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Everyone does the Puyallup different.

SUZY STUMP: REMEMBER TO EAT TONIGHT >>>

Jump aboard the Tacoma Link tonight for a progressive dinner to benefit My Sister's Pantry & Clothing Bank. The 3rd annual Pantry Express tour runs from 4:30-8 p.m.

The ride begins at in the Phoenix Room at Freighthouse Square, and continues through downtown Tacoma via the Tacoma Link with the following restaurants game: Paddy Coyne’s, Capers Downtown, Ravenous, Paya Thai Fish & Chips, The Harmon Brewery, Indochine, Ravenous, Meconi’s Pub & Eatery, and more to be named later. Jump aboard the Link and flit from location to location, snarfing each course along the way. Maps will be provided; a stomach with wanderlust is all you.

Tickets are $25. Raffle tickets with neat prizes are $5. All monies will benefit My Sister’s Pantry Food & Clothing Bank. For details, call Martha Curwen at 253.627.1186.

LINK: South Sound Restaurant Guide
LINK: ViVA South Sound arts and entertainment calendar

SUZY STUMP: GRANDDADDY OF OPEN MICS >>>

If hearing the sound of your own cackling voice echoing off the walls of your shower stall has you craving the sound of something a bit more harmonious, check out the local songbirds and storytellers at Victory Music Open Mic at the Antique Sandwich Co. It’s guaranteed to be jam-packed with gorgeous sounds and humbling verses, as the South Sound’s greatest up-and-coming acoustic musicians, poets, and storytellers bare their souls impromptu-style.

Acts can range from first-time performers to well-established local artists trying out new material, so anything is possible at this famous sandwich shop just south of Point Defiance Park.

Performances start at 7 p.m., and if you’re thinking that your shower-time ballads are ready for public consumption, you can sign up for your own moment in the, er, sun at 6.

[Antique Sandwich Co., Tuesday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m., $1-$3, 5102 N. Pearl, Ruston, 253.752.4069]

LINK: Live music and DJs tonight

JAKE DE PAUL: MALBEC MANIA >>>

Pour At Four wine bar in the Proctor District strives to stay focused. Every month they pick a wine varietal and then go nuts with it. This month it’s all about Malbec.

Popped in last week and buckled up for their Malbec flight: Seven Hills 2006 Walla Walla Malbec, Bodegas Noemia 2007 A. Lisa Malbec and Kestrel Vintners 2005 Winemakers Malbec. Skip the two Washington wines and head straight for Patagonia. The Bodegas blew the other two away with its fruity taste and sweet vanilla.

BONUS: Pour At Four’s annual Mollydooker tasting is Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Quality is up, but quantities are down, so jump on it.

[Pour At Four, 3814 N. 26th St., Tacoma, 253.761.8015]

LINK: The Dirty Dish loves wine
LINK: South Sound Restaurant Guide

STEPH DEROSA: POINT DEFIANCE MUSIC FESTIVAL >>>

Matt Driscoll and I split the emcee duties on the Weekly Volcano Rock Stage last Saturday at the Point Defiance Music Festival. I had to take the morning shift seeing as how Matt had his sperm donation appointment that morning. I know what you’re thinking, “Oh, great, just what Tacoma needs â€" more Driscoll in the gene pool.” Don’t fret, my friends, his donations are specifically used for scientific research in order to study the effects of drugs on a man’s reproductive system. So I suppose I’m fine with that.

As usual, I had Bandito Betty in tow for the music fest, and we hooked up with our other favorite rebel rouser, The KAke. Lunch approached and there was no doubt in my mind that we had to hit up Don’s Market for a cold sandwich. They make a mighty fine ham and cheese like mom used to make, and their old fashioned soda fountain is incomparable. Pick between any of their 15-or-so syrup flavors, and they’ll mix it up for you â€" fresh co2 and all.

Oh, since this IS Toilet Tales, I better mention Don’s bathroom. Read about its outhouse and more on the festival here.

MICHAEL SWAN: LAWSUIT THREATENS TO EVICT TACOMA CLUB >>>

The Business Examiner reports that the Tacoma Club is being sued for back lease payments, and could be evicted.

Whoa.

LINK: Business Examiner

TONY ENGELHART: ROCK AND RAP AND ROLLER COASTERS >>>

Like Motor City madmen before him â€" Ted Nugent, Bob Seger, Iggy Pop â€" Kid Rock bleeds grease while sweating oil.

Determined not remain pigeonholed in any one genre, he has released such straight up rock singles as “Feel Like Making Love” and collaborated with Sheryl Crow on the heart filled ballad “Picture.” Rock has even gone a bit country, which connected him with Hank Jr. and blue collar America.

His last effort, Rock N Roll Jesus, finds him borrowing riffs from southern fried classic rock tunes such as “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Night Moves” while interjecting his identifiable hardcore attitude.

Kid Rock will rock the Puyallup Fair tonight and, I bet, with an F-bomb or two. Unlike Monday’s Black Crowes show, there will be no free grandstand tickets tonight.

[Puyallup Fairgrounds, 7:30 p.m., $30-$60 at Ticketmaster, Ninth and Meridian, Puyallup, 253.841.5045]

LINK: Live music and DJs tonight