode season of NASH at Nite ! . This is an all-ages variety show that prioritizes local BIPOC artists from around the Puget Sound( Seattle) . The first episode will be curated by NW's own hip hop artist Crissy P. Crissy , a

During this third episode of Why Change? you will meet one of our co-hosts, Ashraf Hasham. Ashraf is from Seattle and brings a youth-focused and creative viewpoint to the conversation. He discusses the connections between his family coming from Pakistan to the United States, leadership coming from his artistic skills, and and landing jobs with youth-led organizations and the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture. In this episode you'll learn: 1) Why the youth voice is needed in arts organizations and city agencies, 2) How Ashraf continues to keep his creativity present day to day, and 3) What is radical inclusivity? Check out some of the things mentioned during this podcast, including: Teen Tix: http://www.teentix.org The Vera Project Seattle's Office of Arts and Culture: https://www.seattle.gov/arts ABOUT Ashraf Hasham: Ashraf Hasham is the Youth Arts Manager for the City of Seattle's Office of Arts & Culture, overseeing the City's youth investments in arts education, creative youth development, and career-connected learning. He comes to this role from The Vera Project, a homegrown, nationally-renowned, all-ages music venue & DIY arts space, where he served as Executive Director. Prior to that, he spent a short time with Chicago's Urban Gateways, building capacity for their youth engagement & advocacy programs w/ Street-Level Youth Media. Before that, he got to work with an organization that changed his life as a young person in Seattle: TeenTix, a revolutionary arts access & youth empowerment organization, where he held multiple roles over the years, most recently Director of Programs & Partnerships. An unapologetic optimist, Ashraf is a proud millennial-of-color and South Asian immigrant. He believes in radical inclusivity and anti-racist, strengths-based, community-led solutions that center the most impacted. He leads with empathy and positivity, collaboratively and transparently, centering love and joy. Recognizing things change fast and often, Ashraf strives to remain nimble and humble, always growing and adapting to meet the moment. You can find Ashraf on Instagram @ashrafhasham and on Linkedin. This episode of Why Change? A Podcast for the Creative Generation was powered by Creative Generation. Produced and Edited by Daniel Stanley. For more information on this episode and Creative Generation please visit the website and follow us on IG @Campaign4GenC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whychange/support

Live music is a huge part of Seattle’s identity, but the pandemic put a stop to concerts indefinitely. Now we have an opportunity to reinvent the scene, and move on from the city's past.Guest: Jonathan Zwickel, former music journalist and co-president of the board of the Vera Project.Check out the Vera Project's virtual events and classes: https://theveraproject.org/Support the show by making a gift to KUOW: http://bit.ly/seattlenow

On Friday August 24th, The Vera Project and Artist Home are teaming up to present "Live From Our Living Rooms: a Virtual Benefit for Washington’s DIY Community." Picture the coolest DIY telethon featuring music from Kevin Seconds, Joyce Manor, Sol, Kimya Dawn, Sassyblack and many many more. I spoke with Programs Director & Senior Talent Buyer Jason Clackley and Interim Executive Director Ricky Graboski about the event, how things are going with Vera Project right now, how we can help our DIY community, how they got involved with the Vera Project and much much more. 

On Friday August 24th, The Vera Project and Artist Home are teaming up to present "Live From Our Living Rooms: a Virtual Benefit for Washington's DIY Community."Picture the coolest DIY telethon featuring music from Kevin Seconds, Joyce Manor, Sol, Kimya Dawn, Sassyblack and many many more. I spoke with Programs Director & Senior Talent Buyer Jason Clackley and Interim Executive Director Ricky Graboski about the event, how things are going with Vera Project right now, how we can help our DIY community, how they got involved with the Vera Project and much much more.

Take Offense is a killer crossover hardcore/thrash band from the San Diego / Chula Vista area that's playing at the Vera Project on January 26th with Higher Power. They released an incredible album called "Keep an Eye Out" in 2019 and have had a hell of a run this past decade.  Kevin chatted with guitarist Greg Cerwonka for an hour about everything from his early influences, growing up going to backyard punk rock shows in Southern California, touring and becoming friends with heroes like Agnostic Front and some gnarly pit injuries.  Enjoy!

