Music
A month ago I mentioned Bruce Leroy's Leroy and Boombox Massacre and Awall A.K.A. 2-Piece's Boomman and Mobbin as two possible local albums of the year. Another huge possible contender for that title could also be Leezy Soprano's, All Due Respect. I am throwing one more album in the hat
Food Matters
COLOR COORDINATED CANDY If you enjoy eating gummy bears in rainbow order, or need to omit specific colors from your sweet tooth hankerings ala Van Halen, seek out OCD Candy Company (Broadway between Seventh and Ninth, Tacoma). As a member of the Antique Row Merchants, OCD Candy Co. will be participating
Music
>>> Friday, Dec. 21 PLATEAU As a music writer, it becomes easy to fall into a pattern of being drawn to difficult or bizarre music. Everything else has a tendency to blend together, which often results in me choosing to write about some 40-piece vibraphone collective or an Ecuadorian goth duo that
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Even though they have brains that work in creative overdrive, capable of producing beats, licks and lyrics you and I couldn't hold a candle to, musicians are just like us. Musicians still have laundry to do, they still have bills to pay and they still have holiday wishes. From used panties,
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The news has been depressing across the nation. There's also been a lot of talk about helpers, hope and community togetherness. In Tacoma exists a bittersweet story of heartache and struggle, and a strong community coming together for support. Sunday afternoon at The Swiss, seven bands come together at a benefit show
Listings
BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Crazy Texas Gypsies Open Jam. 8 pm. Midtown Grill Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night Blues Jam. All Ages. 7-11 PM. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub Westside Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes.
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BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino rockin' blues jam. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Harmon Tap Room Tacoma - Stadium District. Tap Room Trivia. $50 cash prize for the winner of each round. 6-8 pm. JAZZ El Gaucho Tacoma Tacoma - Downtown. Butch Harrison piano Lounge. 6 pm. NC. ROCK Le Voyeur Olympia - Downtown. Mosquito
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In a world where every new band claims to have invented its own genre, and synthesizers outnumber real instruments, it's easy to think tradition has gone by the wayside. Especially when it comes to blues music. Telling people you listen to blues music usually produces a somewhat judgmental look, as
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. Open mic format with Pam Carter from Classic Case as the host. 6-9 pm. NC. The Midnight Sun Performance Space Olympia - Downtown. The Lonely Night: Luminous Solo Dance Works, with Stephen Fadrich, White Gourd. All Ages. 6 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Caleb Ross. All Ages. 8 pm. $6. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Tingstad & Rumbel. All Ages. 8 pm. $12-$18. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Brett Hamill. 8:30 and 10:30 pm. $15. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Steve Mazan. 8
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Tingstad & Rumbel. All Ages. 8 pm. $12-$18. BLUES Forza Coffee Fircrest. Nolan Garrett. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Brett Hamill. 8:30 pm. $15. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Steve Mazan. 8 and 10:30 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Spar Cafe - Olympia. James Coates. 8 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Harmon Brewery & Eatery Tacoma - Downtown. South Sound Blues Association Holiday Party. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Chehalis.
Live & CD Reviews
Jesse Noll is a 31-year-old native of the Pacific Northwest who creates music in the vein of both blues and folk. Noll, at the time of this writing, is ranked number 1 in the Pacific Northwest in the genre of indie, blues, and folk on Reverbnation, and has amassed a
Stage
Can you believe I’ve been doing this for over three years now? Behold my picks for the best in Olympia theater this calendar year, culled from more than 30 reviews. Once again, performers are listed in alphabetical order, with winning choices printed in bold. This was another banner year for
Stage
I had high expectations when previewing the Foundation of Art exhibition at B2 Fine Art, and I was not disappointed. The show featuring works from 40 artists who have been nominated for this prestigious award over the past five years is a good deal edgier than B2's usual offerings, with
Music
>>> Thursday, Dec. 13 XPERIENCE Ladies and gents, tonight at The Royal Lounge, before your very eyes, is a lineup of epic proportions. Free Whiskey, Smoke, Subversive Minds, Kyle Miller, Puget and "maybe" a guest performance by "somebody else" will hit the stage at 9 p.m. That "somebody else" may or may
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If you sing "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus So I Burned Down the House" as you shop for gifts at the Army surplus store, then I have a party for you. Nothing says "holiday" more than a night with C.F.A. and people dressed as lumberjacks. (Of course, what kind
Features
You can't snap a bottle cap without hitting a craft brewery or brewpub in the South Sound. OK, that's an over exaggeration, but South Sounders don't have any issues locating a tasty craft brew. The Beginning Pat Nagle and Fred Roberson opened one of Tacoma's first microbreweries in 1997, the Harmon Brewing
Food Matters
SNOWFLAKE PARTIES Tacoma has yet to see its annual light dusting of the white stuff. Puget Sound Pizza (317 S. Seventh St., Tacoma) doesn't want to wait and has popped out some Snowflake Parties. You can snag scissors and paper on site or bust out your own at home, relive your
Arts
The sound wave tears through first, shredding my eardrums in a white-hot explosion of pain, leaving only a dial tone. The remains of Mount Rainier advance on Puyallup at 40 miles an hour, in the black wall-like form of a thousand-degree pyroclastic flow of mud, ash and pumice. The P-wave