As is typically the case this time of year, Bobble Tiki is gearing up.

No, not for the annual boxed wine intervention that Bobble Tiki’s family unleashes like clockwork shortly after the holidays come to an end, or the trip to the mall for pants a waist size bigger — Bobble Tiki is gearing up for the bender to end all benders …
Better known as New Year’s Eve.

Yes, that’s right — with the passing of another year comes yet another New Year’s Eve. And since Bobble Tiki hasn’t driven his T-bird off a cliff yet, or drifted off to a cough syrup-induced slumber never to wake up again, Bobble Tiki is ready as ever to tear it up this Dec. 31.

Luckily for Bobble Tiki, the bars are ready for him. Last week the Weekly Volcano provided a list of 21 local watering holes, restaurants and lounges for drunks just like Bobble Tiki to plan their attack, and this week Bobble Tiki is proud to toot a horn for the perfect musical show to accompany your New Year’s Eve festivities.

Garaj Mahal — one of the most talented and preeminent jam bands in all the land — will be in Olympia on New Year’s Eve, taking their loose and flowing (and never ending) tunes to the stage at the Capitol Theater, as part of a show also featuring Critters Bugging.

If you like 15-minute songs, the melding of jazz, a dabble of funk and the flavor of world music — not to mention rock hard dreadlocks that haven’t seen soap since early this decade (from the fans, not the band), Garaj Mahal’s New Year’s Eve show at the Capitol Theater may be just what the doctor ordered for you.

That is, if your doctor is a hippie who works out of his van.

“It can be complex to balance all of the differing values and kinds of education we all bring to the table, but as we get older and hopefully wiser we all have begun to flow more with each other,” explained Garaj Mahal lead doodler, Fareed Haque, who most describe as more of a guitar and sitar “virtuoso” — in an interview with the Weekly Volcano almost exactly a year ago. “It’s important not to be judgmental, but rather just accept your role in the whole experience and try to bring to it whatever you can ... with love and enthusiasm. However, we are all different. Some of us are more dedicated to the jazz tradition and others to other concepts, and this makes us sometimes blend different musical languages, which can be amazing and beautiful.

“Playing a show is pretty much fun for me. We gear up by trying to get relaxed,” said Haque of Garaj Mahal’s live performances. “Tunes are set, and solos can go anywhere. Sometimes we improvise and get lost, but usually we just let ourselves get REALLY lost.”

In that way, the band will be on exactly the same page as Bobble Tiki come New Year’s Eve. Garaj Mahal will be lost in the music, and Bobble Tiki will be lost in the booze and the moment. As far as New Year’s Eve plans go, it just doesn’t get much better.

As usual, Bobble Tiki doesn’t care what you do this week because he doesn’t even know you. Is that becoming predictable yet? It should be. Unless you can tell Bobble Tiki where in the hell he misplaced his common decency, then Bobble Tiki’s pretty sure he doesn’t want to meet you. Check out this column here every week for all your South Sound Internet needs, and consider that close enough. If you got any closer to Bobble Tiki you could taste the apathy.

[Capitol Theater, Garaj Mahal, Critters Buggin and DJ FunkFuzz, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 8:30 p.m., $25-$30, 206 Fifth Ave. S.E., Olympia, 360.754.5378]