Red Death is a killer crossover thrash / hardcore band from Washington DC that will be playing the Vera Project in Seattle on January 19th.  Kevin got on the phone to chat with bassist/vocalist Chad Troncale from Red Death to chat about a variety of things including  - Their new album "Sickness Divine" -Signing to Century Media  - Growing up listening to Nirvana and early punk bands - How Cro-Mags changed his life - The importance of Cliff Burton    

Episode 29 is LIVE!!! I'm finding that my episode posts are have been rather boring, and lacking creativity. Oh well. Open the text to see links to venues, artists, and songs played. Find all episodes & all podcast platforms at ThisWeekInSeattleRock.com . Give us your feedback at ThisWeekInSeattleRock@gmail.com or 206-414-8286. Tue 12/10 The Kraken Bar & Lounge, Seattle Burn Burn Burn *20th & Hendo* -SONG PODCAST DEBUT- Decent Criminal Dead Bars Tue 12/10 The Vera Project, Seattle Rob Joynes Salt Lick *Fragrance* Goon Wed 12/11 The Kraken Bar & Lounge, Seattle Plum *Mishaps Perhaps* -ARTIST PODCAST DEBUT- Bernie & The Wolf Velvet Q *Good Girl* Thu 12/12 Blue Moon Tavern, Seattle Observer Effect *The Good Life* -SONG PODCAST DEBUT- The Howling West The Cells Thu 12/12 LoFi Seattle Nomi Dawson Shaw Blaire Rose Apology Wars *Hush Money* Fri 12/13 Flood Valley Brewing Craft Taphouse, Chehalis

Ian sat down with members of the Iowa melodic hardcore band Modern Life Is War before their show at Vera Project to talk about reuniting the band, new music in 2020, early influences, growing up on Seattle music and more.  The 2 songs that appear in the interview are from "Tribulation Worksongs Vol.1" and "Tribulation Worksongs Vol. 2".  Check out more from Modern Life Is War here   

“All communities are made better by arts and music.” Kate Becker, the Creative Economy Strategist at Office of King County Executive Dow Constantine, has dedicated her career to developing a thriving creative economy. Passionate about the arts from an early age, Kate has had an inspirational rise from all-ages club promoter to founder of the Vera Project to our region's key driver of economic policy for the creative arts. One of our most powerful leaders, Kate is traveling the country to evangelize the concept of a creative economy and to also learn from other cities. She shares some of the biggest challenges that artists and small businesses who support the arts community face in growing cities and how regional government can make a positive difference in supporting the arts.

In honor of his potential 2020 bid, here's our segment reading from billionaire bean man Howard Schultz's books, way back at our live show at the Vera Project in Seattle on March 30, 2018.

