Housing
Meriwether Landing is a precedent-setting neighborhood. The newest addition of 262 housing units to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, it is the first residential area to be shared by officers and enlisted Servicemembers. "This is about improving the quality of life for all Servicemembers," Todd Vasko, the post's managing director of Equity Residential, said.
Focus
Col. Katsuaki Okabe looked tired the evening of Sept. 21 as he sat in his tactical operations center. "Despite some language differences, I think training with the cavalry unit helps both our Soldiers and our countries," said the commander of the 3rd Combat Team, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). "We are
Business News
Lakewood welcomed a new shop to the city a month ago that is the first of its kind in the United States. 10-20 Services offers the ability to completely clean and restore military gear. Although the shop caters to military gear, it also cleans sports gear, first responder gear and law
Music
Hip-hop in the 1980s, 90s and 2000s is the big bad wolf that parents, politicians and powers-that-be demonize much like the adults of the 1950s and 60s did with rock n' roll. These days they point to hip-hop as the cause for anything that goes wrong in the inner city.
Entertainment
If I'm putting together a Mount Creepmore of the most terrifying Horror Movie Dolls of all time, here's the roster: Fats in Magic (1978) The clown doll in Poltergeist (1982) Chucky from Child's Play (1988) Annabelle from The Conjuring (2013) The title character from the wickedly funny, cheerfully dark and fantastically preposterous M3GAN isn't quite
Military Life
Imagine living in an apartment with no furniture other than a single twin bed and several plastic chairs to sit on. Captain Tai Nguyen does not have to imagine any of this; he lived it. "I distinctively remember folding blankets multiple times to lay out in the living room so that we
Military Life
You can't remember the 2017 Department of Defense Warrior Games in Chicago without the image of Team Army performing a Haka chant. That chant led by Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Sgt 1st Class Dave Iuli, became one of the greatest memories of those games. "I was voted team captain which was such an
Health
The Veterans Health Library has over 1,600 health sheets and 175 videos in both English and Spanish. It gives veterans access to health information to help them make informed decisions on their care. The medical content in the library aligns with the latest Department of Defense and VA clinical guidelines, and
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Visualize a city. Maybe a warehouse district turns into loft-style living spaces. Maybe a former house of ill-repute turns into a restaurant, and maybe a former auto dealership turns into a bookshop. Maybe? Look around Tacoma. King’s Books was, in fact, an auto dealership in 1909, but that particular product — the
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Whatever happened to the delight and, if you’ll excuse the term, magic in the Harry Potter series? As the characters grow up, the stories grow, too, leaving the innocence behind and confusing us with plots so labyrinthine that it takes a Ph.D. from Hogwarts to figure them out. “Harry Potter
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The story of Petey Greene was a movie waiting to be made. Greene came out of prison to become, literally overnight, a popular and influential DJ. He was on WOL, a Washington, D.C., station that was looking for a morning man to connect with its African-American audience and got more
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Captivity Elisha Cuthbert, so annoying as Jack’s bratty daughter in “24,” less irritating and less clothed in “The Girl Next Door,” stars this time as a famous model who is drugged, captured and tortured by a sick mind. Rated R for strong violence, torture, pervasive terror, grisly images, language and some
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on sale now Ken Peplowski, Pearl Django Seattle. July 24-25 7:30 pm. $20.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). Ravi Coltrane Quartet Seattle. July 26-28 7:30 and 9:30 pm, July 29 7:30 pm. $24.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). Cross Canadian Ragweed Seattle. Aug. 6 9 pm. $15 (Tractor Tavern, TWeb). Devin The Dude, Block Teamsters Union, Gator Seattle.
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Bobble Tiki isn’t wearing underwear right now. If Bobble Tiki could have one single wish — anything in the entire world — it would be for a frosty fresh breeze to find its way up Bobble Tiki’s grass skirt, and stay put. Ohhhh, how nice that would be. Bobble Tiki is hot,
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The Moss Brothers believe strongly that family comes before anything else. Luckily, the two founders of this Americana/roots band are siblings so the music sits comfortably in shotgun position rather than relegated to the backseat. The band is Troy Moss on lead and backing vocals, electric guitar and mandolin; Jeff
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Those of you under the impression that all blues singers are hoary old goats or, even worse, resemble John Popper, will be pleasantly surprised to meet Alex Weed. This weedy lad first started singing the schoolboy blues before he was old enough to procure a driver’s licence, and now at
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I’ve heard the rumblings. I know the word on the street. “Driscoll’s lost his touch.” “He became a dad, and Rock Rhetoric became a drag.” I have ears, Tacoma. I smell what’s cooking (besides the meth). To all the naysayers, I offer a big F. U. While you may have a point —
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Friday, July 13 R&B ebborah jordon Long before she released her radio friendly album, Private Dancer in 1984, Tina Turner was a hard rockin’ balls-to-the-wall front woman for the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. With a mix of gospel, soul, blues and rock, the husband-and-wife pair re-defined a woman’s role in rock
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When I first ran across this band’s bio, I thought they’d be like KMFDM or Nitzer Ebb, but much to my surprise Bombs Into You is closer to Radiohead with a touch of Apex Twin. Combining organic textures with ambient soundscapes and electric jolts of energy, the Portland, Ore., quartet
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My life is nuts. Kid, mate, work, play life, work, social life, kid, work, extended family drama, kid, add a dash of mate, put all ingredients in a blender, and purée. I’ll own up to the fact that my job rocks, and is often fun, but while many of those around me
