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It’s the time of day when the sun is getting ready to clock off and let the moon hang out for the night, and I’m sitting in a damply lit bar in Ballard across from Lincoln Barr, lead singer and brainchild of Red Jacket Mine. The loud rock music playing
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I saw Sweet Water at the Puyallup Fair when I was 14. I followed them religiously for three or four years after the experience. Sweet Water is a tale of a band that was on the brink of enormous success and yet, somehow, fell short. A band that came into the
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I saw Sweet Water at the Puyallup Fair when I was 14. I followed them religiously for three or four years after the experience. Sweet Water is a tale of a band that was on the brink of enormous success and yet, somehow, fell short. A band that came into
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Tacoma has an emerging music scene that shouldn’t be ignored. It is in the hands of bands like The Makeup Monsters and a band that I had the privilege of interviewing, The Sugar Beats. Both bands are comprised of 17-year-old rockers. I spoke with The Sugar Beats’ guitar playing lead
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Tacoma has an emerging music scene that shouldn’t be ignored. It is in the hands of bands like The Makeup Monsters and a band that I had the privilege of interviewing, The Sugar Beats. Both bands are comprised of 17-year-old rockers. I spoke with The Sugar Beats’ guitar playing lead
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I’m 10 minutes late to the interview. Dammit. I am meeting the two members of the Makeup Monsters at the Spar in Old Town Tacoma. As I enter this down-home neighborhood bar I take inventory of the constituents and search for the two younger looking fellows who make up this
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I’m 10 minutes late to the interview. Dammit. I am meeting the two members of the Makeup Monsters at the Spar in Old Town Tacoma. As I enter this down-home neighborhood bar I take inventory of the constituents and search for the two younger looking fellows who make up this
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So there I am, playing bass for Red Card as a junior in high school at the University Place Recreation Center. Our lead singer, Dale Coleman, called for someone in the crowd to come up and freestyle rap with him over a jam we had made up that week —
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So there I am, playing bass for Red Card as a junior in high school at the University Place Recreation Center. Our lead singer, Dale Coleman, called for someone in the crowd to come up and freestyle rap with him over a jam we had made up that week —
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“Absinthe has a wonderful color, green. A glass of Absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of Absinthe and a sunset?” — Oscar Wilde Well, besides the fact that I have never tried to punch a police officer after seeing
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“Absinthe has a wonderful color, green. A glass of Absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of Absinthe and a sunset?” — Oscar Wilde Well, besides the fact that I have never tried to punch a police officer after seeing the beautiful
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The Internet is the most innovative technology to ever affect worldwide communication. Where Andrew Jackson had an artist rendering to inform the people of his appearance, Barack Obama has a MySpace page. And where once we had to imagine absurd sexual acts in our minds, we can now just get
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The Internet is the most innovative technology to ever affect worldwide communication. Where Andrew Jackson had an artist rendering to inform the people of his appearance, Barack Obama has a MySpace page. And where once we had to imagine absurd sexual acts in our minds, we can now just get
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2710 N. 21st St., Tacoma, 253.759.0467 Type of joint: Watering Hole Magoo’s Annex is the Tacoma staple for cheap drinks, awesome bartenders, and the best jukebox in town. With deals like $2.75 micro Mondays, $5 PBR pitcher Thursdays, and free pool on Sundays, this bar is a must visit for anyone
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2710 N. 21st St., Tacoma, 253.759.0467 Type of joint: Watering Hole Magoo’s Annex is the Tacoma staple for cheap drinks, awesome bartenders, and the best jukebox in town. With deals like $2.75 micro Mondays, $5 PBR pitcher Thursdays, and free pool on Sundays, this bar is a must visit for anyone who
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“Every album I have put out has at least two songs that describe Three’s Company episodes,” explains, in all seriousness, Peter Tjetjan — the brainchild of Tacoma’s most unique and under-appreciated band, Umber Sleeping. “For instance, the last track on Music from "Science Film," our latest, yet-to-be-released album, is titled
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“Every album I have put out has at least two songs that describe Three’s Company episodes,” explains, in all seriousness, Peter Tjetjan — the brainchild of Tacoma’s most unique and under-appreciated band, Umber Sleeping. “For instance, the last track on Music from "Science Film," our latest, yet-to-be-released album, is titled
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In the early ‘70s, a Japanese musician by the name of Daisuke Inoue invented the first ever Karaoke machine. The name Karaoke comes from a combination of the word Kara-meaning empty and Okesutora- meaning orchestra. However, even Daisuke’s Sadist ass couldn’t have fathomed what I experienced last night. Rockaroake is the
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In the early ‘70s, a Japanese musician by the name of Daisuke Inoue invented the first ever Karaoke machine. The name Karaoke comes from a combination of the word Kara-meaning empty and Okesutora- meaning orchestra. However, even Daisuke’s Sadist ass couldn’t have fathomed what I experienced last night. Rockaroake is the
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I recently took a tour of the parking options of downtown Tacoma with a good friend of mine, Joe Korbuszewski. We will call him Willy. Willy works at Paddy Coyne’s, which as I’m sure you know is a restaurant on the north end of Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma. If
