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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. Last week, as readers may or may not recall, Bobble Tiki was aflutter with excitement over the Weekly Volcano's new Web site -
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Wheelies write pop songs, to be sure, but they're just a little mixed up - a little upside-down or inside-out, sounding as if they were recorded on the wrong end of an intercom. Or maybe sounding worn and yellowed like a long-lost mix-tape. The hooks are jagged and nervy even
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Back in August the Weekly Volcano helped introduce you to The Color of East - a self described "psychedelic-garage-pop power trio" made up of Vinny Beatty and Eric Crozier, the formidable former rhythm section of Never Quiet Never Still, and new-to-the-scene frontman Patrick Smyth, a leader equally capable of channeling
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"You look hungry. I'll fix you a sandwich. It's no trouble." Everyone's either got, knows or wishes for a grandma like this. Grandparents are wonderful; just ask character Caitlain O'Hare in Over the River and Through the Woods, a play that aims for the heartstrings with a story that sees main
Food Matters
DIM SUM IN OLYMPIA Chinese brunch may be the best brunch of all, at least that's what goes through my mind every time I visit Kirin Seafood Restaurant in downtown Vancouver, B.C. Hell, there's at least 25 dim sum joints up there - all with carts full of baskets and
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I didn't have to go back there. I never wanted to. There's never been a reason until now, so I did. For you I make this sacrifice. As I have said before, most visit a grocery store because of its proximity to home or work. I am no different. Back
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For those of us who love coffee and enjoy good music there's no reason to keep these two beautiful things apart. Luckily, we possess coffee shops in Tacoma that regularly put on open mic nights and full performances of varied artists. To name but a few establishments, the Mandolin Café,
Live & CD Reviews
Have you ever sat in a bar, by yourself, and watched a large group of friends show up, slowly, for a night out? First, one guy shows up, walks to the other side of the room and sits down at a table way too big for him. Then, one
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I.Talia Pizzeria Where: 2505 Fourth W. Unit 108, Olympia, 360.754.3393, Web site Hours: Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Cuisine: Authentic Italian-style pizzas, homemade lasagna and pastas, salads, roasted sandwiches and gelato. Half-price Wine Wednesdays Scene: Completely casual. Families welcome, very kid friendly Drinkies: Beer
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My childhood is a hazy mystery to me. Lately, I've started to suspect I might have brain damage, but that's beside the point. One unifying thread that runs through my whole life, however, is the presence of a fake radio program that's planted itself in my brain and reminds me
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It was fucking miserable outside - quintessential Tacoma. Gray. Cold. Wet. And depressed. 8:55 a.m. As I waited in the alley (technically South Court D Street) near the downtown Tacoma YMCA - between Market Street and Fawcett Avenue, close to South 13th Street - a woman stared back at me
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Hip-Hop 4 The Homeless continues to thrive as an annual event that focuses on the increasing numbers of the homeless nation and raises food, clothing, resources and funding for the homeless and needy of Thurston, Pierce, Mason and Lewis counties and beyond. For the scoop, read my previous column here. The
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Saturday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m., a couple guys will sit down, backs to an East Tacoma shop window. A dozen people at any given time will stand in line with paper for them to scribble upon They'll linger, read, run into friends, talk about the geekiest things anyone not attending
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Steven Suski's paintings in his solo exhibition at South Puget Sound Community College have the look of outsider art. Outsider is a label generally applied to self-taught and/or mentally ill artists. To the best of my knowledge, Suski is not mentally ill, and I don't know what kind of training
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Sometimes I'll say that music - as it exists and moves forward in society - is cyclical in nature. I try to catch myself when that happens, because, of course, music is not cyclical. In my mind, it looks more like a loop-the-loop. It moves in a straight line but,
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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. OK. OK. Bobble Tiki gets it. He's been talking A WHOLE LOT about the Weekly Volcano's new Web site. You're probably starting to
Music
In 2002, while Duff, Slash, Matt and Dave were trying out every human possible to front their as yet unnamed rock n' roll extravaganza that would become Velvet Revolver, I was playing next door in the same three room complex (called MATES) in a band consisting of myself, Christian (the
Food Matters
Shogun Japanese Express has opened across from Ruby Tuesday on Mildred Street. The teppanyaki and sushi establishment has a bonafide sushi bar, though small, offering the usual raw fish assortment for sashimi or sushi: salmon, eel, sweet shrimp, fatty tuna, squid, crab, snapper, tuna and more. Rolls come in the
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HAITI RELIEF Primo Grill, Crown Bar and McGavick Winery have partnered with Doctor Without Borders to raise funs for Haiti relief. Now through Feb 28, McGavick Winery will donate 100 percent of proceeds of wine sales to DWB, and Primo and Crown will donate $5 for every bottle of McGavick
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GUTTERMOUTH >>>Friday, Jan. 22 You already know Guttermouth. I don't need to describe the band. I don't need to tell you about the purposefully offensive antics, the three chords, or probably even the band's Orange County roots. I don't need to tell you the band is old as sin, and you could