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April 13, 2010 at 10:03am

Weekly Volcano Twitter Stalker

The Weekly Volcano follows the people you're too embarrassed to >>>

Just like most good, new-age, social media applications, Twitter allows people to share and be privy to once personal, almost wholly pointless information about peoples' lives. It's seemingly endless. While Twitter is mostly full of everyday, ho-hum people - just like you and me, sharing info about what type of oatmeal we ate for breakfast and where we get our hair cut - Twitter is also a magnet for the moderately-famous.

Stars of yesterday, illiterate millionaire athletes, former cast members of Saved By the Bell - you can follow them all, intimately, on Twitter.

But, you've got standards. We get that. Following @ArnoldHorshack on Twitter isn't going to look cool (#sweathogs).

That's why we'll do it for you, in a feature we like to call Weekly Volcano Twitter Stalker.

This week, checking in with...

FRED DURST

We'll be honest. @FredDurst was pretty much the inspiration for Weekly Volcano Twitter Stalker. Somehow, and don't ask us how, we ended up following the Limp Bizkit frontman - and it's been nothing but entertainment since. It's like that proverbial, gory-ass, nu-metal car accident you just can't help but gawk at.

Here's another look at what @FredDurst has been up to lately:

March, 26: Fred Durst eats sushi

"At Koi having some sushi." via Twittelator, 5:52 p.m.

April, 2: Fred Durst plays Xbox and enjoys Bud Light

"A little Friday relax time." via Twittelator, 5:42 p.m.

April, 2: Fred Durst claims the Bud Light isn't his

"The Bud Light is left over from last weeks house guests from NC. I go Pyramid only."

via Twittelator, 5:42 p.m.

Tune in tomorrow for more Tweets from the life of @freddurst...

Filed under: Comedy, Media, Twitter, Music,

April 13, 2010 at 11:11am

PHOTO CONTEST: Muscle pavement

TODAY'S SIGN OF SUMMER >>>

Today's Conditions 11 a.m.: Cloudy, 50 degrees, breezy

We snapped this shot of a buffed guy out for run on Steilacoom Boulevard in Lakewood. Dude is crazy.

Do you have photographic evidence of the time-honored Northwest tradition of people pretending they're in the middle of summer ... when they're clearly not? If so, submit it in our Signs of Summer photo contest.

April 13, 2010 at 12:46pm

Dark Star Orchestra plays Oly Sunday

Dark Star Orchestra offers a note-for-note mimicry of a Grateful Dead's concert experience, minus the parking-lot cops and the bathroom lines. Photo courtesy of MySpace

CONCETR ALERT >>>

In the spirit of not letting dead Garcias lie, the Dark Star Orchestra reconstructs Grateful Dead shows - set list for set list, song for song, concert for concert. Going far beyond the realm of most "tribute" bands, the Dark Star Orchestra recreates specific Dead shows given on specific dates, which they keep secret until showtime. The audience, some of whom may have seen the Dead show to be played out once again, can get clues as to the date of the original show by checking mic placement, keyboard setup, etc. - assuming this sort of thing is your life's work. It's just like being dead all over again. 

The Dark Star Orchestra will put on a Dead show known only unto them Sunday in Olympia. 

[Capitol Theater, Sunday, April 18, 7 p.m., $20-$25 Rainy Day Records and buyolympia.com, 206 Fifth Ave. SE, Olympia, 360.754.6670]

Filed under: Concert Alert, Music, Olympia,

April 13, 2010 at 4:53pm

First peek inside Tacoma's new Surreal Ultra Lounge

Photo courtesy of Surreal Ultra Lounge's Facebook page

TACOMA'S NEW CHILL >>

In the summer of 2008 Club Kokonut let Tacoma know that it was moving into the space once occupied by the gay bar On the Rocks at Seventh and Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma. It hung its liquor license, drapes, and then went to work applying a clean shine where once drag queens strutted their stuff.

Then last fall, on the verge of opening, Club Kokonut went silent.

