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I can't be certain, but it seems likely that SEACATS may have the distinction of being the first band I've covered that were born out of a comedy web series. Formed by Kelso, Wash., by brothers Josh and Mike Davis, SEACATS make boisterous power-pop that recalls the guitar heroics of
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First Night Tacoma has always been an embarrassment of riches, and this year's installment looks to be no different. The New Year's Eve celebration is packed with any number of bands worthy of highlighting - bands like the lovely OK Sweetheart, the dance-rock of The Fame Riot, and that elder
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The Evergreen State College (TESC), a public liberal arts school in Olympia, has more than 200 veterans currently enrolled, and although that only accounts for five percent of its undergraduate student population, the college is dedicated to improving things for its former military students. In 2008, they formed a veteran peer
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Joel and Ethan Coen: Have there ever been two guys that were just so obviously meant to do what they do? When's the last time you sat down to view a film knowing that the Coen brothers had a hand in it, and had any doubt as to whether or
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First Night Tacoma has always been an enjoyable evening of music and art, but for First Night on New Year's Eve, the shenanigans will be ramped up considerably. It's become a press-release cliché to say an event is "fun for all ages," but this time around there really is something
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As the cataloguing and availability of pop music history increases, so do the vast array of influences and aural allusions and references. Sounds churn together, spitting out complex amalgams that owe more to random exposure than they do to whatever radio station you might have tuned into, pre-internet. Because of
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Look out Memphis - you are about to get a taste of Tacoma, and it's gonna be sweet! Longtime rhythm and blues sensation Randy Oxford Band hits the infamous Midwest Blues Highway to kick off 2014 with one really important stop along the way. The band will represent Tacoma at the
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If we can trust the evidence of the past three months, Salon Refu in Olympia is now one of the best art galleries between Seattle and Portland. And Mary Randlett is the most celebrated photographer in the Pacific Northwest. Recognized as an outstanding landscape photographer and celebrated for her marvelous
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The soldiers and airmen of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the fourth largest military installation in the country, are always busy. With 27,000 servicemembers reporting to the base, it should come as no surprise that their list of accomplishments keeps growing - and 2013 was no exception. Here, the guys who pen the
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