OWEN TAYLOR: ONE HELL OF AN ALL AGES SHOW IN OLY >>>

“The gods be damned!” grumbled the Wizard. “What foul mage of black sorcery has befallen the Olympia of legend? So long has this humble port been the banner of artisans of roustabouts beset upon creating a world apart from the doldrums of its motherland. Once a haven for the young and old to come together in the ancient tradition of song and dance, the populace used to travel far and wide to celebrate in youthful jubilations their ability to surmount obstacles to conscious elevation and equality imbibed with the positive vibrations of collective energy; they returned to their homesteads rife with possibility ...”

The Wizard rose from his wooden desk and paced about muttering, lost in thought, smoking his pipe filled with the fruits of nature’s bounty.

“I agree,” I replied, knowing full well that something strange was happening in the Olympia all-age scene and that neither of us liked it. “I wish we had a way to get some of the really rad people that used to play here to come back and rock a show downtown that could recharge the scene from these last few weeks of bizarre weather and political madness. Ya know, something like trippy and beautiful yet with the ability to dissolve the isolation and fury that we all feel sometimes by engorging us in it briefly so we can understand its side of the story, ya know, so we can like make peace with the fury and move forward into the awesomeness of life.”

“It’d be one hell of a way to start the new year.” said the Wizard.

Lo and behold, beautiful denizens of Olympia. This will be your year. Tonight it begins. After many furious incantations our friend The Wizard was able to conjure up just the right circumstances to provide you with all the inspirato our lovely little city needs to get 2009 cracking in proper fashion. Starting with a pinch of thrash-masters Sonskull, the spell begins in earnest. Phil Elverum and Co. will then grace us from the north with his signature brand of delicately woven rhythms and spooky yet beautiful lyricism. Finishing the night will be lords of chaos and eco-friendliness Wolves In The Throne Room, who come to provide the gods with one last feast before they embark on a Nordic tour. All of this magic will cost you only eight bucks, and the loot goes to the Olympia All Ages Project.

Egads!

[The Big Room, Mount Eerie, Wolves in the Throne Room, Sonskull, Saturday, Jan. 17, 8 p.m., $8, 508 Legion Way, Olympia, www.olympiaallages.org]