SUZY STUMP: RUSTY GEORGE'S NEW WEIRD HOLIDAY >>>

SUZY STUMP: EVERYONE IS HOME! >>>

A fresh, tasty Weekly Volcano hit the streets today with Natasha’s column on where to party tonight and Thanksgiving night. Read it here.

I just received a text from Natasha at the Parkway Tavern: ”I’m happily ruining Thanksgiving with celebration.”

You might want to get in on that.

And the rest of tonight's nightlife options are here.

MICHAEL SWAN: LOOSENING UP FOR THE BIG FEAST WITH GARY >>>

Here's a little love back to all Weekly Volcano and Spew readers. Happy Turkey Day! Wishing you a memorable meal with loved ones. Thanks for all the high fives!

SUZY STUMP: LIGHTEN UP THEIR LIVES >>>

Have your kids â€" turkey-stoked, released from school and spinning amok with mounting visions of sugarplums, Barbie dolls and Yu-Gi-Oh! action figures â€" drilled a hole through the roof yet? There's a reason they switch on the holiday light exhibits the day after Thanksgiving (actually Fantasy Lights begins tonight), so why not take advantage of the thoughtful gesture.

MATT DRISCOLL: GOBBLE GOBBLE >>>

The turkey is long removed from the table, and the day full of lopsided NFL games on TV has finally come to an end.

And it hurts every time I move.

This is what Thanksgiving is like for those â€" like this hack writer â€" who haven’t done anything athletic in at least 5 years yet decided it was a good idea to play in this year’s YMCA Morgan Branch Turkey Bowl II.

Despite the pain, it was absolutely a good decision. Getting the athletic juices flowing again â€" however phlegmy and winded and wincing â€" was extraordinarily fun. It was like recess â€" only for adults. It was a chance to be a kid again, for a night. I got to point to my wife and kid on the sidelines after throwing touchdown passes. That’s a kind of gratification my real life rarely offers.

Oh yes, despite the fact my team â€" the Gravy Boat â€" made up of guys all near or exceeding 30 years old â€" looked like we were coached by Tyrone Willingham much of the time, participating the YMCA’s Turkey Bowl was the most fun any of us have had in far too long.

Unless, that is, you’re like my friend Ryan Monson â€" a 28-year-old electrician â€" who broke his tibia and fibia in the closing minutes of a meaningless flag football game between the Gravy Boat and a group of nameless athletes from one of the Y’s adult workout classes. A larger member of the Gravy Boat â€" Gary McGinley from Puyallupâ€" fell head first into Monson’s lower leg. We all heard the break. A fire truck and an ambulance were soon on the scene, and â€" needless to say â€" the Turkey Bowl was over.

So, to sum things up â€" the Turkey Bowl is great fun unless you break your tibia and fibia. Then it probably seems like a poor decision. Here’s to hoping my buddy Ryan gets some really good drugs from the Doc, and no ambulances are called to next year’s game.

MICHAEL SWAN: FOR THOSE ABOUT TO RIDE WE SALUTE YOU >>>

Sound Transit knows your are an environmentally-conscious rocker.

I’m sure there are too, although they probably rock out to John Mayer.

No you. You like yours small, loud and Down Under.

Sunday, Nov. 30, AC/DC will rock Tacoma. Sound Transit will extend the service to midnight for the Tacoma Link. Also a special Sounder train will run between Seattle and Tacoma since most concert-goers’ ears will be destroyed and orientation will be an issue. The return trip north to Seattle will depart Tacoma Dome Station 30 minutes after the house lights go up at the end of the concert.

LINK: AC/DC story in the Weekly Volcano

TONY ENGELHART: ROCK MEETS INDIE MEETS POP >>>

I love discovering a bunch of kids who just want to rock. Whether it’s a desperate attempt to hang on to my youth or not is questionable. The quartet known as Brownstar features Andrew Tuller (vocals and guitar), Shane Woras (lead guitar), Matt Tuller (bass) and Loren Boley (drums). In reality, Brownstar is a garage band â€" they strip the music down to its core and play it with passion just as Cobain and the boys did back in the day. From the Pixies to Tool to Huey Lewis and the News, they credit a diverse bunch for their sound, and while you can hear subtle shades from each band they list, they aren’t overtly obvious. No frills, just straight ahead rock and roll is what you’ll get at a Brownstar show.

[Le Voyeur, with Invisible Giants, 9:30 p.m., no cover, 404 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, 360.943.5710]

LINK: South Sound live music and DJs tonight

MATT DRISCOLL: I DEFY, DO YOU? >>>

I Defy needs a beer. The song that has become the band’s anthem â€" the appropriately titled “I Need a Beer” â€" sums that fact up succinctly. It really leaves no room for confusion, actually. Besides the beer, though, all I Defy really needs is a few chords, the vocal ranting of legendary Tacoman and I Defy frontman Jason McKibbin, and the hard-charging beat of drummer Ben Nix. I Defy â€" as any rock band worth their weight in PBR has managed to do â€" has distilled punk rock to its essence. A band with an extensive history and plenty of Tacoma stories to tell, I Defy now â€" without frills or pretense â€" shoots that essence all over anyone brave enough to stand close enough to listen. Friday night at Hell’s Kitchen seems like the perfect evening to spend with the band.

[Hell’s Kitchen, with The Blackout Kings, One Last Look, God Made Me The Raven, and Walk The Plank, Friday, Nov. 28, 9 p.m., $5, 3829 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003]

LINK: Jason McKibbin is also in a movie