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Rest In Peace: The legendary DJ, Mr. Magic of the world famous rap attack on WBLS-New York Wow. This is the first generation of hip-hoppers to experience their pioneers, founders and OGs passing away of natural causes and health issues. We have lost those who we admire and have watched blossom,
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His day starts off by getting his morning workout at the school's local gym. From there, he goes to his Aerospace Studies class, but this is only the start of his busy day which has become a normal routine to him. He then goes to school
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"Tokyo Police Club was coming to town, so we wanted to make this poppy sound," says Really Old Airplane's Keagan Smith. "If you listen to our first EP, it's really poppy. We wanted to open for Tokyo Police Club, so we thought we'd try and write songs like them." This is
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Major heat is dropping right now. Artists know they only have a few weeks left to make their mark in 2011. So there are still plenty of quality projects being released. For example, go to djsemaj.bandcamp.com and download DJ Semaj's new LP, Painting Jimmy. There are video accompaniments on YouTube -
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Lotus’ latest album Oil on Glass/Feather on Wood, a double EP, features the unique variety of sounds that have been crafted by Lotus for close to a decade. The EP’s are a culmination of material left off of Lotus’ 2008 album Hammerstrike, and have been reworked to create the darker
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I see the hopeful. The slick— collared, aggressively slouching homies and their mini skirted, pushed out and painted on female counterparts, waiting behind the chord at certain hip Sixth Avenue dance spot on the weekends. The faux “line to get in” is brilliant — so the management can try to
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Thing: Fudge-Off With: United Way Amongst: Employees You can only imagine: The immature word play With the word: Fudge That: Melanie and I had during this event Our immaturity: Reigns I refuse: To grow up No: You can't make me! No: No! No! No! No! In this episode of Person, Place or Thing, I am Sherlock Holmes and Melanie Manista-Rushforth
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SOTA SONGWRITER SHOWCASE >>> THURSDAY, DEC. 15 If there's nothing else that can be said about Tacoma's School of the Arts, it's a darn fine factory for churning out young and talented songwriters. To see each wave of SOTA musicians emerge from the school is an inspiring and fascinating thing to watch.
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The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Award is a big deal. Being nominated is an honor bestowed by one's peers, and being chosen as the award recipient is an even greater honor. The choices are made by a committee including Tacoma Arts Administrator Amy McBride; Jeremy Mangan, recipient of last year's
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The Pacific Grill in downtown Tacoma offers two uber-classy ways to spend your last hours of 2011 ... or, if this 2012-End-of-the-World stuff is legit, last New Year's Eve ...ever. If you want to spend New Year's Eve over a delectable dinner, the restaurant on Pacific Avenue is open for dinner
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The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Award is a big deal. Being nominated is an honor bestowed by one's peers, and being chosen as the award recipient is an even greater honor. The choices are made by a committee including Tacoma Arts Administrator Amy McBride; Jeremy Mangan, recipient of last year's
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Holly Senn works undercover by day as a librarian at Pacific Lutheran University. By night, Senn creates amazing artwork. Senn is both an installation and sculpture artist. Her medium? Largely paper from old library books, with occasional splashes of cardboard and other materials. Senn's installations have filled spaces 16-feet tall, while many
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ESPN analyst Craig James may not have killed five hookers while playing for SMU in the early '80s, but it appears the much-despised commentator is running for US Senate. No, seriously. It was reported Tuesday by Dallas Morning News political reporter Gromer M. Jeffers that James - who starred as a running
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I just ate a whole can of chili. What's worse is that it wasn't even real chili. It was that vegetarian kind where they use some sort of processed soy product to replace the ground beef. That s*** will give you worse gas than the real stuff, and it won't
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On sale now The Lonely Forest Seattle Nov. 27 8 pm. $10 adv $12 dos (Showbox at the Market, TM) Cash’d Out Seattle Dec. 18 Two shows 7 pm. & 11 pm. $15 adv $18 dos (Tractor Tavern, TM) Mudhoney, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth feat members of Tad, Unnatrual Helpers Seattle Nov.
