MICHAEL SWAN: THIS IS HOW T-TOWN DOES IT >>>

Our winter was about as ugly weather-wise as possible. The skies seemed to be endlessly gray. Rain fell in such quantity that many yards turned into aquifers. And if it wasn’t rain, it was snow causing catastrophic traffic snarls, school closings and work stoppages. All this is to say that daydreaming of sunny beaches and the scantily clad women that accompany them is the main pastime of South Sounders these days.

The college kids have already took over Daytona Beach, Panama City and South Padre for spring break, which basically runs from late February through early.

In the South Sound Spring Break is just starting â€" in the rain â€" and cold.

Hmmmm.

Screw the weather. It’s going to be hot tonight inside the Freighthouse Square as Rain Musik Entertainment and Urban Love Productions team up for “Spring Break Jump-Off." Nothin’ Square about the hip-hop acts scheduled to appear: Sash, Diabolikal, The High West Coast, with DJs Weasel and Big Worm spinning on the ones and twos

[Freighthouse Square, Friday, March 27, 9 p.m., all ages, $5, 2501 E. D St., Tacoma]

Here a preview of what Diabolikal and Sash can bring.