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Comedic country/western punk musicians Brent Amaker and The Rodeo are galloping into Olympia this Friday to turn The Royal Lounge into a corral of fun-lovin' rockers with the help of local bad boys, The Dirty Birds. Amaker and crew have just been signed to Fin Records and will be releasing
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At the opening for the art installation, "It's Alright To Cry," there will be performances from three Olympia mainstays who have nothing but killed it for a long time: Broken Water, LAKE and Karl Blau. I can't impress upon you enough just what a powerhouse lineup this is. In particular,
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By the time "Amy," the lead-off track on Red Jacket Mine's latest album, reaches the totally over-the-top organ breakdown, I'm completely sold on whatever Red Jacket Mine is doing. That organ solo hearkens back to the ballsy pop-mindedness of old guards like Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe. At
Veterans
Rally Point 6 is a local and innovative service program and resource center for Servicemembers, veterans and their families expected to launch later this year. As "The Ranger" reported earlier, it will be a "one-stop-shop" that will house community based care, important resources and support in one convenient location. Rally Point
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Friday, at Urban Grace Church in Tacoma, The Warehouse kicks off its 2013 Candle Lit series with the super dynamic and super talented Damien Jurado with guests Jake Hemming and Amelia Saakian. "Damien Jurado is quite possibly one of the best singer/songwriters many of us get the pleasure of experiencing," says
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You may not be familiar with the wrestling phenomenon known as lucha libre, but it's all the rage in Mexico, where its popularity lags only behind that of soccer. Like American professional wrestling, it has its heroes (técnicos) and its villains (rudos), and it attracts shapely women. Unlike WWE matches,
Food Matters
ST. PATRICK'S DAY PREFUNK March 17 doesn't have to be the only day you celebrate libations brought to you by the Irish. Thursday, March 14 Boathouse 19 (9001 S. 19th St., Tacoma) will host a Jameson Irish Whiskey tasting event. From 6:30 to 9 p.m. you can sip on the brown
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It may be grayer than Bea Arthur's pixie cut outside, but not so inside King's Books Wednesday. The Tacoma bookstore's Scrabble Rabble tournament allows participants to establish their own skill levels and compete with others for glory. The Weekly Volcano has always enjoyed hanging onto the "Q," where it hangs
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Grab the nearest mouth guard, roller derby is back in Tacoma. Actually, it has been here for some time. And, it's in Lakewood. That said, the Dockyard Derby Dames open its season Saturday night at the Pierce College Health Education Center. For the uninitiated, the all-female flat-track roller derby team
Music
My first encounter with Red Hex's singer/guitarist Sam Olsen was at his home while he tested out his recently acquired reverb tank. I use the word "tested" loosely. The test consisted of Olsen plugging in his Epiphone Sheraton and kicking the absolute hell out of the surprisingly resilient piece of
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BLUES The Royal Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Alice Stuart Royal Wednesday. 7:30 pm. $5. Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Crazy Texas Gypsies Open Jam. 8 pm. Midtown Grill
