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An album as astonishingly overblown as the '90s Smashing Pumpkins landmark, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, is uniquely suited for the astonishingly overblown treatment being given to it on Saturday. The over two-hour, 28-song concept album will be covered in its entirety by a cavalcade of local artists and
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Last year, I was melting in Austin, Tex., during South By Southwest. In a sticky haze, I found myself outside a blue theater. There, in the parking lot, I saw the best performance of my time at SXSW: the Back Pockets, from Atlanta, Ga. Some 10 or a dozen members
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Writing from a lesbian and/or feminist perspective is easier today than it was 30 years ago, thanks in large part to the sustained work of women activists and by growing mass acceptance of their arguments. The level of anger and revolt and solidarity is not the same today as it
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QUESTION: This man I've been dating didn't want anything serious. I don't either. I explained that I just wanted to hang out and have fun. We were going out several times a week, sleeping together at least once a week. Suddenly, he freaked, worrying I'd get attached. I reinforced that
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The old Surreal Ultra Lounge, and whatever it was before that, is now Club In (Seventh and Pacific Avenue). It's newly remodeled and has now hosted a spattering of hip-hop shows. There's a big one coming up Friday, March 30 called March Madness Reggae/Rap Fest. The show is being planned
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - When members of the 56th Army Band performed for Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Babbit's high school nearly 30 years ago, playing professionally as a musician was still a new dream for him. Now, it's a reality every day of his life.
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Spc. Ryan Tremble has watched his 9-month-old daughter, Jade, grow up like most other parents do - a little bit at a time. But he's witnessed it all from behind a screen. No touching, no playing, no holding. For the 22-year-old,
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Blah blah blah, Matt Driscoll has left Weekly Volcano, blah blah blah he's now working in Seattle. As I told him last week after our taping of the weekly podcast, Volcano Radio, I would've made him a cake but I didn't know what to write on top of the frosting. "We'll
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For all the guff Tacoma takes from outsiders and its own population for various exaggerated reasons, something I will always defend and take a certain modicum of pride in is that we take care of our own when it's called upon us to do so. Part of the reason people
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Thursday, April 9 Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, April 10 New Oregon wine producers tasting with Guy Harris from Cru Selections, 3-6 p.m., complimentary, Water to Wine, 9014 Peacock Hill Ave., Gig Harbor, 253.853.WINE. Fridays Uncorked, 5-7:30 p.m., $12, Bayview School
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Thursday, April 9 Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, April 10 New Oregon wine producers tasting with Guy Harris from Cru Selections, 3-6 p.m., complimentary, Water to Wine, 9014 Peacock Hill Ave., Gig Harbor, 253.853.WINE. Fridays Uncorked, 5-7:30 p.m., $12, Bayview School
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BANGS >>> Thursday, March 29 Bangs, one of the more popular rock bands to emerge from Olympia - having toured extensively and forged connections with all the other great bands of the '90s and 2000s - broke up in 2004 when frontwoman Sarah Utter moved to L.A. A brief stint of fundraising
Food Matters
WINE TASTING Metropolitan Market (2420 N. Proctor St., Tacoma) will host a complimentary wine tasting paired with Kurobuta ham, roasted lamb and Columbia King salmon 4-7 p.m. Friday, March 30. CAPITAL FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL The 23rd version of the popular event will take place noon to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 31 at
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"So this is how liberty dies: with thunderous applause." - Star Wars, Episode III Like The Crucible or, for that matter, The Hunger Games, George Orwell's Animal Farm (1945) is an allegorical novel - meaning it isn't about what it seems to be about. If you skipped it in high school,
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The big gay history/portrait show at Tacoma Art Museum is overwhelming. I came away exhausted but wanting more. It would take at least three columns the size of this one to adequately review this show. So don't be surprised if I follow up with one or two or more articles on
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Surrounded by their sister and a few cousins, brothers Jeremiah and Caleb Pancake readied themselves for the big blast. In unison, the children shouted, "Fire in the hole!" three times before a large explosion rocked the far end of the flightline on McChord Field. Grins flashed across the excited faces of
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(446th AW PA) - Reservists with the 446th Airlift Wing, in partnership with their active-duty brethren from the 62nd Airlift Wing, complete a record-setting season for Operation Deep Freeze. ODF C-17 airlift support began Aug. 20, 2011 and ended with the return of Team McChord here March 4. As the 304th
