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Cockaigne \kah-KAYN\, noun:


An imaginary land of ease and luxury.

Bobble Tiki’s fantasy Cockaigne is a place where Shaun Alexander still runs hard and Mrs. Tiki doesn’t have a problem with the 30 hours a week that Bobble Tiki spends watching football.

THE MORNING NEWS

TACOMA: Rubbing our noses in it.

FEDERAL RESERVE: U.S. economy to slow.

WASHINGTON: The poop on where to hide your pills.

VIRGINIA: This dude is tall.

HUSTLER OF CULTURE
You can stand atop the mountain and scream your naked desires to the universe or shed that synapse epilepsy and hug the South Sound today with your fellow man:

MUSIC: What’s the best thing about the Toga party on Thursday at McCabe’s in Tacoma? If you said it’s hard to conceal a weapon in a toga, Bobble Tiki likes your style. However, the correct answer was the “Sexiest Toga” contest. If you saw what women were able to do with Halloween, wait until they sex up the toga. These are the things Thursday night was meant for.

MORE MUSIC: What's on tonight.

FILM: Today at the Olympia Film Festival.

BOBBLE TIKI’S THREATS AND PROMISES COLUMN
Bobble Tiki loves Mono in VCF. Loves them. Bobble Tiki can’t think of a more original band from Tacoma, and Bobble Tiki can’t think of a band he’d rather spend the night with.

When Bobble Tiki realized Mono in VCF will be taking over the Pacific Science Center’s Laser Dome in Seattle Wednesday, Nov. 14, for a listening party featuring the band’s forthcoming self-titled debut, his jaw hit the floor. Everyone has a record release show, but it takes real cajones to book the Laser Dome.

Breakfast with Bobble Tiki runs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.  Deal with it.

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Comely \KUHM-lee\, adjective:

1. Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; good-looking.
2. Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.

USAGE EXAMPLE: While many consider the movie “Transformers” to be an embarrassing blemish on the career of Shia LaBeouf, surely being arrested at Walgreen’s early last Sunday morning was far more humiliating for the 21-year-old rising star. LaBeouf was reportedly tanked, and after being asked to leave by Walgreen’s security, and refusing, the cops were called and LaBeouf was booked. While the situation was surely awkward for LaBeouf, it was no doubt a comely scene for everyone else who witnessed it.

THE MORNING NEWS

TACOMA: Gregoire spews stats.

KENYA: Bad cops, bad cops, whatcha gonna do?

LAKEWOOD: Gorilla thrown in slammer.

FLORIDA: Why did the chicken carry the sign?

HUSTLER OF CULTURE
You can stand atop the mountain and scream your naked desires to the universe or shed that synapse epilepsy and hug the South Sound today with your fellow man:

MUSIC: Tuesday is a tough night for entertainment. Convention tells you to stay home and be responsible, but the wild and crazy voices in your head tell you to do otherwise. When those voices tell you to burn your ex’s house down, don’t listen to them. But when they tell you to check out the Victory Music Open Mic at the Antique Sandwich Company on Tuesday night, take note. The voices in your head my have a penchant for gasoline and an angry streak, but sometimes they know what they’re talking about. 

MORE MUSIC: What's on tonight.

EAT: Find a restaurant.

FILM: Olympia Film Festival is full on.

Please be Bobble Tiki’s friend here.

Breakfast with Bobble Tiki runs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.  Deal with it.

FILM
“American Gangster”
Apart from the detail that he was a heroin dealer, Frank Lucas’ career would be an ideal case study for a business school. “American Gangster” tells his success story. Inheriting a crime empire from his famous boss, Bumpy Johnson, he cornered the New York drug trade with admirable capitalist strategies. He personally flew to Southeast Asia to buy his product directly from the suppliers, used an ingenious importing scheme to get it into the United States, and sold it at higher purity and lower cost than anyone else was able to. At the end, he was worth more than $150 million and got a reduced sentence by cutting a deal to expose three-quarters of the NYPD narcotics officers as corrupt. And he always took his mom to church on Sunday. Four Stars. â€" Roger Ebert

[AMC Narrows Plaza 8: 2, 5:15, 8:30; Century Olympia: noon, 1:40, 3:25, 5:10, 7, 8:40, 10:20; Lakewood Cinema 15: 11:40 a.m., 12:10, 1, 3, 3:40, 4:40, 6:30, 7, 8, 10, 10:30; Lakewood Towne Center 12: 12:20, 3:40, 7, 10:25; Longston Place 14: 11:45 a.m., 12:15, 12:45, 3:15, 3:40, 4:10, 6:45, 7:15, 8, 10:15, 10:40; Regal Gig Harbor 3: 3:50, 7:10; Regal Martin Village 16: 11:45 a.m., 12:15, 1, 3:15, 3:45, 4:45, 6:40, 7:10, 8:30, 10:10, 10:40; Yelm Cinemas @ Prairie Park: 12:20, 3:35, 6:50.

