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Twenty-nine years after the birth of Sub Pop Records, Bruce Pavitt, founder of the record label, is making his way to Central to celebrate the Seattle “grunge movement.”

KCWU-FM is hosting SUB POP USA Day in the SURC Pit on Friday, April 24, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. During the event, Pavitt will be signing his book “Sub Pop USA: The Subterranean Pop Music Anthology, 1980–1988” along with co-author Calvin Johnson. Both will be joined by Seattle Weekly Music Editor Mark Baumgarten, and Mark Pickerel, founder of Screaming Trees and owner of Rangeland: Vintage Antiques in Ellensburg, who will be playing an acoustic set.

In addition to the book signing and vinyl spinning, the event will include a Q&A session with both Pavitt and Johnson, which will be monitored by Baumgarten. Also, 88.1 The ‘Burg, celebrating “Pie Day,” will provide pie from Perkins Restaurant and Bakery.

Sub pop, the birthplace of the “grunge movement,” is an independent Seattle record label  formed in 1988 by Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. With early releases such as Nirvana, Mudhoney and Soundgarden, Sub Pop has made a name for itself in the heart of the Pacific Northwest.

Inspired by Olympia’s guide to independent music, OP Magazine, Pavitt launched the fanzine Subterranean Pop- named after his local radio show on KAOS-FM. The fanzine, which focused on new wave, experimental music, has been released nearly 26 years later as their book “Sub Pop USA: The Subterranean Pop Music Anthology, 1980–1988.”