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As much as an album cover featuring a black-and-white photo of a nude woman chained up and wearing a black mask and leather gloves might seem like something out of This is Spinal Tap, it's actually the cover of The Killing Scene by Animal Bodies. Rather than the arena rock
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"'Comfort ye, my people,' saith your God." And with that, one of humanity's crowning achievements in inspirational music gets underway. Who couldn't use some comfort as we approach the winter solstice? Maybe that's why Messiah, which was written for Easter and first performed in April, has become so inseparably associated
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We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW The Senate Seattle. Dec. 22-23 7:30 pm. $28.50 (Jazz Alley, jazzalley.com) Sara Gazarek Seattle. Dec. 26-28. $30.50
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A Stryker brigade whose only commander said was "conceived under the aegis of Mars" retired its flag and welcomed a new leader last week. The Destroyer Brigade cased its colors July 22 for the first time in its three-year history, when it inactivated to become 2nd Brigade, 2nd
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The last tour New American Shame embarked on before the band's premature retirement was playing the opening slot for headliners Megadeth and main support band Static X on a week's worth of shows in the Midwest. None of us were huge fans of either band, but we were certainly thankful
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Kala Dralle loves shoes, but she'll never, ever open another shoe store. Remember Heel Shoes? Dralle does. She used to own it. Used to. Because it closed a few years back. She's OK with that. Dralle is much happier in her role as Program Development Specialist for the City of
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The World Championship of Sand Sculpting (yes, it really exists!) had been held in Harrison Hot Springs British Columbia for nearly 20 years, but this year it moved to Federal Way (yes, it's really true!). The World Championship of Sand Sculpting drew top-notch sand sculptors (yes, they really exist!) from
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On Tuesday, Eboo Patel, the executive director of Interfaith Youth Core and a member of President Obama's Advisory Council of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, will be at the University of Puget Sound to deliver a lecture titled, "Acts of Faith: Interfaith Leadership at a Time
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I have to give a shout out to Tacoma Musical Playhouse. It is so solidly on a roll that it should enter the NASCAR circuit. This theater, as I have said several times before in this space, is on fire with hot, hot, hot shows and filled-to-the-rafters audiences, making it
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THE FUN POLICE >>> Thursday, Sept. 2 The Fun Police, it must be said, are one of those workhorse local bands that absolutely fucking bring it. They treat each venue the same, making sure the crowd leaves dazed, a ringing in their ears and smiles on their faces - because they've just
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Nothing on Paradise Theatre opens “Noises Off,“ the behind-the-scenes farce about an acting troupe that is staged as a show within a show by Michael Frayn. [Paradise Theatre, through May 13, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday, $8-$18, 9911 Burnham Dr. N.W., Gig Harbor, 253.851.PLAY] Broken manliness “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,”
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THE STAGE Gig Harbor’s Encore! Theater is staging “Annie” again this year and promises to be even more charming than the version it staged a few years back. Based on the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie,” this entertaining musical was written by Thomas Meehan with music by Charles Strauss and with lyrics
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We really are the same all over. Just about every place in the world knows how to rock, as if there were a rock 'n' roll Rosetta stone somewhere that taught the ways of electric guitar. If there is a difference, it's in the subtle changes in paradigm from
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As the year winds down - or up, depending how you see it - we reminisce over lost loves and past times, such as Wednesday hip-hop night at Jezebels where $1 wells were served and the place was packed out in downtown Olympia. Jezebels is gone. Two other Wednesday hip-hop options
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Horror films have carved out a bloody niche for themselves on the badlands of mainstream cinema. So it makes sense that The Grand will begin making screen space for this oft-overlooked genre with a new monthly series. Says Executive Director Philip Cowan, "We spend a lot of time...trying to
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Green Coconut Tree Where: 8813 Edgewater Dr. S.W., Lakewood 253.473.4444,Hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. SundayCuisine: Big servings of Chinese, Vietnamese and Jamaican dishes - curries, wontons, pan fried noodles, seafood, pho bowls, egg rolls, oxtail, jerk chicken, tofuScene: Super casual, family friendly with an international
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Rhombus is a punk band with absurdist tendencies. They have a hard-bitten sound that mixes with silliness in a way that reminds me of early Ween, when every heavy metal anthem was tempered with some under-the-counter chemical to form a queasy mélange. I watched a video of Rhombus live performing
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What do we know about South Sound band the Sofistokits? No more than is necessary. The Sofistokits trudge in marshy, blues-laden hard rock bogs and rarely take their rock shoes off upon coming inside. Comprised of Dennis Byers, Justin McIntyre, Andrew Hilton and Dick Midnyte, the Sofistokits are a band
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