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SUZY STUMP: NOW WITH MORE RUBBER >>> You’ve probably seen the posters with the classic car below the paintbrushes (look right). If you haven’t seen them, you’re probably living in the wrong century, or at least the wrong part of the South Sound. The poster sets the stage for this
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MICHAEL SWAN: Deschutes Brewing is cruising around Tacoma pulling a Woody. It will stop at The Red Hot on Sixth Avenue tonight at 7 p.m. with “heat-friendly†beers on tap in The Red Hot’s outdoor beer garden. Read the Beer and Hot Dogs blog for more details.
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WEEKLY VOLCANO: WEDNESDAY MUSIC NEWS AND LINK DUMP >>>Lost and Found, Take Two: After a few loose moments, Freedom Records’ live and open auditions for the band Visibility 00 survived its night at Bob’s Java Jive July 22.A Freedom Records press release states: Visibility 00 opened up with a few
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MICHAEL SWAN: YOU VOTED, NOW READ THE RESULTS >>> Weekly Volcano writers are like scientists. We make Tacoma our lab. We take notes. We assemble the notes. Then we report to you.In every sense, our Best of Tacoma is a scientific exploration for rare creatures â€" and the lab results
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MICHAEL SWAN: MORE METAL-URGE >>> Gallery Madera joins Tacoma's summer-long celebration of everything metal, Metal-Urge, with its show, FLUX, opening Saturday, Aug. 1 with a reception from 5-8 p.m.The downtown Tacoma gallery will hang Christine Parent, Jennifer Weddermann-Hay and Chris Spadafore’s wall-mounted sculptures; erect Danella Sydow and Chris Wooten’s free-standing
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NEWS TEAM: GOOD MORNING SOUTH SOUND >>>Mixed-use Centers: Tacoma approves regulations to allow taller buildings.Bob Olsen Comes Clean: He punked City Hall back in ’59.Military Family Leave Act of 2009: Proposed legislation guarantees time off for military families.Google Gang up: Microsoft and Yahoo strike deal.http://www.techflash.com/microsoftTicker: Top Dem aide denies secret
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RON SWARNER: COUNTDOWN TO TERMINATOR STOUT IN TACOMA >>> Last night the Tacoma City Council sanctioned city staff to complete a letter of intent with Tacoma developer Grace Pleasants and her business partner Rick Moses, formalizing the city’s role in the project to convert the landmark Elks Temple downtown into
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JAKE DE PAUL: WEDNESDAY FOOD LINKS >>>Hump Day: The Hub launches its drink specials ($3 cosmos, lemon drops, and premium wells), free music night tonight with the human jukebox Steve Stefanowicz at 5:30 p.m. followed by a DJ J-Fresh at 7 p.m. â€" without a cover charge.Winepalooza: Wednesday means half-price
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MICHAEL SWAN: WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009 >>> 1. The Thurston County Fair offers carnival rides, exhibits, animals, food, games and normal fair stuff from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Thurston County Fairgrounds in Lacey.2. Renowned parking expert and UCLA professor Dr. Donald Shoup will give his thoughts on parking
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JAKE DE PAUL: MANLY NO, BUT I LIKE IT TOO >>> It’s a real challenge to feel and look manly while guzzling out of a blue kiddy’s bucket with a yellow shovel as a swizzle stick. Often when I’m hanging at The Rock Wood Fired Pizza & Spirits’ Federal Way
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MICHAEL SWAN: TODAY’S HAPPY HOUR DISCUSSION TOPIC >>> LINK: South Sound happy hours
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WEEKLY VOLCANO: TUESDAY MUSIC LINK DUMP >>>Concert Alert: The Pixies will perform their classic 1989 album, Doolittle, Nov. 12 and 13 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. Tickets are $58 and go on sale via tickets.com or by phone â€" 877.STG.4TIX â€" Saturday, Aug. 1 at 10 .m.Bumbershoot Package: KEXP
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CHRISTOPHER WOOD: SAM ROCKWELL CONFRONTS THE DARK SIDE OF MOON >>> July 24, 1969: The world breathlessly watches a group of American astronauts bounce around the lunar surface like toddlers at the seashore. This historic moment will soon bring forth a new age of enlightenment in human civilization, one where
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RON SWARNER: IT'S RECORD RELEASE DAY >>> Band of Skulls, Baby Darling Doll Face HoneyFabolous, Loso’s WayGeorge Thorogood and the Destroyers, Dirty DozenBlur, Midlife: Beginner’s Guide to The Dead Weather, Horehound Death Before Disco, Better Ways Howling Bells, Radio Wars John Zorn, O’O Owl City, Ocean Eyes Timber Timbre, Timber
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NEWS TEAM: GOOD MORNING SOUTH SOUND >>>Berm Bummer: Despite opposition, Sound Transit is unlikely to make major changes to the design of a Sounder commuter rail extension through Tacoma.After The Smoke Cleared: Tacoma blaze destroys building on National Register of Historic Places.The Spy Who Hated You: Olympia antiwar group claims
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RON SWARNER: TACOMA ART PLACE BENEFIT WAS INSPIRING >>> The red carpet was rolled out for the "Inspired Elegance" Fashion Show Saturday night at the Hotel Murano in downtown Tacoma.The event â€" produced by Linda Danforth, Desiree Flerchinger and Angela Jossy â€" was a fundraiser for Tacoma Art Place, the
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JAKE DE PAUL: TUESDAY FOOD LINKS >>>Absolut Hot: Beginning at 3 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, enjoy a patio menu of small plates and Absolut vodka drinks as part of "Absolut Summer" at Toscanos.Fizzy Milk: Coke's new beverage set to boost milk consumption, dairy farmers hope.Yes, Seriously: A heart disease
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MICHAEL SWAN: TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2009 >>> 1. The theme of today's 6th Avenue Farmers Market is Ho Down. Expect bluegrass, a scavenger hunt and family fun from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. 2. Jewelry artist Nancy Worden incorporates non-traditional materials such as seed pods and plastic hair curlers into her jewelry
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WEEKLY VOLCANO: YEAH SUCKY ECONOMY, WEEZER SUCKS >>>Cheap Deal One: The Showbox in Seattle. Is offering a two-fer for its July 30 Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Too Slim & the Taildraggers show. The special is only good for today. Jump on the Showbox Ticketmaster site and enter the password "10daysout"
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RON SWARNER: DAVE’S NOW SERVES LUNCH DAILY >>> Lucky for me, I have Dave’s Meat and Produce just down the street in the north end of Tacoma. The staff can discuss the cost/benefit of prime versus select, will go to great lengths to match me up with exactly the right