On the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, liberals and centrists are once more playing right into fascists' hands. Our feature this episode is a reading of the recent CrimethInc. op-ed “Take Your Pick: Law or Freedom; How ‘Nobody Is above the Law' Abets the Rise of Tyranny,” about the outrageously liberal demonstrations over Trump firing Jeff Sessions. We also interview an anarchist who was at the protest outside Tucker Carlson's home in Washington D.C. about what really happened there, Twitter's banning of anti-fascists, and why it's important to take the offensive in the struggle against fascism. Friday, November 9 was the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, and we bring you a round up of fascist, anti-fascist, and centrist actions from the weekend. Send us news, events, or ideas on how our show can better serve anarchist activity in your town by emailing us at podcast@crimethinc.com. {November 14, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Intro {0:00} Headlines {0:55} Kristallnacht anniversary and #OutliveThem actions roundup {5:55} Interview about Tucker Carlson protest and liberal blowback {10:05} Take Your Pick: Law or Freedom; How ‘Nobody Is above the Law' Abets the Rise of Tyranny {22:10} Repression roundup {32:45} Next Week's News {38:12} Download 29:30 minutes long version. Upcoming events/demos/etc: November 15: in London, England, there will be a queer dance party outside the Brazilian Embassy against Brazilian president elect Bolsonaro and to save the amazon. It will last from 5:30 PM until 8:30. November 16–18: School of the Americas Watch is hosting a border encuentro directly on the US/Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona and Sonora around the theme Dismantle Border Imperialism! November 16: in Portland, Oregon, there's a “We Won't Be Erased” demonstration against transphobia. Meet at 4:30 in the afternoon at City Hall, and follow @WontBeErasedPDX on twitter for more. November 17: In Philadelphia, the Pushback Campaign and anti-fascists are calling for those opposed to Nazis and Proud Boys to gather at 10 AM at the Independence Hall Visitor Center to oppose a planned white supremacist rally. November 17: Anti-fascists are also planning to oppose a misogynistic Patriot Prayer rally in Portland, Oregon. Rose City Antifa are calling for those opposed to rally at 1 PM on Saturday at Terry Schrunk Plaza. November 18: in Aachen, Germany at 3 PM, there is a demonstration planned against the political swing to the right and state repression. November 19: a demonstration against singularity and surveillance in Athens, Greece. Meet at Parko Eleutherias at 11:30 AM. November 25 - December 1: A call for a week of action against the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 25–27 will have popular education and workshops from different groups; the 28 and 29 will feature a People's Summit, with day one at the Faculty of Social Science of the University of Buenos Aires, and day two in Plaza de los dos Congresos. November 30 is when the big street demonstration will take place. November 26 in London, England: A meeting](https://freedomnews.org.uk/london-callout-for-solidarity-with-russian-anti-fascists/) to plan solidarity events for January 19 in support of anti-fascists facing persecution in Russia. The meeting will take place at Mayday Rooms, located at 88 Fleet St. December 10: There's an international call from anarchists on four continents for a day of action against borders on December 10. The idea is to kick off the 10th of each month being an anti-border day of action. December 17(ish): in Brownsville, Texas, people are planning to Meet the Migrants at the Border, in greeting them food and love! This date is currently tentative, as it is unclear when the migrant caravan will actually arrive. Organizers point out that there are five other points of entry on the Texas border the migrant caravan may try, and are encouraging people to organize more events. Here's a link to their Facebook page. Duluth, Minnesota: Anti-fascist and anti-white supremacy People's General Assemblies will be taking place weekly, Tuesdays at 6 PM in People's Power Plaza Court support for the Vaughn Trial is welcome! Court is ongoing every weekday from 10am–5pm in Courtroom 8B at 500 N King St, Wilmington, DE. For more information, visit itsgoingdown.org. Upcoming anarchist book fairs and gatherings: November 17–18: The Seattle Anarchist Book Fair is taking place at The Vera Project from 10–5 each day. The Vera Project is located at Seattle Center, on the corner of Warren Ave North and Republican St. Here's a map. November 17–18: The Boston Anarchist Book Fair is taking place at 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA from 10–8 each day. Here's a map. November 29 - December 2: Anarchists in Umea, Sweden are hosting their first ever bookfair! Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is on tour until late November! This week's dates: November 15: Kansas City, MO. 10:00 am @ Kansas City Public Library Lucile H Bluford Branch 3050 Prospect Ave Kansas City, MO 64128 November 17: Columbia, MO. 6:00 pm CST @ Middlebush Hall, Room 132 University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211 November 18: Columbia, MO. 12:00 pm CST @ Middlebush Hall, Room 132 University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211 November 19: Carbondale, IL. 7:00 pm CST @ Flyover Social Center 214 N. Washington St. Carbondale, IL 62901 November 20:Carbondale, IL. 10:00 am CST @ Flyover Social Center 214 N. Washington St. Carbondale, IL 62901 A complete list of tour dates and locations can be found here. Atlanta Anti-Fascists recently had their PayPal shut down, so they're temporarily in need of support to offset some of their costs. They're accepting donations through their fundraising page, or to donate using Bitcoin, their Bitcoin wallet is: 1LdSVFd6Wvj8LeEfux2Xf6Rr2KGKXemiBB (If you prefer to use a single-use address for Bitcoin, you can contact them.) Jace Buras, a prison rebel who helped organize a peaceful protest at Hyde Correctional in North Carolina during the national prison strike, has written Atlanta Anarchist Black Cross to let supporters know that he has been transferred to Bertie Correctional and placed in 180 days of isolation. To show him support, his address is as follows: Jace Buras #1522417 Bertie Correctional PO Box 129 Windsor, NC 27983 Phone zap for prison rebel Dayvon Person! Dayvon was just about to reach his minimum custody requirements in January, when he was charged with inciting a riot at the Craggy Correction Institution in North Carolina. He is asking that people please, please, please call and ask that his appeal against these false accusations is heard. To participate, you can call the Director of the prison, Kenneth Lassiter or call/write the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Kenneth Lassiter: (919) 838–4000 North Carolina Department of Public Safety: 512 North Salisbury Street Raleigh, NC 27604 (919) 733–2126 Ke Huelga Radio, an anarchist affiliated pirate radio station that has been squatting Mexico City's airwaves for over 19 years, is under threat by both media conglomerates and the federal government. Ke Huelga is refusing to give up 102.9 and is urging folks to listen on their site, kehuelga.net, and to continue to try and pick up their signal if you're in Mexico City. They also are calling for people to protest this interference by the IFT, including call them at 01800 2000 120 and emailing at atencion@ift.org.mx. Visit their website for other means of sending messages of protest! Check out some of our favorites from the Christie Books anarchist film archive: The almighty Class War Federation on reality TV! The incredible story of anarchist counterfeiter Lucio Utah Phillips on Ammon Hennacy The tragic, true story of the Rebellion in Patagonia There is a call out for solidarity actions with anarchists in Russia, who are currently experiencing brutal state repression. You can read more about the situation on [rupression.com.](https://rupression.com/ Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross to write a birthday message for Cameron Crowley, who is accused of being the anti-racist hacktivist Vigilance. You can write Cameron a letter, or send him a used book! (He especially likes sci-fi.) His address is: Cameron Crowley 855 West 7th Street Saint Paul, MN 55102 {Birthday: November 18} Sales are OPEN for the 2019 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar! The theme of next year's calendar is Health/Care, and it features art and writing from current and former political prisoners like David Gilbert, Mike and Chuck Africa, and Laura Whitehorn. If you buy 10 or more, be sure to use the discount code “BULK” to get 10 or more calendars for $10 each—you can then sell the calendars to fundraise for your own organizing. CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS In Hotwire #44 we named Kevin Garrido, prisoner of the Chilean state who was reportedly murdered by another prisoner, as an anarchist. Comrades in and out of Chile have gotten in touch with us to let us know that that is not true, and that Kevin purposefully did not identify as an anarchist, and has even identified with more eco-extremist currents. Sorry for the lazy reporting, but in our defense we even did additional research beyond where we first got the story and multiple other sources identified him as an anarchist or tagged his story under “anarchist prisoners” or something else of the sort. Kevin did extend solidarity to at least some anarchist prisoners for their struggles, anarchists were present in his funeral caravan that clashed with police, and regardless of his politics, we still uphold what we said about, “While the state may charge [another prisoner] with [his] murder, we know that the police and prisons are responsible for the conditions that led to Garrido's death, and the only kind of justice for his death will come from redirecting any aggression between the oppressed against their oppressors instead, until neither prisons not police can function.”    

