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In my early days of bartending, I worked in a country bar. There were many heated, good-natured arguments that stemmed from me loading up the jukebox with punk and rock. It was one unique customer though, that eased me into the extraordinary crossover of genres and the appeal of liquor-twinged
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The legend, the lyricist, the greatest gamespitter of all time, the Ambassador of The Bay, E-Feezy Fonzarelli ... Call him what you want, but don't be late catching this man rock the stage at The Royal Lounge Saturday night in Olympia - and he often travels with his cohort from
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Pioneers West's debut album, Move West, was recorded live in the ballroom above The New Frontier Lounge. Released in 2010, it captures a band at its most vital, so confident in the energy that they conjure that they decided to lay their songs out unvarnished, straight to tape. But this
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Saturday's show at the Northern is a showcase of Olympia legends, including K Records founder Calvin Johnson with his Hive Dwellers project, and a supergroup of Karl Blau, Allen Peril, and Jessica Bonin by the name of Lovers Without Borders. Of particular interest is a performance from Lois Maffeo, who
Food Matters
LUNCHBOX LABORATORY Lunchbox Laboratory, with locations in Seattle and Bellevue, has received favorable press from Evening Magazine, Food Network, Bon Appétit and Food and Wine Magazine. A new round of press is certain with the opening of its third location - Gig Harbor (4901 Point Fosdick Dr. NW) Friday, Oct. 25.
Show And Tell
Being that Halloween is almost upon us, it's both fortunate and fitting that I'm able to start this week's review with a quote from a classic horror film. In 1931's Dracula, well before Van Helsing and Harker show up with crosses and stakes, the titular Count (Bela Lugosi) entertains an
News Front
As a tribute for their ultimate sacrifice, a memorial honoring 29 military police killed in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2003-2011 was unveiled Friday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord's memorial park. It was a tearful ceremony as 10 families of the fallen soldiers were at the 42nd Military Police Brigade memorial. The names
Arts
Tacoma Opera's season opener is the Gilbert & Sullivan comedy Pirates of Penzance, Oct. 25 and 27. This will mark the first Gilbert & Sullivan show produced by Tacoma Opera. Bernard Kwiram, musical director and conductor of the Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society, will conduct a cast that includes several
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The frights are upon us once again, and there are, as always, plenty of ways to spend the Devil's holiday. Below we list the parties, the theater performances, haunted houses, the kids fare and the rock 'n' roll - it's up to you to decide where you'll go, and, of
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cascadia Grill Olympia - Downtown. Jeremy Serwer. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. Toscanos Cafe and Wine Bar Puyallup. Natalie Hames. 7 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Lewis County.
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That America isn't as upwardly mobile as we all like to think isn't news. Cut down too much on income mobility, and society risks ossifying into castes. The responsibility for climbing the socioeconomic ladder remains, as it always will, on the individual, but for a long time, a lot of
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Brother Sun. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Kim Simmond's Savoy Brown, with Nolan Garrett. 7:30 pm. $25. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Ian Harris. 8:30 pm. $15. Tacoma Comedy
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This Halloween, Pimp 'n' Ho parties just aren't cuttin' it anymore, are they? Neither are the toga parties, the erotic costume contests or the naughty nurse costumes. So much bare flesh, so much cold weather. If Halloween is really to turn into The Day of Getting As Close to Naked
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. 16 Sparrows. All Ages. 8 pm. $6. BLUES B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Triangle District. Rod Cook. All Ages. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Ian Harris. 8:30 and 10:30 pm. $15. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma
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Does it ever throw you - really throw you - to think that Fidel Castro is still alive. It does us. I had childhood friends - Ortelio and Flora Cardenas - who fled with their families and settled in our town back in the early 1970s. If we had been
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Night of the Living Tribute Bands (NOTLTB) is to musicians what Procession of the Species is to artists. But instead of life-size whales constructed out of reclaimed wood, it's Marshall stacks, rocker stances and an emulation of a band that takes months to perfect. Held at the Capitol Theater, NOTLTB is
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. Open mic format with Pam Carter from Classic Case as the host. 6-9 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Hootenanny Sing-Along, hosted by Holly Gwinn Graham. All Ages. 2 pm. NC. BLUES 2 Mile House Olympia -