OLYMPIA FILM FESTIVAL: Today’s schedule.

MORE FILM: Playing on local screens.

NAKED CITY
A Town Hall with Gov. Chris Gregoire
Gov. Gregoire invites the public to share its thoughts on state issues. While Bobble Tiki is all for town hall meetings, he’s not crazy about the public.  More than once he’s found himself standing in line at Safeway amazed that the very people who can keep such long strings of lottery numbers in their heads are utterly befuddled by bankcard machines.  He’s not sure he wants them dealing with his state issues. â€" Bobble Tiki 

[Stadium High School, 6:30 p.m., free, 111 N. E St., Tacoma]

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Woolgathering \WOOL-gath-(uh)-ring\, noun:


Indulgence in idle daydreaming.


USAGE EXAMPLE: In the courtroom, as the guilty verdict was about to be read, Vincent Margera, better known as Don Vito on "Viva La Bam," was busy woolgathering about teenage breasts and buttocks. Once the verdict was announced, however, he quickly came to his senses, proclaiming “Just kill me now.”

THE MORNING NEWS

TACOMA: Many months for Mall shooter.

PAKISTAN: State of emergency?

LOS ANGELES: ICE, ICE maybe.

TOKYO: Love hotels!

HUSTLER OF CULTURE
You can stand atop the mountain and scream your naked desires to the universe or shed that synapse epilepsy and hug the South Sound today with your fellow man:

MUSIC: Tonight, Mismatch, Sammy Barrett, and Courson will be playing Club Vertigo, “Tacoma’s newest hot spot,” according to some. Of course, the people Bobble Tiki has heard say that have been promoting shows at the new venue, but Bobble Tiki figures that’s neither here nor there. Club Vertigo is located at 5240 South Tacoma Way. You may remember it as 54, but Bobble Tiki assures you â€" things are different now. Check it out.

MORE MUSIC: What's on tonight.

VISUAL ARTS: This is an excellent show.

FILM: Olympia Film Festival is on.

BOBBLE TIKI’S THREATS AND PROMISES COLUMN
Sunday, Nov. 4, the Weekly Volcano will sponsor the South Sound Blues Association’s Back to Beale Street 2008 fund-raiser featuring the Red Hot Blues Sisters, Lady A, Randy Oxford, Becki Sue and Her Big Rockin’ Daddies, Kim Archer Band, and Beth McBride. The event will raise money to help the South Sound Blues Association send the Red Hot Blues Sisters â€" who, as you may recall, won the Back to Beale Street competition at this year’s Freedom Fair â€" to Memphis, Tenn., where they’ll compete in the “International Blues Challenge.” Aside from being for a good cause, this Sunday’s show at Jazzbones will bring together a formidable collection of blues musicians, all of whom will no doubt bring the house down. Check the full story here.

Please be Bobble Tiki’s friend here.

Breakfast with Bobble Tiki runs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.  Deal with it.

Dungeons & Dragons entered our universe just as Bobble Tiki was heading to college, and it would go on without him. And go on it did. More than Four million people play every month, in paper and electronic forms.

Saturday, Nov. 3 is Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day.  Bobble Tiki has no idea what that means.

The game is a myriad of rules and regs and characters that would befuddle Bobble Tiki should he try to learn them. Tacoma’s Comic Book Ink understands it all.

John Munn’s Comic Book Ink celebrates Game Day tomorrow in the follow fashion:

• They have a Treasure Chest of Goodies: Pre-rolled Characters, Character Sheets, Dice and a Pencil.  All prepared for a special adventure set in Icewind Dale; a location in the popular Forgotten Realms world. Bobble Tiki has no idea what that means.
• They have enough Treasure Chests for 25 players, so get your butt over there early.
• Character Parties will begin to be assembled when the store opens at 10 a.m. with adventuring expected to begin at 11 a.m.
• There will also be limited numbers of a special giveaway miniature from the latest Desert of Desolation D&D Miniatures set. 

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Small beer \small beer\, noun:

1. Weak beer.
2. Insignificant matters; something of little importance.

adjective:
1. Unimportant; trivial.

USAGE EXAMPLE: While Bobble Tiki drinks, on average, a half rack of small beer every night, he never seems to find the time for small beer like current world events, politics, and the price of tea in China.

