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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4 2014 >>> 1. Lake Island's sound is reminiscent of Radiohead, but their warmth is radiant. Even as they drift away from rock into ambience, there's always a tactile gentility to their music, which goes a long way toward shunning the cool distance that tends
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After owning several local restaurants - The Hob Nob, Engine House No. 9, John's Breakfast and others - Margaret and John Farrell, wife and husband, along with daughter Jacquelyn, opened Farrelli's Pizza and Pool Co. in Lacey in 1995. The Farrells interviewed potential employees for their first pizza joint on
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TUESDAY, JUNE 3 2014 >>> 1. Earth is 70 percent covered in water. The atmosphere is so thick with water vapor that water periodically rains from the sky. All life on this planet requires water - directly or indirectly - in order to survive. Lastly and perhaps most
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This just in from Entercom Seattle's 107.7 The End (KNDD) headquarters. ... Seattle, WA - Entercom Seattle's 107.7 The End (KNDD) has unveiled the lineup for this year's Summer Camp, the station's premiere summer festival. In its 6th year hosting Summer Camp, 107.7 The End curates a day of popular and
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MONDAY, JUNE 2 2014 >>> 1. The Dukes of Swing, official stage band of Elks Lodge #593 Aberdeen, first played at lodge functions during the late 1940s. Over the years, the Dukes have been the featured band for many National Elks Convention Grand Balls. Under the watchful eye
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SUNDAY, JUNE 1 2014 >>> 1. It's become tradition in our area - a yearly blues-blowout local music fans look forward to for the quality it draws. And, like clockwork, it's back. From 2-10:30 p.m. at Jazzbones, the preliminary contest of this year's South Sound Blues Association sponsored Back to Beale Street
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SATURDAY, MAY 31 2014 >>> 1. The Family Curse describe themselves as "electro filth rock," and that definitely does a more succinct job of letting you know what they're all about than we could. To be more specific, the Family Curse sound positively caked with grime and some weird sticky substance that
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FRIDAY, MAY 30 2014 >>> 1. Washington-bred filmmaker and wine aficionado Colin West has been hanging out with Allen Shoup, former CEO of Chateau St. Michelle and now the winemaker and the owner of Long Shadows Winery in Washington state. Yes, he's been drinking wine with Shoup, but
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THURSDAY, MAY 29 2014 >>> 1. Jackie Kashian is funny, snarky, smart, Wisconsin-y, and, well a dork. Her podcast, The Dork Forest, is dense with her obsessions with video games, comic books and birdwatching. On The Dork Forest, Kashian interviews fellow comedians as well as non-celebrity guests, focusing the
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 2014 >>> 1. Come gather ‘round, people, wherever you roam. Like many writers and critics who prophesize with our pens, we keep our eyes open for new books about Robert Zimmerman, better known as the one and only Mr. Bob Dylan. But The Dylanologists: Adventures
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TUESDAY, MAY 27 2014 >>> 1. Ever since the Westside Tavern won the Tournament of Burgers, the real estate agents representing Olympia's Westside have been inundated with inquiries. The Westside is happening, but that's not news to those who live up on the hill. If you want proof, drop by the West
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As we have mention, Red Williamson and Arno Matz of newspinphoto.com are photographing the Sasquatch! Music Festival at The Gorge for the Weekly Volcano. Their photos have been nothing less than spectacular. You must see Friday's Sasquatch! shots as well as Saturday's pics. Their photographs from yesterday's shows were slow coming.
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MONDAY, MAY 26 2014 >>> 1. Memorial Day is the one day of the year that we set aside to remember and honor our country's patriots, yet we owe them a debt of gratitude, every day of every year. The Evergreen State College will hold a
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Coachella schmoella. The 13th annual Sasquatch! Music Festival is a more laid-back, beautiful festival than Coachella. At Sasquatch!, people mill about from stage to stage, looking for the right music for their mood. Sasquatch's smaller stages give everyone the chance to be a part of the set, unlike the massive
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Do you remember all those career-placement tests you had to take in high school? The endless guidance-counselor appointments taking up your free periods? In all that time, did anyone ever happen to mention the possibility of becoming a professional whiskey taster? Wednesday, June 25, Jim Beam Distillery is sending one to
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SUNDAY, MAY 25 2014 >>> 1. Picture your perfect Sunday night: the drinks are flowing, the tunes are cranking and you and your friends are dancing it up, having a grand old time. Now picture that evening exactly the same except you are covered in foam. We are not talking about the
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The 13th annual Sasquatch! Music Festival has taken over the Gorge Amphitheater this weekend, bringing with it plenty of people in weird costumes and great music for them to get down to. And Red Williamson is there. The newspinphoto.com photographer from Olympia took some time off from producing music videos for
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SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2014 >>> 1. Beginning in 1981, front man Regan Lane, along with keyboardist Robert Richholt, guitarist Jesse Seales and bassist Bob D'Angelo (now of Mechanism) brought a certain power-pop, boy-band charm (complete with '80s hair) and danceable, relatable stories and music to their hometown
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FRIDAY, MAY 23 2014 >>> 1. Kevin Seconds has never been a slave to expectations, even as his immensely influential band, 7 Seconds, helped to foster the West Coast hardcore scene in the early '80s. Today, Seconds is on his own as an acoustic singer-songwriter. Extricated from the context
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Last August, Lifelong friends and Olympia business partners Clint Morgan and Rob Hill threw a little shindig. OK, it wasn't little. Those who attended their DB Cooper Music Festival last August demanded the duo bring it back. And so it will be. The festival - which is named after our
