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MICHAEL SWAN: TODAY’S HAPPY HOUR DISCUSSION TOPIC >>>Special encore performance: Today’s Happy Hour Suggestion:Varsity Grill1114 Broadway, downtown Tacoma, 253.627.1229Happy Hours: Monday-Friday 3-6 p.m.Drink Specials: $2 domestics drafts, $3 import drafts, $3 wellsFood Specials: Garlic cheese bread $3, mac ‘n’ cheese bites $3, three mini cheese burgers $4, five hot wings $4,
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MICHAEL SWAN: OREGON MUSIC NEWS >>>The Smashing Pumpkins Web site confirms that 19-year-old Mike Byrne from Beaverton, Ore., is their new drummer. Let’s head south for a takes on the news:Portland Mercury: It's true. The new Smashing Pumpkin is a kid from Beaverton.
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MICHAEL SWAN: THE WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION COMES CLEAN >>>The Washington State Arts Commission announced the lucky winners of state and federal dollars to the tune of $1.2 million in arts participation opportunities, arts education programs, and cultural employment throughout Washington. Below are sections of the press release and the
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RON SWARNER: IT’S RECORD RELEASE DAY >>> Mutemath, ArmisticeOtep, Smash the Control Machine Sister Hazel, Release Gwar, Lust In SpaceColin Hay, American SunshineReba McEntire, Keep on Loving YouThird Eye Blind, Ursa Major
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NEWS TEAM: GOOD MORNING SOUTH SOUND >>>Vote Today: Trib's Election GuideNot Good: There are 2,555 sex offenders registered to live in Pierce County, but only about 600 of them are in the e-mail notification database.Open Space: Cascade Land Conservancy buys development rights to farms in first tests of Pierce program
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JAKE DE PAUL: TUESDAY FOOD LINKS >>>Bigger And Better: The Harmon has a new Tuesday night Steak Night.Sno-Cones For Adults: Toscanos offers shaved ice loaded with booze every Tuesday and Thursday beginning at 4 p.m.Nutrition: Are prepared foods making us fat?Today’s South Sound SpecialsHalf-price wine, Maxwell’s Speakeasy, 454 St. Helens,
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JAKE DE PAUL: PRAYING FOR GOOD PATIO WEATHER SATURDAY >>> Every neighborhood has one â€" a local tavern that only the regulars truly appreciate, a local version of Cheers where everyone knows your name. The Parkway Tavern has been serving locals with excellent pub grub, hosting brewery nights and sponsoring
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MICHAEL SWAN: TUESDAY, AUG. 18, 2009 >>> 1. Traditions Café in Olympia hosts a facilitated improv/freestyle drumming and percussion session, open to all, at 7 p.m. 2. Jewelry artist Nancy Worden incorporates non-traditional materials such as seed pods and plastic hair curlers into her jewelry to tell a story. That's right,
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MICHAEL SWAN: TODAY’S HAPPY HOUR DISCUSSION TOPIC >>> Today’s Happy Hour Suggestion:Malarkey’s Pool & Brew445 Tacoma Ave. S., Tacoma, 253.383.3301Happy Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. dailyDrink Specials: $3 wells, $2.50 domestic drafts.Manday Monday: 25 percent off drinks, 50 percent off hamburgers every Monday for guys.LINK: South Sound happy hours
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RON SWARNER: SLATE REMINDS US WHY KIND OF BLUE IS COOL >>> No single artist in the field of American music has been such a pivotal force for change and growth - no other such a willful arbiter of musical evolution - as Miles Davis. And though he is among
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JAKE DE PAUL: NATIONAL BEEF COOK-OFF >>> The 28th Annual National Beef Cook-Off â€" a national contest that collects recipes from amateur home cooks â€" includes Morgan Hanrahan of Olympia competing in the Teens Cooking with Beef category with her Southeast Asian Steak Salad recipe. On Sept. 23 she'll head
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NEWS TEAM: GOOD MORNING SOUTH SOUND >>>Here's The Case: Pierce County Superior Court congestion has fallen.Kent And Bernard Alert: Two convicted sex offenders register in Pierce County.Sounds Like Blade Runner To US: IBM eyes DNA for chip development.OK, But You Must Get The Hell Out: Maverick pro-Taliban militant offers to
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MICHAEL SWAN: MONDAY, AUG. 17, 2009 >>> 1. Doyle's Public House believes practice makes perfect. Therefore, they host St. Practice Day with The Stout Pounders at 8 p.m.2. The gallery at Pierce College in Steilacoom is filled with a dozen or so very nice paintings by CJ Swanson from 8
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RON SWARNER: CONCERT RECAP >>> While this will be my last post on Music and Art in Wright Park 2009, those of us who attended yesterday's Tacoma music festival are already looking forward to next year’s installment, so consider this, uh, a preview of Music and Art in Wright Park
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RON SWARNER: THE HOT DOG EATING CONTEST IS BACK >>> The Red Hot marketing machine hit us again recently with news of its second anniversary party today from 1-10 p.m. Their backyard beer garden will be hopping with a pub-only keg from Elysian called Elysian Koolsch; a cask of Big
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MICHAEL SWAN: GOOD MORNING SOUTH SOUND >>> 1. The Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire with randy wenches and lascivious lords, meaded-up and looking to joust, consume Maris Farms from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.2. Tacoma Musical Playhourse's Musical Murder Mystery Dinner Series returns for an encore performance of "Murder Al Dente"
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JAKE DE PAUL: SATURDAY FOOD LINKS >>>Surf And Turf Theme: Chef Charlie is firing up blackened Alaska king salmon and Memphis-style apple wood smoked spare ribs at The Crown Bar.Wine Tastings: A full load todayMixmaster: Goodbye to '80s bartending trendsToday's South Sound SpecialCAPTAIN PHIL RETURNSSaturday, Aug 15Does this guy even
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RON SWARNER: TODAY'S THE DAY >>> Today from noon to 8 p.m., Music and Art in Wright Park 2009, which began in 1993 as Music in the Park, returns to Tacoma showcasing some of the best bands in the area, including Guns & Rossetti, Girl Trouble, Post Stardom Depression, Broken
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MATT DRISCOLL: HURRICANE CHASER AT THE NEW FRONTIER TONIGHT >>>Seattle’s Hurricane Chaser will be in town doling out the band’s emerging brand of comfortable (dare I say comforting), familiar and Americana styled rock â€" and it’s the kind of sound that takes the right type of person to master.Producer turned