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With holidays just around the corner, and the gift-giving list getting longer, the Lincoln Winter Market organized by Make Olympia is just what the doctor ordered. Well that, and a hot buttered rum. The market is in its third run, and has grown to more than 70 vendors. Shanty Slater, who
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If 103.7 FM The Mountain hadn't changed to the Top 40 crap, I'd totally send them a copy of Joe Rosati's new CD, The Candelabra Light, because it would fit in perfectly with Leonard Cohen, The Cure and Echo and the Bunnymen. Also because the recordings are perfectly
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This is going to be one hell of a party. First, the stars of the night, we have buttrockers Hellbelly (think a more melodic Helmet) with their much-awaited CD release. After just one year together, local rock veterans Eric Breding, Brian Sparhawk, Tommy Byrnes and Ryan Mungia have pulled a
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Walking past rosemary bushes, lavender plants, and a plenty used bike rack up to a wooden screen door and into the warmth of San Francisco Street Bakery is something Olympians have been doing for 25 years. But, for the past year, there is something new to experience at the bakery -
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A hip coffeehouse and a young, bright singer/songwriter/pianist from the Bay Area? Sounds perfect for a November evening. Debbie Neigher is on tour to promote her sophomore album, Unravel, a joint effort by talent that has worked on The Mountain Goats, Rogue Wave and Death Cab for Cutie. The result
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The Julie Ruin, the latest incarnation of music from Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox, is making waves with its debut album, Run Fast, appearing on Jimmy Fallon and the cover of SPIN magazine. Now, the gritty power pop group is making its way to Olympia to rock opening
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The Julie Ruin, the latest incarnation of music from Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox, is making waves with its debut album, Run Fast, appearing on Jimmy Fallon and the cover of SPIN magazine. Now, the gritty power pop group is making its way to Olympia to rock opening night
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I've got a hankering for bluegrass this week. Maybe it's the rain, the flannel shirts and the switch from summer's gin to autumn's whiskey. Whatever the case, it's nice. Tacoma's Cottonwood Cutups are bringing that satisfying pluck and twang and funk to Olympia for a hot set in a cool
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Dirty rhymes, sexy times, shit-talkin', costume-wearing, debauchery and brilliant parodies have led many to cite Blowfly as the father of rap. Since the early '70s Blowfly has made more than 40 albums, some clean, under his birth name Clarence Reid, and most dirty, with titles like "Funk You" and "'Electronic
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Night of the Living Tribute Bands (NOTLTB) is to musicians what Olympia's Procession of the Species is to artists. But instead of life-size whales constructed out of reclaimed wood, it's Marshall stacks, rocker stances and an emulation of a band that takes months to perfect. Held at the Capitol Theater, NOTLTB
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In my early days of bartending, I worked in a country bar. There were many heated, good-natured arguments that stemmed from me loading up the jukebox with punk and rock. It was one unique customer though, that eased me into the extraordinary crossover of genres and the appeal of liquor-twinged
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Night of the Living Tribute Bands (NOTLTB) is to musicians what Procession of the Species is to artists. But instead of life-size whales constructed out of reclaimed wood, it's Marshall stacks, rocker stances and an emulation of a band that takes months to perfect. Held at the Capitol Theater, NOTLTB is
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Jungle brush and menacing creatures painted in 32 layers of neon paint glow under black light; in the room, a bright orange triceratops, giant hanging insects and David Ostrand's paint-splattered sneakers also glow. "I've gone through four or fives pairs of shoes," laughed Ostrand, owner of Shankz black light mini-golf, arcade
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Oh Kylesa, how you reek of sludge and doom, yet co-mingle with the heaven of drums, riffs and vocals hammering down a mighty force of pleasure. How your psychedelia and metal create a blistering twist of emotion on the soul. This is why tens of thousands of people flock to
