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With impassionate lyrics, simple guitar compositions and his unusually high voice Santa Monica singer/songwriter Tom Brosseau has built a loyal following primarily centered on a solo acoustic format that is akin to Woody Guthrie. While he has broke free from his format on his previous recordings, Grand Forks (Loveless Records),
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With impassionate lyrics, simple guitar compositions and his unusually high voice Santa Monica singer/songwriter Tom Brosseau has built a loyal following primarily centered on a solo acoustic format that is akin to Woody Guthrie. While he has broke free from his format on his previous recordings, Grand Forks, Brosseau changes
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With impassionate lyrics, simple guitar compositions and his unusually high voice Santa Monica singer/songwriter Tom Brosseau has built a loyal following primarily centered on a solo acoustic format that is akin to Woody Guthrie. While he has broke free from his format on his previous recordings, Grand Forks, Brosseau changes
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It isn’t often that the newest brewpub in the South Sound is also one of its oldest, but that’s the case these days. Months after Alan McWain sold the landmark Spar Cafe, a 71-year-old Olympia hangout and meeting mainstay to the Portland-based McMenamins, the place is set to hold a grand
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It isn’t often that the newest brewpub in the South Sound is also one of its oldest, but that’s the case these days. Months after Alan McWain sold the landmark Spar Cafe, a 71-year-old Olympia hangout and meeting mainstay to the Portland-based McMenamins, the place is set to hold
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I am pleased to announce that the Pup Room inside the Poodle Dog in Fife has been granted Most Favored Bar status by the Weekly Volcano staff. “This is my new favorite bar!” Suzy Stump pronounced after showing up late with her designated-driver boyfriend in tow and rejuvenating a crowd
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I am pleased to announce that the Pup Room inside the Poodle Dog in Fife has been granted Most Favored Bar status by the Weekly Volcano staff. “This is my new favorite bar!” Suzy Stump pronounced after showing up late with her designated-driver boyfriend in tow and rejuvenating a crowd
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From my college-days experiments and a tour through JD’s Wild West Saloon MySpace page I knew that many people at this place, especially the women, espouse a morally casual attitude worthy of further research. In the former Silver Dollar Casino location, JD’s houses DJ Omar spinning Top 40, hip-hop and
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From my college-days experiments and a tour through JD’s Wild West Saloon MySpace page I knew that many people at this place, especially the women, espouse a morally casual attitude worthy of further research. In the former Silver Dollar Casino location, JD’s houses DJ Omar spinning Top 40, hip-hop and
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The latest location for the Original Roadhouse Grill is a killer. It's in the Federal Way retail bottleneck, at the back of some plaza that sits like a box canyon; shoppers, diners, and moviegoers alike all funnel into this zone off 320th and Highway 99, half blind from wholesale excess,
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The latest location for the Original Roadhouse Grill is a killer. It's in the Federal Way retail bottleneck, at the back of some plaza that sits like a box canyon; shoppers, diners, and moviegoers alike all funnel into this zone off 320th and Highway 99, half blind from wholesale excess,
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I’m not sure where to start with Masa — the latest culinary contribution from the team that brought you Argentine dining sensation Asado on Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue. The menu, conceived by master Chef Sean Quinn, is huge. The flavor of the food? Huge. Margaritas? You could spend an entire weekend
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I’m not sure where to start with Masa — the latest culinary contribution from the team that brought you Argentine dining sensation Asado on Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue. The menu, conceived by master Chef Sean Quinn, is huge. The flavor of the food? Huge. Margaritas? You could spend an entire weekend
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On sale now Daughtry Seattle. Feb. 6 (all ages) 8 pm. $20 (Neumo’s, TW). Shemekia Copeland Seattle. Feb. 8-10 7:30 and 9:30 pm, Feb. 11 7:30 pm. $23.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). “Tribute To Buddy Holly” Seattle. Feb. 13-March 4. $20-$73 (5th Avenue Theatre, 206.625.1900). Ernestine Anderson, Houston Person Seattle. Feb. 14 7:30 and 9:30
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On sale now Daughtry Seattle. Feb. 6 (all ages) 8 pm. $20 (Neumo’s, TW). Shemekia Copeland Seattle. Feb. 8-10 7:30 and 9:30 pm, Feb. 11 7:30 pm. $23.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). “Tribute To Buddy Holly” Seattle. Feb. 13-March 4. $20-$73 (5th Avenue Theatre, 206.625.1900). Ernestine Anderson, Houston Person Seattle. Feb. 14 7:30 and 9:30
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Anyone who pushes the boundaries while successfully creating her own distinctive sound is all right in my book — and the weirder the better. Self-described as dark jazz roots music, Myshkin is one artist who gets a high recommendation from me. With a moody timbre, the New Orleans native draws
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Anyone who pushes the boundaries while successfully creating her own distinctive sound is all right in my book — and the weirder the better. Self-described as dark jazz roots music, Myshkin is one artist who gets a high recommendation from me. With a moody timbre, the New Orleans native draws
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You know it’s a good start to the week when you get to kick it into gear with an exclusive event. Last Monday was the Doyle’s holiday employee appreciation party, and everyone’s favorite Doyle’s ambassador, Russ, was kind enough to take me as his date. However, I do realize that he’s
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You know it’s a good start to the week when you get to kick it into gear with an exclusive event. Last Monday was the Doyle’s holiday employee appreciation party, and everyone’s favorite Doyle’s ambassador, Russ, was kind enough to take me as his date. However, I do realize that he’s
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Evan Purcell’s new CD, Attachments, was scheduled to be released last month at Shakabrah Java, but alas, it was not meant to be. Tacoma’s longtime favorite acoustic music venue decided to be a little less shaka and a little more java and cancelled all of its music performances. But Sixth