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We all know what it feels like to be stuck in a job we hate, where managers lead by harassment and double down on strategies that didn't work the first hundred times. Imagine you're trapped in a low-rent Chicago sales office with five alpha males, each struggling to sell Florida
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[EXPERIMENTAL POP] + FRI, JAN. 9 Portland-based experimental pop maestros Aan are making their return to Olympia for a show at Deadbeat Olympia, a record store that's quickly making a name for itself with exciting in-store shows. Although Aan opened for the Smashing Pumpkins, there's little of the Pumpkins' melodramatic posturing
Music
Once bands became available to legitimate journalism - when writers were truly available to artists to find out what they were truly thinking - questions began to arise about the sincerity of the artists we knew and loved. Were the Beatles really inseparable friends? Was Prince this mystifying sex god?
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW The Weather, Ravenne Woods Seattle. Jan. 17 8 pm. $10 (Neumos, etix.com) Stanton Moore Trio Seattle. Jan.
Food Matters
SECRET ENVELOPES Brix 25 (7707 Pioneer Way, Gig Harbor) is at it again with their annual Secret Envelope Giveaway through Feb. 14. With every dinner, a secret envelope will be awarded. Don't open it! Revisit Brix 25 between Feb. 16-April 15, open that sucker up and reveal your monetary prize from
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BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. Third floor, no partner necessary. All Ages. 9 pm. $5. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Joe List. 8 pm. $15.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Arbutus Folk School - Olympia. Betse Ellis, Clark Wyatt. All Ages. 7 pm. $5-$8. Rhythm and Rye Olympia - Downtown. McDougall, Acousta Noir. 9 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Fingertips. 9 pm. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Hambone Blues Band. 9
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Mary Flower, with Spud Siegal. All Ages. 8 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Fingertips. 9 pm. B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Downtown. The Paul Green Blues Band. All Ages. 8 pm. $5. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. Allison Shirk CD Release Party. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $10. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Null Set Remembered Music CD Release, with Dan McKinstry, Mike Dumovich, John
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Crazy Texas Gypsies. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES The Hub Tacoma - Stadium District. Bar Bingo. Win $100 in cash prizes. 6-8 pm. Harmon Tap Room Tacoma - Stadium
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool Bingo. 6:30 pm. White Horse Tavern Yelm. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 7 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Wed night Irish Session. 7:00- 930 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community Center JBLM-Lewis Main. Bar Bingo in Heroes Lounge. No cash prizes. 7 pm. Pints & Quarts
Stage
Elise Koncsek's "Sneak Peek" in the Woolworth Windows is an impressive and fun work of art. It consists of flat, cut-out images in a pop style not unlike children's book illustrations. There are stylized trees and animals, and each one has peepholes at adult and child levels. What you see
Arts
One of the most popular theater trends to emerge over the last two decades is the jukebox musical, in which some theme or performer is used as a justification for stringing together a bunch of hit songs you already know. The term dates to 1962 at the latest, and An
Reviews
In these modern times where everyone is on the go, it seems as though the most important meal of the day is neglected and often replaced with power bars and copious amounts of roasted bean. Long gone are the days of a full buffet-style breakfast placed upon the dining room
Arts
Mardie Rees is a local sculptor, based in Gig Harbor, whose bronze sculptures capture the human form with striking emotion. She's gotten recognition from around the country as a result, including most recently for a piece called "Soul of the Forward and Faithful," a commissioned sculpture that is now installed
Features
Louis C.K.'s program Louie introduced us to the concept of a "bang-bang," in which a diner eats a full meal at a restaurant, then goes to a diner and eats a second full meal there. Ideally, the bang-banger visits establishments with differing cuisines. I'd never done that before today (not
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[DJ] + FRI, JAN. 2 Happy New Year! Enjoy your resolutions while they last. ... Here's a resolution: kick off the year with a party Friday at Obsidian. Formerly Jezebels, this classy, sexy and dim-lit downtown Olympia party place kicks off 2015 with a dope. Lucifine Presents hosts a DJ extravaganza featuring DJs
Music
I don't know what it is, but I've grown up with a particular love for doo-wop and '50s romantic music. Of course, a large part of it has to do with being raised on the defunct 97.3 KBSG, which truly did play oldies. The latest they would extend would be
Music
If you are on Facebook and have a few friends in the South Sound music scene, you've probably seen them. I did and became interested enough to investigate. For a few years, some folks calling themselves the "Pyrate Punx" have been putting on shows and camping trips. These events have