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Olympia's Broken Water is terrifically mesmerizing. Listening to the avant-garde, shoegaze threesome forces a sort of centering that is hard to come by. For instance, when typing and listening, I literally had to pull my fingers from the keyboard, lay my head back and close my eyes will the talents
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Jay-Z proclaimed "Death of Auto-Tune," but by judging from the prolonged career of rap/pop artist T-Pain, the death of auto-tune has been much exaggerated. T-Pain's career has continued to flourish; his recent hit, "Up and Down", is still pumping on the radio airwaves and in the clubs. In fact, the dread-headed, top
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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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Lately our society has become lazy. Our interest in the Great Outdoors has been replaced by an extreme interest in technology. Olympia Film Society is on it. The organization presents an interesting mash-up of our favorite, and least favorite, things to do. Its Trail Running Film Festival will allow us
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Yeah, I know what your thinking. With a title of The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee, let's face it; no one reads it as such. You thought it was The Itty Bitty Titty Committee. But, in this case, being called "Itty Bitty" is not such a bad thing. The Itty Bitty
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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 Farrelli's Gourmet Wood Fire Pizza DuPont. Fired-Up Bingo. All Ages. 7 pm. NC.
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See, the funny thing about punctuation is it breaks sentences up so you'll notice once it's taken away suddenly this preview or brief or whatever it is seems a lot more hurried and it works even better if you imagine somebody reading this out loud because they start to sound
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Peter Mayer. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Luke Ashlocke. 8:30 pm. $15. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Magic At Your Table, with Cary Durgin. 6 pm. NC. Tacoma Comedy
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The Weekly Volcano can't pretend to be a street-savvy musicologist, but Black Violin is the shit. From Bach to Bird to Biggie, Black Violin executes a unique and often brilliant juxtaposition of urban and classical styles. The two-man violin/viola hip-hop outfit of Wil B and Kev Marcus mix classical music
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COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Luke Ashlocke. 8:30 and 10:30 pm. $15. Dave's of Milton Milton. Comedy Night, featuring Justin Hayes, Geoff Brousseau, Stephen Morton, music by Rock N Roll Magic. 8 pm. $10. Mud Bay Coffee Company Olympia - Westside. Fool's Play Improv
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I've enjoyed Rebecca Lea McCarthy's performances before, most recently in Arsenic and Old Lace at Lakewood Playhouse. In 2012, I nominated her "Doris" from Olympia Little Theatre's Same Time, Next Year for a Carvy. Turns out she's an author, too, and her second book, Writing the Diaphragm Blues and Other
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I wish I could review every show, truly, but some intrigue me far more than others. There's no point in writing and publishing a critique of Singing the Diaphragm Blues, as it runs a single weekend, but it sure does sound fascinating. I mean, how many plays offer "chickens, diaphragms,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Olalla Community Hall - Olalla. Pre-St. Patrick's Day Concert, with Magical Strings. All Ages. 2 pm. $15. Open Space For Arts and Community Vashon. R.I.S.K. Benefit Concert, with The Onlies. All Ages. 2 pm. $10. BLUES 2 Mile
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Maia Santell and House Blend. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino and Brooke Lizotte Experimental Jam. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool Bingo. 6:30 pm. White Horse Tavern Yelm. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 7 pm.
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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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On this day - as ROTC cadets do as many burpees as they can in two minutes, or scale a 30-foot wall using a rope as fast as they can, or jog 6 miles carrying a 35-pound pack as quick as they can - it's all about tearing down and
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I entered the "1001 Faces Exhibition" at B2 Fine Art Gallery with less than stellar expectations, after having been inundated with tribal masks for more than 20-odd years since moving to the Pacific Northwest. But I must say I was pleasantly surprised and even moved by
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I entered the "1001 Faces Exhibition" at B2 Fine Art Gallery with less than stellar expectations, after having been inundated with tribal masks for more than 20-odd years since moving to the Pacific Northwest. But I must say I was pleasantly surprised and even moved by some of the contemporary
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Purple smoke enveloped Sgt. Robert Kendricks and Spc. Josh Beal as they approached Building 70. Their mission was to move tactically in an urban environment, use grenades to neutralize enemy positions, communicate and clear the building. All the while being watched by experienced soldiers holding stopwatches and clipboards. As the two soldiers worked,
