The Buzz: You’re on the air with Vlad

You’re on the air with Vlad: Vladimir Putin fielded dozens of questions during a four-hour TV call-in show Thursday.

The Russian president issued a stern warning to the West, in response to a question from someone who identified himself as “longtime listener, first-time caller Barry in Washington, D.C.”

Channel 95: Late-1960s hitmakers the Association, which you may remember from such songs as “Windy,” “Along Comes Mary” and “Never My Love,” is scheduled to perform Saturday at the Historic Everett Theatre.

The Buzz wonders whether those songs will sound right when they’re not coming from KJR on a transistor radio.

4-20: Rapper and marijuana enthusiast Snoop Dogg is set to perform tonight at WaMu Theater in Seattle, followed by a gig Saturday in Colorado. The two-show mini-tour is intended — surprise! — to celebrate legal weed.

Consumer alert: Mr. Dogg’s visit to Seattle is expected to deplete marijuana retailers’ supplies. Shoppers may wish to stock up now — and also in advance of Willie Nelson’s concert in late June at Marymoor Park.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff

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