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As the landscape of hip-hop changes to account for the gift and the curse that is the Internet and the free download epidemic, local and national artists have been forced to adjust their promotional strategies in response. In particular the role of the mixtape, a constantly evolving pillar of hip-hop
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For the uninitiated, guitarist Dick Dale initially rose to fame during the high tide of the '60s surfing craze. While some peg "surf music" as synonymous with the sunny pop of the Beach Boys, for many it's Dale's turbulent, violently fast guitar sounds - coupled with the
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For the uninitiated, guitarist Dick Dale initially rose to fame during the high tide of the '60s surfing craze. While some peg "surf music" as synonymous with the sunny pop of the Beach Boys, for many it's Dale's turbulent, violently fast guitar sounds - coupled with the reverb effects developed
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After interviewing Hot Panda's Chris Connelly, I accidentally left my recorder taping for ten minutes as I breathed heavily and read Twitter. I'm afraid to listen. Besides being generally ashamed of hearing my big fat mug heaving sluggishly as I stare deeply into my glowing computer screen (were it not for
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Two Dockyard Derby Dames Roller Derby Marauding Molly team members show off their fine style with last Saturday’s bout announcer Nathaniel. When he’s not announcing Derby, he announces burlesque, wrestling and even wrestles — just not in these clothes. His duds are from a variety of sources, beginning with the flashy vest
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OK, like, everybody listen up because I’m about to tell you about the most amazing party at Tacoma Art Museum ever. It’s called “Night to Shine (and Sparkle!),” and it was planned for teens by teens. Here’s how it went down: Last October Tacoma Art Museum invited teens from Tacoma
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You tech my breath away QUESTION: I've had some good experiences with online dating, but I just can't get over this feeling that it just isn't natural or sexy. - Clicking For Love ANSWER: People romanticize chance meetings over highly calculated search algorithms. They swoon telling the story, "If I hadn't filled in
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Pianist and vocalist Nelda Swiggett will be able to handle the crowd hanging out at Rhythm and Rye on April 20 just fine. She performed for several years on Seattle's thriving late night salsa scene, then got up early on Sunday mornings to lay down soulful gospel riffs at her
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Author, professor and cultural geographer Dr. Carolyn Finney will discuss "This Patch of Soil: Race, Nature and Stories of Future Belonging" at the 2015 Earth Day Lecture at Pacific Lutheran University. Finney's discussion will center on how the discussion of environmental and racial issues is grounded in the experience of
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Olympia-raised artist and musician Sarah Utter predominantly paints and creates prints but she is also a well-known graphic designer. Her "Reading is Sexy" merchandise - stickers, buttons, t-shirts and other items - is sold worldwide. Libraries rank high on Utter's list of favorite things: "I was the kid who always
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Well hey there, purty young thang. Is it my overalls or can of spittin' tobacco I catch you admiring? Why don't me and you jump into my beat-up F-100 and head down to The Swiss. On Fridays they got this drink special called the "Trailer Park" that really gets my
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Los Angeles duo Haunted Summer bring a dimensionality and range to dream pop that's as refreshing as it is intriguing. Without sacrificing the gauzy serenity that typifies the genre, they bring inflections of '50s pop (as on the swaying "Ain't One" and their swooning cover of Animal Collective's "Bees") and
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Hailing from Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, Chris Connelly and Hot Panda make joyous, vibrant and super-melodic indie rock that has no other desire than to pick you up off your lazy, Twittering ass and spin you dizzy on the dance floor. Connelly's voice strains and spits from behind a wall
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Tacoma Little Theatre keeps the positivity alive with a heartwarming tale that is perfect for the holiday season. TLT not only chose a classic story, they put together a cast that is great to watch. This cast is so good, in fact, they received a standing ovation on opening night. Read
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Big Brother is watching. He peers out from the walls of Fulcrum Gallery. In this instance "Big Brother" is the brother of artist Nicki Sucec, whose show at Fulcrum is a homage to her brother and a testament to the variety and creativity that can be unleashed by taking a
Food Matters
COOKING WITH ITALIAN GRANDMOTHERS: Author Jessica Theroux will sign her book, Cooking with Italian Grandmothers: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily, at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3 inside The Mark (407 Columbia St., Olympia). Aperitifs are a certainty. FESTIVUS: Minoela (604 Fawcett, Tacoma) will host a holiday wine, chocolate and
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Thursday, Dec. 2 $3 Thursdays: $3 beer, $3 wells, $3 for two hot dogs, 4 p.m. to close, Hell's Kitchen, 928 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003. Wine tasting, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Abby's on Broadway: A Wine Shop, 743 Broadway, Tacoma, 253.262.2902. Half-price Wine Bottle Night with two appetizer purchases, Tides Tavern, 2925
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It’s Olympia week in the theater world these days with two capital city stages producing crowd-pleasers this weekend. “Enrico IV” Harlequin Productions is a theater on fire, and some of the loudest and hottest crackle in the South Sound thespian grapevine has been about the theater’s staging of “Enrico IV,” a period
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“Shadow Box” “Shadow Box,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by Michael Christofer, gives audiences a look into the world of living with terminal cancer as it follows the tales of three cancer patients during their final days together. [Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, through May 20, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
