Wake Up Bainbridge

We took a short trip to the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum to take in the Fearless Music exhibition a wonderfully curated history of the 1980s to present garage band culture of Bainbridge teens that also is directly connected to some of the great rock, punk and grunge bands of our time. Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Nirvana all had early and current members of these bands. But musical trendsetters like Mother Love Bone and Malfunkshun are also featured. New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Evison was once the singer in the band March of Crimes along with Soundgarden and long time island resident Ben Shepherd. But the big revelation was the soundtrack playing throughout the exhibit. I am a new fan of the excellent music of The Cleavers. The guest curator who deservives lots of props is professional museum curator Merilee Mostov. The exhibit put us in mind of the "let's put on a show spirit" of Bainbridge youth and by extension the entrepreneurial spirit of many adult Islanders. We talked about the fo