Last month the lights flickered back on. The Oompa-Loompas (can't verify this fact) began secretly applying the final touches to the nearly completed club. The scene was almost surreal.

Yesterday, Bandito Betty and I received a tour of the new club - which is now titled Surreal Ultra Lounge - and schedule to open Friday, April 30.

What the heck is an "ultra lounge" you might ask?  It's a lounge where every guest receives a kiss on the cheek along with a welcoming smile.  Where a DJ spins upbeat, lounge-type music that you can nod your head along with and not feel as though you're going to have an aneurism. (Read: no house music.)  Where you can find tons of couches, plush chairs, and privacy to converse.  Oh, and when I say "converse," I mean it.  The music is audible, but not so loud you're screaming to talk.  Everyone's a VIP, and treated as though.

As Bandito Betty and I entered the Surreal space, we were amazed at how decadent, yet cozy the place looked.  Every corner we turned held new and embracing warmth.  The floors were glitter, and drapes hung from the immensely tall ceilings.  In the back room, it was as though we walked into a Palm Springs cabana with palm trees and plenty of comfortable seating. Upstairs we found art-filled walls created by local artist C. Pulley. We also saw more relaxing couches, custom pool tables, and a large television hosting Wii games. 

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Filed under: Club News, Food & Drink, Music, Tacoma,

April 14, 2010 at 12:11am

5 Things To Do: Zinnabration, Ken Miller, Tranny Roadshow ...

Howard Zinn

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 >>>

1. While there's at least one UWT professor with a mustache - who happens to be on the New York Times Bestseller List - that might not appreciate Howard Zinn, you have to respect what the man stood for. Zinn looked at history like few people were willing and revealed real truths about our roots. He looked at social activism and saw the possibilities of the human spirit. He looked at life, and all the shit we're fed, and never backed down. Zinn will be celebrated at 7 p.m. inside King's Books.

2. Somali pirates board a cargo ship off the coast of Kenya. In Zimbabwe a group of villagers gather in a learning circle. Twenty-five people go to a Web site and loan $25 each to a woman-run business in Bolivia. And in Tacoma, a group of college students and community members come together at a local arts co-op to make quilts and talk with a local author. Explore the connection between these seemingly disparate events with author Ken Miller and the University of Washington Tacoma Book Club from 12:30-2:30 inside the Tacoma Art Place. After the discussion a quilt making will bust out.

3. Saint Martin's University will host nationally known poet and MacArthur fellow Lucia Perillo at 4 p.m. in the O'Grady Library Reading Room on the University's main campus. Perillo, a native of Olympia, will read selections from her five books of poetry.

4. Singer-songwriter Daniel Adams will perform an all-ages show at 7:30 p.m. inside the Tempest Lounge.

5. The multimedia performance art extravaganza Tranny Roadshow will feature poets, rappers, filmmakers, storytellers, breakdancers, rock bands, comedians, actors, folk singers, photographers, zinesters, and others at 8 p.m. at The Evergreen State College.

LINK: Movie showtimes in the South Sound

April 14, 2010 at 12:11am

SHOWDOWN: Third Thursday ArtWalk

Carla Dimitriou showcases her encaustic paintings and 3D constructions at Two Vaults Gallery.

PICK SIX >>>

Whether walking or riding the ART BUS, tomorrow's Third Thursday ArtWalk once again will be loaded with fabulous art and Costco wine from 5-8 p.m. Remember the Tacoma Art Museum, Museum of Glass and the Washington State History Museum offer free admission during the ArtWalk.

Here are a few stops we recommend:

THE ART STOP: ARFS & CRAFTS, the annual benefit for the Prison Pet Partnership Program at the Women's Correctional Institute at Purdy and the Gig Harbor based Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound, will be held April 15-17 at The Art Stop. Local artists have created "function, fanciful, funky, fun and fabulous" practical put-‘em-on-the-kitchen-floor to exquisite and artsy works of fancy pet dishes to be auctioned off from 5 p.m. April 15 to 3 p.m. April 17.

