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Ladies and gentleman. The sonic force produced by frontman Andrew Stockdale's vocal cords and his quiver of Gibsons is coming back. Seattle Theatre Group announces Wolfmother will play Seattle's all-ages Neptune July 31. Tickets are $25, and will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, June 20 at Tickets.com. Let's read
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This just in from the Washington State Fair in Puyallup. ... With the amazing national exposure of winning NBC's Season Three of "The Sing Off," Pentatonix's popularity has seen highs beyond their wildest dreams. This pop a capella quintet has developed a sound and style that has sold out concert venues
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MONDAY, JUNE 16 2014 >>> 1. Every year, more than 30 street bands from around the nation converge in Seattle for Honk! Fest West. Olympia's Rhythm and Rye will be hosting a rowdy Pre-Honk! primer with two of its favorite Honk! bands: The Bucharest Drinking Team and Artesian Rumble Arkestra June 16.
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.16.14 >>> The Defense Department late Saturday officially announced the names of five soldiers killed in combat June 9 while deployed to Gaza Village, Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today ordered the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde into the Arabian Gulf. Pakistani
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SUNDAY, JUNE 15 2014 >>> 1. Chef Riley Morgan will release his summer menu at 1022 South J on Hilltop Tacoma. The Southern-raised Morgan has created a Northwest meets Southeast menu, adding a Northwest touch to deviled eggs, pulled pork, collard greens, grits and other Southern staples. He's taking Southern flavors
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SATURDAY, JUNE 14 2014 >>> 1. Sometimes it's hard to think of how to describe a group, other than by saying that they're a fucking solid rock group. Dude York is so adept at making ridiculously catchy, wiry indie rock that it's enough to make one tongue-tied. On their most recent LP, Dehumanize,
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FRIDAY, JUNE 13 2014 >>> 1. A lot of folks still consider the 1939 film Gone With the Wind to be the best loved and most iconic American movie of all time - a classic national story of struggle and perseverance. Others might call it an American icon for
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Did you dig Drake's Tacoma Dome show back in December 2013? He's returning to the area, bringing Lil Wayne with him for a Sept. 14 show at the White River Amphitheatre. Let's read a press release. ... Grammy® Award-winning, multi-platinum selling recording artists Drake and Lil Wayne today announced a co-headlining U.S. tour. Promoted
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THURSDAY, JUNE 12 2014 >>> 1. Steel Creek American Whiskey Company kicks off its three-day, one-year anniversary celebration with a bull-riding contest and line dancing. Enjoy drink specials, but practice moderation so you can partake in all of the fun that requires hand-eye coordination. If not, the whiskey fueled
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 2014 >>> 1. Hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Pop Crimes come dusted with more scuzz your average Canadian indie rock. Underneath layers of fuzz and discord, however, the band is perfectly adept at crafting compelling songs that transcend noise. Also featured on the bill is
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TUESDAY, JUNE 10 2014 >>> 1. More than 20 years have passed since Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas' workplace sexual harassment. Conservatives then set up a smear campaign to discredit her testimony, but the national dialogue about harassment had changed. The television
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MONDAY, JUNE 9 2014 >>> 1. If you've ridden a motorcycle, you may be interested in the Marymount Motorcycle Week, which launches at 9 a.m. and runs through Sunday at the Marymount Event Center. The LeMay Family Collection Foundation, VME, PNW Museum of Motorcycling and the Tacoma Motorcycle
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SUNDAY, JUNE 8 2014 >>> 1. You mooned Bus #37 outside Oakbrook Elementary School in 1978. You depantsed Sid at Lakes High School in 1981. You streaked down Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma in 1983. You skinny-dipped at Owen Beach in 1985. You went to law school in 1988. You have had
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LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>> B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Downtown. Ty Elwin. All Ages. 8 pm. Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Coolio, The Staxx Brothers, Xperience, Mr. Von. 8 pm. $15. Tonight, you might want to "slide, slide, slippity slide" to Sixth Avenue as hip-hop luminary Coolio
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SATURDAY, JUNE 7 2014 >>> 1. Deep Creep is a band that unites at the populated intersection of the Murder City Devils, Pretty Girls Make Graves, the Cave Singers and Cute Lepers. Deep Creep favor the stompy rock of the '70s, while also branching out into unique areas
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FRIDAY, JUNE 6 2014 >>> 1. No matter how advanced video games get, there's still something special about smacking a metal ball around a ringing, blinking maze of machinery. Celebrate the bliss of pinball with collectors, enthusiasts and exhibitors alike at this weekend's Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show
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Today is National Donut Day. Instead of attending your company meeting about changes to your benefits that make no sense on paper, head to a doughnut shop and celebrate. While we usually think these national ____ days are bogus, this one involves doughnuts so we're in favor of it (plus this
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Weekly Volcano researches (that is, drinking) and writes (often while drinking) and fact-checks (usually not while drinking) on a daily basis to connect the South Sound with the nearest libation. This week we put in a few more hours of liver-enlarging labor. ... Day-drinking in Tacoma How I learned to stop worrying
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Put on your thinking caps, and tell the Weekly Volcano what you think makes Pierce County tick. Your answers will be disclosed in our upcoming Best of Tacoma 2014 special section, a guide that offers a savvy glimpse into the real lives of the real folks who live in the
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THURSDAY, JUNE 5 2014 >>> 1. Portland band Ages and Ages, without getting all touchy-feely, has eschewed apathy in favor of forthright optimism. Like the Arcade Fire did a decade ago, Ages and Ages recruit their entire band to sing at once, less for the sensation of catharsis,
