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DONALD GLAUDE Friday, Nov. 27 During the past 17 years as an international DJ, Lakewood-grown Donald Glaude has been responsible for seeding vibrant musical landscapes for audiences up and down the West Coast. Born in Tacoma, he grew up listening to Parliament-Funkadelic and R&B radio. After falling in love with the
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Things change. They always do. Soon, the corner of Sixth and Proctor in Tacoma will be a little quieter. Sure, drunk frat types in backward hats will still stumble out of the West End, and broke single moms will still cart their kids’ dirty clothes to the laundromat, but
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Wendy’s II Where: 5015 Tacoma Mall Blvd., Tacoma, 253.471.0228 Hours: 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 2-8 p.m. Sunday Cuisine: Vietnamese, Chinese Scene: Casual, family-friendly dining Drinkies: Limited beer and wine, bubble tea, milkshakes, standard nonalcoholic beverages Prices: $4.95-$11.95 ANNOUNCER: Owner Wendy Au began serving delicious Asian food at her
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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…Like most people — especially Seattle Seahawks — sometimes Bobble Tiki drops the ball. Sometimes he even drops the ball when it’s fourth
Movies
It’s an artist who fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City’s Holland Tunnel where he winds up falling in love with a beautiful woman, who takes him to the moon on a Lunar Cruiser. It’s an out of work computer programmer on a
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Can a sandwich hold a grudge? Are its feelings hurt if you get it special ordered? Do sandwiches feel jealousy? Do they ever worry that you'rre thinking of another sandwich while you'rre eating it? Sandwich-lovers feel all these things. They feel passionately about all things mashed between bread; they feel
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Let’s be honest. Nothing says cheap eating like pizza, Chinese food, or – specifically to the South Sound - a burger at Frisko Freeze. Since this is a “guide,” here are a few of The Weekly Volcano’s favorite places in no particular order. You can find much more at weeklyvolcano.com. PIZZA ABELLA
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The 1973 Buick Century parked outside my house is a relic, a dinosaur, a horse that has been put out to pasture. Last week that Buick was also my only form of transportation. The Buick Century is, as it is appropriately named, an old person’s car. If you were to
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Can a sandwich hold a grudge? Are its feelings hurt if you get it special ordered? Do sandwiches feel jealousy? Do they ever worry that you’re thinking of another sandwich while you’re eating it? Sandwich-lovers feel all these things. They feel passionately about all things mashed between bread; they feel
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Brad Oberhofer is one of the ones that got away. Having found success at Tacoma School of the Arts, Oberhofer fulfilled the promise that all art students make to themselves: he left. Having studied music for most of his lucid life, he finally got out of dodge, heading for New
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Shanghai House Where: 1126 Commerce St., Tacoma, 253.627.1859 Hours: Monday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Cuisine: Chinese Scene: Casual Drinkies: Limited beer and wine, no liquor, soda, tea, coffee Damage: $4.50-$15.95 ANNOUNCER: Cellars Under Broadway, Thad Martin’s Djembe Soul and now Shanghai House. These three restaurants span a decade
Arts
Ah, this hot weather. What better way to escape the sun then to head inside a National Guard armory and buy art and art supplies. Yes, ’tis another Artists’ Garage Sale sponsored by the Olympia Arts Commission. Consider it a metaphor for your search for meaning in life. It’s sunny,
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About a month ago I did an interview at the Parkway Tavern. The band was L.A. Lungs, comprised of Nathan Markiewicz and his wife, Lori Peterson. It was one of those interviews — most of mine seem to go this way — where the talk goes on long after the
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You walk through urbanXchange’s hip, second-hand boutique. You take a few more steps and there is a record shop. You walk yet farther and there is a small hair studio. The structure continues, and there is a tea bar still under construction and then a stage shows itself against the
Food Matters
Fire sets a mood. Back in the ’70s, that mood was all about lying on a bearskin rug with Courvoisier in a brandy snifter, listening to Peaches and Herb, although there were the other hip individuals who had avocado green freestanding fireplaces that screamed out for Lancers wine, shag carpeting
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Joeseppi’s Italian Ristorante Where: 2207 N. Pearl St., Tacoma, 253.761.5555 Hours: Monday-Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday Dinner noon to 8 p.m. Menu: Standard Italian dishes — large portions catering to the average diner. Scene: Large deli space, open kitchen, standard green
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Asado Where: 2810 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.272.7770 Hours: Friday 4 p.m.-1 a.m., Saturday 4 p.m.-1 am, Sunday 4 p.m.-10 p.m., weekdays 4 p.m.-12 a.m. Scene: Warm sun-kissed colors, open seating, ranch-like style. Cuisine: South American flavors with heavy emphasis on beef, shrimp and spice. Finely crafted but hearty. The roasted fresh
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The deals available to consumers this holiday season may, if expert predictions prove right, stagger the mind. But more importantly, they’ll leave a little extra for lunch or dinner. Forget the extra sweater, a good meal means more holiday cheer than cotton and gabardine. To assist the merry mall
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ANNOUNCER: Not too long ago Quiznos Sub Shop arrived on the scene and folks wondered if they really needed another sandwich shop (Subway had already dominated the local chain scene). Then Panera came to town, and again folks wondered — why? Earlier this year, in a not-so-convenient space, Jimmy Johns
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ANNOUNCER: Note to those from the South: we aren’t saying barbecue in the Northwest compares to what you cut your teeth on in the southern states; we know what barbecue snobs you can be. However, compared to say barbecue you pick up at the grocery store, there are some decent