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7:00 am
Mon June 10, 2013

Sub Pop Records: Going Out Of Business Since 1988!

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Megan Jasper, vice president of Sub Pop Records, poses for a portrait at their office in downtown Seattle on May 9, 2013.
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Megan Jasper talks about flying the Sub Pop flag atop the Space Needle.
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Lime green hallway covered with, you'll never believe this, BAND POSTERS!
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Sup Pop immortalizes The Fluid in the hallway.
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One of Sub Pops now extinct Wooden Records
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Before their photo booth broke for good, employees and visitors would take pictures and pin them up in the break room.
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Sub Pop Records may have started small but the label has always made a big impression. Sup Pop, which began as a fanzine and evolved into a record label in the late 1980s, is considered the epicenter of the grunge movement. Megan Jasper, vice president at Sub Pop, gives Ross Reynolds a tour of the office.

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3:19 pm
Fri April 12, 2013

A Conversation With Mudhoney's Mark Arm

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Mudhoney's newest release, 'Vanishing Point.'
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Mark Arm and Steve Turner founded Mudhoney years before the national music press catapulted Seattle onto the national stage. Their 1988 debut single, “Touch Me I’m Sick,” was the first major hit for Sub Pop Records. While they’ve also had careers outside of music-making, the band has remained together for more than 25 years, continuing to record and go on tour. We talk with singer and guitarist Mark Arm about Mudhoney’s latest album, "Vanishing Point."

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