Concert Alert
Power Patriot is an excellent example of what I like to think of as "heavy instrumental jazz." The album is jazz/rock/jam supergroup Garage A Trois' first album following the departure of Seattle eight string guitar virtuoso Charlie Hunter. As a longtime Benevento fan, I personally rejoiced when I heard keyboard player
Stage
Theatre people are superstitious. This goes for most artists and even athletes but theatre people are SUPER superstitious. Don't say good luck or call "The Scottish Play" by name in a theatre. And, while not really a superstition, it's at least a well-known and accepted tradition that opening night is not
Live & CD Reviews
You know what's lame? In multiple senses of the word? Lower back and hip pain. My point being that I wasn't able to stay at Hell's Kitchen as long as I ought Saturday night, and only managed to see Seattle's Otherwise. And that my brain is fairly disconnected this morning,
Arts
OK. Time to ditch the metaphysics of art and get pragmatic for a while. Apparently, "making it" is hot right now. For brevity's sake we'll define "making it" as producing and selling enough work to quit your day job and live off your creations. Most artists harbor this dream, but few
Reviews
San Francisco Street Bakery Where: 1320 San Francisco Ave. N.E., Olympia, 360.753.8553 Hours: 6:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 6:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday Cuisine: Sandwiches, soup, quiche, baked goods, pastries, desserts, granola Scene: Casual and family friendly order-at-the-counter, carry-out or dine-in coffee shop/deli. Full-service bakery Drinkies: Canned fancy soda, bottled sparkling water, coffee, espresso, hot and
Stage
You Can't Take It With You is one of my favorite plays. It wasn't a week ago, which should tell you something about the current Lakewood Playhouse production. It is a show full of characters. Not the way most plays are, but more in the, "He's quite a character" vein. A
Features
When the economy is bad like it is now, most of us have a tendency to shop for a bargain as often as possible. Even when the economy is flourishing (can't remember when that was anymore), many of us still like to find the good deals. So when a very
Music
Can I be real with you for a moment? The Who's halftime show performance was one of the most upsetting things I've witnessed in quite a while. This is a band that defined itself by its outstanding live shows. The band's early days were paved in trashed guitars and vocal
Music
Derek M. Johnson >>> Thursday, Feb. 11 Experimental music is shady territory, in my book - much like abstract art and the pescetarian culture. It often feels to me like the performer either can't play music, or can and simply refuses to. Either way, it can be frustrating. Derek M. Johnson
Food Matters
Thursday, Feb. 11 Ladies' Night half off glass pours, every Thursday in February, The Melting Pot, 2121 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.535.3939. Garrison Creek Cellars Winemaker's Dinner, 7 p.m., Dockside Bistro and Wine Bar, 501 Columbia N.W., Olympia, 360.956.1928. Wine tasting, five pours for $5, Vinum Coffee and Wine Lounge, 1001 Pacific Ave., Tacoma,
Music
The current show at Kittredge Gallery features sculptures by Michael Johnson, associate professor of sculpture at University of Puget Sound. Johnson's sculptures are inspired by, but not imitative of, common objects such as bottles and bowls. There is one that looks like a pestle or maybe a butter churn and
Music
It's a new week, which means it's time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki's South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let's get rolling. Oh, dear lord, what is Bobble Tiki to do? Football season is officially over, and this - quite naturally - leaves a massive
Music
How do you decide a good revivalist? What rating system should be applied? Should it be the slight twists, innovations and modernizations that someone like M. Ward brings to the table? Should it be based on the deference for and flawlessness of the replication, like the garage-rock revival strives for?
Music
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week and down the road. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, 800.325.SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com ON SALE NOW Billy Connoly Seattle March 12-13 8
Music
There are a lot of places in the world I have yet to see. Japan is not one of them. Long before last June, the first time I set foot in most countries of the European Union, I had already been to Japan five times - with three different bands.
Food Matters
HALF OFF GLASS POURS The Melting Pot hosts Ladies Night every Thursday in February featuring half off wine glass pours. The Melting Pot is at 2121 Pacific Ave. in Tacoma. BITE THIS BITE restaurant inside the Hotel Murano offers appetizer and cocktail specials every Thursday. Swing by at 1320 Broadway Plaza in Tacoma. TEA
Music
Off and on, I've experimented with recording at home. With my old, plastic chunk of computer, my results with GarageBand have been shaky at best. Sure, it's charming to create a dinky little song with a dinky little internal microphone. Inane, but charming. If you're serious about creating and recording music
Arts
We must live as if the Apocalypse has already happened. Sorry. I've got the end of the world on the brain. That whole 2012 thing - the latest in a long line of end-of-the-world prophecies - is rapidly approaching. The Apocalypse and all its dystopian bric-a-brac is officially a pop-culture phenomenon.
Concert Alert
With The Colossus, producer RJD2 comes with a surprisingly funky, warm twist to his ever-changing trajectory. A significant improvement on his disappointing third solo effort, The Third Hand, RJ brings us back home, replacing the cold detachment of his prior two albums with familiar fun. However, RJ falls short of the
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ANNOUNCER: Valentine's Day seems to be the most made up holiday ever. Grand gestures of undying love are made; proposals are offered, and everyone buys chocolate, flowers and goes out to eat. To increase your chances of a good time had by all, remember when dining out to expect slower