Jason Clackley joined me in studio this week to play some songs from his bands Jason Clackley & The Exquisites and Dreamdecay + talk about all things Vera Project. 

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, Hardly Boys stopped by the house on their most recent tour from Seattle. They talk about all ages venues in Seattle like The Vera Project (shouts out), staying in-the-moment while writing songs as well as performing, and writing funny songs! Hardly Boys can be found online at: https://hardlyboys.bandcamp.com/

Alex Diego on The DJ Sessions at The Vera Project for Seattle Sub Sessions by ITV LIVE 3/21/18. Visit our website www.thedjsessions.com or find us on FB/Insta @TheDJSessions and Twitter #TheDJSessions #TDJS

Truble on The DJ Sessions at The Vera Project for Seattle Sub Sessions by ITV LIVE 3/21/18. Visit our website www.thedjsessions.com or find us on FB/Insta @TheDJSessions and Twitter #TheDJSessions #TDJS

Tony RockyHorror on The DJ Sessions at The Vera Project for Seattle Sub Sessions by ITV LIVE 3/21/18. Visit our website www.thedjsessions.com or find us on FB/Insta @TheDJSessions and Twitter #TheDJSessions #TDJS

Serjey Andre Kul on The DJ Sessions at The Vera Project for Seattle Sub Sessions by ITV LIVE 3/21/18. Visit our website www.thedjsessions.com or find us on FB/Insta @TheDJSessions and Twitter #TheDJSessions #TDJS

