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>>> Best Place To Buy Star Wars Figures And Other Cool ShitTricky’s Pop Culture Emporium Everybody needs an ALF lunchbox at some point. Or a Wonder Woman toothbrush. Or a Jimmy Hendrix bath towel. Or a Skeletor tie. Or Gary Coleman (R.I.P. Arnold) ankle socks. Or an ABBA test press.
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Thank you to all who took the time to vote in our Best of Tacoma 2010 Readers' Poll. You are the Best. Best Metal Band: MahnhammerBest Local Hip-hop Artist Or Group: EvergreenOne and Todd SykesBest Singer: Vicci MartinezBest Guitarist: Evan PurcellBest Bassist: Mitch Vandenburg from Matt Coughlin and the GrowlersBest Drummer:
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The culture of heavy metal is one I may never fully understand. Metalheads are tough guys, but also nerds; they worship Satan, but also desperately long to ride a dragon. Heavy metal has been dissected and scattered into a million subgenres. My brother gives me a dirty look if I
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Recognition in the universe of hip-hop rarely comes easily, if at all — but following their 25360 Award for Best Video (“’90s Shit” directed by Erik Soderquist), the duo known as EvergreenOne and Todd Sykes have been christened once more by the South Sound hip-hop community as Tacoma’s Best Hip-Hop
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>>> Best Impressive BookingsThe DenAdmittedly, no venue over the last year has been cursed and applauded more than The Den, the hipper-than-thou all-ages spot tucked inside of urbanXchange. Of course, this cursing and applauding usually comes separately; for instance, we’ll do cartwheels when The Den brings in a band like
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Dennis Flannigan is what some of my friends on the East Coast would call a mensch. He would probably disagree with me. That, in part, is why he’s a mensch. Mensch is Yiddish, and it means a kind of stand-up guy. It also means about 50 other things. All of them are
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Brian Redman We’re going to make a number of jokes in the Best of Tacoma 2010’s In Memoriam section, but Tacoma has been dealt some seriously crushing blows over the last 12 months, blows that still sting every day and weigh heavy in the air — perhaps none of which reverberated
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We honor some of the things Tacoma has lost over the last 12 months: The Luzon Building With a tree growing out of its side, a sag in its wall and a sad, dusty whimper that was sprayed down by guys in construction hats with hoses to keep the dust out of
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Olivia De La Cruz. The guitarist, singer/songwriter performs during dinner. All Ages. 7-9 pm. Free. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Savannah. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Raymond Hayden & The Dark Drive
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Borders Books and Music Tacoma Tacoma - Central. Heidi Vladyka. All Ages. 3 pm. Free. O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. The Loft on Cherry Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic Night. All Ages.
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BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Dickery Doo Band. 21+. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Movie Night. 21+. 7 pm. DJ/ELECTRONIC Muckleshoot Indian Casino Auburn. Club Video. 21+. 9 pm. NC. The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma - Dome District.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Open Mic Night. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Open Note Shape Singing. All Ages. 5 pm. NC. Speakeasy Arts Cooperative Tacoma - Downtown. Radio8Ball Show featuring Jerin Falkner. A musical talk/game show based upon the concept of synchronicity.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. A Thousand Years At Sea. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Paddy Coyne’s Irish Pub Tacoma - Downtown. Traditional Irish Music Session. Leo MacNamara & guests. 21+. 7 pm. BLUES Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. Lisa & The Pok Chops. 21+. 8 pm. NC. Red Bicycle Bistro and
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Herky Cutler. All Ages. 8:30 pm. NC. Port Plaza Olympia - Downtown. Music At The Port, with M-Pact. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Forza Wine Bar Gig Harbor. Steve Stefanowicz. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Who Are These Guys. All Ages. 11 am.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Billy Stoops Acoustic Jam. 21+. 9 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Maurice The Fish Records Showcase. 21+. 8 pm. $5. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Russ Salton & Friends. All Ages.
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When I call Doug Stanhope, I catch him swimming in a pool somewhere. "Let me dry off my head," he says, "crack open a warm beer and light a cigarette." For those not immediately familiar with Stanhope, you may remember him as the co-host (along with Joe Rogan) of the ill-fated reboot
Concert Alert
About a month ago, I felt like I had officially been initiated into West Coast culture: I went to the Oregon Country Fair. Not that I hadn't already experienced the eccentricities of the Pacific Northwest before, especially walking the streets of Capitol Hill after late-night shows or strolling through the
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. ... Bobble Tiki will be honest. It's a little weird writing to you today. As you know, Bobble Tiki's weekly column hits the
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So far in my life I've had three nicknames (at least ones people called me to my face). Each nickname, however personally loved or loathed, made me feel a very special belonging to a group, gang, or team - a feeling I spent my youth and early adulthood always
Food Matters
NOSH LEAGUE Beer likes company, so the Nosh League will hold its next nosh pit inside the Engine House No. 9 for a beer and cheese tasting Thursday, Aug. 12 at 6 p.m. Weekly Volcano Grocery Stories columnist Kris Blondin will sift through her knowledge of cheese to find a few