I’m a creature of habit. Lunch at the Rosewood Cafe has become a Friday favorite of mine and the babe. Today my partner in crime â€" the KAke and her munchkin.
Patience and familiarity make Barry a delight to be around. He let our kids take over, brought us the fullest glasses of $5 wine I've ever seen, hooked the kids up with some amazing Orange Dreamsicle Italian Sodas, and sold me on a T3 replica from Columbia Crest called the H3 (for only $13 a bottle!).
Not only did he let us camp out for two lunchtime hours, but he dished up some fantastic tuna melts and Greek salads. I love you Rosewood Cafe, and so does the rest of Tacoma.
MATT DRISCOLL: LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM, ROLLINS DEMANDS ATTENTION >>>
Henry Rollins is a man who invokes a wide array of reactions. Some people love the former Black Flag frontman. Some people love his muscles, his views, and his outspoken ways.
However, some people, including the leader of Detroit’s the Meatmen, www.myspace.com/hatepolice ">Tesco Vee, think Rollins is, well, “a piece of shit,†as he recently said during a performance at SXSW.
Either way, Rollins is well known. That alone says he must be doing something right.
Whether you love him or hate him, Rollins catches your attention, and he’ll be catching the attention of many in Olympia when he busts out a spoken word performance tomorrow night at the Capital Theater. According to the press release, the performance (part of a larger Rollins spoken word tour) will “incite and offer insight,†“enrage and enlighten†and “draw both laughs and ire.â€
No doubt.
Check out more info at the official Henry Rollins Web site.
More info on events coming to the Capital Theater can be found here.
Here's what Sons of Ivan frontman Mike Krushka had to say about the soon to be available disc:
“I am proud of the results since we did it ourselves, it may not be perfect, but it is real and sounds pretty good.â€
“We wanted an expansive and spacey sound, a tone that was warm and not killing your ears with treble. People who like songs and indulgence will find a mini and perhaps mind altering album with interesting songs, not just a run of the mill release. Songs of paranoia, hope, day dreams and second chances.â€
SUZY STUMP: MR. CLEAN MEETS THE BRIDGE OF GLASS >>>
One way to enjoy art in Tacoma is to take a morning stroll through said city. Cross the Bridge of Glass and enjoy glass. Walk Fido along Ruston Way and enjoy the Tidal Pool’s three-dimensional shells. Pick up litter in Fireman’s Park and enjoy the bronze sculpture, Clearing the Way.
The City of Tacoma announced today that there’s another way to enjoy art â€" be a government associated cleaning service.
The City recently grabbed a magnifying glass and studied its outdoor public art. They found a tremendous amount of filth and muck. They have implemented a schedule to clean all the pieces of art stated above.
We'll be all shiny clean before the Tall Ships invades our city. Neat. And clean.
STEVE DUNKELBERGER: BEER AND ART MEET TO TACOMA >>>
The Traver Gallery along Tacoma's Waterfront and Harmon Brewery and Restaurant, Tacoma's landmark watering hole, will come together in harmony to present an afternoon of art appreciation and beer next Saturday.
The day of beer and art starts with a presentation on the brewing process by Harmon brewmaster and all around Aloha man Mike Davis. Yes, there will be tastings. Then William Traver will host a talk about art in Tacoma. The talk will cover how to start a collection to art appreciation.
The March 29 event will start with a brewing tour at 4 p.m. then continue with a tasting at 4:30 p.m. at the nearby Traver gallery. A talk about art caps the evening starting at 5 p.m.
I chatted a bit about Capital Playhouse's Side Show in the print edition of the Weekly Volcano. But I'll amplify it a bit here.
Not only has the show managed to pull top talent from New York to play the leads and direct the musical about conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, during the twilight of vaudeville, but it has a solid roster of local actors worth noting.
The ace among the actors in supporting roles for this show is Geoffery Simmons, who plays the role of Jake, the Cannibal King of the freak show circuit that has a warm spot for the girls. His powerful voice, nuanced performance that ranges from rabid savage to tender lion is incredible.
After this gig, Simmons will be playing the role of Jim in Big River at Seattle's Taproot Theatre later this year in what likely will be the hit of that theater's season if his performance here is any indication of things to come.