My guest for episode 6 is Tim Lennon, executive director of the brand new nonprofit, Langston Seattle. Langston is housed in the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, a beautiful facility in the Central District neighborhood. For the past 40 years, Langston Hughes (or LHPAI) has been run by the City of Seattle and has served as a performance and gathering space for black art and artists. After 40 years, the city has decided to stop managing the programming that happens at Langston Hughes. Though the city will continue to manage the facility, it will hand over control of the programming to the community, through the nonprofit, Langston. Tim, who just started in his role as the new director last month, is well suited to lead this effort. He has worked in the art world in a number of capacities, at Elliott Bay Book Company, the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, and most recently, as the director of the Vera Project, an all ages, youth arts organization. Tim has spent his career bringing people together around art and is deeply invested in the health and future of this city. I really wanted to pick his brain about how we build community through art and what he envisions for the future of Langston. Resources: Langston’s website: https://www.langstonseattle.org/ Langston Hughes African American Film Festival: https://www.langstonseattle.org/lhaaff/ *** Intro/outro music, recorded with permission: "Joe Metro," by Blue Scholars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=Wz79goWQrYU ***

From the Doughboys' journey into the Pacific Northwest, screenwriter and former comissioner Evan Susser (Fist Fight, Sonic the Hedgehog) joins the 'boys on stage to review Dick's Drive-In. Plus, a live audience participation edition of The Wiger Challenge. Recorded live at The Vera Project in Seattle.

«Тестов, как у Высоцкого в горах, бывает не так много». Обсуждаем дружбу и много плохо шутим. Канал на YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BlitzandChipsVideo В подкасте участвуют: Гриша Пророков, Василий Миловидов, Николай Пророков, Тарлан Абдуллаев Музыку написал Иван Калашников из «Наади» (спасибо!) Музыка в конце: Mount Eerie — Get Off The Internet (Live at The Vera Project on 2007-02-25); https://archive.org/details/me2007-02-25.matrix.flac/me2007-02-25t17.flac Почта: prorokovgrisha@gmail.com Канал в Telegram: telegram.me/grishaprorokov

Lilian Blair is a recording engineer and producer based in Seattle. She's a staff engineer with The Vera Project and "intern emeritus" of London Bridge Studios - where massive acts like Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Macklemore and OneRepublic have recorded their hits. Come to The Vera Project Studio Workshop on Saturday, Sep. 23rd from 12pm - 4:30pm! Learn from industry professionals about how to start making a record. From DIY to professional, pre-production to mastering. It's free! The Vera Project is located at the corner of Warren and Republican in Seattle Center. http://lilianblair.com/ instagram: lilinblair Subscribe on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are also very much appreciated. RSVP for 9/29 Niagara Moon show at Conor Byrne, with DangerBird and Warren Dunes: https://www.facebook.com/events/725733970956002/ Email Thomas at tatppodcast@gmail.com with any questions, comments, suggestions, etc. Theme song for Talkin About The Passion is "Pantheon Bar" by Niagara Moon, off the album Eating Peaches.

Episode #33: “Young people [are an] underserved population when it comes to the music industry.” That's the point our guest Andre Middleton drives home on this episode of The Future of What. In our discussion with Middleton (Friends of Noise) and Todd Fadel (The Meow Meow), we look at the logistics and pitfalls of starting and sustaining an all ages venue. Like many cities with rising rents and strict liquor laws, Portland has seen a slew of beloved all ages venues close in the last decade. Many people, young and old, still see the value in all ages venues. We talk with Claire Gunville (Semi Ok Collective) and Maya Stoner (Sabonis), both in their early twenties, about building an inclusive all ages community even without venues to turn to. The Vera Project in Seattle is often lauded for their all ages model, and their Talent Buyer Andrea Friedman gives us the low down on how they've survived for so long. Subscribe to The Future of What on iTunes: http://apple.co/1P4Apk0 Follow us: Twitter: http://bit.ly/2gOYMYM Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefutureofwhat/ Instagram: http://bit.ly/1L6T8fl

