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For the past 10 years, DJ Pedro has tirelessly mashed hip-hop, Motown, rock, funk, house, disco, New Wave and electro at clubs up and down Interstate 5. The question is: How many times have you thanked him? Tonight, during his regular set at Masa's T-Town Thursday night, stop by his
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How many times have you seen it? A young couple gets a flat tire on St. Helens Avenue in downtown Tacoma and stops at Club Silverstone to innocently use the phone to call for help. Once inside there just happens to be a party in progress for the creation of
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Bowling is a game devised for drinkers. You get up, you roll a ball, you sit down. You pound some beers and watch other people do the same. Then you repeat this cycle, all while wearing stupid shoes and knocking stuff down. It's like alcoholic heaven. The Chalet Bowl sweetens
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For the last few days the temperature in my house has hovered around 63 degrees and that is NOT acceptable. I am a warmth whore and this whole "waiting until we get paid before we can buy a furnace" thing, is wearing thin, REALLY thin. So I began to think about
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Melbourne's Crayon Fields are not the first band to become fixated on lovesickness, but they do succeed in portraying it in just about the most unfuckwithable manner possible. Their hearts are planted firmly on their sleeves for all to see, there are no half-measures to be found. All the pain
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SideBar Bistro Where: 1101 Tacoma Ave. S., Tacoma, 253.572.7227 Hours: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday - Saturday, Closed Sunday. Happy Hour: Monday - Saturday 3-6 p.m. $5 Appetizers & Drink Specials Cuisine: Waffles, quiche, sandwich, salad, soup, pasta, wings, nachos, BBQ ribs, from-scratch lasagna, chicken pot pie Scene: Laid back, great views, secret hide-out bar tucked
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The Soul Revue, coming to Jazzbones, will encompass the breadth and variety of soul over the generations. Featuring the songs of everyone from Aretha Franklin and Etta James to Frank Ocean and Janelle Monae, the Soul Revue will be covering selected bits of evolution from the world of soul music
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Considering how abrasive and corrosive solvents can be, the band Solvents may as well be a swimming pool filled with fluffy teddy bears. The Port Townsend duo are a master of controlled intensity, blending guitar and violin in ways that can attack as much as they soothe. The interplay between
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For those outside the ska scene (like me, I must admit), it can be a little bit of a struggle to keep the various "waves" in check. Are we up to 20 waves, by now? In any case, there's no denying the influence that The Toasters had on the ska
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio Seattle. Feb. 2 7:30 p.m. (Jazz Alley, jazzalley.com) Marcia Ball Seattle. Feb.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. Kim Archer & Nick Sandy. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Olivia De La Cruz. The guitarist, singer/songwriter performs during dinner. All Ages. 7-9 pm. Free. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Centralia. Boulder Acoustic Society, Kate Power, Steve Einhorn. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Yenney Music Olympia - Westside. Kate Power and Steve Einhorn Uke & Song. All Ages. 7-8 pm ukuleles and instrument playalong 8-9 pm singalong. NC. BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Hip-Bone. 21+. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. The Mix Tacoma - Downtown. Barstool Bingo.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. St. Practice Day, with Shillelagh Jack. 21+. 9:30 pm. NC. Cafe Luna Vashon. Vashon Celtic Players & Knitting Group. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 21+. 8 pm. Immanuel Presbyterian Church Tacoma - Northend.
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Seattle four-piece Hunting Grounds is in a state of flux. The band’s already multifaceted sound is about to take an evolutionary leap with the departure of singer Mike Ensor, whose vocal contributions added an unmistakable New Wave vibe to Huting Grounds’ genre-bending indie rock songs. Now remaining members Todd Bernier
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Here’s something odd: a garage/psychedelic dance party. Presiding over”Guys in the Garage Night” at The New Frontier will be the mysterious DJ Chelsea Fantasia. At the time of this writing, not much is known of the DJ. What I do know is Tarek Wegner (Night Beats) and Spencer Kelly (Basemint)
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The band's name implies intoxication via the metallic red stuff, but the sound is that of pure, trashy beer and whiskey. Blooddrunk Shenanigans are part of a long-standing tradition of drunken UK blokes and the fiery punk they create. (Even though they appear to be from Texas. Weird.) Lead singer
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LAKE is something of a local supergroup. All of its many members are solo artists or participants in other area acts, making the collective something of a part-time gig. Nevertheless, LAKE has a full-time wondrousness and enough talent to fill several bands (which, duh, makes perfect sense). Their music is
Food Matters
Off The Vine There's nothing worse than buying a bottle of a wine you end up not really loving. It can be a date drainer, a confidence killer, a mood masher, a romance squaher and an evening ender. El Gaucho in downtown Tacoma has a solution. Once a month (or so), an in-house
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Boasting too many competitions and categories to list here, Tacoma ushers in its first annual (indoor) Harvest Fair this weekend. Expect the typical baked goods, gourds, jam and pickled veg competitions, as well as competitions with a T-town twist, including Most Awesome Mustache, Greater Tacoma Mutt Show, Best Pansy Container
