Weekly Volcano music columnist who swills forbidden cocktails while injecting dangerous, sweaty, catchy, alcohol- drenched, cigarette- smoke-smelling, hard-volume rock 'n' roll plasma into his veins.
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Bobble Tiki isn't above sloppy seconds. He never has been. While you take a moment to digest all the implications of that statement (and Bobble Tiki means ALL the implications, even the really icky ones from Bobble Tiki's frat days), Bobble Tiki would like to clear his throat, shift uncomfortably in
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This week, Bobble Tiki's going to cut straight to the chase. Bobble Tiki went to his high school prom, but it was not the magical evening it's often made out to be in the movies. There was dinner in Bobble Tiki's braces, hesitation in his date, and island themed souvenirs simply
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The reports are in. Backstage Bar & Grill, despite its almost-end-of-Sixth-Ave, strip mall locale, is pretty freakin' bad-ass. From what Bobble Tiki hears, the stage is epic, the drinks are strong, and it's the kind of place that hires chicks like these to sling drinks. How can you really go
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My, how time flies. It's true what they say. Life seems to be zipping past all of us faster than ever. It's white-knuckle stuff. Now, imagine you were an island themed souvenir working for the Weekly Volcano with a questionable visa and a not-so-secret dependency on mid-afternoon boxed wine. Imagine every
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Honestly, one interview is usually about all Bobble Tiki can handle in any given week. Working any more than that, he contends, would just be silly. He's paid for one column - containing three questions - and doing anything more than that would be like giving his services away for
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Bobble Tiki is no fan of new technology. Let's be straight about that right from the start. Whether we're talking about newfangled cell phones or newfangled toilet bowl plungers (What's up with all these new shapes?), Bobble Tiki usually has the same reaction - he liked things the way they
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Well hot shit. The regular art-meets-music-meets-socializing-meets-(usually) booze phenomenon that is Artifakt has finally made it to Hell's Kitchen - throwing some flames on the show flyer for good measure. Those who know art in this town know about Artifakt and the cats behind it, so it should come as
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Believe it or not, Bobble Tiki even shares a few things in common with Tacoma band Bodybox, who will perform at The New Frontier Lounge Saturday. What does Bobble Tiki have in common with Bodybox, you may ask? Let's start with the things Bodybox and Bobble Tiki DON'T have in
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Here at the Weekly Volcano we have many friends - friends in high places; friends in low places; friends with no name; and friends of the devil. We get around ... when it comes to making friends, that is. One of our bestest friends in the whole, wide world has always
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Last week, Bobble Tiki intended to publish an interview with The Artichoke Project prior to the band's show at Stonegate Pizza Saturday night. Long story short: that didn't happen. This tragedy may or may not have had something to do with food poisoning, and wild, projectile anguish spurting from both ends of
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Don't look now, but this marks two columns in two weeks for Bobble Tiki. For Bobble Tiki's "Faithful Seven" (that's what the five people who read this column like to call themselves, for some reason), they know - as of late - this has been something of a rarity. Between
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Typically, awards shows are the worst. Bobble Tiki would rather endure a root canal without anesthetic than tune in for the Grammys, Golden Globes or even Oscars. It's like watching paint dry ... only more boring and predictable. Saturday, however, an awards frenzy to end all awards frenzies will enrapture
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Before you even ask the question, let Bobble Tiki answer your curiosity. Of course Bobble Tiki is writing this week's column drunk at a sports bar, watching March Madness on a TV the size of Edgewood. And, of course, Bobble Tiki has a small (read: moderate to large) amount of money
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Bobble Tiki's not sure what it means, but the country does seem to be overrun by invaders from the frigid north. Tonight Red Elvises, the world's best-known "Siberian Surf Rock" trio, hit the Swiss Pub (Bobble Tiki thought The Swiss was neutral). Now based in Los Angeles, Igor Yuzov, Oleg
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No day is more linked to a color than St. Patrick's Day is with green. Green shamrocks, green beer, green urine, green vomit, you name it. Bobble Tiki's not sure if St. Patrick was green, but he was an Irish saint credited with driving snakes off the Emerald Isle, most
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(THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS MIKE!) Golf - its popularity still puzzles Bobble Tiki. It's not exactly the most compelling "game" to watch, yet television - and millions of men and women - devote hours to it. Bobble Tiki thinks changes need to be made to make it more action packed
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OK, OK - Bobble Tiki gets it. He's been a complete bum lately. Like Skippyjon Jones, maybe Bobble Tiki's been lost in spice - only the "spice" was actually booze, various other intoxicants, and copious amounts of self-loathing? But you probably wont be reading stories about Bobble Tiki's recent bender
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It's a new week, which means it's time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki's South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let's get rolling ... Ah, Super Bowl week. In Bobble Tiki's humble opinion, there's no finer time of year. It brings back memories ... vague, hazy
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It's a new week, which means it's time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki's South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let's get rolling. Well, aloha! Bobble Tiki has just returned from two weeks in the islands - tan (or as tan as an island themed souvenir
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Bobble Tiki is an island themed souvenir of many skills and talents. For instance, no one at Weekly Volcano World Headquarters can balance more quarters on their chin than Bobble Tiki. Also, Bobble Tiki is a two-time champion pocket-pool player - having honed his skills throughout adolescents at a stifling