We recorded this episode with Ben Gibbard and Lori LeFavor before a live audience at Easy Street Records in West Seattle on August 1, 2024. Lori LeFavor is the most prolific all-ages concert promoter in Seattle--and perhaps the US. Starting from age 17 and over the next 30 years, Lori hosted more than 3,000 shows across the Northwest. Her home base…

At the turn of the 21st century, the TDO’s days are numbered. A generational shift puts a new era within sight. The closest mayoral election in Seattle's history will decide the fate of all-ages music. But even with a win, the creative community will face new economic pressures as old Seattle gives way to modern gentrification. Listen to the offici…

After 15 long years of the TDO, public opinion is shifting. Local alternative media starts covering the fight for all-ages music. Rock stars join activists in musical flash mobs to protest at city council meetings and community forums. And for the first time, a new slate of elected leaders recognizes the law's overreach. Listen to the official Let …

The TDO made it impossible for venue owners to turn a profit while hosting all-ages shows. But the law contained a few exceptions, allowing concerts at nonprofit spaces and religious institutions. Savvy promoters take full advantage. In the latter half of the 90s, two all-ages venues sent a lifeline to the all-ages community by hosting unforgettabl…

Seattle’s homegrown hip-hop scene is born from DJ-led dance parties put on by school-aged kids for their friends in backyards, rec halls and community centers. With the arrival of the TDO, these events draw scrutiny from Seattle police, who seem particularly intent on interfering with—and extorting—Black culture. But hip-hop finds a way to thrive, …

In 1991, grunge explodes onto the world stage and Seattle is declared the coolest place on earth. Media depicts the city as a creative utopia, but in reality, the Teen Dance Ordinance is suffocating the music scene. A new city attorney embraces the law, crusading for civility on his own authoritarian terms. In response, the Seattle suburbs become a…

Seattle police begin enforcing the TDO, and youth are fighting back. Cops aggressively shut down a show at Gorilla Gardens--considered the birthplace of grunge--leading young punks to battle with bricks and Molotov cocktails. Another punk-rock riot tears apart the Kitsap Ferry. Artists resist creatively, but kids are arrested, shows are squashed, a…

The genesis of Seattle’s Teen Dance Ordinance begins at a nightclub called the Monastery. In the early 1980s, this all-ages disco was renowned on the West Coast for cutting-edge music and all-night parties. Some experienced the Monastery as a radically inclusive refuge where queer youth find community. Others described it as a den of illicit drugs …

Seattle in the 90s: A tidal wave of unforgettable music roars out of the city. Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam take over global pop culture and Seattle is declared the world's coolest place to be. But here, reality is different for young people. For almost two decades, the Teen Dance Ordinance has made it illegal for anyone under 18 to attend co…

The final part of a unit based on the well-known picture book 'Greedy Zebra' by Mwenye Hadithi. Presented by Howard Ward.Από τον School Radio

Part 3 of a unit exploring the well-known picture book 'Greedy Zebra' by Mwenye Hadithi. Presented by Howard Ward.Από τον School Radio

Part 2 of a unit exploring the well-known picture book 'Greedy Zebra' by Mwenye Hadithi. Presented by Howard Ward.Από τον School Radio

The first programme in a unit based on the well-known picture book 'Greedy Zebra' by Mwenye Hadithi. Presented by Howard Ward.Από τον School Radio

Part 2 of a two-part unit exploring the story of Rama and Sita, a traditional story for Diwali.Από τον School Radio

Part 1 of a two-part unit exploring the story of Rama and Sita, a traditional story for Diwali.Από τον School Radio

Diggers…hammers and drills…they're all in today's Let's Move as Justin Fletcher returns to the building site for another programme about construction.Από τον School Radio

The last of four dance sessions exploring aspects of the 'winter wonderland'.Από τον School Radio

The third of four dance sessions exploring aspects of the 'winter wonderland'.Από τον School Radio

The second of four dance sessions exploring aspects of the 'winter wonderland'.Από τον School Radio

The first of four dance sessions exploring aspects of the 'winter wonderland'.Από τον School Radio

The traditional story explored through dance.Από τον School Radio

The traditional story explored through dance.Από τον School Radio

The traditional story explored through dance.Από τον School Radio

The final programme of the unit is inspired by Robin Hood and his tussles with the Sheriff of Nottingham.Από τον School Radio

In the final programme based on the story 'The rescue party' by Nick Butterworth the dances are based around the rescue of the rabbit who has fallen down the well.Από τον School Radio

Justin Fletcher returns with dances based on the story 'The rescue party'. Today disaster strikes as one of the park rabbits falls down a well.Από τον School Radio

Justin Fletcher returns with Let's Move. Today he concludes a unit of programmes focusing on the basics of movement.Από τον School Radio

Justin Fletcher returns with Let's Move. The movements in today's programme are simple ones for hands and feet.Από τον School Radio

Justin Fletcher has the second of two programmes based on the famous poem ’Twas the night before Christmas’ by Clement Clarke Moore.Από τον School Radio

Justin Fletcher is looking forward to Christmas with the first of two dance sessions based on the famous poem ’Twas the night before Christmas’ by Clement Clarke Moore.Από τον School Radio

Justin’s dances in today’s programme are about falling leaves and breezy Autumn weather.Από τον School Radio

Justin Fletcher has the second part of a unit about ‘Autumn’ and today’s dances are about animal behaviour in the Autumn.Από τον School Radio

Justin Fletcher returns with the first part of a unit about ‘Autumn’ and today he is looking forward to Bonfire Night.Από τον School Radio

Abi Eniola has the second of two programmes exploring the counting book ‘Handa’s Hen' by Eileen BrowneΑπό τον School Radio

Abi Eniola has the first programme in a unit exploring the counting book ‘Handa’s Hen' by Eileen BrowneΑπό τον School Radio

Justin Fletcher has the final programme in a unit exploring the famous rhyming picture book 'The Snail and the Whale' by Julia DonaldsonΑπό τον School Radio

Justin Fletcher has the second programme in a unit exploring the famous rhyming picture book 'The Snail and the Whale' by Julia DonaldsonΑπό τον School Radio

Justin Fletcher has the first programme in a unit exploring the famous rhyming picture book 'The Snail and the Whale' by Julia DonaldsonΑπό τον School Radio

The final dance session about minibeasts is inspired by the movement of dragonflies.Από τον School Radio

Primary Dance KS1: Let's Move. Summer holidays. In the second session Justin Fletcher is thinking about fun summer holidays activities - sand, beach balls and going for walks.Από τον School Radio

The summer is approaching and Justin Fletcher is thinking about where he'll go for his holidays in today's Let's Move.Από τον School Radio

Justin Fletcher returns with Let's Move and another programme taking some well-known nursery rhymes as a starting point.Από τον School Radio

Some simple nursery rhymes provide the inspiration for today's Let's Move with Justin Fletcher.Από τον School Radio

Justin Fletcher has his hard hat and boots on to go down on the building site for a Let's Move about construction.Από τον School Radio

For today's dance session Justin Fletcher finds out about some more people who help us in the course of a typical day.Από τον School Radio

There are sweets everywhere in Part 3 of 'The Nutcracker' with music by Tchaikovsky.Από τον School Radio

Events take a dramatic turn in the second episode of 'The Nutcracker'!Από τον School Radio

Part 1 of a unit exploring the story of 'The Nutcracker' with music by Tchaikovsky.Από τον School Radio

Join Cat Sandion for the second programme exploring the theme of time through dance.Από τον School Radio

Join Cat Sandion for two programmes exploring the theme of time through dance.Από τον School Radio