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Thursday, Jan. 22: Bad Poetry Night

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Thursday, Jan. 22: Bad Poetry Night

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Pinot noir or Merlot? Cultivate your taste in vain; It won't obscure your column strain. Your-editor-told-you-to-pick-the-very-best-words-and-you-are-not-getting-the-Pulitzer. Bobble Tiki wrote that poem in early 2002 after a few of his Tiki Logic music columns graced the Weekly Volcano. Chances are you'll hear a few other doozies like

Saturday, Oct. 11: Bluegrass-ish show

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Saturday, Oct. 11: Bluegrass-ish show

Back in the day Bobble Tiki wrote a weekly music column in the Weekly Volcano. The HBO series Deadwood killed the column. The series' opening fiddle summoned Bobble Tiki to a dirty 1870s town (barely) built in the Dakotas territory by colorful outlaws and lowlifes, (barely) held together by its

Friday, July 4: Back to Beale Street Blues Finals at Freedom Fair

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Friday, July 4: Back to Beale Street Blues Finals at Freedom Fair

It's Back to Beale Street time again - which for Bobble Tiki feels a little more like Back to back to back to back to back to Beale Street. Every year the Back to Beale Street competition, which is sponsored by the South Sound Blues Association, is one of the highlights

Sunday, June 1: Back to Beale Street Blues Preliminary Competition

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Sunday, June 1: Back to Beale Street Blues Preliminary Competition

Bobble Tiki doesn't just love the blues, he is the blues. Themes that define the genre also define Bobble Tiki's very life. Yes, Bobble Tiki has seen a lot of pain - he's had many girlfriends leave, he's squandered plenty of money, and he's seen the bottom of a box

Wednesday, June 4: "Ink This!" lecture

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Wednesday, June 4: "Ink This!" lecture

Several days ago, Bobble Tiki put a plastic bag containing his typical plate lunch - two scoops of white rice, macaroni salad and kalua pork - in the fridge. Kalua pork is cooked in a traditional Hawaiian cooking way in which pig is rubbed with salt, wrapped in ti leaves

Monday, May 5: Cinco de Mayo with DJ Frank

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Monday, May 5: Cinco de Mayo with DJ Frank

Everybody knows that Cinco de Mayo is a holiday that was dreamed up by a cartel of Mexican beer smugglers and tequila runners, but there are plenty of folks who still celebrate this fiesta like it's National Eggs Benedict Day. So, just this once Bobble Tiki is going to look

Saturday, Feb. 1: Olympia Intuitive Arts Fair

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Saturday, Feb. 1: Olympia Intuitive Arts Fair

Nature being arduous enough, Bobble Tiki tends to avoid the supernatural. He has, however, had his brushes with the otherworldly. He called Miss Cleo back in the day, just to find out if the accent was real. And Bobble Tiki swears that every time he has his tarot read the

Through Sunday, Jan. 26: Tacoma Home and Garden Show

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Through Sunday, Jan. 26: Tacoma Home and Garden Show

The annual Tacoma Home and Garden Show opens Thursday and runs through Sunday at the Tacoma Dome. Everything Bobble Tiki wants to know or see in the garden world will be on display. The huge event features the first-ever "$25,000 Backyard Makeover" contest, award-winning garden writer and designer Don Engebretson, aka "The

Saturday, Jan. 18: The Outlaws: A Waylon Jennings Tribute

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Saturday, Jan. 18: The Outlaws: A Waylon Jennings Tribute

Bobble Tiki's hula girl alarm clock woke him up last Thursday with the sound of Waylon Jennings singing "I'm a Ramblin' Man."  No matter how foul Bobble Tiki's mood, that song has always made Bobble Tiki feel good - cocky, strong, self-assured.  When it comes ripping out of a jukebox,

Tuesday, Oct. 29: UFOs in the Northwest

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Tuesday, Oct. 29: UFOs in the Northwest

