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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This is an experiment of sorts, so bare with Bobble Tiki. In school, Bobble Tiki rarely took notes — so he’s not sure why the powers that be at the Weekly Volcano think he’s capable of a South Sound music news and notes column — but they do.
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Oh dear lord! The pain. The empty feeling. The loss of purpose. It’s almost too much to take. No, Bobble Tiki isn’t talking about recent life around Weekly Volcano World Headquarters — though much of the above certainly applies. Rather, Bobble Tiki is talking about the band known
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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 Beale Street. Every year the Back to Beale Street competition, which is sponsored by the South Sound Blues Association, is one of the highlights
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Bobble Tiki thinks Neko Case secretly frustrates Tacoma. Bobble Tiki thinks that while most people in Tacoma with any musical sense can’t help but be taken by Case’s classic, captivating and road-weary vocal capabilities and songwriting skills, on some level this town wants a little more. Bobble Tiki thinks
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Bobble Tiki is a big magic buff. If there’s a top hat and a rabbit involved, chances are Bobble Tiki’s into it. So, this week, when Bobble Tiki heard that This Blinding Light — who will be at The New Frontier Lounge Friday, May 22 — were into magic
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Bobble Tiki is a big magic buff. If there’s a top hat and a rabbit involved, chances are Bobble Tiki’s into it. So, this week, when Bobble Tiki heard that This Blinding Light — who will be at The New Frontier Lounge Friday, May 22 — were into magic too, well,
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Where were you the first time you tuned into 89.9 FM KGRG — either by accident or because the kids you were skipping third period with turned you onto it? Bobble Tiki, of course, doesn’t remember, because he’s older than most and has willfully forgotten all memories that don’t
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Where were you the first time you tuned into 89.9 FM KGRG — either by accident or because the kids you were skipping third period with turned you onto it? Bobble Tiki, of course, doesn’t remember, because he’s older than most and has willfully forgotten all memories that don’t involve close
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Nature being arduous enough, Bobble Tiki tends to avoid the supernatural. He has, however, had his brushes with the otherworldly. He called Miss Cleo once, just to find out if the accent was real. And Bobble Tiki swears that every time he has his tarot read the Nine of Swords
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Nature being arduous enough, Bobble Tiki tends to avoid the supernatural. He has, however, had his brushes with the otherworldly. He called Miss Cleo once, just to find out if the accent was real. And Bobble Tiki swears that every time he has his tarot read the Nine of Swords
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Boy Eats Drum Machine. Sounds like a nasty, if not danceable, accident, doesn’t it? Well, Bobble Tiki is here to tell you it’s not. Portland’s one-man, beat-based, performance-art inspired Boy Eats Drum Machine — also known as Jon Ragel — will inject the New Frontier Lounge in Tacoma on Saturday with
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Boy Eats Drum Machine. Sounds like a nasty, if not danceable, accident, doesn’t it? Well, Bobble Tiki is here to tell you it’s not. Portland’s one-man, beat-based, performance-art inspired Boy Eats Drum Machine — also known as Jon Ragel — will inject the New Frontier Lounge in Tacoma on Saturday with
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You can call it by its full name, Cody Foster’s Army, or simply by the letters CFA, but know one thing: this band crushes. In CFA’s relatively short lifespan as a metal entity, Bobble Tiki has come to know and — more importantly — much respect the thunderous licks of
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You can call it by its full name, Cody Foster’s Army, or simply by the letters CFA, but know one thing: this band crushes. In CFA’s relatively short lifespan as a metal entity, Bobble Tiki has come to know and — more importantly — much respect the thunderous licks of
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Maybe it’s just Bobble Tiki, and that’s just fine — but does it seem to anyone else like Ian McFeron, despite his youthful looks and, in fact, youthful age, has been around for freakin’ ever? In Bobble Tiki’s head, at least, it feels like McFeron has been bringing his easy,
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Maybe it’s just Bobble Tiki, and that’s just fine — but does it seem to anyone else like Ian McFeron, despite his youthful looks and, in fact, youthful age, has been around for freakin’ ever? In Bobble Tiki’s head, at least, it feels like McFeron has been bringing his easy,
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Has there ever been a more appropriately titled music festival than the one set to engulf downtown Tacoma this Saturday, April 4? The festival Bobble Tiki speaks of, of course, is the Gray Sky Blues Music Festival, which kicks off directly after this weekend’s Tacoma Daffodil Grand Floral Parade
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Has there ever been a more appropriately titled music festival than the one set to engulf downtown Tacoma this Saturday, April 4? The festival Bobble Tiki speaks of, of course, is the Gray Sky Blues Music Festival, which kicks off directly after this weekend’s Tacoma Daffodil Grand Floral Parade and will
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Bobble Tiki feels like he really “gets” the Voodoo Organist, you know? He feels like they’re soul brothers, of some sort — not in an afro shag carpet sense, but like they were meant to hang together — to kick it. Bobble Tiki always feels the draw of sin when
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Bobble Tiki feels like he really “gets” the Voodoo Organist, you know? He feels like they’re soul brothers, of some sort — not in an afro shag carpet sense, but like they were meant to hang together — to kick it. Bobble Tiki always feels the draw of sin when