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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. Open mic format with Pam Carter from Classic Case as the host. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Sunday Blues Jam Night.
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The Weekly Volcano has a humble mission. We only want to be your conscience; we only want to influence everything you do. To entertain yourself, that is. Now, we have been talking among ourselves, and we have reached a decision about what you should do Sunday night. Every week we
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. A Very Irish New Year. 9 pm. Timberline High School Lacey. Katie Ainge. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. BLUES Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Centralia. 2013 New Year's Eve, with Blues Redemption. 9 pm. $15. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Irish Session. All Ages. 8-10 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Crazy Texas Gypsies Open Jam. 8 pm. Midtown Grill Bonney Lake.
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In many ways Alaska gets the snub when it comes to popular music. Perhaps it owes to its geographical remoteness from the lower 48, inhibiting many from touring. Despite the rise in Internet and social media, on par most people could only name one Alaskan artist, Jewell; who got famous
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Destruction Island, a newish indie rock band that released their debut CD in April, first made my radar a couple months ago when they played Sanford and Son with Portland’s 31 Knots. A few weeks later, Preaches the New Wilderness – Destruction Island’s aforementioned debut — showed up at Weekly
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Destruction Island, a newish indie rock band that released their debut CD in April, first made my radar a couple months ago when they played Sanford and Son with Portland’s 31 Knots. A few weeks later, Preaches the New Wilderness – Destruction Island’s aforementioned debut — showed up at Weekly
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Be forewarned, pop-punk kiddos. There's no logical reason to miss Saturday's CD release party for one of Tacoma's favorites, Phasers on Kill. The new EP, Write Home, features five songs by bassist Dan (Danno) Rankins, guitarist/vocalist Chris Adkins, drummer Ryan Smith (Timebomb) and guitarist/vocalist Mikey Waco. The
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The opening song, "Life is Glorious," on Olympia's own Glass Elevator's most recent album, starts off sounding like '70s Italo-prog rock outfit P.F.M., and once all the jittery drums clear away it starts to sound like a long-lost Unicorns track. Song number two sounds like Ween at its smoothest and
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Until I saw the listing for this show, I had no idea how I would be spending New Year's Eve. Now that I know this is happening, there's no contest. When the New Frontier Lounge assembles Wheelies, Bandolier, Bath Party and MILK - the new joint of Josh McKay (Paris
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You know how the best snacks tend to be a mixed bag? Right? Like a hearty trail mix, almonds, raisins, sesame sticks and chocolate all rolling around together, each a tasty little morsel in it's own right? That's how I imagine the Campus MLK New Year's Eve event will go down.
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ANNUAL SLOW FOOD BRUNCH You can get the 411 on all Olympia Slow Food events and happenings at the Annual Slow Food Brunch at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 6 inside the Gem Clinic Conference Room (3435 Martin Way E., Olympia). Indulge in a splendid potluck style brunch, bring a dish and learn
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As a songwriter, Allan Boothe has always had a vulnerability about him. As a performer, he more frequently comes across as a bundle of nerves than a rock star. On record, he has a way of revealing so much of himself in such a melancholy way - even as he's
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As a songwriter, Allan Boothe has always had a vulnerability about him. As a performer, he more frequently comes across as a bundle of nerves than a rock star. On record, he has a way of revealing so much of himself in such a melancholy way -
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Milestones marked 2012 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, with leaders arriving and major units transitioning and activating. The installation absorbed a few weather extremes, but nothing slowed the pace of life on the thriving joint base. The military community exhibited patience awaiting its bright future as construction crews
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A long-standing tradition in the South Sound, open mics allow artists to build their name and test original music on an audience. The local open mic scene can deliver, with many stages and amateur stage experiences. Most open mics take little more than signing your name on a slip of
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In ye olde days of Tacoma yore, lurking within the dark forests of Point Defiance Park, was a magical tribe of statues. Little Boy Blue, the Big Bad Wolf, the Three Little Pigs - they were all there, delighting generations with fanciful scenes straight out of fairy tales. I speak of
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This Sunday is the fourth annual Tacoma Urban Art Festival. For those of us who have watched the art “underground” begin to push its little fronds up through the cracked pavement of this blue-collar dream, there is perhaps a sense of anticipatory stress and bewilderment surrounding the success of grassroots
