Special Episode! As Many Weirdos As Possible with Steve Manning

From Tour Stories/The Check-In with Joe Plummer by Ruinous Media

June 19, 2026 · 13 min · Season 8 · Episode 326

About this episode

This episode features Steve Manning discussing a documentary photography project honoring the Pacific Northwest music scene.

This is a special episode. We would like to present As Many Weirdos As Possible , a documentary photography project honoring the Pacific Northwest music scene from 1985 to 1995. A team of photographers is capturing portraits of bartenders, musicians, engineers, journalists and others from the community, in places that tie them to their stories. Through portraits and handwritten memories, it spotlights the creators and unsung figures who shaped a movement that changed the world. In this episode we hear from Steve Manning at a Seattle Town Hall event on April 17th 2026. Steve Manning has lived everywhere cool in the PNW (Tacoma, Olympia, Seattle), is a 9+ year Sub Pop Records veteran and Joe's occasional pickleball pal. Introduction by John Roderick (Harvey Danger, Long Winters). As Many Weirdos As Possible Poser Productions Video at Town Hall Tour Stories would like to welcome our newest sponsor Kuma Coffee. Kuma Coffee is a 100% Independently owned roasting company right here in Seattle since 2008. Kuma is a 5-person team, roasting over 100,000lbs of exclusively high scoring coffee each year. They source their coffees direct from origin and pay well over fair trade pricing to…

People in this episode

Host: Joe Plummer

Guest: Steve Manning

Topics covered

documentary photography
Pacific Northwest music scene
community portraits
music history
cultural impact

Keywords

documentary
photography
music scene
Pacific Northwest
portraits
community
Sub Pop
Kuma Coffee

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sub Pop Records, Izotope

Books & works: As Many Weirdos As Possible, Ozone 12

Places: Pacific Northwest