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Avoirdupois \av-uhr-duh-POIZ; AV-uhr-duh-poiz\, noun:

1. Avoirdupois weight, a system of weights based on a pound containing 16 ounces or 7,000 grains (453.59 grams).
2. Weight; heaviness; as, a person of much avoirdupois.

USAGE EXAMPLE: At first, Bobble Tiki thought it was a compliment when the Frenchman referred to him as a person of exceptional avoirdupois.  It wasn't until later that Bobble Tiki realized the Frenchman was calling him a lard-ass.

THE MORNING NEWS

TURKEY: Just kidding.

WEAPONS: Stop or we'll throw this rock!

KRACKER: Dirty old Uncle.

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: Like most red blooded Americans, Bobble Tiki likes nothing more than a good old fashioned summer camping trip. When Bobble Tiki was young, this meant loading up the station wagon with his parents and siblings, and heading out into the woods for a weekend of dusty boogers and mosquito bites.

Things have changed, however, and these days Bobble Tiki likes his camping trips to be more like the annual Helsing Junction Sleepover. Put together by the people at K Records and the Helsing Junction Farm â€" a Community Supported Agriculture near Rochester.

It's more than a camping excursion, it's an experience.  Here's a look at what's in store:

Saturday 11 a.m.
Jared Snyder
LAKE
Rebecca Pearcy
Blackberry Bushes
Adrian Orange and Her Band

Afternoon Films
Vanessa Renwick's "Richart" "Britton" "South Dakota" "Portrait #2:  Cascadia
Terminal" and "Portrait #1: Trojan"
Jade Ajani's "Growing Awareness"

Saturday 7 p.m.
Alan Alexander III
Kickball
Tender Forever
Hooliganship
Romanteek

Sunday 10 a.m.
Knot Pine Box
Bryce Panic
Danny Kelly
Kimya Dawson
Mt. Eerie

MORE MUSIC: What's on tonight.

THE ARTS:  Glass Roots Festival Sunday.

THE DRINK: It's not easy bowling with green.

BOBBLE TIKI'S THREATS AND PROMISES COLUMN

Good taste in general isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Bobble Tiki likes crappy wine â€" you know what that means? He doesn’t need to spend a hundred dollars a bottle to have a good time. Bobble Tiki likes crappy food â€" you know what that means?  He can find pleasure at El Gaucho or DQ. Bobble Tiki likes crappy television â€" you know what that means? He doesn’t have to pop for HBO.

Bobble Tiki’s life is all together happier because he has no taste. It’s a trade off he is happy to make.

The Swinos fall in here somewhere, Bobble Tiki swears.

As always, Bobble Tiki doesn't care what you do today because he doesn't even know you.  And unless you check out the Weekly Volcano's Web site, Bobble Tiki doesn't want to me you.  Besides, it's time to blow this joint because it's so obvious you are becoming further and further removed from all that is genuine and real and visceral and virtuous and Bobble Tiki doesn't play that with his morning bowl of Quisp.

OK, Bobble Tiki apologizes.  Please be his friend here.

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

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fulminate /ˈfʌlməˌneɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fuhl-muh-neyt] noun

1. To issue or utter verbal attacks or censures authoritatively or menacingly.
2. To explode; to detonate.

USAGE EXAMPLE: Like all of his siblings, Bobble Tiki learned how to fulminate from his mother. Bobble Tiki will never forget the morning at IHOP when Mother Tiki told the waitress to “eat *** you **** sucking ******. I hope you rot in ********* hell. You’re a ********. You mother’s probably a *******. And everyone you come in contact with is ******** stupider for the experience.”

THE MORNING NEWS

EARTHQUAKE: Hundreds dead in Peru.

TRAFFIC: I-5 work might finish early.

BACKPACKS: Back to school protected.

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: Long before there was MySpace, there were e-mail lists. In a world of bulletins, a good old-fashioned mass e-mail brings a nostalgic gaze to Bobble Tiki’s eyes.

Through the magic of a mass e-mail, Bobble Tiki just learned that Top Heavy Crush has been selected as one of the nine finalist in KISW’s American Idiot Local Band Competition. This means on Friday, somewhere between 7:30 and 10 a.m., THC will be interviewed on BJ Shay’s "Morning Experience," and the guys will need your calls to help propel them to victory.

Go forth and vote!

MORE MUSIC: What's on tonight.

EVENTS: Mazed and confused.

