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JAKE DE PAUL: WENDY'S II ON A HOT DAY >>> When it comes to trendy specialty refreshments, Taiwanese tapioca bubbles â€" or boba, or pearls, or ball balls, or bubble tea, depending on your vendor â€" are the new black. Literally. These glistening onyx-colored spheres, made from chewy tapioca starch
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HARRY POTTER: YOU SUCK! >>> I can’t believe you forgot my birthday. After all I’ve done for you. The long hours, the late nights, the worries, the fighting, all for nothing. No cards, no presents, no cakes, no strippers. Nothing. Oh, sure â€" you made my creator a trillionaire. Big
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MATT DRISCOLL: WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THEM ALL >>>As the hip and with-it cat you are, I’m sure you’ve already checked out the Weekly Volcano’s Best of Tacoma 2009 issue. It hit the streets yesterday, and â€" pretty much â€" it’s like the coolest reading material ever. Or
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MICHAEL SWAN: THIS JUST IN >>>The Holistic Moms Network pulled this one out and sent it to us:Tacoma, WA- Breastfeeding babies, their families and the community that supports them will gather from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1 at Tacoma’s Wright Park to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week
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RON SWARNER: GREEN LINKS OF THE DAY >>> Snapped: frustration at 26th and Pearl Street in Tacoma.Critical Mass: It's tonight in T-town!Fancy Bikes: Eight designer bicycles for two-wheeling fashionistas.By the way ...Cash For Clunkers NOT FAIL: Cash for clunkers gets another $2 billion.Global warming as new religion?: Give The Vancouver
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NEWS TEAM: GOOD MORNING SOUTH SOUND >>>Ah the 80s: Sunny and beautiful as a giant diamond licked by nubile virgin cheerleaders drunk on bourbon and lip balm.All Hell Breaking Loose: Two fires; Lakewood officer’s cars vandalized; Tacoma police officer shoots man in house; Dog cannot find home because he is
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MATT DRISCOLL: ALL-AGES SHOW AT THE CAPITOL THEATER BACKSTAGE >>> Let’s be honest â€" as Americans we have a little experience with the idea of occupations. Been there, done that. Several times. But as for The Occupation â€" the band of indie rockers from Seattle that’ll be playing the Capitol
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PAUL SCHRAG: ARTIFAKT TONIGHT >>> It’s time for another Artifakt show at the Robert Daniel Gallery. This round is an audio-visual extravaganza featuring a pile of DJs, painters, stencil artists and graffiti artists, blended into a swirling mass. On deck with gifts for your eyes are Jeremy Gregory, Grym, Joseph
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MICHAEL SWAN: FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2009 >>> 1. Artists from around the Puget Sound will don their armor, arm themselves with tools of creation rather than destruction, and put on their most viscous looking face paint before descending on the Tacoma Art Museum and Tollefson Plaza to battle in the
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MICHAEL SWAN: ON THE BIG SCREENS TOMORROW >>> The offbeat (500) Days of Summer is the rare romantic comedy that feels like real life.500 DAYS OF SUMMER: Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) had Summer (Zooey Deschanel) in his life for 500 days and can’t accept that they were numbered. She had absolutely
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Like riding a motorcycle on Highway 16 in shorts, T-shirt and Birkenstocks.
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REV. ADAM MCKINNEY: CJ BOYD PLAYS THE NEW FRONTIER TONIGHT >>> It’s a happy occasion when a little venue of ours lands a legitimately virtuosic musician. CJ Boyd plays The New Frontier Lounge tonight.He almost seems out of place playing in a bar at all: a master bass-player, he builds
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NEWS TEAM: GOOD MORNING SOUTH SOUND >>>Let us just peek our heads out the window. OMG! Hot!Your Vote Doesn't Count: Puyallup residents won't get to vote on whether City Council members should be elected by the entire city.What The Hecht?: Pierce County Superior Court judge has submitted affidavits claiming he
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JOSE S. GUTIERREZ JR.: SP AT THE ROYAL TONIGHT >>> Just when you thought it was safe for MCs to rear their heads â€" here comes SP, aka Slo Poke, rounding out his street album release tour for, Ignorant Music. The Source Unsigned Hype Alumnus will rock the microphone at
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PAUL SCHRAG: COMEDY-VARIETY-EXTRAVAGANZA-BAT-MITZVAH-SURPEME >>> What happens when nice Jewish girls go bad? They get to go on HBO and Comedy Central. They also get to perform at the 4th Ave. Tav in Olympia. Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad is a mix of comedy, music, spoken-word and show-stopping burlesque, which according
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JAKE DE PAUL: YOU CHOSE THE BEST >>> Below are the results of the Weekly Volcano's Best of Tacoma 2009 Readers' Poll for Food and Drink. You can read the staff picks in the Bets of Tacoma issue inside today's Weekly Volcano. BEST SCONES: Corina BakeryBEST CEVICHE: AsadoBEST CUP OF COFFEE: Satellite
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MATT DRISCOLL: INVASION OF THE BIKES >>> Tacoma’s July Critical Mass â€" a leaderless monthly bike ride that happens in cities around the world incorporating the power of numbers to momentarily claim the road for cyclists â€" will start at Jefferson Park at 6 p.m. Friday, July 31. While the
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MICHAEL SWAN: THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2009 >>> 1. Members and songwriters of the folk punk group, The Pasties, and the harmonic stringband The Blackberry Bushes, Joey Capoccia and Kendl Winter distill and team up to create Southern Skies, an acoustic duet featuring original and traditional music reminscent of their home
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MICHAEL SWAN: TODAY’S HAPPY HOUR DISCUSSION TOPIC >>> LINK: South Sound happy hours