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OK. I'll cut straight to the goddamn chase on this one. I recently got an email alerting me to a regular event in the area I had no idea existed. It said, and I quote, "DJ Billi Fualauu and Mary Kay Letourneau top 40" - EVERY Saturday
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The Revolution is coming. No, I'm not talking about when anarchy takes control, the roads devolve into some sort of Mad Max scenario and R.R. Anderson finally gets the recognition he deserves; rather, I'm talking about Doxology's new record, The Revolution, which the band will officially celebrate the release of
Cup Check
STRIKE ONE Got a call from a Cup Check fan on the office phone this week (translation: Operations Manager Bill White hollered at me from down the hall) about the need for something in this week's column about the Miami Heat. The team was struggling and floundering, and Lakers coach Phil
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Reggae and the march toward marijuana legislation reform just go together. Seriously. If you've ever been to a Hemp Fest, a 420 rally or a long car ride through Eastern Washington with Bobble Tiki you know this. A wise man once said you'll never end marijuana prohibition without a
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STRIKE ONE You know, Vince Young might not be cut out for this NFL business. Already on the short list of all-time emo quarterbacks, Young may have forever cemented his place among the emo elite last weekend after allegedly tossing his shoulder pads into the stands after the Titans were defeated
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The last time I saw SweetKiss Momma frontman Jeff Hamel I told him he needed a championship belt - something to signify his band's current standing as the reigning champs of Puyallup. He was modest, naturally, brushing the suggestion off, but I stand firm. SweetKiss Momma is far and away
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Not only did the powers behind the 27th Annual Olympia Film Festival organize one of the best such events to date, they threw in extra treats like last week's Gossip show and this Saturday's Faun Fables performance at the Capitol Theater. Part performance, part spectacle, all art, and like just
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STRIKE ONE Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Jeff Reed is a Steeler no more - cut from the team this week after a season-long slump culminated with him botching a 26-yard field goal in an embarrassing, nationally televised Sunday Night Football game against the New England Patriots. Reed was cut the following
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STRIKE ONE The Wade Phillips saga has finally come to an end in Dallas. Earlier this week the Cowboy's sleaze-king owner Jerry Jones finally fired his flaccid and embattled, male-bra-model-candidate coach after an especially embarrassing and demoralizing 45-7 loss to the Green Bay Packers on national television Sunday night. Though Phillips
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STRIKE ONE So, the San Francisco Giants won their first World Series title since 1952. Just because no one bothered to watch (ratings for the 2010 World Series tied for the lowest ever) doesn't mean it's not exciting. For one thing, Timmy Lincecum's dominating performance in Series-clinching Game 5 feeds fuel
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Well fuck me running! Though I've never fully understood that exclamation, what I do understand is what a crazy spectacular, not-to-miss, drop-everything-and-get-your-ass-there kind of show is headed to Northern Wednesday. Wild Flag. Just put this band to the forefront of your attention now. Like a goddamn everything-that-has-managed-to-stay-right-about-rock supergroup, Wild Flag
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STRIKE ONE For those who love carnage — and I’m talking LOVE carnage, like the type of person that owns all the Faces of Death movies — wunderkind Josh McDaniels officially sealed his fate last week, when his Broncos fell to the archrival Oakland Raiders, 59-14. No, that’s not a
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When it comes to spooky Halloween shit, it doesn't get much more quintessential than talking to dead people. Enter the classic "Ouija Board," which may be the perfect way for you and your buddies to make contact with the afterlife, or at the very least kick back a few beers
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Strike One Marking one in the "win for society" column, much-maligned Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger returned to the field last Sunday, helping the Steelers knock off the Colt "My Wife's Really Hot" McCoy-led Browns at Heinz Field. Of course, Roethlisberger's stat line - three touchdowns, one interception and 257 yards
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Here's a band whose name has appeared in the Weekly Volcano countless times, on bills all over town, sharing stages with well known T-Town rock stalwarts, yet the Flight of the Phanuel has received next to no ink of its own. Well, that's just wrong, and it stops here. The
Cup Check
Author's note: Welcome to the inaugural voyage of the Volcano's Cup Check column, which will soon be appearing every week in print and online at weeklyvolcano.com. The idea is to combine the world of sports, the world of entertainment and the world of alt - then sit back and see
Hip-Toss
Brett Favre's dong. Sure, there are other ways I could have started this article. I could have taken the high road, I suppose, and stuck to my initial intention of examining the often strained and awkward relationship between sports and art, perhaps offering some sort of thesis to that effect, but
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Fashion, art and music just fucking go together. They always have. Ask Mick Jagger’s crotch tight-pants from back in the day. In Tacoma, the fantastic collision between art, music and fashion happens at urbanXchange … or at least it usually happens at urbanXchange. Saturday, the Fall Fashion Lore Runway Show
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After similar events in the Snoqualmie Valley and on Vashon Island in late September, Saturday, Oct. 2, 18 local Pierce County farms will take part in a joint vision brought to you by the WSU Extension, Pierce County Conservation District and Cascade Harvest Coalition: the HarvestFest Farm Tour. Expect farm
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They're based in Tacoma, but every year the Northwest Sinfonietta logs a lot of miles - traveling up and the Interstates for regular performances in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and Puyallup - not to mention stops in Port Townsend, Olympia, Kirkland and even Astoria, Ore. Led by renowned conductor Christophe
