Music
It's a new week, which means it's time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki's South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let's get rolling. Well, lo and behold, Bobble Tiki didn't get drunk and make a total jackass out of himself at last week's Volcano Best
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week and down the road. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, 800.325.SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Uncle Kracker Napavine Aug.
Stage
Simon Kogan is locally famous in Olympia for his World War II memorial on the Capitol Campus and for the larger-than-life statue of a pregnant woman, "Motherhood," at Percival Landing. He is also well known as a teacher of private art classes. At the moment the works of his students
Focus
Dirt and grime can be washed away, but no amount of cleaning erases the scars airmen have from the C-141 cargo aircraft crash on Nov. 30, 1992, that claimed the lives of 13 McChord airmen. "I think everyone has a day in their lives they'll always remember," said Master Sgt. Wayne
Operation Family Support
Staff Sgt. Chris McMillen stood on the shore of American Lake and watched the fishing boats come in. "It is really excellent to be here today and being able to go fishing," he explained. Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, McMillen has returned from Afghanistan recently. "This
Military Life
Putting together a honey-to-do list for her husband is the least of Susan Forester's worries as she prepares for her husband, Capt. Brian Forester, to return from Iraq later this summer. For one thing, Forester, a company commander for the 4th Brigade, deployed in October when his son, William, was about
Operation Family Support
Experiencing the death of a loved one is a fact of life. And when a loved one dies, it can be difficult to help children cope with the loss, particularly as the surviving parent(s) confront their own grief. Counselors say that how much children grasp about death depends upon their age, life
PROMO
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News Front
U.S. Army soldiers endeavor to qualify for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Marksmanship badge, during Orient Shield 14 at Camp Higashi-Chitose, Japan, Nov. 1. It's a rare occasion for a U.S. Army soldier to have the opportunity to qualify for a foreign marksmanship badge; however, the soldiers from the
Arts
The Museum of Glass is on John McCain's shit list for receiving stimulus money. Senators Tom Coburn and McCain just issued their third list of what they consider misuse of federal stimulus dollars. The report is called Summertime Blues, "100 stimulus projects that give taxpayers the blues". According to the report, arts
Arts
Gary and Deborah Boone could have dropped their new art gallery in the middle of Pioneer Square. But they chose Ledger Square instead. Ledger Square is in Tacoma, by the way. It will soon be home to B2 Fine Art Gallery and Studios. "B2" usually is pronounced "Bee Too".
Music
One of my fondest memories from a show I attended took place at urbanXchange. This was about three years ago when, along with my fellow under-agers, I watched the Blakes perform. What made this memory special wasn't so much the band that I was watching - I can't even remember who
Music
It's been five months since the untimely closing of the underground music venue, The Warehouse. In the months since, Adam Ydstie, Doug Stoeckicht and Katie Lowery - the then-residents and show-producers of the Warehouse - have struck out on their own and started arranging shows at various venues about town. "We
News Front
In every issue of this fine rag my hack team of wannabe journalists and I tackle some of the most laughable criminal acts that have recently happened in our area. Then - if we're doing our job- we write about those crimes in a way that makes you chuckle, or
We Recommend
Friday and Saturday marks the 8th Annual Hotrod-A-Rama, once again set to engulf The Swiss with enough sweet-ass pre-1965 traditional and custom hotrods to make Boyd Coddington blush, plus a stellar lineup of music including performance by The Fucking Eagles, Girl Trouble, Si Si Si, Basemint, Red Hex and the
Music
Many years ago I wrote a cover story for the Weekly Volcano on Hotrod-A-Rama, the yearly hardcore classic car enthusiast throwdown at The Swiss that's been getting bigger and more well-known almost since the moment of its inception, and which also features a massive amount of top-shelf live local music
Archives
Mike White makes movies about misfits. In “Chuck & Buck,” “The Good Girl” and even the more mainstream “The School of Rock,” he centers the action on the kind of people we’d ordinarily snicker at or, more likely, just avoid — and then he documents their most agonizingly awkward moments. It’s
Archives
How much would you pay to see 10 badass, condemned-to-death criminals fight to the death for their freedom on a deserted island? What does the average pay-per-view boxing match cost? Would you pay that much — or more? Those types of questions will likely cross your mind if you fork over
Music
What do Al Qaeda's Osama Bin Laden and YellowFever's Jennifer Moore have in common? Nothing, it turns out. But when the androgynous, unassuming 27-year-old guitarist tried going through Houston airport security with the 7-inch chef's knife she borrowed from her job cutting brisket at Ruby's BBQ in Austin - the one she
