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It was fucking miserable outside - quintessential Tacoma. Gray. Cold. Wet. And depressed. 8:55 a.m. As I waited in the alley (technically South Court D Street) near the downtown Tacoma YMCA - between Market Street and Fawcett Avenue, close to South 13th Street - a woman stared back at me
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As far as it seems like we've come - and it's a considerable distance, with memories of fire hoses in Birmingham not far removed from images of the inauguration of our country's first African American president - there's still work to be done. Dr. King's Dream is not yet
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You've seen one. If you're lucky enough to have been psychoanalyzed at length, you may have seen plenty of them. A Rorschach Test. The inkblot thing - "Look at this image and tell me what you see, feel, sense. ..." A butterfly? A bullwhip? A butthole? A bag
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Metro Parks and the "Friends of McKinley Park" organization have joined together in hopes of cleaning up and revitalizing Tacoma's McKinley Park, nearly 27 acres of green that runs along Interstate 5 across from the Tacoma Dome. On Saturday, they'll host one of many upcoming "McKinley Park Cleanup Work Parties"
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First and foremost, we've raved about Brooklyn Pool before. We may have been calling the band "Former Foxes" at the time, or even "As Far as Foxes Go" or "Bearfeat" - but that's just because they were too. We've evolved as they've evolved - and now that the band is
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Orchestras are fucking big, which is why it takes a certain amount of balls to reference one in your band name - unless, of course, you're being ironic. And chances are, that's what you're doing - especially if you're still wearing that godforsaken "KISS ME I'M IRISH" shirt you scored
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Brent Amaker has this cowboy shit down. Boots and hat? Check. Swagger? Check. Penchant for whiskey, woman and song? Triple check. Coming to the new Hell’s Kitchen in downtown Tacoma this Saturday, Seattle’s Brent Amaker and the Rodeo will soon find out if Tacoma shares this passion.
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We’ve survived the wait, Tacoma.And, perhaps more impressive, here at the Weekly Volcano we’ve been able to fill the holes in our music section in the interim.Hell’s Kitchen — Tacoma’s quintessential rock club — is coming back, set to return with a free, New Year’s Eve show with Jet City
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Xylophones. What's the deal with this band? After recently playing Colonies' CD release show at The Den, Xylophones will plug in again this week for a 21-plus show at The New Frontier Lounge on Saturday.Even on vacation, cranberry sauce stains on my warmup pants, I still have questions - like
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Nearly all of us have been there: Waking up on a couch you don’t completely recognize, possibly wrapped in some sort of dirty beach towel that smells a little like cat pee, Monarch Vodka and Red Bull spilled on your sexy jeans — and wondering what the hell happened.Soon enough
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First and foremost — and especially as a father of a wide-eyed little girl — I want to deliberately note that this story is NOT about the REAL Santa Claus. The REAL Santa lives in the North Pole and spends his time taking stock of which little girls and boys
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There’s being different — just because you are. Then there’s being different for the sake of being different — which, to me at least, seems like a far less admirable thing. In many ways, it’s almost playing it safe. Tacoma’s Spectacular Optical — new on the scene, and with
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Tonight, Tacoma’s legendary Girl Trouble will celebrate Christmas a little early in the City of Destiny, with a show at The New Frontier Lounge – joined on the bill by the always swanky and cool Lushy, not to mention The Dignitaries (a band I secretly love more than creamy peanut
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The temptation is obvious, at least to someone who’s put together more than his fair share of articles such as this one — attempting to be thoughtful, insightful, fresh and — well — base enough to move papers. It’s a balancing act, and that last part makes it particularly tricky.
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Things change. They always do. Soon, the corner of Sixth and Proctor in Tacoma will be a little quieter. Sure, drunk frat types in backward hats will still stumble out of the West End, and broke single moms will still cart their kids’ dirty clothes to the laundromat, but
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Let’s be honest. Nothing says cheap eating like pizza, Chinese food, or – specifically to the South Sound - a burger at Frisko Freeze. Since this is a “guide,” here are a few of The Weekly Volcano’s favorite places in no particular order. You can find much more at weeklyvolcano.com. PIZZA ABELLA