The Art Stop will, once again, hand out the Silver Biscuit Award. Hand-crafted of sterling silver by Tacoma artist Joan Joachims, the Silver Biscuit is awarded to the artist whose bowl is voted Best of Show by visitors to ARFS & CRAFTS. In addition, a panel of celebrity judges will select The Pick of the Litter from the entries. 5-8 p.m., 940 Broadway, Tacoma, 253.274.1630

BELLABALLS STUDIO: Diane Hansen and Lesli Jacobs-McHugh introduce their latest hand-blown glass floats with a sterling silver design titled Edwardian Heart at their latest bella Social. In celebration of Mother's Day, they will serve hors d'oeuves and a specialty drink, "Mother of a Martini." 5-8 p.m., 747 S. Fawcett Ave., Suite B, Tacoma, 253.627.0183, Web site

BRICK HOUSE GALLERY: Northwest treasure Bill Colby will unveil his recent works - mostly printmaking - in his show The Spirit of Nature. With more than 30 years as a professor of art at the University of Puget Sound, Colby is almost as well established as more famous artists of the Northwest mystic school such as Morris Graves. No doubt the color blue will be in the house - his favorite color. 5-9 p.m., free, 1123 S. Fawcett, Tacoma, 253.6227.0426, Web site

FULCRUM GALLERY: The Viceroy of Hilltop Oliver Doriss hosts a night of installation and audio inside his Fulcrum Gallery.Jean Nagai, David Harris and Dylan Sharp will shove found paper objects, Mylar and sound into Whiteboss. The Gnostic Scribblers - James R Cobb (Spectra) and Jamal Mohamed (Spunwire) - will shove nu-jazz and ambient music into your minds.  6-9 p.m., $5, 1308, Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Tacoma, 253.250.0520, Web site

TACOMA ART SUPPLY: Tyrone Patkoski, 59, spent 20 years as a homeless, urban Native American, peering through art gallery windows with his own, raw art under his arm. After prompting and support from Joan Staples Baum, Tahoma Indian Center program manager, Patkoski's work has been matted, framed and will hanging for show for the first time. Stop by Tacoma Art Supply and see raw, genuine art created from bits and pieces of found art supplies. 6-8 p.m., free, 1552 Commerce, Tacoma, 253.444.2341, Web site

TWO VAULTS GALLERY: Art and music - they're mixing it up again. Well, kind of. Carla Dimitriou and her husband, John, own Dimitriou's Jazz Alley in Seattle. Basically, the only place in the Northwest to see jazz legends perform live a few feet in front of your chicken cordon bleu. Anyway, Carla is also a talented artist. Her latest encaustic paintings and 3D constructions are on display at Two Vaults under the title wax and wire. Chat jazz and art with Carla during Third Thursday ArtWalk. 5-9 p.m., free, 602 S. Fawcett, Tacoma, 253.759.6233, Web site

LINK: South Sound galleries and museums

Filed under: Arts, Community, Tacoma,

April 14, 2010 at 9:42am

MORNING SPEW: Danger Bomb Alarm Clock, tea party protests ...

WAKE UP!

April 14, 2010 at 9:52am

Weekly Volcano Twitter Stalker

The Weekly Volcano follows the people you're too embarrassed to >>>

Just like most good, new-age, social media applications, Twitter allows people to share and be privy to once personal, almost wholly pointless information about peoples' lives. It's seemingly endless. While Twitter is mostly full of everyday, ho-hum people - just like you and me, sharing info about what type of oatmeal we ate for breakfast and where we get our hair cut - Twitter is also a magnet for the moderately-famous.

Stars of yesterday, illiterate millionaire athletes, former cast members of Saved By the Bell - you can follow them all, intimately, on Twitter.

But, you've got standards. We get that. Following @Beiber4eva on Twitter isn't going to look cool (#futureacnevictim).

That's why we'll do it for you, in a feature we like to call Weekly Volcano Twitter Stalker.

