Listener-powered 90.3 KEXP has finally awarded their Amplifier donors with a beanie after two decades of generating power to the station via a giant hand crank located in a dungeon beneath the Gathering Space.
“I’m not saying the beanie isn’t cool – I just wish they had given us more than one,” said Amplifier Aida Harris-Greylord. “The dungeon where we take turns wrestling with a rusty hand crank gets really cold and there’s too many of us down here for just one beanie. We have a system for calling dibs, but people take advantage of how easy it is to steal a beanie from someone who is hand cranking Radiohead in a dungeon.”
Not every KEXP Amplifier was unhappy with the beanie.
“Look, I was here when we first got this hand crank – it was a leftover gift from a previous pledge drive,” said Amplifier Reed Forte of Ballard. “I’m not here for the swag bag, okay? I’m here because this dungeon is literally the only place in the world where the music matters.”
A spokesperson from KEXP declined to comment. It was unclear if this was because they had no comment or because they were obviously tired, reeked of dungeon, and had a very noticeable case of hat-head.
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