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TUESDAY, FEB. 26 2013 >>> 1. In the 1990s Olympians were knee deep in a D.I.Y. music revolution, running between house concerts and packing it in anytime indie-metal band KARP found a stage. Short for Kill All Redneck Pricks, KARP anchored the other end of the K Records
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MONDAY, FEB. 25 2013 >>> 1. Dave Randel and Arne play an acoustic show at 7 p.m. inside Le Voyeur in downtown Olympia. 2. In celebration of South Puget Sound Community College's 50th anniversary, the Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts Gallery will feature works past and present from South Puget
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SUNDAY, FEB. 24 2013 >>> 1. The 85th annual Academy Awards has arrived, and there exists really only two options for you tonight - you can either watch Daniel Day-Lewis win Best Actor from Tacoma's swanky Theatre on the Square thanks to the Grand Cinema, or watch Daniel Day-Lewis win
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LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>> 4th Ave Ale House Olympia - Downtown. Horse Bodies CD Release Party, with Elbow Coulee, I Like Science. 9 pm. $5. Horse Bodies is celebrating its CD release at the 4th Ave Tav. With Elbow Coulee and I Like Science, the show will
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GOOD TIMES >>> Wednesday's 2013 Best of Olympia Awards Party was - to put it as professionally as possible - awesome. The Weekly Volcano's annual celebration of its Best of Olympia issue drew the biggest crowd yet - this year held at the Capitol Theater in downtown Olympia. Because of the
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HOW TWEET IT IS >>> Whether you've been on Twitter since its beginnings in 2006 or you're a Twitter neophyte, you know keeping up on important tweets can be overwhelming. If you
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SATURDAY, FEB. 23 2013 >>> 1. Hell's Belles returns to Jazzbones at 5 (all-ages) and 9 p.m, where last November they blasted Bobble Tiki's eardrums and raised the Jazzbones' temperature to hell-like heat with its all-female brand of chugging, riffing rock. The all-female AC/DC tribute band gets 'em in
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South Sound Sidekick series offers advice from experts living in the, well, South Sound. It posts every Friday. Today, BandBoi87 has advice on how to manage your band from your office cubicle and not get caught. BandBoi87 writes, Disclaimer: The methods described in this column are based on
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TEARS >>> Hudtloff Middle School, or as the 1979-80 ASB President Pappi Swarner called it to the very end - Hudtloff Jr. High School - is being demolished at this moment. A new 99,000-square-foot Hudtloff in Lakewood's Oakbrook neighborhood was built behind the old building because the 54-year-old school building's mechanical,
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Holy shit. Wednesday night's Best of Olympia party at the Capitol Theater still has a hold on a few Weekly Volcano staffers. That, and we are wading through 1,000 party photos. Seriously. We hope to post photos of the shindig over the weekend. Please stay tuned. ...
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Rain and wind, hi 47, lo 39 Saturday: Showers, hi 47, lo 38 Sunday: More showers, hi 47, lo 42 >>> FRIDAY, FEB. 22-SUNDAY, FEB. 24: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) Tacoma Little Theatre's production of The Complete Works of
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FRIDAY, FEB. 22 2013 >>> 1. What's your perfect day? I'm not asking a question; the question is the name of Argonaut's latest EP, released on Strange Earth Records. If your perfect day has anything to do with rock 'n' roll that's heavy in sound and heart, that's
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START PACKING UP YOUR BELONGINGS >>> Nothing is more exciting than seeing the clock strike 5 p.m. when you're at work. You and your fellow employees dash to the front door of the office, elbow anyone who gets in your way, and head out in search of happy hour awesomeness. Check that.
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THURSDAY, FEB. 21 2013 >>> 1. Marissa Meyer is a YA author from Tacoma and a Pacific Lutheran University graduate. She's a fan of Firefly. She wrote Sailor Moon fan fiction for 10 years. Cinder, the first book in her Lunar Chronicles, is about an android Cinderella in futuristic China was
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A LITTLE SLOW TODAY >>> Last night was the annual Best of Olympia party hosted by everyone's favorite free alternative weekly, Weekly Volcano. And what a party it was. Held at the Capitol Theater, it was our largest Best of party to date. In fact, a better name for the shindig
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20 2013 >>> 1. Don't even act like you're not going, Olympians. The Weekly Volcano is celebrating this week's third Best of Olympia issue by blowing the roof off the Capitol Theater, beginning at 6 p.m. No cover. Beer and wine in the balcony. Live music by DJ Joel,
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THIS IS CALLED A TEASER >>> Weekly Volcano scribe Nikki McCoy interviewed Argonaut singer/bassist Matt Sader about the Tacoma's band's new release party Friday at The New Frontier Lounge. Sader's proud of the new release, What's your perfect day?, which KISW's "Loud and Local" show grabbed and is spinning the
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TUESDAY, FEB. 19 2013 >>> 1. The Academy Awards 2013 nominees for Documentary Shorts continue to screen at The Grand Cinema. You can view the five nominated shorts - King's Point, Mondays at Racine, Inocente, Redemption and Open Heart - at 2:15 and 6:50 p.m. 2. There is an excellent art
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FYI >>> The Puyallup Fair promises to release its full concert schedule any day now. The Fair has all ready teased with Craig Morgan's appreance Sept. 6 and Trace Adkins embed in the Pro Rodeo. Today, it was announced Larry The Cable Guy is headed back to the Fair and well, gulp,
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MONDAY, FEB. 18 2013 >>> 1. Guy Fieri visited Puyallup when he blasted through the South Sound in November. His show, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, filmed at six popular locations, including Darby's Cafe and Fish Tale Brew Pub, both which have aired on Fieri's Food Network show. Tonight, Crockett's Public House