Episode 11 - Ft. Kathleen Parrish & Reign King "Ghosts" by Kathleen Parrish Available now on Bandcamp! https://parrish.bandcamp.com/ www.kathleenparrish.com Catch Kathleen live July 7th @ the Vera Project, tix on sale now! www.areyouinthepac.com

Episode #33: “Young people [are an] underserved population when it comes to the music industry.” That's the point our guest Andre Middleton drives home on this week's episode of The Future of What. In our discussion with Middleton (Friends of Noise, RACC) and Todd Fadel (The Meow Meow), we look at the logistics and pitfalls of starting and sustaining an all ages venue. Like many cities with rising rents and strict liquor laws, Portland has seen a slew of beloved all ages venues close in the last decade. Many people, young and old, still see the value in all ages venues. We talk with Claire Gunville (Semi Ok Collective) and Maya Stoner (Sabonis), both in their early twenties, about building an inclusive all ages community even without venues to turn to. The Vera Project in Seattle is often lauded for their all ages model, and their Talent Buyer Andrea Friedman gives us the low down on how they've survived for so long. GUESTS: Todd Fadel (Meow Meow) Andre Middleton (Friends of Noise, RACC) Andrea Friedman (The Vera Project) Claire Gunville (Semi OK Collective) Maya Stoner (Sabonis) MUSIC: Delta 5 "Mind Your Own Business" Elliott Smith "Rose Parade" Thao & Mirah "Sugar and Plastic" The Thermals "Canada"

ast week on SMI Radio, we featured a fun conversation and music from Daydream Vacation, with David Einmo (Head Like A Kite) and Asy Saavedra. Asy spoke briefly about her other project, Chaos Chaos (formerly Smoosh), which involves her sister Chloe. Asy flew into town to perform with Daydream Vacation at The Vera Project this past Friday, and The Anchor in Everett the following night. The next night, Chaos Chaos played a show at The Crocodile. and also appeared for a KEXP session. On this week’s episode of SMI Radio, we take you backstage at The Vera Project for a conversation with Asy and Chloe. The two sisters make their home in Brooklyn, New York, but definitely consider Seattle their other home. They talk about the distinctions between their former project, Smoosh, and how it evolved into Chaos Chaos. David Einmo joins the conversation later on to talk about the new track he’s producing for Chaos Chaos while they’re in town. Also, Asy and Chloe reveal how Hurricane Sandy directly impacted them. In addition, we feature selected tracks from their debut EP. In the second half of the show, you get a triple shot of Christmas spirit from The HoHoHos, Brent Amaker and The Rodeo and Fitz and The Tantrums. We finish the show off with the brand new single from the forthcoming Ben Union record, This Blessed Union Volume II. (Ben Union will play their record release show on January 12th at The Crocodile.)

In this week’s episode of SMI Radio, Dave Einmo visits the studio and we talk via Skype with Asy, who resides in Brooklyn, for a revealing conversation with these two talented artists. Dave and Asy tell the story of how they formed their special musical partnership and their high-functioning bio-coastal collaboration, which results in some infectious ear candy. We also discuss what goes in to making some of their artsy and fun videos (check out some of them here) In addition, you will hear some tracks, including their most recent single, The Mirage, off of their most recent effort, Dare Seize The Fire. Seven Dials is a young talented and creative power trio made up of three siblings – also at the Vera Project this Friday. In the second half of this week’s show, catch the interesting backstage interview with 14-year-old Mia Natas (lead vocals, guitar), Darius Natas (bass, backing vocals) and Damien Natas (drums, piano). They talk about growing up in a musically nurturing family, their inspirations, and unique musical style. Seven Dials will release their new record, The Malady of Seven Dials, in 2013. You will also hear a special Christmas song from The Ho Ho Ho’s.

Harmonica virtuosos John Popper and Lee Oskar shared the stage at Highway 99 the last Saturday of October. After the show SMI Radio's Greg Roth had the chance to chat with them about what it was like to play together and their approach playing the mouth harp. In the second segment Roth speaks to author Jules Follett. Jules and I spoke about the making of her book, “Sticks n’ Skins” a wonderful coffee table book featuring photos and bios from some of the best drummers throughout the world. In the third segment of the show lead vocalist Tee and guitarist EJ from Afraid of Figs stopped by to chat about their music and charity gig coming up on December 10th at Vera Project.