THE MORNING NEWS

TACOMA: Is light rail worth it?

EAST TACOMA: Natasha’s shout outs draws attention.

MELBOURNE: Jail on the brain.

SINGAPORE: No Mile-High Club!

HUSTLER OF CULTURE
You can stand atop the mountain and scream your naked desires to the universe or shed that synapse epilepsy and hug the South Sound today with your fellow man:

MUSIC: Tonight at the Capitol Theater in Olympia, local black metal icons Wolves in the Throne Room will get all dark and depressive on your ass â€" if you’re smart enough to show up. In addition to being one of the more intense shows in recent memory â€" with a bill that also includes Sunn O))), Earth, and Grey â€" the performance will be  is being produced by the Manium Collective, and part of the profit will go to help reopen the all ages venue.

MORE MUSIC: What's on tonight.

EAT: Find a restaurant.

FILM: Catch a flick.

BOBBLE TIKI’S THREATS AND PROMISES COLUMN
Sunday, Nov. 4, the Weekly Volcano will sponsor the South Sound Blues Association’s Back to Beale Street 2008 fund-raiser featuring the Red Hot Blues Sisters, Lady A, Randy Oxford, Becki Sue and Her Big Rockin’ Daddies, Kim Archer Band, and Beth McBride. The event will raise money to help the South Sound Blues Association send the Red Hot Blues Sisters â€" who, as you may recall, won the Back to Beale Street competition at this year’s Freedom Fair â€" to Memphis, Tenn., where they’ll compete in the “International Blues Challenge.” Aside from being for a good cause, this Sunday’s show at Jazzbones will bring together a formidable collection of blues musicians, all of whom will no doubt bring the house down. Check the full story here.

Please be Bobble Tiki’s friend here.

Breakfast with Bobble Tiki runs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.  Deal with it.

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Cap-a-pie \cap-uh-PEE\, adverb:

From head to foot; at all points.

USAGE EXAMPLE: On Halloween, Bobble Tiki plans to report to Weekly Volcano World Headquarters dressed cap-a-pie in goose dung from Point Defiance Park. Bobble Tiki does not plan to win the yearly Weekly Volcano costume contest. In fact, if all goes as planned, Bobble Tiki plans to be sent home for the day.

THE MORNING NEWS

TACOMA: Sucks and sucks and sucks.

WASHINGTON: Immunity deals offered to Blackwater guards.

WASHINGTON: Lick me, you will.

CHICAGO: I got your Kibbles 'n Bits right here.

HUSTLER OF CULTURE
You can stand atop the mountain and scream your naked desires to the universe or shed that synapse epilepsy and hug the South Sound today with your fellow man:

MUSIC: On Halloween there will be plenty of shows in plenty of places. From Hell’s Kitchen, to Le Voyeur, to Jazzbones, to Club Impact â€" anywhere that’s anywhere will be throwing some sort of party tomorrow. Perhaps the most creative venue I’ve heard of yet is under the Fourth Avenue Bridge in Olympia, where www.myspace.com/thepasties ">the Pasties will play an all ages show with Hail Seizures. There will be no cover. The Pasties play “indie-dance-folk punk,” and apparently, they play it under bridges.

MORE MUSIC: What's on tonight.

FILM: Don't give up on "Lust."

EAT: Reserve your table for Scary Day.

BOBBLE TIKI’S THREATS AND PROMISES COLUMN
Bobble Tiki loves all holidays â€" or most of them anyway. Bobble Tiki loves Christmas because he loves getting presents. Bobble Tiki loves Thanksgiving because he loves stuffing his face. And Bobble Tiki loves Halloween because he loves dressing up like a damn fool.
While Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year, and that may be enough to curb some people’s enthusiasm on the 31st, not Bobble Tiki. Here’s what he’s doing on Halloween.

Please be Bobble Tiki’s friend here.

Breakfast with Bobble Tiki runs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.  Deal with it.

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Fetor \FEE-tuhr; FEE-tor\, noun:

A strong, offensive smell; stench.

USAGE EXAMPLE: The only thing more impressive than Ryan from the Parkway’s recent display of hot dog eating prowess was the fetor he produced under the covers later that night.

THE MORNING NEWS

TACOMA: Space is the place.

OBAMA: It's on lady!

CHICAGO: One confused worm.