You know that awkward moment when you think you know someone - say, an Olympia police sergeant - when all of a sudden he pulls out a grainy photo of a light in the sky (probably created by the camera's own flash) and lectures about UFOs and making contact with

Sunday, Sept. 22: Rick Steves lecture

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Sunday, Sept. 22: Rick Steves lecture

The Broadway Center welcomes travel guru Rick Steves to its Pantages Theater for a travel chat. Steves - book author, Europe expert, pot smoker, global wanderer, TV host - has spent four months each year overseas for the last 30 years. Bobble Tiki loves to travel and was all set

Wednesday, Sept. 25: The Voodoo Organist

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Wednesday, Sept. 25: The Voodoo Organist

You say you want some spooky?  Having started the journey as a one-dude act, using machines to complement his organ skills, The Voodoo Organist - a Los Angeles artist sometimes known as Scott Wexton, who channels Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Devo, the Doors and Lon Chaney to conjure a circus of

Third Wednesdays: Astrology readings

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Third Wednesdays: Astrology readings

For weeks the newspaper ads have been catching Bobble Tiki's eye: "Psychic Readers Network - Work at Home - No Experience Necessary." If no experience is necessary, then anyone could be a telephone psychic? Bobble Tiki is determined to try. He has seen the late-night television commercials that portray psychics

Thursday, July 4: Fourth of July events

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Thursday, July 4: Fourth of July events

Oh my gawd. Bobble Tiki loves the Fourth of July. He loves it so freakin' much he doesn't know what to do with himself. He's giddy for two weeks in advance and suffers from a deep depression for two weeks after. Bobble Tiki is as patriotic as they come -

Saturday, June 15: Tony Bennett

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Saturday, June 15: Tony Bennett

Vocal legend Tony Bennett pushes boundaries when it comes to his duets, most notably those with k.d. lang. But when it comes to flying solo, the man gives the people exactly what they want: his smooth, elegant, laidback take on standards you'd swear were his to begin with. Each time

Saturday, June 29-Sunday, June 30: "The Swimsuit Area"

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Saturday, June 29-Sunday, June 30: "The Swimsuit Area"

Bobble Tiki thinks he's heading through the twisted k-hole of a mid-life crisis. OK, maybe he's exaggerating. Plus, Bobble Tiki doesn't have a driver's license, so he probably won't buy a banana yellow Miata like his friend's dad did back in the '90s. But Bobble Tiki does feel panicked. Maybe it's

Friday, May 31: Ranchero

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Friday, May 31: Ranchero

Local band Ranchero above all ... is ROCK, but Bobble Tiki detects a bit of the grunge, especially in the guitars. The band is an aural melding pot of '90s grunge, '80s guitar rock and the most exciting elements throughout the rock genre. The thunderous rhythm section, made up of

Sunday, June 2: Pierce College Jazz Expo

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Sunday, June 2: Pierce College Jazz Expo

Underneath this respectable, suburban veneer lies a seething hotbed of decadence; behind a curtain of boring hides an orgiastic cacophony of richness. It's called jazz. If Bobble Tiki were to count awesome Northwest jazz musicians on one hand, Greta Matassa would land on his index finger. She headlines the Pierce College

Wooden Lip Service: Tacoma Jazz & Blues Festival

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Wooden Lip Service: Tacoma Jazz & Blues Festival

Whaddaya wanna do this weekend?" "I dunno, whadda you wanna do?" Ah, the clarion call of the ill-prepared. Memorial Day Weekend stares you in the face with its myriad entertainment and edification options, and you blink in confusion. How many of your valuable hours will you waste pondering

Saturday, May 25: Tacoma Jazz & Blues Festival

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Saturday, May 25: Tacoma Jazz & Blues Festival

Whaddaya wanna do this weekend?" "I dunno, whadda you wanna do?" Ah, the clarion call of the ill-prepared. Memorial Day Weekend stares you in the face with its myriad entertainment and edification options, and you blink in confusion. How many of your valuable hours will you waste pondering where to spend

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