The country bar that plays rock music too opened Friday, April 30 at the corner of Ninth and A Street in downtown Tacoma.
Mico de Noche, quite possibly the loudest band on the planet, opened for Gold Teeth Sunday, April 25 at the Top of Tacoma Bar and Grill. The band's blast of galvanized sludge rattled the outside tables and chairs. It was the band's first performance in more than five months.
Tacoma's sixth annual Letterpress and Book Arts Extravaganza featured more than 22 printers, book artists, organizations, and, of course, steamroller printing.
The north Tacoma tavern had 32 barleywines on tap April 24-25.
Photographer Kelly Walton snapped a few shots of the Swampy Draws and Bluebillies show Sunday, April 18, at The Spar in Tacoma.
The Weekly Volcano dropped in on Evan and Ryan Purcell performing at the Tempest Lounge. The brothers have amazing voices. Then, we hopped over to the 100th Monkey Party inside the Speakeasy Arts Cooperative. The Painkillers were rocking it, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot was yelling it and everyone else compared their monkeys.
We caught Womberang and the Gypsies perform before an all-ages crowd at The Den at urbanXchange. Gypsies claimed it was their last Tacoma show.
April 15, 20 people and I enjoyed touring Tacoma's Third Thursday ArtWalk on a bus. We laughed, we cried, and we discussed art while navigating the streets of downtown Tacoma on a large school bus. - Ron Swarner
Saturday, April 10, directly following the Daffodil Parade, the Gray Sky Blues Music Festival kicked off at venues all over Tacoma, like the Swiss, Stonegate Pizza, Indochine, the Harmon Brewery, Paddy Coyne's and Cutter's Point Coffee. Performers include Sean Carney, the Blue Mongols, the Randy Oxford Band, Blues Redemption and a boatload more. The complete schedule: tinyurl.com/ycxg4g6
Photographs from the packed opening reception of The INK Show at Mad Hat Tea Co. Thursday, April 8. On display were new work by artists that dabble in ink like Zachary Marvick, Maria Jost, Adam Jackson, Jeremy Gregory, Kenji Fullmer and Maureen McHugh.
Season three of the Chalk-Offs Began Friday, April 2 in Frost Park, Ninth and Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma
Their first benefit show for the 2010 Urban Art Festival was held March 31 at Hell’s Kitchen featuring Voxxy Vallejo, Sugar Beats and Shotgun Kitchen. Here are a few shots from the show.
Coming into its own, general manager Chris Langston and staff of Tacoma’s 1022 South lounge celebrated its one-year anniversary along with a packed house Monday evening. From 6 p.m. on it was standing room only; granted this is not a difficult feat given the lounge’s actual physical dimensions. The difference is that those standing were content to do so if it meant possible seating later.
There were gifts. Corina Bakery provided darling cupcakes. As sweet thanks for showing up, specialty cocktails were only $6. â€" Jennifer Johnson
Steve Dunkelberger snapped shots at the Afrodisiacs' show at Jazzbones and Post Stardom Depression's gig at Hell's Kitchen.
I think I need an IV. After three straight days of potent drinks in plastic cups, chain-smoked cigarettes and high-decibel rock and roll - this morning, the last official morning of SXSW 2010, it all came crashing down on me. Black saucers surround my eyes. Fits of hacking greet me at every staircase. Bright lights cause me to recoil. And, shit, I wasn't even here on Wednesday, the festival's official kickoff. Here are a few shot my wife, Jennifer, shot Saturday at SXSW. Matt Driscoll
For 10 days, throughout the interactive, film and music portions of SXSW, Austin is a complete madhouse. Streets close. Buses detour. Cops dedicate exponentially increased man-hours hauling drunken punks out of drunken punk shows. And life as usual in Austin comes to a grinding, economically magnificent, halt.
It's a real nice spectacle to visit, but I'm not sure I'd want to live in it. Matt Driscoll
Photography by Jennifer Driscoll
Tacoma icon piñatas created by local artists Cheryl Rux and Nichole Vandever on display at the Peabody Waldorf Gallery at 745 South Broadway in Tacoma.On display through March 27 when they'll be smashed for local charities.
Weekly Volcano editor Matt Driscoll is in Austin, Texas. Jennifer Driscoll snapped the photos.
Tacoma musician Terry Mriglot has formed a house band from members of Kashmir and Soul Stripper who will back up anyone who wants to sing - a live band karaoke night if you will. The band is also open for musicians to step in and jam. It all happens every Thursday night at Kamel Toe Bar and Grill in Parkland. We snapped a few shots during last week's jam.
