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.
Walkie Talkie Blog
INTERVIEWS WITH AN ISLAND THEMED SOUVENIR >>> 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
Walkie Talkie Blog
SITTING DOWN TO TALK WITH AN ISLAND THEMED SOUVENIR >>> Last week, Tacoma-by-way-of-Olympia band Brotherhood of the Black Squirrel unveiled The Dust Bowl Ghosts live on NWCZ Radio, the band's second full length. A longtime favorite of Bobble Tiki and the Volcano, due in large part to the band's mix
Walkie Talkie Blog
SINGER JEFF HAMEL TALKS THROUGH HIS AWESOME BEARD >>> This week Bobble Tiki caught up with SweetKiss Momma, a band that's been gaining steady local ground over the last year or more (thanks in small part to Volcano editor Matt Driscoll's man crush on them). Rooted in the ethos of "Southern
Walkie Talkie Blog
THE INTERNETS DON'T LIE >>> Bobble Tiki was crusing the ol' Internets this morning, as he usually does with his ritual latte, Red Bull and shot of Five Hour Energy Drink, when he stumbled (alertly) on news of Spoke and Sprocket's plans to close at the end of May ... Saturday,
Walkie Talkie Blog
DEVIL HORNS AND RED CARPET >>> Typically, awards shows are the worst. Bobble Tiki would rather endure a no anesthetic root canal than tune in for the Grammies, Golden Globes or even Oscars. It's like watching paint dry ... only more boring and predictable. Saturday, however, an awards frenzy to end
Walkie Talkie Blog
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
Walkie Talkie Blog
TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE >>> 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. This poem was taped to Bobble's Tiki's desk lava lamp this morning. Lovely. Bobble Tiki is betting this person who wrote this will not follow in the footsteps of current Tacoma Poet
Walkie Talkie Blog
FEB. 7 >>> A whole slew of writers (maybe that should be "cover" or, perhaps, "Whiny passel") were born on Feb. 7: Sinclair Lewis (1885), Charles Dickens (1812), Frederick Douglass (1818) and Gay Talese (1932). Knowing what he knows about writers, Bobble Tiki wasn't terribly surprised to learn that today is also
Walkie Talkie Blog
AFTER THE GAME TODAY >>> Bobble Tiki is a huge control freak when it comes to music. He will throw people out of his car if they even think about changing the radio station. That's why parties can be a difficult proposition for Bobble Tiki. He never knows what he's going
Walkie Talkie Blog
WILSON! >>> Bobble Tiki thinks that holiday bundt cake is a lot like sex: great bundt is one of life's ultimate pleasures, but if faced with nothing but a supermarket Sara Lee's dredged from the icebox, well, even the crummiest of bundts is better than no bundt at all. However, Bobble wobbles
Walkie Talkie Blog
GET READY FOR THE HOLIDAY TOMORROW NIGHT AT JAZZBONES >>> If Bobble Tiki had a nickel for every time Vicci Martinez has been written about in the pages of the Weekly Volcano, he'd be a much more well-to-do Tiki, probably with a fancy collection of stocks and bonds and real car
Walkie Talkie Blog
YO PEPPERMINT-SCHNAPPS BREATH! >>> Bobble Tiki speared Christmas shopping. Not "eased it"; not "did it early." Speared it. In one all-night, online hurricane of holiday goodwill. A monster bag of Tim's chips and a two-liter bottle of Dew (a salute to the creators of the Net), Bobble Tiki demolished his nagging
Walkie Talkie Blog
WHEN GALEN MCCARTY TURNER JUMPS ON HIS BIKE, THINGS HAPPEN >>> When Bobble Tiki was a kid he would ride his bike over empty soda cans so they caught on the tops of the tires, making a buzzing noise nothing at all like a motorcycle, but to a 10-year-old tiki, Bobble
Walkie Talkie Blog
CALM ON FAWCETT >>> The TacomaArt listserv has alerted Bobble Tiki that the Meditation Room has opened at 2501 Fawcett Ave. in Tacoma, which is the same address at the Robert Daniel Gallery. Bobble Tiki loves the sound of that and was all set to go. Until he discovered that meditation
Walkie Talkie Blog
BOBBLE TIKI THINKS HE'S READY >>> Bobble Tiki knows life will change. He knows travel will become a bitch and daily walks will become imperative and going out for a beer sans canine for hours on end will become slightly pressured and more urgent, because Bobble Tiki knows he's gotta get
Walkie Talkie Blog
BOBBLE TIKI'S COLUMN HAS FINALLY POSTED >>> Getting sick in the summer is like getting hit with a sledgehammer only worse, because it's the sledgehammer Bobble Tiki lent his now sun-bathing neighbor five months ago ... and why didn't he return it to Bobble Tiki sooner ... and where
Walkie Talkie Blog
WHAT? >>> "Been dazed and confusedfor so long it's not true."-Led Zeppelin During the month of May and June well drinks and select beers cost $1 at Longhorn Saloon & Restaurant in Lakewood, all the time. It's not a happy-hour deal or a Thursday night special or some other bullshit promotion designed
Walkie Talkie Blog
SIX WEEKS OF SHOTS >>> Bobble Tiki loves his Fisher-Price Crazy Daisy (the package says ages 3 and up, but that doesn't fool Bobble Tiki. He claims it's one of those toys that should not be wasted on kids). Bobble Tiki enjoys few things as much as springing through the water
Walkie Talkie Blog
YOU SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY >>> Most of Bobble Tiki's friends, many of them reclusive sorts who emerge from their dank, squalid apartments only to grab groceries and report for jury duty, aren't really into their birthdays that much. Bobble Tiki hangs out with them one day, doing very little of
Walkie Talkie Blog
BOBBLE TIKI CAN GO FOR THAT >>> The year is 1984 and the song is Hall and Oates' "Out of Touch." Bobble Tiki can't say for sure where you were, dear reader, but the average thirtysomething was in the backseat while her mom rocked out to the synth-fueled rock 'n' soul