[Capital Playhouse, through April 5, 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, $22-$33, 612 E. Fourth Ave., downtown Olympia. 360.943.2744, www.capitalplayhouse.com]
JAZZ Darren Motamedy Smooth jazz isn’t just for sick people in medical-office waiting rooms. Every Sunday the Cedarwood Dome pack them in upstairs for Smooth Jazz Sundays with saxophonist Darren Motamedy. Besides one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet, Motamedy blends jazz with pop, funk, and blues to create an contagious sound.
Milton too far to drive you lazy smooth jazzer?
Motamedy will play Jazzbones tonight. â€" Brad Allen [Jazzbones, 7 p.m., $8-$10, all ages, 2803 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.396.9169]
THE DAILY WORD
Remunerate \rih-MYOO-nuh-rate\, transitive verb:
1. To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, or expense; to recompense.
2. To compensate for; to make payment for.
USAGE EXAMPLE: Elliot Spitzer has been known to remunerate females for their hard work.
If you haven't heard of Pierced Arrows, you're in the dark. Born out of the ashes of seminal garage rock band Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows boasts Fred and Toody Cole - both of Dead Moon fame. Rounded out by drummer Kelly Halliburton, Pierced Arrows have been receiving positive comparisons to the famous band they succeeded, and winning smiles and applause from those who cursed the day Dead Moon broke up.
Tomorrow at the Brotherhood in Olympia, Pierced Arrows will lay it down. Missing out would be foolish.
"Because the band is two thirds Dead Moon and it's the same creative forces that powered Dead Moon, that's what we'll always be measured against," said Halliburton in an interview with the Weekly Volcano late last year.
"I was afraid of the Dead Moon stigma flowing us at first, but if seems like people have been comparing us to them very favorably. No one has come up to us and said 'you suck.' I think (Fred and Toody) wanted to try some stuff they didn't fell comfortable doing with Dead Moon. It's hard to tell as a musician, but it feels different."
It's a little different, and a lot good. Check out Pierced Arrows at the Brotherhood in Olympia Sunday night.
I flipped past the typical Easter movies last night before landing on the mediocre Crusoe. As I watched Aidan Quinn eat a salamander I pondered The Last Temptation of Christ and Passion of the Christ â€" and the omission in those movies of the most important Easter figure: the lowly Peep, the marshmallow chicken.
Peeps’ birth is something of a mystery. As in so many other demagogic debates, many Peep peeps have divided themselves into two camps: those that believe the party line, that Peeps were introduced by the Just Born company in 1953; and those that believe that they were produced by Lancaster, Pennsylvania’s Rodda Candy Company as early as the 1920s. My exhaustive three minutes of research came up with a Road Map for Peeps that might appease both factions: The Rodda Candy Company was bought out by Just Born in 1953, which a year later became the world’s largest producer of novelty marshmallow candy. That settles it.
Like simple cuisine, the Peep tastes merely like its three main ingredients: sugar, corn syrup, and gelatin (plus some preservatives and dye, but what of it?). They’re best served in groups of 16 or 20, for popcorn-like snacking or, if you’re feeling crazy, a trip to the kitchen. Never have mutant marshmallow chickens looked so crazy as after 30 seconds in the microwave! They can be left out to dry-age, like cheese or beef, or be dipped in chocolate. Garnish a cake with them! Or don’t!
But as time progresses, even the most holy of holiday traditions become diluted and commercialized. Just Born now has Peeps for most every holiday â€" Peep ghosts, Peep trees, Peep turkets. The leaders of our most important institutions are failing us; greed and politics have made their ways past the fragile, outstretched arms of basic morality. Can we stop it? I don’t know.
I’m a creature of habit. Lunch at the Rosewood Cafe has become a Friday favorite of mine and the babe. Today my partner in crime â€" the KAke and her munchkin.
Patience and familiarity make Barry a delight to be around. He let our kids take over, brought us the fullest glasses of $5 wine I've ever seen, hooked the kids up with some amazing Orange Dreamsicle Italian Sodas, and sold me on a T3 replica from Columbia Crest called the H3 (for only $13 a bottle!).
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