THE DRINK: It's not easy bowling with green.

BOBBLE TIKI'S THREATS AND PROMISES COLUMN
Good taste in general isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Bobble Tiki likes crappy wine â€" you know what that means? He doesn’t need to spend a hundred dollars a bottle to have a good time. Bobble Tiki likes crappy food â€" you know what that means?  He can find pleasure at El Gaucho or DQ. Bobble Tiki likes crappy television â€" you know what that means? He doesn’t have to pop for HBO.

Bobble Tiki’s life is all together happier because he has no taste. It’s a trade off he is happy to make.

The Swinos fall in here somewhere, Bobble Tiki swears.

As always, Bobble Tiki doesn't care what you do today because he doesn't even know you.  And unless you check out the Weekly Volcano's Web site, Bobble Tiki doesn't want to me you.  Besides, it's time to blow this joint because it's so obvious you are becoming further and further removed from all that is genuine and real and visceral and virtuous and Bobble Tiki doesn't play that with his morning bowl of Quisp.

OK, Bobble Tiki apologizes.  Please be his friend here.

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

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Gewgaw \G(Y)OO-gaw\, noun:

A showy trifle; a trinket; a bauble.

USAGE EXAMPLE: After noticing that his “9” button didn’t work, he couldn’t download ring-tones, and it took five minutes to send a text, Bobble Tiki began to wonder if the fancy pants phone he’d dropped three hundred bones on was anything more than a shiny, overpriced gewgaw.

Turns out it wasn't.

THE MORNING NEWS

TOYS: You suck China.

REPUBLICANS: The collapse of Karl.

UFO: It could have hit Bruce!

TODDLER: Smarter than Bobble Tiki?

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: Looks like you’ve a dilemma on your hands, Tacoma. Do you go see Okay (basically this one indie dude, Marty Anderson, from Dilute, who happens to be amazing enough to have a side project all to himself) on Tuesday at Bob’s Java Jive, or on Wednesday at Club SOTA with the Elephants, Wallpaper, and Tree Roots In The Basement? Okay is playing both days.

The decision is easy for two types of people. The show on Wednesday at SOTA is all ages, so it’s a no-brainer for the youngsters.

The show on Tuesday at Bob’s Java Jive has beer, so it’s a no-brainer for alcoholics like Bobble Tiki.

Bobble Tiki supposes everyone else will just have to decide for themselves.   

MORE MUSIC: What's on tonight.

THE ARTS:  Gestural love.

THE DRINK: Drunk under a boot.

As always, Bobble Tiki doesn't care what you do today because he doesn't even know you.  And unless you check out the Weekly Volcano's Web site, Bobble Tiki doesn't want to me you.  Besides, it's time to blow this joint because it's so obvious you are becoming further and further removed from all that is genuine and real and visceral and virtuous and Bobble Tiki doesn't play that with his morning bowl of Quisp.

OK, Bobble Tiki apologizes.  Please be his friend here.

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

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Sedulous \SEJ-uh-luhs\, adjective:

Diligent in application or pursuit; steadily industrious.
Characterized by or accomplished with care and perseverance.

USAGE EXAMPLE: After an amazing display of perseverance and truly sedulous effort, Bobble Tiki finally managed to try a shot of every scotch the Friendly Duck had to offer. In retrospect, Bobble Tiki doesn’t regret his feat, he simply wishes he would have spread the event over more than one night.

THE AFTERNOON NEWS

EGGS: Let our chickens go!

DENVER: Rocky Raccoon goes down.

SPORTS: Juice or not to juice?

VIDEO: Rain vs. Colbert.

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: The Viaduct was supposed to have its first show on Friday, if the new all ages club passed inspection. As this is written on Friday night, and Bobble Tiki stayed home and drank boxed wine and watched the second season of "Weeds" on DVD instead of going out and having an actual life, Bobble Tiki doesn’t know if everything went down OK for the Viaduct yet. If the inspection went well for the Viaduct â€" which is operated by the same folks who ran the Hall and the Junkyard â€" then tonight A Quiet Uprising, Proven, Open Fire, Maila, and Zeroyear will take the stage at the Viaduct (2725 Alaska St. in Tacoma).

MORE MUSIC: What's on tonight.

THE ARTS: The Prom is tonight!

BOBBLE TIKI'S THREATS AND PROMISES COLUMN
Canned Heat play Jazzbones tonight.

