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Best man around town MORGAN PICTON I'd seen Picton perform as an actor several times, in shows for Animal Fire and Olympia Family Theater, then worked with him in June of 2012. That was the summer he cracked wise as the Gravedigger in Animal Fire's Hamlet. He had an easy, authoritative knack
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Saturday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m., a couple guys will sit down, backs to an East Tacoma shop window. A dozen people at any given time will stand in line with paper for them to scribble upon They'll linger, read, run into friends, talk about the geekiest things anyone not attending
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Saturday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m., a couple guys will sit down, backs to an East Tacoma shop window. A dozen people at any given time will stand in line with paper for them to scribble upon They'll linger, read, run into friends, talk about the geekiest things anyone not attending
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Best breakfast if you're feeling relaxed SAGE'S BRUNCH HOUSE We have waited at Sage's Brunch House for hours. Literally. To be fair, though, that was on the day of The Evergreen State College graduation. The service is often very good, but there are times when it, too, demands that the customer have
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Bearded Lady Food Co. is not your typical eatery: It's open only three days a week, and its evening menu has just one section: desserts. People like it that way: Our readers again chose the restaurant Olympia's best place for desserts. You can get such staples as cupcakes, ice cream and cookies
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The Weekly Volcano would like to thank all those who took the time to vote in the best of Olympia 2014 Readers' Poll. You are the best. Best restaurant: Quality Burrito Best restaurant server (waiter/waitress): Jess at King Solomon's Reef Best bartender: Whitney Lee at 4th Ave Tavern Best happy hour: The Brotherhood Lounge Best
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"Our role isn't to create popular bands," says Johnson, "we're just here to document them." The founder of K Records, Calvin Johnson, who dug into hearts with his bands Beat Happening, Halo Benders and Dub Narcotic Sound System, who played records on Evergreen's independent radio station, KAOS, when he was just
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The Alpine Experience is dead; long live Centro. The longtime outfitter, which again was our readers' pick for best outdoor gear store, is being born again, evolving into something that's not exactly an outdoor gear store. Rather, think of it as an urban adventure marketplace, including The Bike Stand, Olympia Footwear Co.,
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[BEDROOM POP] + FRI, MARCH 7 Near as I can tell from what little music is available of Coma Figura, one might describe them as a sort of Foxygen or Titus Andronicus for the bedroom pop set. These are bands that mash together influences and jumble them up into something that
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ON SALE NOW Mavis Staples Seattle March 4-7 times vary $35 (Jazz Alley, jazzalley.com) Ernie Watts Seattle Feb. 9-10 times vary $23.50 (Jazz Alley, jazzalley.com) Mindi Abair Seattle Feb. 11 - 14 times vary $25.50 - $39.50 (Jazz Alley, jazzalley.com) Brian Bromberg Quintet Seattle Feb. 2-3 times vary $26.50 (Jazz Alley, jazzalley.com) ON SALE FRIDAY,
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If the punk movement was about tearing down the bloated, cliched foundation of popular music, then post-punk was the beginning of the steady rebuilding process. Like all manner of nebulous music terms, post-punk has come to mean a variety of different things to different people. Bands grouped into the post-punk
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In 2002, while Duff, Slash, Matt and Dave were trying out every human possible to front their as yet unnamed rock n' roll extravaganza that would become Velvet Revolver, I was playing next door in the same three room complex (called MATES) in a band consisting of myself, Christian (the
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"Live, from our studios somewhere in cyberspace - it's "Beats and Eats" - a happy hour for your mind," says the announcer, in the style of early radio and TV broadcasting, voice booming over a catchy background jingle. "The virtual lounge is open. So come inside, grab a stool and
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It was fucking miserable outside - quintessential Tacoma. Gray. Cold. Wet. And depressed. 8:55 a.m. As I waited in the alley (technically South Court D Street) near the downtown Tacoma YMCA - between Market Street and Fawcett Avenue, close to South 13th Street - a woman stared back at me
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Sometimes, when I'm drunk in the early morning hours, I'll find myself falling down a rabbit hole of accidentally important live albums - documents of moments in time that are impossible to replicate. I've Never Seen a Straight Banana, for instance, captures a private performance Tiny Tim gave for three
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We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this
Food Matters
Shogun Japanese Express has opened across from Ruby Tuesday on Mildred Street. The teppanyaki and sushi establishment has a bonafide sushi bar, though small, offering the usual raw fish assortment for sashimi or sushi: salmon, eel, sweet shrimp, fatty tuna, squid, crab, snapper, tuna and more. Rolls come in the
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Hilary Swank is faced with a problem. A great problem, but still a problem: after two Best Actress Oscar wins, what direction will her career take? She has a responsibility to the Academy, after all. She alerted us that she can play the femme fatale in “The Black Dahlia,” and
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on sale now Comedy Underground In The Box featuring Brad Upton and guests Olympia. April 12 7:30 pm. $12 (Washington Center, 360.753.8586). Arlo Guthrie & the Guthrie Family Legacy Tour Tacoma. April 13 7:30 pm. $30-$45 (Pantages Theater, 253.591.5894). “Leftover Stories To Tell: An Evening Celebrating the Work of Spalding Gray” Olympia. April
