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THE WEEKEND HUSTLE: Bob Rivers Live, Atomic Outlaws at Louie G's, Little Bill at the Spar, and the boring lives of our writers ...

  THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>>     WEATHER REPORT   Friday: Rain, hi 54, lo 41 Saturday: Rain, hi 52, lo 40 Sunday: Rain (seriously, iPhone?), hi 49, lo 39 >>> MARCH 25-26: Bob Rivers Live Sadly, not everyone reads the Volcano's blog, Spew. If they did, they'd know the Tacoma Comedy Club

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Even Little Bunnies?

Unwanted Refugeez will perform an all-acoustic show every Thursday at Golden West Restaurant and Lounge on South Tacoma Way beginning Jan. 25.  Come on, guys, Unwanted?  Is the fact that the universe is rapidly suffering entropy freakin' you out?  You have thrown it all away and - Oh, you are changing

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South Sound Garage review

It looks like we might have ourselves a show, people.  Hanging at the opening of the Sound Sound Garage, where the crowd outnumbered the security until 10 p.m., I was pleasantly surprised to find the lounge free of senior citizens and schoolchildren.  Everyone dressed for comfort over jeans drank in the

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Weekly Volcano Music Awards early report

As the Weekly Volcano Music Awards blare inside Jazzbones right now, I, being the top-notch reporter, left my drink and now sit across the street at Starbucks reporting on said show.  This Starbucks on Tacoma's Sixth Avenue has always been a wonderful spot to grab a pastry and a cuppa

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Knapp's Vanilla Stoli and orange juice

Sometimes the best way to pass the day is by drinking - and when the sun is shining, nothing goes down smoother than a good, old-fashioned screwdriver. Knapp's Restaurant, in the heart of the Proctor Business District, is a tiny neighborhood bar, just the sort of place to spend a

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Bump up that ginger ale

Bubble Room's Ginger Ale-plusI broke down. I couldn't bring myself to ask for the bartender's special - the inevitable, fruity tropical multi-booze laden drink decorated with a spear of day old fruit. I went with a new standard of whiskey and ginger ale. Most bars don't have ginger ale on

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Neko Case on NPR

NPR's "Morning Edition" profiles Tacoma-bred singer-songwriter Neko Case. Case's new album, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, has just been released. 

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Bye Bye Blackbirds

If you enjoy claustrophobic crowds, sweaty people, and fast punk rock, don't miss this event. The Mexican Blackbirds last show ever is sure to be a packed house of folks ready to hear the band's signature bratty punk sound. The Tacoma-based band is calling it quits after the show.  Poppa

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