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[DJ] + THURS, SEPT. 18 If you're looking for some funk, jazz, soul, reggae, roots and foundational hip-hop to pair with your drink, you gottsta check out the award-winning DJ Slimrock's throwback night at The BroHo. Every third Thursday, Slimrock showcases the gems he's dug out of crates. You see, Slimrock
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Love Our Local Fest (LOL) could very well be in the running for the Weekly Volcano's next Best of Olympia issue: Best Use of Giant Coloring Paper To Make a Community Mural, Best 30-Foot Geodesic Workshop Dome, and Best Reason To Shut Down Traffic on The Eastside are certain category
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BEST NEW HANDOUT Working Class Theatre Northwest Over the years, I've seen plays in a lot of found spaces from a lot of folding chairs. Seldom has the payoff for that spine-wrenching sacrifice been as enjoyable as A Life in the Theatre, a jagged take on David Mamet's affectionate two-hander. Aside from
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[SINGER-SONGWRITER] + THURS, APRIL 10-11 I can't remember when I met Mike Coucoules. Years and years ago at Cole's in Ruston is my guess, well before it burst into flames, before his auto accident benefit jam at Seafarers Sports Bar in 2006, and before I became a groupie when Coucoules played
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OK, if you are going to have nine bands play a show, it's awesome to start at 4:30 in the afternoon, and it's awesome to make it all ages. So, there's that going for Captain Jack Fest '14. The other thing going is it's at The Midnight Sun, which is
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"Eldridge Gravy and the Court Supreme are as fun a funk dance party as I can imagine," says Daniel Landin, booker and Weekly Volcano reader-voted Best Music Scenester in its Best of Olympia issue. "They have mastered the craft of funk and groove, but their talent never gets in the
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[FUNK] + FRI, APRIL 4 "Eldridge Gravy and the Court Supreme are as fun a funk dance party as I can imagine," says Daniel Landin, booker and Weekly Volcano reader-voted Best Music Scenester in the Best of Olympia issue. "They have mastered the craft of funk and groove, but their talent
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Since March 20, the Weekly Volcano's Tournament of Burgers has been in high gear, starting with a packed and delicious field of 64 area burger joints, and slowly but surely whittling it down through daily, heated competitions on our blog, Walkie Talkie. The burger places in the field of 64
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[PUNK] + SAT, MARCH 15 If the band name doesn't tip it off enough to you, I don't know what to say. They're called Deadkill. What do you think they play? Chillwave? (On a side note, I would love it if there was an explosion of dream-pop acts with misleadingly aggressive
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Hello metal fans, it's been awhile. It's time to pull out the horns and remember the rock. Christian Mistress, Olympia's favorite metal sweethearts, are about to make their home stop on a wailing west coast tour. The bellowing harmonies of a front woman - who was clearly born from the
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Christian Doyle was voted Best Actor in the 2014 Best of Olympia issue. "You may remember that show for his lovable impersonation of Charlie Chaplin, easily as dead-on as any Little Tramp at Universal Studios. More recently, he's distinguished himself as a fine rock wailer, fight choreographer, and ad-lib impresario,"
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Best biggest little venue PIG BAR The little wood-wall bar tucked off the side of Dickerson's BBQ has picked up some musical steam this year thanks to booker/bartender and this year's best music booker winner Andy Geertsen. When we asked what his favorite shows of 2013 were, he had a hard time
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Interviewing Fruit Juice, voted the Best New Band in Olympia by you lovely readers, was the best band interview I've done in a long time. It may have been the bottle of wine I finished prior, or it may have been the band's own intake of whiskey and beer, but
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The Weekly Volcano would like to thank all those who took the time to vote in the best of Olympia 2014 Readers' Poll. You are the best. Best band: Full Moon Radio Best new band: Fruit Juice Best indie rock band: Full Moon Radio Best metal band: Christian Mistress Best punk band: GAG Best jazz band:
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Best man around town MORGAN PICTON I'd seen Picton perform as an actor several times, in shows for Animal Fire and Olympia Family Theater, then worked with him in June of 2012. That was the summer he cracked wise as the Gravedigger in Animal Fire's Hamlet. He had an easy, authoritative knack
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I'm pleased to see Mr. Doyle breaking out as your choice for Olympia's Best Actor this year, as he's accumulated one of the most consistently solid resumés in town. I nominated him for Best Actor myself for his work in Harlequin Productions' Stardust Serenade (2011). You may remember that show
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The Weekly Volcano would like to thank all those who took the time to vote in the best of Olympia 2014 Readers' Poll. You are the best. Best local filmmaker: Kanako Wynkoop Best movie theater: Capitol Theater Most creative person: Pug Bujeaud Best theater company: Harlequin Productions Best dance company: Ballet Northwest Best performance space: Washington
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Best breakfast if you're feeling relaxed SAGE'S BRUNCH HOUSE We have waited at Sage's Brunch House for hours. Literally. To be fair, though, that was on the day of The Evergreen State College graduation. The service is often very good, but there are times when it, too, demands that the customer have
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Bearded Lady Food Co. is not your typical eatery: It's open only three days a week, and its evening menu has just one section: desserts. People like it that way: Our readers again chose the restaurant Olympia's best place for desserts. You can get such staples as cupcakes, ice cream and cookies
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The Weekly Volcano would like to thank all those who took the time to vote in the best of Olympia 2014 Readers' Poll. You are the best. Best restaurant: Quality Burrito Best restaurant server (waiter/waitress): Jess at King Solomon's Reef Best bartender: Whitney Lee at 4th Ave Tavern Best happy hour: The Brotherhood Lounge Best