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There’s a specific, sweet conversation that I seem to be having over and over these days, and it never manages to bore me: I LOVE Tacoma, and apparently you do, too. I wind up with this topic week in and week out with every different kind of person imaginable. Thousands of you love
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There’s one particular establishment in Proctor that I’ve visited more than all of the rest as your very own nightlife hunter and gatherer: Knapp’s. But whenever I roll into Knapp’s, it’s not to be seen or heard. Knapp’s is my social sniper spot. Whenever I want to get away from my usual
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TAM has glitz. The new show called “Sparkle Then Fade” at Tacoma Art Museum is cool. Not necessarily great, mind you, but cool. There are some great artworks in this show, but also some that are downright stupid. It’s all about glitz, glamour, celebrity, the media — and how all of
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“Show us where babies feed!” More than anything, these are the words that come to mind when I think of Doug Stanhope — the brutally opinionated, smoke-tinged comic set to play Jazzbones this Tuesday, June 5. More than his stint with Joe Rogan hosting “The Man Show” (Stanhope and Rogan replaced original
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You’ll want to do one of three things after you see “Waitress”: eat a pie, bake a pie or sing a song about pie (because you won’t be able to get a certain pie ditty out of your head for about a day and a half). Whichever way you go,
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Bug William Friedkin’s new film “Bug” begins as an ominous rumble of unease and builds to a shriek. The last 20 minutes are searingly intense: A paranoid personality finds its mate, and they race each other into madness. For Friedkin, director of “The Exorcist,” it’s a work of headlong passion. Its stars,
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There is a moment late in “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” when Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush and Keira Knightley stride three abreast to a summit meeting of sorts. Adorned in their elaborate getups, from boots to cloaks to unique hats, they personify pirate cool. Watching three generations of
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Bobble Tiki would like to take this opportunity to apologize, formally. In high school, back when Bobble Tiki was trying to be Sonny Crocket and scribbling “Scorps Rulz” on his PeeChee, Bobble Tiki used to make fun of kids in the marching band. Dweebs. Nerds. Dorks. Nincompoops. Even mollycoddles. Bobble Tiki had
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Thursday, May 19 Lincoln Bowl off East 38th has some of the finest Southern food around. DO IT, his friend, THIS FINE RAG'S EDITOR and I ate big platefuls of ribs, barbecue chicken, and corn bread. The lounge provided one of the strongest vodka 7's I have had in forever. I
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I must share a little story of a fashion show from about two weeks ago at 21 Commerce. I'd spent Friday night at an after party till 4:30 a.m., and yet, somehow I managed to get to the IN BLOOM FASHION SHOW AT 21 COMMERCE at 11 a.m. Saturday (I
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Once again, I had too much fun the night before the party holiday and was not about to go play the next night. No more Surfer On Acid, Wiseman or Liquid Cocaine. Did I think it was my 17th birthday? Nope, just a good Wednesday. Why my purple leather heels
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Today is Cinco de Mayo. Almost none of the clubs or bars are doing anything special. Is it because they've all gotten wise to the fact that the South Sound doesn't really need a reason to party? Wednesday, April 27 Ahhhh, COLLEGE PARTIES. No matter how old you get, they're the same.
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Tuesday, Aug. 2 Ex-Fender's bartender Rachel now pours a mean one at Taboo nightclub in downtown Tacoma. A bunch of peeps went down to show her some love. Lurid's front man Tony showed up after closing Jazzbones. Kevin of Fender's fame and other friends took up seats at the bar. Some
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Thursday, April 21 OVER THE MOON CAFE had some sensational music for Art Walk. TRAVIS HARTNETT (Seattle) played the sweetest stuff. I went for the duck appetizer and the Malbec wine with JONES. After some entertaining banter, we walked up the hill to IDA'S PUB to see to HANDSOME and PROTECTOR
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Thursday, April 14 This may go down as the best show of the year for me. I know it's still early, but seriously, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE rocked full tilt for two hours. Worst thing of the show: the cowbell was sampled. No one stands up there playing live. If
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Warm weather means camping, house parties and swimming at night. I feel a little mislead by Mother Nature. During our freak warm spell in February and March, I unpacked a bunch of summer clothes, busted out the sandals, got a pedicure and said bye-bye to my big coats. Boy, did I
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Tuesday, March 29 HANKS ON NORTH K STREET is a good ol' neighborhood bar that has good burgers, pool tables, a decent jukebox and dartboards. As I walked in and sat down, I realized I knew over half the people there enjoying after-work beers and grub. They all live within six
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Gypsy jazz geniuses Pearl Django will make a blessed appearance June 2 at Tacoma Musical Playhouse, with local favorites the Lance Buller/Stephanie Porter Experience. Twelve years on the road, Tacoma-born jazz nomads Pearl Django continues to wear out shoes, fingers and kegs on its path to musical Mecca. Neil Andersson,
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“It was pretty much a surprise,” says Ethan Newberry, best friend of “American Idol” contestant Blake Lewis, who lost to Jordan Sparks Wednesday night. “After one of Blake’s concerts here in Seattle a friend came up to him and said, ‘I’m taking you to the “American Idol” auditions tomorrow.’ Blake
