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Bobble Tiki is your average American. Average in every way. Bobble Tiki has two parents. They’ve been together since the ’50s, and they hate each other. Bobble Tiki was blonde as a baby Tiki, but as he grew up his hair slowly changed to brown. Now it’s just sparse. Bobble Tiki liked
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Trevalyan Triangle is the solo project of Leanne Trevalyan (of Junkyard Jane) accompanied by Junkyard Jane bassist Barbra Blue. The songs in Trevalyan Triangle are mostly country/Americana ballads that don’t fit into the more rambunctious Junkyard Jane set list. “Junkyard Jane is mostly the music of Billy Stoops and myself,”
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A battle is raging in Washington, DC. No, I’m not talking about the war on terror; I’m talking about the war on Internet radio. The gatekeepers of the music business like record labels, music publishers, broadcasting conglomerates and all their cronies are mad as hell, and they aren’t going to take
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Sleater-Kinney played its final two shows at Portland’s Crystal Ballroom. Those who’ve been there know, not only is the Crystal Ballroom owned by the McMenamins who redid the Spar in Olympia (and own about a gazillion other bars around Oregon and Washington), but the venue is known for it’s energy-transferring
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Friday, July 27 COUNTRY ronnie milsap Some artists, whether you love them or not, you just can’t find anything bad to say about them, and Ronnie Milsap definitely falls into this group. I first discovered the country crooner in the late ’80s at the height of the “Urban Cowboy” craze; yes I
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“Longview” is the title of a song by Green Day. It’s also the hometown of rock band Numbered Days. Like gritty Tacoma, timber town Longview, Wash., has buried ties to rock music. Longview’s latest export, Numbered Days, plays straight ahead original rock that has been compared to that of Nickelback,
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on sale now Mirah and Spectratone, Rocky Votolato Olympia. Aug. 10 (all ages) 9 pm. $8-$10 (Capitol Theater, www.buyolympia.com). Psychic TV Seattle. Aug. 22 9 pm. $18 (Neumo’s, TW). The Expendables, Authority Zero, The Supervillains Seattle. Aug. 23 (all ages) 9 pm. $12 (Crocodile Café, TW). The Mob Law, Doxology, Shim, Yeke Yeke Seattle.
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Serenity, soon Megan Douglas, a massage practitioner and hypnotherapist currently working out of a chiropractor’s office on 19th and Pearl in Tacoma, as well as teaching Yoga out of Total Woman Health Studio, has plans to open a spa called Serenity in the not-quite-done Roberson Building in downtown Tacoma this fall. Douglas
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Walk into what used to be Avanti Spas from the Pacific Ave entrance and you may do a double take like I did last week when I popped in to meet with Ruth Michelle to get the full scoop on all the changes that took place when Avanti spas became
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Me and my posh, clean castle Why, yes, I do have miles to go before my space hits “Posh” status, but if you close your eyes and take a deep breath in — yeah, even downstairs where pups, crates and Flash the Gerbil live — you can breathe in Posh. Actually,
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That highly anticipated day happened — when the choir of angels sang and the significant one got to have his hair cut by a hot chick in leather at Tight Cuts the day they opened their Tacoma location. Having me hanging around, camera in hand, asking questions, did much to kill
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“When you see a Russian family dancing along with Polynesian dancers or an Asian family swinging to reggae, only then do you get a real flavor for what Ethnic Fest was designed to do,” says Metro Parks spokeswoman Nancy Johnson. The multicultural festival takes place in Wright Park this Saturday and
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Suzanne Conlon sneaks a bite of shrimp in her snappy little outfit that combines fun with formal at Zoobilee held last Saturday at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Setting off the formal portion of her look is an up-do by Yonga at Angelo Mendi Salon (where Conlon also works.) This is
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My friend and I had our navels pierced for my 17th birthday at Dagon’s Lair in Lakewood. I was absolutely petrified to get it pierced — I hate needles. I sat nervously waiting for my name to called. Finally a young man with tattoos and piercing all over his body,
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July 20 brought a night of rain after a week of rain, which meant Zoobilee revelers were either covered up by their umbrellas or wet. But a few savvy attendees buffed up their best boots and brought their sense of humor to the event, which featured plenty of heat from fire
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Best kept secret This place has such great eats, and it’s Tacoma’s only vegan restaurant. Quickie Too is my hangover cure and you really won’t miss a meat. I’m afraid that once people figure it out it might not be the same, but it’s against my lack of religion to keep
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The sweet aroma of conchas (a traditional Mexican sweet bread) is a welcoming distraction while shopping for groceries at El Mercado Latino in Lakewood. More than likely one of these treats is prepared by Roberto the in house baker — baked goods that rarely make it home in one piece
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At the lemonade stand in front of your garage, you eagerly awaited customers and watched beads of condensation slide down the pitcher. Neighbors, pitying your callow cuteness, said, “Keep the change.” For every glass sold, you downed three. Business might’ve boomed if you’d had the recipe for Red Robin’s vodka
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Thursday, July 26: Waugh Cellars Wine Dinner, 6:30 p.m., $75, Sea Grill, 1498 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.272.5656. Thursday, July 26: All Courses Off The Gill food and wine pairing, 6-9 p.m., $45, Pour At Four, 3814 N. 26th St., Tacoma, 253.761.8015. Thursday, July 26: Tacoma Singles Wine tasting, 7-9 p.m., Bacchante Wine,
