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Last weekend was a blast! Mine started off Friday at Hell's Kitchen, where I saw Plaster get super heavy and play the most "metal" set I've ever seen the band whip out; they grabbed the crowd by the short ones and didn't let go ‘til the set was done. Mom's
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What were you doing when you were 13? For me, it was playing SimCity in-between rounds of Magic the Gathering. But then again, I'm a geek who writes for the local arts paper. For most, 13-years-old is not a productive age. For Adam Bredlau, a guitar player, his 13th year signifies
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"It was a long time ago," says David Nichols over the phone. "I was playing in a band called Time to Fly, and I started writing songs that didn't really fit with that band. When I left that band, Tex started, because it was a way of getting those songs
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HAIRSPRAY BLUES >>> Friday, Sept. 30 Here's another band that manages to boil rock 'n' roll down to its essence. It's nothing but hard-hitting electric guitar and bass, combined to extract every last bit of energy that can be obtained with such a small unit. There's brazenness at play with Hairspray Blues
Stage
Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes is awfully hard to stage. The novel relies much more on introspection and narrative than dialogue and action, and is thus in many ways the antithesis of a medium that eliminates the internal monologue.Bradbury's adaptation, and the Lakewood Playhouse production, rely much more
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"Art Chantry is a freaking legend." That's the opening line from an article in the Portland Mercury. Chantry practically invented the poster art and album cover art associated with grunge. He's done album covers for Nirvana and Hole, and posters for Hempfest. His art has been shown in the Rock
Food Matters
O'Malley's sister location, Medi's Pizza and Pasta, opened last month to a warm community response. Earlier this spring manager Josh Norris told the Volcano, "We want to do simple, good food." Medi's delivers on this, as well as Norris' goal of offering family affordability when dining out. A menu of
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Thing: Crazy doughnuts Place: Legendary Doughnuts I love: Doughnuts Say it together: Mmmmm DOUGHNUTS Who knows my true age? Only my besties. Coincidentally, it is only my besties who actually read this column, so I'll just assume this is an appropriate venue for a personal letter concerning my upcoming (in five months) birthday festivities. Dear
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HARBOR LIGHTS: A charming, old-fashioned jewel on Tacoma's waterfront. Come as you are and enjoy. Consistency's the name of the game. Even when it's not Friday, there's clam chowder hard to beat - a briny, sweet broth crammed with hunks of potatoes and clams. Move on to fresh Dungeness crab
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In 2001 Bulldog News, a magazine and newspaper store in downtown Olympia, hosted a small hip-hop show for up-and-coming Los Angeles rapper, Aceyalone. Ten years later Aceyalone is now considered an underground hip-hop legend, and will easily pack out The Royal Lounge Thursday, Sept. 29 when he comes to town on
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HAPPY HOUR MOBILE APP UPDATE The Weekly Volcano Happy Hour Mobile App has up-to-date listings of happy-hour offerings from bars, clubs, taverns and restaurants from Tumwater to Federal Way, from Gig Harbor to Bonney Lake. As of now, some 230 happy hours are listed - with more being added on a
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It's officially fall, but there's some residual summer heat hanging 'round. Some might attribute this to a late summer, but I'd like to blame EvergreenOne. Earlier this month EvergreenOne dropped a solo joint titled "Fuck Vampires." It's a humorous anti-ode to all things "cool" right now. He disses popular culture, from
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Eric Roberts, Raymond Hayden. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Irish Session. All Ages. 8-10 pm. NC. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. KC Brakes. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Oly Songwriter Circle. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Harmon Tap Room Tacoma - Stadium District. Tap Room Trivia. $50 cash prize for the winner of each round. 6-8 pm. Farrelli's Gourmet Wood Fire Pizza Lacey. Team Trivia Night. Win
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw. Rockin' Blues Jam Session. Hosted by Max Renshaw. 6 pm. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Metronome Coffee. Elk & Boar, Jesse Morrow and James Coates. All Ages. 8 pm. $5. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Matt Riche. 6 pm. KT + Hoops. All Ages. 8 pm. NC. Gig Harbor Farmers Market at Uptown Gig Harbor. Open Mic and Acoustic Jam with Billy Farmer. A live CD recording
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Ali Marcus. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Hejira. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar Gig Harbor. Marc Johnson & Joey. 7 pm. BLUES Salty's at Redondo Beach Des Moines. Myles Crew. 8 pm. Red Wind Casino Yelm. The Randy Linder Band.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Gen Obata. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. The Spar Olympia. Strangled Darlings. All Ages. 8 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The
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What is "qui vive" (pronounced kay veev)? Basically, it means staying on point when shit is ‘bout to go down. The history of the word is political. Qui Vive is also the name of a Tacoma producer. Tacoma's Qui Vive recently dropped an EP, Solidarity, featuring Julie C, Greg & Jerome