As always, Bobble Tiki doesn't care what you do today because he doesn't even know you.  And unless you check out the Weekly Volcano's Web site, Bobble Tiki doesn't want to me you.  Besides, it's time to blow this joint because it's so obvious you are becoming further and further removed from all that is genuine and real and visceral and virtuous and Bobble Tiki doesn't play that with his afternoon snack.

OK, Bobble Tiki apologizes.  Please be his friend here.

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

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Transmogrify \trans-MOG-ruh-fy\, transitive verb:

To change into a different shape or to transform, often with bizarre or humorous effect.

USAGE EXAMPLE: A long time believer in transmogrify, Bobble Tiki often sites the recent documentary “Transformers” as proof of his views. But Bobble Tiki’s beliefs go farther than that. If all goes as planned, some day soon Bobble Tiki will transmogrify into an ’89 Chevy Lumina with the ability to fight crime and drive through brick walls.

TODAY’S NEWS

BROOKLYN: Stayin' alive.

TACOMA: Fallen Crown.

PEARL JAM: AT&T ticked off.

NEW ZEALAND: Superman now 4Real.

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: As has become somewhat routine, Bobble Tiki is climbing to the top of the highest hill in the land to proclaim for all to hear the beauty of Olympia’s music scene. If you listen closely you can here him…

“It it it, is is is, the the the, bomb bomb bomb!”
(Echo added for effect)

On Friday, Eddie Spaghetti will play the Fourth Ave Tavern (and Doyle's parking lot Saturday at 8 p.m.), Rocky Votolato will play the Capitol Theater, and Hornet Leg will play Le Voyeur. If Bobble Tiki knows anything, he knows Oly sounds like the place to be tomorrow.

Fo Sho!

MORE MUSIC: What's on tonight.  What’s on Friday.

THE ARTS:  Dance the night away at the Prom.

THE DRINK: Drinking under a boot.

BOBBLE TIKI'S THREATS AND PROMISES COLUMN

If Bobble Tiki was to start his column with “Canned Heat to play Jazzbones,” technically, he wouldn’t be lying. Canned Heat will play Jazzbones this Saturday, Aug. 11. There’s really nothing but a few dead guys and Bobble Tiki’s conscience keeping him from giving into temptation.

As always, Bobble Tiki doesn't care what you do today because he doesn't even know you.  And unless you check out the Weekly Volcano's Web site, Bobble Tiki doesn't want to me you.  Besides, it's time to blow this joint because it's so obvious you are becoming further and further removed from all that is genuine and real and visceral and virtuous and Bobble Tiki doesn't play that with his lunch.

OK, Bobble Tiki apologizes.  Please be his friend here.

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

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Hypnagogic \hip-nuh-GOJ-ik; -GOH-jik\, adjective:

Of, pertaining to, or occurring in the state of drowsiness preceding sleep.

USAGE EXAMPLE: Typically, Bobble Tiki’s hypnagogic adventures are filled with top heavy women, bottom heavy drinks, ‘80s heavy mixes, and unrealistically heavy bags of money. Sometimes, however, in his moments just before sleep, Bobble Tiki’s hypnagogic hallucinations are of kitty cats doing the electric slide, while giant mice play poker and sip Jim Beam.

THE MORNING NEWS

BRITAIN: Holy cow!

SONICS: End blame-game.

TOILETS: No more tots with a tinkle.

REUNION: Van Halen is hot for more money.

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: In a move of brilliant capitalism that’s sure to induce a number of hangovers and possibly even end a marriage or two, Maggie O’Toole’s in Lakewood is offering half off military tabs on Tuesdays â€" for their “Loud and Local” shows. Loud and local is, in essence, exactly what it sounds like with the club promising to “rock your face off” with three local bands. Though Bobble Tiki isn’t sure who’s playing tonight, anytime a bar offers half off an entire tab, Bobble Tiki feels obligated to support it. If Bobble Tiki was military, he’d have his Tuesdays planned for the rest of the year, and there’d be a terrorist somewhere who could sleep a little easier.

If you’re in Olympia, Tacoma’s the Elephants play Le Voyeur tonight, and tomorrow the Old Haunts will pack themselves into Olympia's all-ages club Manium. By the way, if Bobble Tiki wasn’t already in a long term, serious relationship â€" he’d be hella trying to hook up with Le Voyeur on MySpace. Bobble Tiki thinks he’s in love. 

MORE MUSIC: What's on tonight.

THE ARTS: Tacoma Concert Band outdoors.

