The next time you feel like shaking your head, shuffling your feet and muttering about hell and handbaskets, don’t. It ain’t that bad. Really. Need proof? Try this: Yet another promising band, Thee Intrepid Young Sleuths, has emerged from teenage Tacoma. (Three members attend SOTA, the other two Stadium â€" all sophomores.) They are smart, talented and charismatic, and steeped in the finest traditions of rock and roll: Elvis Costello, the Ventures, Girl Trouble, Roy Orbison, the Sonics and many, many more. They say they’re working on a concept album set in early ’60s Las Vegas. (What’s not to like about that?) And best of all, you can see them live this afternoon at small, locally-owned and independent Rocket Records. That’s one hell and one handbasket I think we can all be very, very excited about.
[Rocket Records, with Zane Savage and the Rippers and Hippo Crit, 3 p.m., no cover, 3843 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.756.5186]
You can call it by its full name, Cody Foster’s Army, or simply by the letters CFA, but know one thing: this band crushes. In CFA’s relatively short lifespan as a metal entity, Bobble Tiki has come to know and â€" more importantly â€" much respect the thunderous licks of one of T-town’s truest sons. Cody Foster’s Army is as real as it gets. Make no mistake.
Tonight, CFA will play Hell's Kitchen. To read Bobble Tiki's full article on the show, click here.
Take note. Six Fifteen wants you to know they are “easy on the eyes.†Bassist Matt Huston offered this tasty nugget of wisdom, and others, during a recent conversation regarding his band’s upcoming show at the Viaduct tonight. It was a quote and tone that seems to epitomize the very reason for Six Fifteen’s existence, which is, as far as Huston is concerned, “fun.â€
Meeting through various other musical efforts â€" projects that failed and fizzled â€" the current lineup of Six Fifteen is a piecing together of musicians from the South Sound all-ages scene.
The last two times I’ve seen The Narrows it has been in Gorka’s garage. What better place to see a band named after tight and barely maneuverable passages of water scattered between Tacoma and Olympia, than a crowded garage with 30 of your close friends, co-workers and neighbors.
The Narrows are a meditation on the void. A dark vessel captained through the foggy night by hellhounds with the scent of blood in their nostrils and hunger in their bellies.
Tonight, the Narrows will play the China Clipper in Olympia. To read the full article, click here.
After taking last weekend off, which I can only assume didn’t cause anyone out in the Blogosphere too much pain, I’m back this week with another edition of Week in Review â€" the Volcano’s look at the week that was.
In case you’re not entirely familiar with the format, basically the gist of Week in Review is simple. Every Saturday morning, in between cups of coffee and trips outside for cigarettes, I sit in front of the computer and offer an almost entirely flippant review of what happened this week.
This week is no different. Enjoy.
Monday, April 13
Monday is always the toughest day to recall when working on Week in Review. By the time Saturday rolls around, Monday feels like such distant history. Trying to remember what happened on Mondays often reminds me of Obama’s recent stance on prosecuting CIA operatives who engaged in torture under the Bush Administration. Will anything be gained by looking for someone to blame the past on?
(In the case of torture, only justice, of course.)
But despite these questions, I do remember that on Monday news broke that WSU has officially stopped accepting freshman applications for the Pullman campus thanks to budget concerns.
Yes, parents, this means your college age children may not have the chance to learn important skills like the ones demonstrated by this fine example of a WSU scholar.
Tuesday, April 14
It’s not all fun and games here at Week in Review. Sometimes it’s just gross and utterly disturbing.
Last Tuesday two Pierce County brothers accused of killing a goat by tying it to a tree and firing dozens of arrows at it pleaded not guilty to the charges in Pierce County Juvenile Court.
Of course, extreme cases of animal cruelty are nothing to make light of, but a pair of deranged brothers from Pierce County with goat issues kinda is â€" at least in my opinion.
Here’s a better way for these brothers to spend their goat obsessed time in the future.
Wednesday, April 15
It was teabag day in Olympia and across the country. Yes, that’s right. Hordes of misguided conservative folks from parts near and far were determined to make their voices heard. Taxes are bad, dammit! It was like the civil rights movement all over again, except without a worthy cause and all that other stuff that made the civil rights movement actually matter.
I have two quick perspectives to offer on Wednesday’s teabag demonstrations.
Number two: Speaking of the Trib, I found Karen Irwin’s editorial blog post regarding protesting etiquette for right wingers to be of particular interest, not so much for its content, but for the admission by Irwin in the comments section at the bottom. Seems Irwin doesn’t know what the sexually-based pop culture term “tea-bag†means. (Personally, I find it hard to believe Voelpel’s never tea bagged anyone around Trib headquarters, but who knows. …)
To enlighten Irwin, I searched YouTube for this hard hitting local news segment on the phenomenon of tea bagging.
Thursday, April 16
Football fans everywhere were saddened by the news of John Madden’s retirement from the broadcast booth. At the age of 73, it’s probably due time.
Still, you can’t help but wonder what Madden might do next.
Friday, April 17
A good pot bust never goes unnoticed here at Week in Review. Yesterday, Friday, April 17 for those playing at home (or unable to associate the header directly above this blurb with the writing directly below it), authorities in northwest Washington, near Blaine, found 149 pounds of the sticky-icky in a duffel bag in a wooded area. Shortly thereafter border patrol agents arrested two men in connection to the duffel bag full of dope â€" which has an estimated street value of $750,000.
If anyone suddenly has a little more difficulty getting high in the coming days, it could have something to do with this bust.
This seems like as good a time as any to remind all Week in Review readers that weed is, um, like, really bad and stuff.
See….
On that note, enjoy your weekend. See you on Monday.
MATT DRISCOLL:BETTER IN REAL LIFE THAN ON YOUTUBE >>>
The Internet has been great for many things, and helping local, small-scale bands gain exposure is certainly one of them; but the technology hasn’t exactly been a boon in all regards. Sure, YouTube makes it much easier for super talented, country tinged garage rock bands like Little Pieces â€" who will drop into The New Frontier for a show tonight â€" to make music videos, but after searching, finding, and watching the results of just such a cinematic venture, I’d say the world was better off without it. Quality music like that of Little Pieces really doesn’t need minutes of footage featuring three band members running through grassy fields. Seriously. My only assumption is that the live music of Little Pieces will make Saturday’s show at The New Frontier way better than the band’s YouTube music video.
[The New Frontier Lounge, with the Color of East, the Purrs, 8 p.m., $5, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, 253.572.4020]
1. The Tacoma Art Museum invites the community over for The Big Draw with David Macaulay featuring tons of activities, including chalk-art on the plaza with the C.L.A.W. and Frost Park Chalkers, beginning at noon. It's free.
2. Benicio Del Toro gives a heroic performance as the revolutionary Che Guevara, who fought with Castro to victory in Cuba and then by himself to eventual defeat in Bolivia in the film Che playing at The Grand Cinema.
3. Engine House No. 9 Tacoma. The human jukebox Steve Stefanowicz performs a free 6 p.m. show at the Engine House No. 9.
4. Le Voyeur in Olympia hosts a Happy Birthday Elle MacFearsome Party featuring with a live reenactment of The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas at 9 p.m.
5. The Official Green Room Customer Appreciation After Party with Dat Fiya, Mighty High, EvergreenOne and Danger Aliens will be held at Hell's Kitchen.
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