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"They undertook extensive courses in raider and commando tactics, received intense training as paratroopers, ski troops, mountain fighters, demolition experts, amphibious forces and hand-to-hand combat experts." The words of Col. Robert McDowell rang loud during the wreath laying ceremony that commemorated Menton Day and the inactivation of the combined U.S. and
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Ahoy! Call me Ishmael. Nah I just be pulling yer anchor. My real name be Bartholomew Ruffin, a lowly swab working the decks of the sloop Prince Philip’s Retribution, commandeer’d years ago from the great an’ terrible Blackbeard himself. Me hearties — a crusty brigade of bold buccaneers — and
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Ahoy! Call me Ishmael. Nah I just be pulling yer anchor. My real name be Bartholomew Ruffin, a lowly swab working the decks of the sloop Prince Philip’s Retribution, commandeer’d years ago from the great an’ terrible Blackbeard himself. Me hearties — a crusty brigade of bold buccaneers — and
Live & CD Reviews
Jesse Noll is a 31-year-old native of the Pacific Northwest who creates music in the vein of both blues and folk. Noll, at the time of this writing, is ranked number 1 in the Pacific Northwest in the genre of indie, blues, and folk on Reverbnation, and has amassed a
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Spar Cafe - Olympia. James Coates. 8 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Harmon Brewery & Eatery Tacoma - Downtown. South Sound Blues Association Holiday Party. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Chehalis.
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Last year Weekly Volcano Publisher Pappi Swarner pounded some syrup, transformed into Buddy the Elf and infamously acted as the tour guide for the December 2011 installment of the Tacoma Third Thursday Art Walk Art Bus. Hilarity and art bus history ensued. Well guess what? Buddy is back. Also returning will
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Trauma queen I'm a 40-year-old guy seeing a 29-year-old woman for four months. I seem to have a pattern of dating women with serious problems. Sure enough, weeks after we met, she suffered a major emotional upheaval that triggered issues from her history of abuse (a vicious marriage). As an understanding
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Trauma queen I'm a 40-year-old guy seeing a 29-year-old woman for four months. I seem to have a pattern of dating women with serious problems. Sure enough, weeks after we met, she suffered a major emotional upheaval that triggered issues from her history of abuse (a vicious marriage). As an understanding
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I had been dying to go into Bud’s of Milton for many years, and today I finally got my chance. Bartender Trish was one of the nicest and most personable bartenders I’ve ever seen in action. She knew everyone in there by name (I think half of them were Bud’s employees
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I had been dying to go into Bud’s of Milton for many years, and today I finally got my chance. Bartender Trish was one of the nicest and most personable bartenders I’ve ever seen in action. She knew everyone in there by name (I think half of them were
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In a world where every new band claims to have invented its own genre, and synthesizers outnumber real instruments, it's easy to think tradition has gone by the wayside. Especially when it comes to blues music. Telling people you listen to blues music usually produces a somewhat judgmental look, as
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Ahoy, me new wave, keyboard lovin’ mateys. While toothless, eye patch wearin’, grog swillin’, wench rapin’ gentleman o’ fortune may ne’er be synonymous wit’ atmospheric, keyboard powered, electronic age bands like Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode and t’ Cure, that’s not to say we pirates don’t like t’ stuff. We do, begad!
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Ahoy, me new wave, keyboard lovin’ mateys. While toothless, eye patch wearin’, grog swillin’, wench rapin’ gentleman o’ fortune may ne’er be synonymous wit’ atmospheric, keyboard powered, electronic age bands like Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode and t’ Cure, that’s not to say we pirates don’t like t’ stuff. We do, begad!
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Yar! Some lily-livered King’s men on Pierce County Council’s Rules Committee have keelhauled a plan to raise land taxes to save wha’s left a farm land an’ such. They be sayin’ they’re nay naught sure about some parts and that thar homes isn’t worth what they was. Me be thinking
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Yar! Some lily-livered King’s men on Pierce County Council’s Rules Committee have keelhauled a plan to raise land taxes to save wha’s left a farm land an’ such. They be sayin’ they’re nay naught sure about some parts and that thar homes isn’t worth what they was. Me be thinking
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Murray against meth “Useful.” “Eye opening.” These be just two o’ t’ ways that U.S. Sen. Patty Murray characterized her stop in Tacoma on Tuesday, July 1. Murray was in this port known as Tacoma to discuss t’ area’s gang and meth problems, and fer a few hours at t’ Tacoma Police
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Murray against meth “Useful.” “Eye opening.” These be just two o’ t’ ways that U.S. Sen. Patty Murray characterized her stop in Tacoma on Tuesday, July 1. Murray was in this port known as Tacoma to discuss t’ area’s gang and meth problems, and fer a few hours at t’ Tacoma Police
