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If 2009 was an unusually nostalgic year in local music for certain wistful Seattle Gen-Xers, 2010 was the opening cymbal crash of an encore. Defunct old favorites reunited. Extant old favorites continued to soar. A tight-knit community that first rocked the world a quarter-century ago grew ever closer, through remembrance of lost friends and the sharing of new music. Here are five 2010 music-related events that tickled those Seattleites who’ve been listening all these years. (Part two here.)

10. Pearl Jam Launches Satellite Radio Station
What do you give the fans who have everything (hundreds of official bootlegs, multiple live records, nine studio releases since 1991)? On October 22, the 20th anniversary of the band's first show, Pearl Jam gave its fans the whole sonic shebang, in 24-hour rotation: Pearl Jam Radio. The band's satellite channel (Sirius, 17; XM, 39) not only mixes concert and studio recordings, but gives its cult-status fan family a chance to hear previously unreleased show tracks (going back to that first gig) and another to commune on fan roundtable show "The All Encompassing Trip." Live and studio recordings from PJ members' other current and defunct projects, including Eddie Vedder's solo work, Temple of the Dog, Mother Love Bone, and Mad Season are gravy. There's no better way to tune in to Pearl Jam's origins and evolution...unless you magically have all of this on vinyl.

9. Soundgarden Issues Telephantasm Retrospective
No one expected a Soundgarden reunion prior to January 1, but most folks knew that a career-spanning best-of box was just a matter of time. On September 28, the latter followed the former, in multiple packages—from simple CD to sly (and savvy) Guitar Hero bonus to limited-pressing vinyl set. The box included all the audio hits, of course, but also some previously unreleased live tracks, 14 music videos, bonus videos, and one (excellent) unearthed song from the Badmotorfinger sessions, "Black Rain." For those who couldn't witness Soundgarden's stage return—and that was pretty much everyone—Telephantasm was a worthy consolation prize.... (more)

If you were thinking about heading to the Gorge for this year's Sasquatch Festival, you're too late. As of this morning, the fest is all sold out (both tix and three-day passes), and in record time no less.  That marks the greatest number of tickets sold in the fastest time since Sasquatch was born, way back in 2002. I would give credit where credit's due: this year's slam-bang lineup.

Over the past few weeks, a few more acts have been added to the schedule, including They Might Be Giants, The Posies, and RAAAAAAAANDY! (Aziz Ansari, that is.) To see what you're missing, check out the full lineup after the jump.

2010 SASQUATCH! FESTIVAL LINEUP (New additions in bold)

Saturday, May 29

My Morning Jacket

Vampire Weekend

The National

Broken Social Scene

Deadmau5

OK Go

Wale

Minus the Bear

Brother Ali

Shabazz Palaces

Public Enemy

The Hold Steady

Miike Snow

The Posies

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Portugal. The Man

Mumford & Sons

Why?

The Lonely Forest

Patrick Watson

The Middle East

Nurses

Fool’s Gold

Morning Teleportation

Aziz Ansari

Garfunkel & Oates

Nick Kroll

Moshe Kasher

Z-Trip

Dam-Funk

The Very Best... (more)