HUSTLER OF CULTURE
You can stand atop the mountain and scream your naked desires to the universe or shed that synapse epilepsy and hug the South Sound today with your fellow man:

MUSIC: Even though Bobble Tiki plans to spend his entire Sunday rocking sweatpants and soaking up pigskin on the couch, he whole heartedly recommends the Pierced Arrows show at the Brotherhood tonight. If you know Dead Moon, and Fred and Toody Cole, then perhaps you know of their new project Pierced Arrows. If you don’t you should. Look for Pierced Arrows at Hell’s Kitchen at the end of November.

MORE MUSIC: What's on tonight.

FILM: Don't give up on "Lust."

EAT: Meatless in Tacoma.

BOBBLE TIKI’S THREATS AND PROMISES COLUMN
Bobble Tiki loves all holidays â€" or most of them anyway. Bobble Tiki loves Christmas because he loves getting presents. Bobble Tiki loves Thanksgiving because he loves stuffing his face. And Bobble Tiki loves Halloween because he loves dressing up like a damn fool.
While Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year, and that may be enough to curb some people’s enthusiasm on the 31st, not Bobble Tiki. Here’s what he’s doing on Halloween.

Please be Bobble Tiki’s friend here.

Breakfast with Bobble Tiki runs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.  Deal with it.

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Supine \soo-PYN; SOO-pyn\, adjective:

1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward.

2. Indolent; listless; inactive; mentally or morally lethargic.

USAGE EXAMPLE: Though she takes it in many positions, Britney’s favorite position is lying supine.  That way she doesn’t have to do much work, and she can drink Starbucks from a straw all the while.

THE MORNING NEWS

SOUND TRANSIT: Swims with the fishes.

CALIFORNIA: Wind eases in fire zone.

NEBRASKA: Well, beer is beer.

PERTH: Crushing blow.

HUSTLER OF CULTURE
You can stand atop the mountain and scream your naked desires to the universe or shed that synapse epilepsy and hug the South Sound today with your fellow man:

MUSIC: Getting excited about a show at Le Voyeur is nothing new for Bobble Tiki. The venue regularly brings a smile to Bobble Tiki’s aging mug. However, when Tacoman’s Mama Loves Daddy head south for a show at Le Voyeur today it will make Bobble Tiki even more giddy than usual. Le Voyeur is the bomb. When they invite a great pop/’60s psychedelic band from Tacoma down to Oly, they’re even bomber than bomb.

MORE MUSIC: What's on tonight.

EVENTS: Scary stuff.

EAT: Meatless in Tacoma.

BOBBLE TIKI’S THREATS AND PROMISES COLUMN
Bobble Tiki loves all holidays â€" or most of them anyway. Bobble Tiki loves Christmas because he loves getting presents. Bobble Tiki loves Thanksgiving because he loves stuffing his face. And Bobble Tiki loves Halloween because he loves dressing up like a damn fool.
While Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year, and that may be enough to curb some people’s enthusiasm on the 31st, not Bobble Tiki. Here’s what he’s doing on Halloween.

Please be Bobble Tiki’s friend here.

Breakfast with Bobble Tiki runs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.  Deal with it.

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Repletion \rih-PLEE-shun\, noun:
1. The condition of being completely filled or supplied.
2. Excessive fullness, as from overeating.

USAGE EXAMPLE: Somewhere in between the grande nachos and mozzarella cheese sticks Bobble Tiki reached repletion, but that didn’t stop him. A few chicken strips, a couple handfuls of kettle chips, and three beers later, Bobble Tiki wished it would have.

THE MORNING NEWS

LAKEWOOD: Turf war?

LAKEWOOD: Watch out for the pudding!

SCIENCE!: Volcano can destroy your tan.

CARDS: Go Fish leads to murder.

HUSTLER OF CULTURE
You can stand atop the mountain and scream your naked desires to the universe or shed that synapse epilepsy and hug the South Sound today with your fellow man:

MUSIC: While the Olympic Club in Centralia is well outside Bobble Tiki’s typical comfort zone, it is a venue worth mentioning.  It’s a McMenamins’ joint, much like the Spar in Olympia now is, meaning the Olympic Club boasts a number of tasty McMenamins’ microbrews as well as a carefully crafted atmosphere built on keeping the building’s history alive and marketable. Once upon a time the Olympic Club was a prohibition bastion for bootleggers. Much like back then, today the Olympic Club is a pretty cool place to kick it. With the Colin Spring Band playing the club tonight, Centralia may be the place to be.

Probably not, but it’s at least a lot closer than it usually is.

MORE MUSIC: What's on tonight.

EVENTS: Check out area haunted houses.

DRINK: Silent but deadly.

Please be Bobble Tiki’s friend here.

Breakfast with Bobble Tiki runs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.  Deal with it.