THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>>

WEATHER REPORT

Friday: Rain, hi 54, lo 41

Saturday: Rain, hi 52, lo 40

Sunday: Rain (seriously, iPhone?), hi 49, lo 39

>>> MARCH 25-26: Bob Rivers Live

Sadly, not everyone reads the Volcano's blog, Spew. If they did, they'd know the Tacoma Comedy Club has officially moved to its new digs at 933 Market Street (think: old Rhythm and Brews locale). Spew broke that story last week. If you're looking for a prime opportunity to check out the new-look Tacoma Comedy Club, or more specifically its new location, try this weekend when radio personality Bob Rivers goes live. These shows should be especially noteworthy, as Rivers goes back on the air at Oldies 95.7 KJR FM April 1.

• Tacoma Comedy Club, 8 and 10:30 p.m., 933 Market St., Tacoma, 253.282.720]

>>> SATURDAY, MARCH 26: Atomic Outlaws do it for the kids

You need the Atomic Outlaws - a band seemingly designed specifically to accompany the moment when rock ‘n' roll and your c*** become acquainted. Nothing fancy is at play here, just straightforward, riff-heavy RAWK with a little eyeliner around the edges. Saturday, the boys do it all ages style (don't freak, bar with ID) at the suddenly awesome Louie G's in Fife.

• Louie G's Pizza, 8 p.m., $5, 4802 Pacific Hwy E #B, Fife, 253.926.0147

>>> SUNDAY, MARCH 27: Little Bill & the Blue Notes

Little Bill Engelhart is soul on wheels. He’s also probably one of the most inspirational musicians that you’re likely to meet in person. He grew up on Hilltop Tacoma and learned rock ’n’ roll by playing rhythm and blues with the black musicians’ downtown, which was unusual for a young white kid at the time. He formed a band with some of his teenage friends and had a national hit when he was just 19 titled “I’m in Love with an Angel." These days, Little Bill & the Blue Notes play all over the South Sound -- from destination Harley Davidson to Johnny's Dock. But they always make time for the Spar in Old Town, and the quintessential Tacoma restaurant's Sunday Night Blues. Little Bill and the Blue Notes will stop in again this week, making it the perfect time for you to drop in.

• The Spar, 7 p.m., NC, 2121 North 30th St., Tacoma, 253.627.8215.

>>> WHERE OUR STAFF IS GOING

NIKKI TALOTTA Features Writer
This weekend I'll be busy praying for more sunshine, packing moving boxes, attending a pizza party at Chuck E. Cheese (speaking of pizza, have you voted for your favorites yet today?) and, of course, working some magic behind the bar.

MATT DRISCOLL Editor
I broke my toe but the vicodin ran out. I might write a blues song about it. But probably not, since I don't write blues songs. I write fluff like this. I got nothing here people ...

BRETT CHIHON Meat Market Correspondent/Features Writer
I'm going to check out El Tenampa in Tacoma this weekend. I'm prepared to take as many as three tequila shots.

CHRISTIAN CARVAJAL: Theater Critic
I'm seeing the neurotically uncapitalized boom at Harlequin. Also, Amanda and I are having dinner at my mom's place on Saturday, and we've been promised chicken Cordon Bleu. I've already bought the Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling, so I'll be sleeping in on Sunday.

ALEC CLAYTON: Visual Arts Critic
I'm going to work on adapting my latest novel for the stage, and Sunday afternoon we're going to see the musical Nine at Tacoma Musical Playhouse. It better be as sexy as promised.

JOANN VARNELL Theater Critic
Friday night I'll be kicking it at Tacoma Musical Playhouse to review Nine and reveling in the fact that I get a week off work. I'm going to spend Saturday and Sunday trying to get caught up on grading.

STEVE DUNKELBERGER Nightlife Correspondent
Wrestling a dingo in Jello and doing my "Photo Safari" class with a point and shoot camera at Tacoma Art Place.

JOE IZENMAN Theater and Music Writer
CAKE. Also meeting with our officiant, and addressing various other weddingly concerns. But mostly TASTING THE CAKE. (P.S. I like cake.)

REV. ADAM MCKINNEY Features Writer
It's my motherfucking birthday weekend, ya'll! Hitting the town! Making it happen! Self-actualizing! Concentrating really hard on my goals and then making a wish-board out of them! Buying mad glue and construction paper! Burning every pair of pants I own! Replacing those pants with sarongs! A new and improved Rev. Adam is about to burst onto the scene! Yes!

JENNIFER JOHNSON Food and Lifestyles Writer
Friday night I'll hit HyperThrive at Marlene's in Federal Way before going to Punjab Cafe for vegetarian Indian food. Saturday I'm helping clean my church and then going to Vegfest in Seattle. Sunday I've got church all day, baby. Woooo!

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