RON SWARNER: TWO NEW BLOGS FOR TACOMA >>>

Last night at the vigil for Rampart owner Steve Craig I ran into Aaron "Voronoff" Trotter.  I met Aaron at Rampart many years ago at one of Craig's Andy Warhol-Style Factory Freak Fests.  Rampart was also the spot where Trotter held his first Abztrakt Synergy-like performance with Jeremy Silas. Trotter asked "What will replace Rampart?"

Good question.

In an all-night Jerry McGuire-like moment Trotter launched a blog with a long piece on what he thinks Tacoma needs in terms of the art scene.

Check Trotter's vision here.

Also, Steve Dunkelberger, editor of the Business Examiner, sent me a beta of the business paper's new blog, asking me to give it a test drive.  Nice.  He said it was still in the test phase and not to spread the word.  One hour later I found this.  Nice.