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As of press time, I'm not even sure if I like the Cosmopolites, but they do, blessedly, give me pause. What I know for sure is that they're compelling. There's something at once cheesy and subversive about the music they make. Blending a syrupy mixture of light jazz and provocative
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Teddy Haggarty is unstoppable. To say the longtime nationally and locally renowned artist, actor, filmmaker, designer and South Sound resident is very busy man is an understatement. He's painting up a beautiful storm, with a positively prolific collection of new works complete with a gallery opening in the near future; he's
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We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget
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Phobos and Deimos get their name from the two moons of Mars, a suitably grandiose title and concept for a band as dramatic as they are. Taking their cues from dark, crooning, romantic New Wavers like the Cure, the Church, and Echo and the Bunnymen, Phobos and Deimos are the
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The amount of words that have been spilled on surfy garage music is surely some intimidating, absurd amount that can only be quantified using some poetic, Carl Sagan-esque double-speak. Something about star stuff. Here, then, I find myself faced with Los Devitos. They're a surfy garage rock band. They're great.
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Of the two words "attorney general," it is the word "general" that catches the eye. A general is one who leads individuals, who sets expectations for those individuals and is accountable to those individuals. Bob Ferguson is the attorney general for the state of Washington. And as the state's top lawyer, he
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I can't remember when I met Mike Coucoules. Years and years ago at Cole's in Ruston is my guess, well before it burst into flames, before his auto accident benefit jam at Seafarers Sports Bar in 2006, and before I became a groupie when Coucoules played bass in Malcolm Clark's
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The heavy, four-piece Pariah's Revolt from Olympia (Kevin Saint, Josh "Monster" Williams, Chad "The Ghost" Daniels, and Shane "Warzone" Hanson) have all the badassness of ear-splitting chords, metal riffs and black clothing that you'd expect from the genre. And they're taking their community involvement to the next level with a fundraiser to help the
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BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. Third floor, no partner necessary. All Ages. 9 pm. $5. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Tom Cotter. 8 pm. $15.
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Last year, we sat above the fairgrounds in a wobbly umbrella-covered enclosure, surging over that precarious point in the Ferris wheel where we swore to corn dog we would be pitched over, knocked off balance with our missing partner, and die a horrible death. We didn't, and we will freely
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Led by Olympia-all-purpose-player/promoter Sean Coleman and DJs Travisty and DJ Drastic, the theme for the Westside El Serape's ladies night is "party" - a party that hasn't been seen in a "club" atmosphere since the infancy of the recently deceased Royal Lounge. Combining the Westside swank,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Treos Old Town -Tacoma Tacoma - Old Town. Mike Couloules. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. 18th Birthday Bash, with Hambone Blues Band, Amigos. 9 pm. NC. Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Blues Theater Presents: Guitar Shorty. 8 pm. $15-$18.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Faun Fables. All Ages. 8 pm. $10. Washington Center for the Performing Arts Olympia - Downtown. Sing For The Cure: A Benefit For Breast Cancer. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $9-$19. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. 18th Birthday Bash, with Hambone
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Some books become excellent films. Take Jaws or The Godfather, for instance. Best-selling novels, both, turned into blockbusters. Some books spawn lousy film versions. Among the entries in this large category are: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the 2001 Planet of the Apes remake, Roberto Benigni's version of Pinocchio, and
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Olalla Community Hall Olalla. Second Sunday Music Series, featuring Hank Payne & Clair Favro. All Ages. 2 pm. $10-$15 suggested donation. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. Immanuel
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Most 5-year-olds are, by the time that birthday rolls around, preparing to go to kindergarten, learning numerals and reading, and figuring out how to tie their shoelaces. But there's a 5-year-old I know who's advanced beyond all that. This one is preparing to go to the Acme Tavern, learning what
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Monday Music, featuring James Coates. 7 pm. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino and Brooke Lizotte Experimental Jam. 8 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tides Tavern Gig Harbor. Live music with Marc & Joey. 7-9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool Bingo. 6:30 pm. White Horse Tavern Yelm. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 7
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community Center JBLM-Lewis Main. Bar Bingo in Heroes Lounge. No cash prizes. 7 pm. Pints & Quarts Pub Westside Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes. 8:30 pm. NC. Tacoma Comedy
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OK, if you are going to have nine bands play a show, it's awesome to start at 4:30 in the afternoon, and it's awesome to make it all ages. So, there's that going for Captain Jack Fest '14. The other thing going is it's at The Midnight Sun, which is
