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Last week, in a resolute effort to clean up my act and attend more shows in Olympia, I stumbled upon a band while plotting my way through Northern's website. My efforts were rewarded in the form of Math the Band, a high energy, "electro-punk spazz duo" from
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For 10 years now, Beautiful Angle has created handcrafted letterpress posters. Once a month, these posters get wheat-pasted and stapled in locations around downtown Tacoma in what the two men responsible - graphic designer Lance Kagey and writer Tom Llewellyn - like to call "guerrilla art." Beautiful Angle's annual holiday party
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There is a deep appreciation between bands and bars, they've had each others backs since the dawn of time. There is an even deeper bond between band and bartender, an unspoken hook-up of good drinks, high fives and free T-shirts. Throw a birthday in the mix of this industry friendship and
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During my time at the Weekly Volcano, I've written about Eliot Lipp so many times that I worry there's nothing left to be said. In case any of you are uninitiated (and how sad that would be), this is a producer who specializes in the kind of gut-punching minimalist electronic
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As the Information Age continues to shape modern communication, the Defense Department has revitalized and consolidated the Military OneSource website to better serve military members and their families, a Pentagon official said in a recent interview. Zona Lewis, military community outreach online and resource operations
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I think it’s safe to say that any dining establishment who ends their name with “and Lounge” should be investigated as a dive bar candidate. A’s Place Restaurant and Lounge in Milton was just begging us to stop in, with a name like that. And yes, I was in Milton
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I think it’s safe to say that any dining establishment who ends their name with “and Lounge” should be investigated as a dive bar candidate. A’s Place Restaurant and Lounge in Milton was just begging us to stop in, with a name like that. And yes, I was in Milton
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THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN: A solid second film, based on the legendary C.S. Lewis books, Prince Caspian provides good action and excellent special effects, though the storytelling is a bit muddy in the opening sequences, especially for those unfamiliar with either the Lewis novels or the first Narnia
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Jason Harsin has been busy making handbills and flyers, throwing parties and touring the circuit. While this all perfectly natural to the former DIY rocker, this time it isn't about promoting his music, it's about promoting his yummy-smelling, all natural hair and body care products. Former band member of Tacoma's Swelter,
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Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg has announced a plan to hire a consultant to explore the possibility of working with Illinois-based KemperSports Management to build a new clubhouse, restaurant and hotel at Chambers Bay golf course in University Place. As long as the hotel provides rooms for undersheltered Tacoma Convention
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Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg has announced a plan to hire a consultant to explore the possibility of working with Illinois-based KemperSports Management to build a new clubhouse, restaurant and hotel at Chambers Bay golf course in University Place. As long as the hotel provides rooms for undersheltered Tacoma Convention
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“Of course we’re disappointed, but not surprised,” says Bonnie Jacobs, founding member of Olympia’s “Save our Waterfront” organization, who since February have been fighting an effort launched by developer Tri Vo and his company Triway Enterprises to erect two massive, mixed-use buildings between Budd Inlet and Capitol Lake in downtown
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“Of course we’re disappointed, but not surprised,” says Bonnie Jacobs, founding member of Olympia’s “Save our Waterfront” organization, who since February have been fighting an effort launched by developer Tri Vo and his company Triway Enterprises to erect two massive, mixed-use buildings between Budd Inlet and Capitol Lake in downtown
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"The X-Files: I Want to Believe" arrives billed as a "stand-alone" film that requires no familiarity with the famous television series. So it is, leaving us to piece together the plot on our own. And when I say "piece together," trust me, that's exactly what I mean. In an
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"The X-Files: I Want to Believe" arrives billed as a "stand-alone" film that requires no familiarity with the famous television series. So it is, leaving us to piece together the plot on our own. And when I say "piece together," trust me, that's exactly what I mean. In an
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The Wackness, which is set in 1994, contains so many drugs it could have been made in the 1970s, along with Panic in Needle Park and other landmarks of the psychotropic generation. The big difference is that drugs have progressed in the years between from cutting-edge material to background music.
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The Wackness, which is set in 1994, contains so many drugs it could have been made in the 1970s, along with Panic in Needle Park and other landmarks of the psychotropic generation. The big difference is that drugs have progressed in the years between from cutting-edge material to background music.
