Today is the anniversary of the death of Mike Webb, the murdered former KIRO talk host.
As an audio memorial, Bob Vesely, Mike's webmaster is running talk, music, remembrances, humor and vintage airchecks of Mike’s disc jockey days.
Vesely says, "It’s been a year today since our friend Mike was taken away from us. Each day I look at headlines and think about what Mike would being talking about on his evening broadcast. So rather than have silence tonight, I decided to run a vast array of clips from Mike’s career."
It will start at 6p, tonight, and run into the morning.
Go here. Or use this direct link to the stream. (Bob suggests using winamp or Real player. WindowsMedia player will work, but you will need instructions from the website).
April 13th was when Webb's broadcast went silent, and he disappeared. He'd been slain and laying in his house, not to be discovered for several months. A homeless man, Scott Brian White has confessed to the crime, but has pled not guilty.
His trial-setting hearing has be re-set many times: the latest date is April 28.
Mike Webb is an American tragedy. He was a star KIRO radio broadcaster and a world class musicologist. It will be an eternal mystery why a man of his exceptional intelligence thought he could get away with defrauding a major insurance company and a commercial bank with a stupid imbecile scheme. His foolhardy crime ruined his career and made him a convicted felon. The horrific tragic debacle of Webb's life concluded with him choosing a street bum as his sex partner. Webb got subsequently hacked to death by that same psychopathic ax murderer. The Mike Webb saga is too sad for words.
Posted by: abob | April 13, 2008 at 02:08 PM
RIP Mike Webb.
It might be a good time for all of use to reflect upon the frailties of the human condition.
I do feel for the family and friends of Mike Webb.
Posted by: PugetSound | April 13, 2008 at 05:05 PM
Without question my favorite talk show host of all time. He can never be replaced.
I hold KIRO partly responsible for his death. Their firing of Mike over a petty issue started the chain of events that led to his death.
Posted by: Upton | April 13, 2008 at 05:06 PM
The only person responsible for Mike's death is the man who murdered him.
Rest in peace, dear Mike.
Posted by: Dana | April 13, 2008 at 06:50 PM
The only person responsible for Mike's death is the man who murdered him.
Rest in peace, dear Mike.
Posted by: Dana | April 13, 2008 at 06:52 PM
Jeez, not another round of blame KIRO & Blather for Mike's murder. Typical Seattle crap.
Blame the MURDERER!
Posted by: Sclub | April 13, 2008 at 08:21 PM
I miss Mike, too. He was one of a kind.
Posted by: AprilMayJune | April 13, 2008 at 09:25 PM
If it wasn't for the owner of this blog, Mike would have copped a plea. The light this blog brought to the case put Mike into the face-saving position of pleading not guilty. I hold Blather very much responsible for some of the consequences of his actions, including Mike Webb's decline.
Posted by: Gig Young | April 13, 2008 at 11:06 PM
I think when we take a moment to think a kind thought about someone who has passed on it raises them to a higher place just a little bit. Remembering Mike! R.I.P.
Posted by: HappyHeathen | April 13, 2008 at 11:32 PM
Reclínese en el pleace Mike Webb, usted eran de hecho un talento.
Posted by: Duffman | April 14, 2008 at 06:23 AM
Mike Webb's decision to bring a troubled drug addict into his home is what killed him. He talked many times on the radio about how much contempt he had for those who "judge" drug-addicted, homeless ex-cons. His naivete and recklessness is what got him killed.
Posted by: DT | April 14, 2008 at 07:04 AM
>> Gig Young
Right on, bro, right on.
Posted by: Freakin' | April 14, 2008 at 08:05 PM
I feel bad about what happened to Mike Webb, but enough of the blame Blather and Hood for Mike's plea , his death, and on and on. Mike is responsible for his plea. Period. Of course Hood is going to cover the trial and talk about Webb's crime on the blog. This is a freaking local talkradio blog and that's the biggest local story/scandal we've ever had in talkradio. Dori claims that tragedies are only things that the person doesn't bring upon himself or herself by their "poor choices", so I gues according to the judgmental, pious little prig Monson, what happened to Mike wasn't a tragedy. However I agree with the ohter poster that the demise of Mike Webb is an American Tragedy.
Posted by: Tommy008 | April 16, 2008 at 12:50 AM
Mike Webb was a genus!
Posted by: jt | April 19, 2008 at 11:07 PM