Ragnet
In every issue of this fine rag my hack team of wannabe journalists and I tackle some of the most laughable criminal acts that have recently happened in our area. Then - if we're doing our job - we write about those crimes in a way that makes you chuckle,
Music
Nonstop, all day, every day I hear: "When is someone from the Tac' gon' get put-on? Hit it big? Put the town on the map?" It gets old hearing this over and over again. There have been numerous artists that have broken out of the state and gotten a chance to
Music
MAIA SANTELL AND HOUSE BLEND >>> FRIDAY, DEC. 23 Maia Santell and House Blend perform their traditional holiday jazz and blues show at Jazzbones this Friday. They play an upbeat brand of R&B with a little jump blues and big band jazz thrown in for a party second to none. Santell has
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Something about the BreakLites calling their new album RAPFACE - all caps, accompanied by an illustration of a vicious animal with the title clenched in his teeth - seems weirdly incongruous when compared to the music the BreakLites make. The packaging is so aggro that when you finally hear what
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Hey there, hi there, ho there. My name is Geoff Reading. Five years ago, for nine months or so while my wife was pregnant, I forgot to pay attention to what I was doing and woke up one morning having relocated my family from sunny Los Angeles to your lovely
Archives
Le Loup’s 2007 album The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly (yes, that really is the title) was one of the most criminally underappreciated albums of 2007. Now Le Loup is back with Family, out this past Tuesday on Hardly Art, and they have crafted
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Something about the BreakLites calling their new album RAPFACE - all caps, accompanied by an illustration of a vicious animal with the title clenched in his teeth - seems weirdly incongruous when compared to the music the BreakLites make. The packaging is so aggro that when you finally hear what
Cup Check
We're smack-dab in the middle of the holiday season. Which for most Americans, of course, is just a less confrontational way of saying Christmastime. And believe me, the last thing I want to inspire is confrontation - at least as it relates to national holidays and the sanctioned distribution of candy canes. That's
Stage
Ho, ho, ho, and welcome to the second annual Carvy Awards! Presented below are my picks for the best in Oly-grown theater in 2011, selected from more than 30 reviews. This was an outstanding year for supporting actors and technicians. Lead actors and directors hog the glory, but a show can
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The cedar box is simple in its design and large in its message. On the cover is the crest of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment. When the box is opened the following words appear:With deepest respect from the soldiers and families of the “Buffaloes” 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment
Arts
Lights, camera ... what's that humming noise? Tacoma-based producer Jason Ganwich frowns in the direction of a noisy cooler chilling beer at the Tempest Lounge at Ninth and MLK Jr., location of a recent shoot of the artistically challenging and thought-provoking series, The High Bar. An effort to stop the humming
