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Don Slack

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About Me

I'm music director at the greatest radio station on earth, where I get to spread the word far and wide about music that really matters. You can find KEXP at 90.3 FM in Seattle and worldwide at kexp.org. I also host the station's twang show Swingin' Doors on Thursdays from 6-9pm.

My Interests

Music:

Drive-By Truckers, Neko Case, Supersuckers, Knut Bell and the Blue Collars, the Emergency, West Valley Highway, the Earaches, Loretta Lynn, the Hold Steady, I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House, the Sonics, Ernest Tubb, Motorhead, Anna Coogan and North 19, Kanye West, Merle Haggard, Howlin' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Valley, George Jones, Skullbot, Prince, Grand Champeen, Steve Earle, Two Cow Garage, Gary Allan, Blue Scholars, Miranda Lambert, Clara Ward and the Ward Singers, Catherine Britt, Wynonie Harris, Buck Owens, Sera Cahoone, Billie Holiday, the White Stripes, Lester Young, the Briefs, Sensational Nightingales, Johnny Paycheck, Schoolly-D, Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, AC/DC, Common Market, Alan Jackson, George Strait, Hank Thompson, Parliament/Funkadelic, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, the Replacements, James Brown, Jimmie Rodgers, the Stooges, Arizona Dranes, Ray Price, Arthur Alexander, the Louvin Brothers, Keith Whitley, Nirvana, Five Royales, Patty Loveless, Boogie Down Productions, Wynn Stewart, the Exploding Hearts, Floyd Tillman, Wide Right, Big Joe Turner, Old 97's, James King, Green River, Mel Street, Outkast, PJ Harvey, Jimmy Martin, Swan Silvertones, Webb Pierce, Louis Jordan, USS Horsewhip, the Stanley Brothers and a zillion others. Besides listening to a ton of recorded music, I can also regularly be found checking out bands in clubs throughout Seattle and the North Puget Sound. Some of my favorite places include the Sunset, the Comet, the Tractor, the Funhouse, the Little Red Hen, Jules Maes, the Brick, the Corner Bar, the Longhorn and the Old Edison Inn (the last 3 places being in or around Edison, the most kickass small town in the North Puget Sound). Maybe I'll see ya out and about!

Movies:

Favorite movie: The Last Picture Show

Television:

the Daily Show, Colbert Report and South Park

My Blog

Favorite music of 2007

I really should update this blog more than once a year.  I'll try to do more next year, but I'm pretty bad at New Year resolutions.  This will also be posted on the KEXP blog sometime soon, ...
Posted by Don Slack on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:19:00 PST

Favorite music of 2006

This will be appearing on the KEXP blog in a week or so, but here's a sneak preview -- minus all the fancy photos, Mp3 links and other extras that blogmaster Andy will add: I spent the year as usual i...
Posted by Don Slack on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:36:00 PST

Wild weekend and a great benefit show

I'd like to start off by giving a big thanks to everyone who pledged their support to the station during last night's pledge drive edition of Swingin' Doors.  Your support means a lot to us and a...
Posted by Don Slack on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:10:00 PST

Knut Bell and Skullbot in Edison this Saturday Sept. 16th!

As you might know, Edison is my favorite small town in, well, the world.  The official population is just 123, and there ain't much there: a bakery, an art gallery, a liquor store located inside ...
Posted by Don Slack on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:44:00 PST

some cool shows you don't want to miss

With so many great shows going on this time of year, some of these might be flying under yer radar, so here ya go: If you're down about missing the sold-out Black Angels show tonight at Chop Suey, the...
Posted by Don Slack on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:32:00 PST

Favorite new albums (Bring on the RAWK!)/Harbor Rats, anyone?

Here's an updated list of favorite new albums -- a lot of great rock records are coming out right now -- Skullbot, Be Your Own Pet, Wolfmother and Thee Emergency are all kicking my ass, thou...
Posted by Don Slack on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 04:18:00 PST

great twang show tonight and a couple cool new CDs

There are a ton of great twang shows happening around town over the next few days, and while I'm in the midst of bathroom remodeling hell, I'll definitely be at the High Dive tonig...
Posted by Don Slack on Fri, 12 May 2006 02:57:00 PST

favorite new albums and a bluegrass review

Here are the albums I'm digging the most right now: 1. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Anti-) 2. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse (New West) 3. West Valley Highway - Marysville (...
Posted by Don Slack on Sat, 06 May 2006 05:18:00 PST

Let's hear it for the old guys! Go, Neil! Go, Bruce!

We all know this country's going to hell in a handbasket, and I've been waiting for someone to express what's on a lot of peoples' minds and vent their frustration at the lying incompetents, corr...
Posted by Don Slack on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:37:00 PST

Happy 4/20, upcoming shows and Wolfmother!!!

Happy 4/20 to you all -- I'll be celebrating tonight down at the Funhouse after Swingin' Doors.  There's a big RAWK show there with the Earaches headlining, and Carrie is very excited about ...
Posted by Don Slack on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:26:00 PST