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Barleywine Revue credits itself simply as a bluegrass band, but to hear it, the band somehow transforms that format into something more. Depending on whose lead vocals you get (in a very egalitarian move, the members trade off lead vocal duty), you'll either find yourself in a jumping jam like
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As I've said for a long time, now, there is no other band in Tacoma that surpasses Roman Holiday in terms of big, national potential. The band already sounds like it has been vetted on adult contemporary radio for years. This is not to say it is a prepackaged band,
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AMERICAN TEEN: See review click here. The Grand Cinema: Fri-Thurs, Aug. 21 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9. Also Sat-Sun noon. BRIDESHEAD REVISITED: Elegantly mounted and well-acted version of the Evelyn Waugh novel, but not the equal of the (much longer) 1981 TV miniseries. Matthew Goode plays the middle-class youth
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Since 1991, the Neighborhood Business District Program has been part of Tacoma. According to the City of Destiny’s official Web site, the goal of the program when it started was to “bring positive growth and sustainable improvements to the business communities.” Since livable and sustainable neighborhoods depend on their businesses
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Since 1991, the Neighborhood Business District Program has been part of Tacoma. According to the City of Destiny’s official Web site, the goal of the program when it started was to “bring positive growth and sustainable improvements to the business communities.” Since livable and sustainable neighborhoods depend on their businesses
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Despite rain, wind, the Olympics and a Portland band, Showcase Tacoma proved this town can throw a worthy arts and music festival downtown. And The Drug Purse guitarist Joshua Vega smashed his guitar into pieces after their performance. The Weekly Volcano still feels a little soggy. PLUS 1 Metro Parks has
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Despite rain, wind, the Olympics and a Portland band, Showcase Tacoma proved this town can throw a worthy arts and music festival downtown. And The Drug Purse guitarist Joshua Vega smashed his guitar into pieces after their performance. The Weekly Volcano still feels a little soggy. PLUS 1 Metro Parks has
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HOLY LORD OF ALL DIVE BARS — I’VE HIT THE MOTHERLOAD! Whoa whoa whoa baby, the lounge part of Pine Street Landing and Lounge on the corner of 38th and Pine is a damn goldmine, I tell ya, a GOLDMINE. The initial dive bar giveaway was the “and Lounge” at the
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HOLY LORD OF ALL DIVE BARS — I’VE HIT THE MOTHERLOAD! Whoa whoa whoa baby, the lounge part of Pine Street Landing and Lounge on the corner of 38th and Pine is a damn goldmine, I tell ya, a GOLDMINE. The initial dive bar giveaway was the “and Lounge”
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Donna K. Sheneman will tell you anything you want if you just ask nicely. After bartending in Tacoma for more than 20 years, she found solstice in the sex world one random afternoon as she went shopping for lingerie. When D’s Fantasy Shop had only a tiny mirror in the
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Donna K. Sheneman will tell you anything you want if you just ask nicely. After bartending in Tacoma for more than 20 years, she found solstice in the sex world one random afternoon as she went shopping for lingerie. When D’s Fantasy Shop had only a tiny mirror in the
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The documentary Hearts of Darkness is about the struggles of filming the great Vietnam War movie Apocalypse Now. Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder plays like the doc’s nightmare. A troupe of actors, under the impression they’re making a Vietnam War movie, wanders dangerously in the jungle and is captured by a
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The documentary Hearts of Darkness is about the struggles of filming the great Vietnam War movie Apocalypse Now. Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder plays like the doc’s nightmare. A troupe of actors, under the impression they’re making a Vietnam War movie, wanders dangerously in the jungle and is captured by a
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Star Wars animated feature shows all the signs that shortcuts were taken in the animation work ... Has it come to this? Has the magical impact of George Lucas’ original vision of Star Wars been reduced to the level of Saturday morning animation? Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which is a
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Star Wars animated feature shows all the signs that shortcuts were taken in the animation work ... Has it come to this? Has the magical impact of George Lucas’ original vision of Star Wars been reduced to the level of Saturday morning animation? Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which is a
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The thing about a Woody Allen film is, whatever else happens, the characters are intriguing to listen to. They tend to be smart, witty, not above epigrams. A few days before seeing Vicky Cristina Barcelona, I viewed his Hannah and Her Sisters again. More than 20 years apart, both with
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The thing about a Woody Allen film is, whatever else happens, the characters are intriguing to listen to. They tend to be smart, witty, not above epigrams. A few days before seeing Vicky Cristina Barcelona, I viewed his Hannah and Her Sisters again. More than 20 years apart, both with
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I like a good, creative concept as much as the next herbal jazz cigarette connoisseur. I like it when albums have themes, and I like it when bands take on creative visions larger than simple, three-minute songs. I like it when a story weaves its way through an entire record.
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I like a good, creative concept as much as the next herbal jazz cigarette connoisseur. I like it when albums have themes, and I like it when bands take on creative visions larger than simple, three-minute songs. I like it when a story weaves its way through an entire record.
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ANNOUNCER: Hot dogs smothered in cheese sauce, chili and jalapeños served with Pabst Blue Ribbon and chased by a Moon Pie — the boys are in heaven. The Red Hot opened a year ago on crowded Sixth Avenue (and celebrates its one year anniversary this Saturday) to prove that you