This week, checking in with...

FRED DURST

We'll be honest. @FredDurst was pretty much the inspiration for Weekly Volcano Twitter Stalker. Somehow, and don't ask us how, we ended up following the Limp Bizkit frontman - and it's been nothing but entertainment since. It's like that proverbial, gory-ass, nu-metal car accident you just can't help but gawk at.

Here's another look at what @FredDurst has been up to lately:

March 21: Fred Durst barbecues

"Come on over. All vegans invited as well. Tofu in the fridge." via Twittelator, 6:33 p.m.

March 28: Fred Durst wears clothes

"Rocking my Kenny Powers t shirt on #SimpleSunday - bring it!!" via  Twittelator, 9:05 a.m.

April 9: Fred Durst wakes up

"This mug makes me happy. Top of the morning/afternoon/evening to ya. Don't take yourself too seriously today." via Twittelator, 10 a.m.

Tune in tomorrow for more Tweets from the life of @freddurst ...

Filed under: Comedy, Media, Twitter, Music,

April 15, 2010 at 6:40am

5 Things To Do: Steampunk, ART BUS, Drinking Liberally ...

Cherie Priest

THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010 >>

1. Cherie Priest reads and signs her steampunk novel Boneshaker at 7 p.m. inside the Garfield Book Company, off the campus of Pacific Lutheran University. Read the full story here.

2. Riding a wave of positive vibes, the Third Thursday ArtWalk ART BUS is back this month with two tours featuring the same stops: Two Vaults Gallery, Brick House, Fulcrum, 253 Collective, Mad Hat Tea Co., and Sanford & Son Middle Merchants from 5-9 p.m. beginning at the Speakeasy Arts Cooperative.

3. Tacoma's Drinking Liberally group gathers on Tax Day to discuss the national march of Tea Partiers and militias while pounding booze at 7 p.m. inside The Hub.

4. You know how you often suspect the whole, gigantic, monstrous machine is run by multi-zillion dollar companies and insurance shills? Check out the rest of the story, and if there's any hope for us, at 7 p.m. inside King's Books during a conversation on campaign financing organized by Americans in Solidarity, a grass-roots organization looking out for working families.

5. The Matt Coughlin Band, Carmen Caruso, and The Black Sails play an 8 p.m. show inside Bob's Java Jive.

LINK: Movie showtimes in the South Sound

April 15, 2010 at 7:02am

NIGHT MOVES: Pillow Army, Dark Time Sunshine

Pillow Army plays The New Frontier Lounge tonight.

LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>>

Moody Melodic Pop: Pillow Army is a band all about opposing elements. Acoustic guitar and a string section make up the body of most of the songs, but - more times than not - that calm is stabbed by raucous intrusions from loud electric guitars, working as a counterpoint to the loveliness of the other instrumentation. With These Are The End Times, Keg-The Lone Ranger of Rock, Thursday, April 15, 9 p.m., cover TBA, The New Frontier Lounge, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, 253.572.4020 - Rev. Adam McKinney

Hip-Hop: Tonight Dark Time Sunshine (Onry Ozzborn and Zavala) celebrate the release of the group's highly anticipated sophomore album, Vessel, on Sake Four Records. The show will be your first chance to cop Vessel, featuring Aesop Rock, JFK, XP and more, as the record drops officially on April 20. Also rocking the mic tonight at The Royal will be AKA (fresh off his thrashing victory at the second Go Hard or Go Home MC Battle), Q-Storm and Simon Calcavecchia (click here for his story). DJ Deadbeat is spinning.  Finally, Tac-Town B-Boy crew, The Dance Brooms, will get it on the floor providing a fix for your B-Boy/Girl withdrawals. Thursday, April 15, 9 p.m., $5, 311 Capitol Way N., Olympia, 360.705.0760 - Jose S. Gutierrez Jr., M.Ed.

LINK: More live music in the South Sound

Filed under: Night Moves, Music, Olympia, Tacoma,

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