It's a new week, which means it's time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki's South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let's get rolling.

Well, aloha! Bobble Tiki has just returned from two weeks in the islands - tan (or as tan as an island themed souvenir made out of wood can get), relaxed (or as relaxed island themed souvenir made out of wood can get), and recuperated (or as recuperated ...you get the idea).

Seriously, though, Bobble Tiki's not trying to rub it in your face. He's not trying to shove your nose in the fact that he just got back from over two weeks of sun and fun, while you were stuck in miserable Western Washington watching your defroster fail you once again.

Seriously. He's not.

OK ... so maybe just a little. What's the fun of a January getaway to Maui if you can't gloat about it and bask in your own coco-tanness once you return?

But on to business, and specifically the business of local rock shows.

Or not.

Luckily, in Bobble Tiki's contract it doesn't really specify that he's REQUIRED to write about local rock shows. It just has language regarding putting the seat down after using the can, and waiting until after 11:30 a.m. before he starts drinking. Otherwise, Bobble Tiki is given the freedom to improvise ... or more accurately, drink too much boxed wine and basically wing it.

All that said, Bobble Tiki's been thrown some curveballs this week, but he's going to try to hack them to the opposite field and make something out of nothing.

You see, originally Bobble Tiki had planned a little piece on Musiji, a band from Denver previously set to play The New Frontier this Saturday with Pioneers West. It would seem the show's been cancelled, or at the very least the lineup significantly altered. As he said, Bobble Tiki's been in the islands for the last few weeks, but he suspects some of the reasoning behind this local rock curveball can be found here.

Wheelies - a more than capable band in their own right - and "friends" are now officially listed on The New Frontier calendar for Saturday. Bobble Tiki would go into details on Wheelies, but the Weekly Volcano has already waxed pretty heavy on the subject. See here. And here. And here.

Suffice to say, Wheelies is a band worth seeing.

So, what's Bobble Tiki to do instead? Pick some new, random show to cover? A show he's got no real emotional attachment to, but that fits the "music" parameters of his "South Sound Music News and Notes" column?

No way, José.

Instead, Bobble Tiki would like to draw your attention to the meeting of drink-loving bicyclist set to converge on the Acme Grub Cage this Saturday. Under the leadership of a group known as the "Tacoma Mob Riders," a bicycle booze cruise - the "Groundhog Sprocket" - will commence at 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 29 at Acme Grub Cage. While Bobble Tiki knows very few details about the event (none, to be exact, other than it happened last year, too), he feels fairly confident deducing two near certainties.

One: There'll be a bunch of bicyclists there, which typically means bicyclist clothing.

Two: They serve drinks at the Acme Grub Cage, and a "bicycle booze cruise" would seem to imply both bike riding and one form or another of drinking.

What will happen from there? Bobble Tiki can't predict that exactly - except to say, in his limited life experience - when spandex, and/or rolled up pant legs and drinks mix, Bobble Tiki finds it's usually a good thing.

Bobble Tike strongly suspects the Groundhog Sprocket will be awesomeness.

It may not have much to do with music, but it's still true.

Bobble Tiki will see you next week.

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