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Seattle Now

Remembering a Seattle music icon

Seattle Now

KUOW News and Information

News, Daily News

4.7670 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Charles R Cross died this weekend, and even if you haven't heard his name, you've likely felt his impact in Seattle. He was a pioneering music journalist who championed Seattle's grunge scene during its meteoric rise, and later wrote biographies of music icons.

Longtime Seattle DJ Marco Collins tells us about Charles and his impact on the city.

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0:00.0

These days, there's so much news.

0:01.8

It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community.

0:06.4

The Consider This Podcast from NPR features our award-winning journalism.

0:10.7

Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a news story and provide the context and analysis that helps you make sense of the news.

0:17.5

We get behind the headlines.

0:19.4

We get to the truth.

0:22.8

Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Hey, good morning. It's Jeannie Yandel. It's Thursday. This is Seattle now. Seattle is a city

0:33.3

of music, and that's no accident. It's home to artists big and small, who for decades, have

0:39.5

made Seattle a center for hip-hop, electronica, and rock. One of the people who documented

0:45.4

Seattle's music scene was longtime journalist and writer Charles R. Cross. He died this week,

0:52.2

leaving behind a legacy that reverberates across Seattle.

0:55.0

Today, we talked to local DJ Marco Collins about Charles and how he championed Seattle's

1:01.0

local musicians. But first, let's get you caught up.

1:09.0

Today's the last day on the job for the police chief of Burean.

1:12.9

Chief Ted Bo has been Burean's chief of police since 2018.

1:17.3

He's taking a job in the neighboring city of Des Moines.

1:20.7

Buren police made headlines by refusing to enforce the city's outdoor camping ban this

1:25.3

spring.

1:26.4

The Burean Police Chief is part of the King County

1:28.6

Sheriff's Office. King County announced last month it would work closely with Burean's leadership

1:33.4

to find a new chief. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is hearing oral arguments today

1:39.1

on a local abortion rights case, Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland v. Criedler. Mike Criedler is the state's

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