THE DRINK: Kirin beer in Lakewood.

As always, Bobble Tiki doesn't care what you do today because he doesn't even know you.  And unless you check out the Weekly Volcano's Web site, Bobble Tiki doesn't want to me you.  Besides, it's time to blow this joint because it's so obvious you are becoming further and further removed from all that is genuine and real and visceral and virtuous and Bobble Tiki doesn't play that with his morning bowl of Quisp.

OK, Bobble Tiki apologizes.  Please be his friend here.

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

Breakfast with Bobble Tiki has moved to Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.  Deal with it. â€" Bobble Tiki

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Booboisie \boob-wah-ZEE\, noun:

A class of people regarded as stupid or foolish.

USAGE EXAMPLE: As he entered Martin Stadium for the first time, minutes before the Washington State Cougars took the field to battle Boise A&M (or some damn WAC school), John Gonnabeadrunksoon saw before him a slobbering sea of crimson booboisie â€" the likes of which he’d never see again.

WEEKEND BLOWDOWN
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:

Bobble Tiki just wants everyone to know he damn near filled this space with some promotion for Ruxton Towers’ show at Club Adrian this evening. Bobble Tiki had all but decided on it before he got to Club Adrian’s MySpace page. Bobble Tiki must say, he was a bit turned off by Club Adrian’s interests.

General: Music, Jesus.
Music: Good Bands.
Books: the Bible.
Heroes: Jesus.

Who would Club Adrian like to meet ?
Jesus.

Bobble Tiki prefers a little bit more diversity than that, so he’s going to recommend Fitz of Depression at Maggie O’Toole’s in Lakewood instead. Jesus was great and all, but Bobble Tiki would much rather meet Peter Criss.   

MUSIC: What's happening tonight.

As always, Bobble Tiki doesn't care what you do today because he doesn't even know you.  And unless you check out the Weekly Volcano's Web site, Bobble Tiki doesn't want to me you.  Besides, it's time to blow this joint because it's so obvious you are becoming further and further removed from all that is genuine and real and visceral and virtuous and Bobble Tiki doesn't play that with his morning bowl of Quisp.

OK, Bobble Tiki apologizes.  Please be his friend here.

Breakfast with Bobble Tiki runs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.  Deal with it.

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Bellicose \BEL-ih-kohs\, adjective:

Inclined to or favoring war or strife; warlike; pugnacious.

USAGE EXAMPLE: John McCain’s campaign took a turn for the worse when the well known Senator from Arizona started distributing bumper stickers that read: John McCain â€" Bellicose Like Bush.

THE MORNING NEWS

MURDOCH: Down with the Dow.

CONGRESS: How to deal with Lobbyheads.

VIEW: Arrrrrrrrggghhh!

AUTOMOBILES: Driving champ goes back to school.

WEDNESDAY BLOWDOWN
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:

Tonight will be a busy night in the state capital. Of course, the politicians haven’t been in town for months, but that doesn’t mean the action stops. If anything, it picks up once the locals aren’t weighed down with bureaucrats in line in front of them for coffee at Batdorf and Bronson. Locust Street Taxi and AA will play in Sylvester Park at 7 p.m. The South Pacific Restaurant will host their jam night with Flux Capacitor. And O'Blarney’s Irish Pub will host Wicked Tinkers. Bobble Tiki had the wicked tinkers once, but something tells him this is something much more enjoyable. 

MUSIC: What's happening tonight.

As always, Bobble Tiki doesn't care what you do today because he doesn't even know you.  And unless you check out the Weekly Volcano's Web site, Bobble Tiki doesn't want to me you.  Besides, it's time to blow this joint because it's so obvious you are becoming further and further removed from all that is genuine and real and visceral and virtuous and Bobble Tiki doesn't play that with his morning bowl of Quisp.

OK, Bobble Tiki apologizes.  Please be his friend here.

Breakfast with Bobble Tiki runs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.  Deal with it.

The CDM Psychic Institute holds a workshop titled “Meditation & Healing” tomrrow.  Bobble Tiki loves the sound of that and was all set to go. Until he discovered that meditation helps you wake up and find your true self. Bobble Tiki has made a career or being both unconscious and shallow, so maybe this event isn’t for him.  â€" Bobble Tiki

[Tacoma CDM Psychic Institute, Tuesday, July 31, 7 p.m., $20, 4004 S. 12th St., Tacoma, 253.759.7460]