Liquid
"Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love." - Song of Solomon 2:5, KJV I'm a 2007 transplant to the South Sound. Even before I moved here, though, I knew Washington was famous for four things: designer coffee, incessant rainfall, sparkly vampires who dated mouth-breathing
Viva South Sound
Recently I was stalking Gwen Stence, owner of Tacoma's Rock the Dock Pub & Grill, on Facebook and took a special interest in a few particular posts of hers. I noticed there had been a string of petty thefts happening outside of her bar, which is located in a significantly
Critics' Picks
[SINGER-SONGWRITER] + SAT, OCT. 4 House concerts - those intimate shows where people open their homes to musicians, friends and strangers for an intimate show like no other - are a regular occurrence these days. The trend got its start in 1997, when singer-songwriters Elizabeth Hummel and Cindy Lee Berryhill embarked
Music
It should be obvious that it's a dumb idea to stick an entire country with one label. As we know in the U.S., there are marked areas that have their own flavor and eccentricities. Still, as a young man engaging with music in an increasingly untenable valley of sonic experiences,
Food Matters
SATURDAY DRINKS Festival season may officially have come to a close but drinking season is still on. Saturday, Oct. 4 offers you many a reason to indulge in libations such as Tacoma's Yachtoberfest from noon to 5 p.m., a craft beer adventure along Foss Waterway's esplanade while sipping on numerous local
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Zeahorse is a band that does not stumble blood-crusted out of the outback. They're from Sydney which, one imagines, could not be without at least a couple air-conditioned fast food restaurants. The prospect of losing one's mind in the wasteland of the desert would likely be far from the minds
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Krautrock is a genre defined by both rigid control and psychedelic improvisation, as is to be expected by a German subgenre developed in the '70s. Can, famously, would jam for a long time before paring down the track to a slim eight-to-10 minutes, or so. Other bands cherished mechanical instrumentation,
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Voodoo Glow Skulls, Guttermouth, Against The Grain Tacoma. Oct. 11 8 pm. $15
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The musical opens with the "Busytown Theme," which introduces the characters in a cute and energetic way. Very quickly, Huckle Cat (one of the roles played by the fabulous Kate Ayers) wonders "What Do People Do All Day" and several numbers answer that question and lead us
Stage
Olympia Family Theater has joined the ranks of recent Tacoma and Olympia companies to make physical changes to their space. As of Sept. 1, they have finally found a permanent home in the old Capital Playhouse theater. They are currently fundraising to update the sound, put in new carpet in