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His songs and lyrics reflective of a long, hard life cut me right down to the bone. his career has spanned two decades beginning with the screaming trees in the 90s and continuing through numerous brilliant collaborations with artists like queens of the stone age, pj harvey, kurt cobain, unkle, mad season, the gutter twins, isobel campbell and massive attack. maybe you know him from such theme songs as -- this show. ♪ >> mark: wow. spicy. >> anthony: yeah, thats good. >> anthony: dinner with m...

>> anthony: what percentage of the total dollar generating space on the internet is occupied by porn? >> john: well, you know, this is todds expertise, so ill defer to him. >> todd: historically the adult industry, even if its not completely dominating the economics all the time, it is the leader of technology. its the first with hd, its the first to try out a new wave of 3d technology, virtual reality, augmented reality. and you see it over and over again, the latest is vr and ar. >> anthony: y...

Change. "the hill" has become the new weekend stomping ground of breeders from the tech companies and the locals are displeased. john criscitello, street artist that is waging a one-man war against the rent hikes that are pushing people like him out of the neighborhood. >> anthony: are we talking about an infestation of tech bros? is this, uh, what, 10 years ago would this be a gay neighborhood? >> john: it was, sort of, an enclave for artists and for queer people. >> anthony: and, so whats happ...

Its a place that, on the surface, would seem to require commitment. famously gray, rainy, not particularly friendly and all the way up there, in the far corner of the country. a place you could get work in the aircraft industry, or make music or rather notoriously, become a serial killer. whether outfitting prospectors during the alaskan gold rush or looking for some kind of cred from the music scene, its always boom or bust. now its a new kind of boom. microsoft, google, twitter, expedia and am...

>> astra: well, were generalizing now, tony. >> anthony: im all for that. [ laughter ] everybody in seattle is a musician, a serial killer or a chef as far as im concerned, so. >> anthony: in a lot of ways, this was always a company town. you know, boeing, before boeing it was a logging town. the new company is tech and it is flooding money into the place. i look out my hotel room window and i mean there are cranes as far as the eye can see. >> dustin: you realize, like, okay, all those cranes o...

Lived, this is just where they ended up. when youre a detective for as long as ive been a detective and youre around very evil people, its a place where i dont want you to have to come look at through my eyes. i can talk to you about it and all that but i hope you never have to see it, like i seen it. because you know, its a different place. its a place you dont want to be. >> anthony: how many, uh, how many working serial killers do you think are out there right now in the washington state area...

And egg. and short rib dumplings topped with pickled shallot and scallion salad. ♪ >> anthony: of course im hearing from a lot of people who are bemoaning the loss of the old seattle. uh, this invasion of outsiders. >> john: certainly the community is going through a lot of growing pains, and there is an element of the city here that is rebelling against the progress. especially as we talk about a company like amazon that controls massive amounts of the downtown real estate footprint now. and ...

Beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ >> anthony: seattle has always been a place where you can go to reinvent yourself.

And bred in seattle? >> knute: i was. yeah. >> anthony: born here? >> jack: yes. >> fred: bellingham, which is -- >> anthony: oh sure, serial killer capital of the world. i was in a bar there where both ted bundy and the green river killer had been patrons, yeah. >> jack: bundy was born in tacoma. >> anthony: right. >> fred: the hillside strangler and also the beltway sniper. >> knute: the worst one was the green river killer. >> fred: yeah. >> anthony: but why is seattle and the pacific northwe...

Anymore, you live in la now? >> mark: yeah. >> anthony: how long since you left? >> mark: its been 20 years. >> anthony: oh wow. >> mark:but i come back here, you know, a couple times a year and play shows. i still have family in the city and i think of it as home still, you know, i always will. its just uh, its the home i dont live in anymore. ♪ would you put on that long white dress ♪ ♪ while i burn when theres no more tomorrows ♪ ♪ will you walk with me underground ♪ ♪ and forgi...