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About a month ago I did an interview at the Parkway Tavern. The band was L.A. Lungs, comprised of Nathan Markiewicz and his wife, Lori Peterson. It was one of those interviews — most of mine seem to go this way — where the talk goes on long after the
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About a month ago I did an interview at the Parkway Tavern. The band was L.A. Lungs, comprised of Nathan Markiewicz and his wife, Lori Peterson. It was one of those interviews — most of mine seem to go this way — where the talk goes on long after the
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The Comeback Kid’s Comeback Kid OK, what did you expect? James Carville, the political Yoda, CNN talking head and oddball nonpareil, did not come here to depress us. That’s not how you make it on the lecture circuit. That’s not how you earn the nickname the “Ragin’ Cajun.” Carville,
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The Comeback Kid’s Comeback Kid OK, what did you expect? James Carville, the political Yoda, CNN talking head and oddball nonpareil, did not come here to depress us. That’s not how you make it on the lecture circuit. That’s not how you earn the nickname the “Ragin’ Cajun.” Carville, specifically addressing
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It’s risky business to write about people you like, makes it hard to be objective. You don’t want to hurt feelings, don’t want to offend. You want them to like you as much as you like them. Human nature, you know? Well, full disclosure: I like Goldfinch. Aaron Stevens and Grace
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It’s risky business to write about people you like, makes it hard to be objective. You don’t want to hurt feelings, don’t want to offend. You want them to like you as much as you like them. Human nature, you know? Well, full disclosure: I like Goldfinch. Aaron Stevens
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When Seattle recording studio Calleye burned down Jan. 8, it took the masters of self-described “po-pomo post-punk” trio Motorik’s new record, Klang!, with it. Motorik guitarist Adrian Garver, though, isn’t losing any sleep. “The digital age is evil in its own way,” he told me recently over the phone. With today’s
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When Seattle recording studio Calleye burned down Jan. 8, it took the masters of self-described “po-pomo post-punk” trio Motorik’s new record, Klang!, with it. Motorik guitarist Adrian Garver, though, isn’t losing any sleep. “The digital age is evil in its own way,” he told me recently over the phone. With today’s
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You might not know this (because you might be a Communist), but the Tacoma Rainiers will open the 2009 season at Cheney Stadium Friday night with a game against the Sacramento River Cats. I had a chance to chat via e-mail this week with Rainiers President Aaron Artman about what
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You might not know this (because you might be a Communist), but the Tacoma Rainiers will open the 2009 season at Cheney Stadium Friday night with a game against the Sacramento River Cats. I had a chance to chat via e-mail this week with Rainiers President Aaron Artman about what
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Bob’s Java Jive is where it all began for Nathan Markiewicz and Lori Peterson, the married couple that comprises Tacoma experimental band L.A. Lungs, which will play the iconic bar this Saturday. Six years ago Markiewicz was hosting karaoke and Peterson was singing. The song? The Carpenters’ “We’ve Only
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Bob’s Java Jive is where it all began for Nathan Markiewicz and Lori Peterson, the married couple that comprises Tacoma experimental band L.A. Lungs, which will play the iconic bar this Saturday. Six years ago Markiewicz was hosting karaoke and Peterson was singing. The song? The Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun.” Markiewicz
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But often, in the world’s most crowded streets, But often, in the din of strife, There rises an unspeakable desire After the knowledge of our buried life — Matthew Arnold John Hewitt sits behind his desk, munching on a hamburger and drinking a shake. He is
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But often, in the world’s most crowded streets, But often, in the din of strife, There rises an unspeakable desire After the knowledge of our buried life — Matthew Arnold John Hewitt sits behind his desk, munching on a hamburger and drinking a shake. He is 80 years old, a Korean War
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Precious. Not a word you’d normally associate with a 500-foot-tall, 400-foot-wide concrete hulk. But in conversations about Cooling Tower 5, that’s the word that keeps coming up: precious. It is a relic from an era that never really was, the golden age of American nuclear energy. In the 1970s,
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Precious. Not a word you’d normally associate with a 500-foot-tall, 400-foot-wide concrete hulk. But in conversations about Cooling Tower 5, that’s the word that keeps coming up: precious. It is a relic from an era that never really was, the golden age of American nuclear energy. In the 1970s, the Washington
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Since Nov. 4 I’ve been lost. This isn’t what I was expecting. I was expecting exaltation, relief, pride. All I’ve felt is confused. I’ve run since adolescence on the fossil fuel of blind contempt for the powers that be. I’m talking about “The Man.”
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Since Nov. 4 I’ve been lost. This isn’t what I was expecting. I was expecting exaltation, relief, pride. All I’ve felt is confused. I’ve run since adolescence on the fossil fuel of blind contempt for the powers that be. I’m talking about “The Man.” For the first time in my lifetime (and with
