WHAT IS IT? A record label founded in Seattle in 1988. They’re celebrating their 30th birthday on August 11.

FAMOUS FOR: Signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney for record deals at the start of the 1990s grunge explosion. The label’s bands are credited with shaping the sound of the Seattle music scene.

INFAMOUS FOR: Duping The New York Times into publishing a bogus column all about “grunge speak.”

STILL SPINNING: Sub Pop is home to some of today’s big names in rock and indie, including Iron & Wine, Shabazz Palaces, Beach House, and Flight of the Conchords.

GO CHECK IT OUT: Peruse all of Sub Pop’s awesome music at their online Mega Mart or swing by their store at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to grab a record before your next flight.

Know of a Seattleism that we should include in our new glossary? Hit reply or email us at [email protected]. We’ll be sharing out the Seattleiest terms we can find over the next several months.

The Space Needle just got terrifying. Want to do something fun kinda frightening this weekend? The Space Needle’s brand new glass floor, arguably the neatest feature of our iconic attraction’s $100 million renovation, opens to the public today at 8 a.m. KING 5 reports that it’s the “world’s first and only revolving glass floor.” Not afraid of heights? Grab tickets here. For our acrophobic friends: We hear the International Fountain is pretty cool? 😅 (KING 5)

Nine days. That’s how long Tahlequah, a mother orca native to the Puget Sound, has been carrying her dead calf. But is she grieving? Kaeli Swift, a doctoral candidate at University of Washington’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, told The Seattle Times that we should be careful about assigning human emotions to other creatures. “The sad part of this story should not be that she is sad,” she told the Times. “It should be that our critically endangered pod of whales lost another calf… My hope would be that we wouldn’t require animals to experience the world like we do to have compassion for them and to want to protect them.” 😔 (The Seattle Times)

‘One whale mom did all our crying for us.’ The dispatches about Tahlequah have moved so many of us. It even inspired poet Paul E. Nelson to pen an elegy for Tahlequah’s “un-named & un-numbered” baby and to remind us of the devastating impacts of climate change. “These are the stories the children of our / children will tell if there are storytellers / in their time. How we slept at the switch / ignored the clear signs of doom,” Paul wrote. (Cascadia Magazine)

Two more BBQ joints to check out. Yesterday, we told you about Jeff’s Texas BBQ, a Seahawks-beloved Marysville joint that Food & Wine Magazine named Washington State’s best barbecue. While that’s cool and all, there were two more places the magazine shouted out: Jack’s BBQ near SoDo and Emma’s BBQ in Hillman City. Reader Jody Pineda recommended Emma’s ribs and brisket. And one more pro-tip from Jody: The neighboring Hill City Tap House & Bottle Shop will let you bring in your BBQ to enjoy over beers. 🍽

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