RON SWARNER: MAGICAL >>>

Last night three-dozen guests squeezed into Uptone Studio in Tacoma for James Hilborne and the Painkiller's intimate CD release party. A slice of Tacoma's young and old music scene â€" including members of Girl Trouble and The Plastards before their sets down the street at the Acme Grub Cage â€" hugged, munched on popcorn and chatted up the old times. I snapped a couple of shots of the Painkillers before kicking back on the floor and losing myself in their music. It was one for my scrapbook.

LINK: Volcano scribe Mark Thomas Deming wrote a snug piece on James Hilborne and the Painkillers.

LINK: James Hilborne and the Painkiller's MySpace