PAUL SCHRAG: THEY LIVE HIP-HOP EVENT TONIGHT AT HELL'S KITCHEN >>>

"They Live," Tacoma.

The people that brought you Fresh Blends, a hip-hop semi-weekly at Hell’s Kitchen, are back. Fresh Blends, R.I.P., went the way a number of hip-hop weeklies have gone in Tacoma. It went away, which sucks. But Hell’s Kitchen still has room on its roster for a hip-hop show or two apparently.

Yes. "They live."

Rowdy Roddy Piper isn’t going to be able to save anyone from the likes of Evergreen One, Todd Sykes, Hella Dope or the Revengers, even with a pair of magic Locs and a shotgun.

Add the magic of a little hip-hop diversity, and guest hosting by the one and only Josh Rizeberg, and you’ve got a show.

[Hell’s Kitchen, with Evergreen One, Todd Sykes, Hella Dope, The Revengers, Friday, Aug. 14, 9 p.m., $5, 3829 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003]

Photo: The Revnegers, photo by Pappi Swarne