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Zeahorse is a band that does not stumble blood-crusted out of the outback. They're from Sydney which, one imagines, could not be without at least a couple air-conditioned fast food restaurants. The prospect of losing one's mind in the wasteland of the desert would likely be far from the minds
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The other day I was talking to my only "close-as-family" friend, who is also a cancer survivor. He's a good 15 years my junior and has a crush on a girl. He told me the constant of someone being in his thoughts amused him in a way he felt only
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(CONTEST CLOSED) Alternative rockers Saving Abel – formed in Mississippi in 2004 by vocalist Jared Weeks and guitarist Jason Null – bring out the emotional struggles that face military servicemen fighting for freedom in their second studio album, Miss America. For this week's Weekly Volcano Morning Quickie e-newsletter contest
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Before I dig deeper ("For I am nothing, if not critical"), TAO's production of Othello is an able retelling of one of Shakespeare's most plot-driven tragedies with a skilled cast in the hands of a smart director. It boasts technical polish worthy of a much larger, wealthier troupe. I say
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Now showing at Childhood's End Gallery in Olympia are paintings by Chuck Gumpert and Alfred Currier, plus a group of the very popular half-man, half-bird ceramic sculptures by the husband-and-wife team of John and Robin Gumaelius. I'm going to limit my comments to the paintings by Gumpert and Currier, two
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Has it already been a year since the last Out in the Park? It seems like only yesterday I nestled down in the grass of sunny Wright Park to watch the performances of several stunning drag queens and kings at Tacoma's annual gay pride event. This year promises to maintain that
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Has it already been a year since the last Out in the Park? It seems like only yesterday I nestled down in the grass of sunny Wright Park to watch the performances of several stunning drag queens and kings at Tacoma's annual gay pride event. This year promises to maintain that
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This is an op-ed piece. It's not the news. You know the news already: We're two and a half months into an ongoing ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, precipitated by an industrial explosion that killed 11 workers and wounded 17 others. Numerous attempts to cap the broken oil
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DuPont residents know far too well how to detect the signs of summer. Not the good signs of summer: warm sunrays, kids playing outside, and restaurant patios finally open for dining. I mean the miserable, annoying signs of summer, such as muggy afternoons, people who don't wear deodorant, and Sunday
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Some people turn 25 quietly, fading into the realm of “elderly.” Others, such as Alexa Folsom-Hill, go into that realm in a theatrical fashion, though not necessarily by her own accord. Kate Monthy covertly planned a surprise ‘80s-themed shindig for Folsom-Hill, inviting friends to the new MLKBallet home at Valhalla Hall (a
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Indochine Asian Dining Lounge Indochine Asian Dining Lounge is not your grandfather’s Thai/Vietnamese restaurant. High ceilings and carefully chosen décor complement the layout of the spacious restaurant that features a stunning separate lounge, two comfy waiting areas, round tented tables for large parties, private wall-screened suites for intimate dining, and three
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We denizens of Tacoma like to imagine ourselves as residents of an actual metropolis. We nod appreciatively in the direction of Sixth Avenue and downtown. But this is all so much hallucination; for, as anyone who has ever left Tacoma for any reason knows, the City of Destiny just doesn’t
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Thursday, April 26: Wine Tasting to benefit The March of Dimes, 6 p.m., Pairings Fine Wine & Bar, 3012 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.274.9463. Thursday, April 26: Singles Wine Tasting, 7-9 p.m., Corkscrew Cellars, 116 E. Stewart, Puyallup, 253.770.9463. Thursday, April 26: Tasting of Spring dinner with wine, 6-9 p.m., $45, Pour at
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Full Circle I didn't make it to any of the farmers markets last week, and to clear my karma I just may have to call Full Circle Farm. This local company has offered organic and artisan food for a while now, but they just launched a home delivery to Pierce County. Full Circle
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The annual Tacoma Old Town Blues Festival will take over, well, Old Town this Saturday, filling stages throughout the picturesque area - from the Spar to the Slavonian Hall to Old Town Park - with the blues, as provided by the likes of Little Bill and the Bluenotes, Maia Santell,
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Located on bustling Fourth Avenue in downtown Olympia, King Solomon's Reef has been on the block for at least 400 years - with the dear Verna working there half that time, it seems. Everyone and their brother - at least in Oly - has had a job at The Reef
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DIRTYCHANGEUP >>> Friday, July 9 Quick, name three sure ways to spot a Northwest jam band before having heard them play. ... If you said a) their band photo was shot in the woods; b) Tommy Chong is their number one friend on MySpace; or c) the bass player often wears an
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Krautrock is a genre defined by both rigid control and psychedelic improvisation, as is to be expected by a German subgenre developed in the '70s. Can, famously, would jam for a long time before paring down the track to a slim eight-to-10 minutes, or so. Other bands cherished mechanical instrumentation,
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What makes us happiest about The Mix's Official Pride Block Party that kicks off at Tacoma's gayest gay bar at 2 p.m. Saturday, directly following Out in the Park? One phrase: "The banana hammocks are back." That's right, apparently the Jager boys will be in the house, in addition to
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More than just a party rocker, the voice of the party or "that guy playing the music," the DJ is the foundation of all of hip-hop. These days, however, somehow DJs get lost in the enormous culture of hip-hop and clubs. From being underpaid to under-recognized, these men and women
