Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Tom Wopat Seattle. Oct. 21-22 7:30 pm. $26.50 (Jazz Alley, jazzalley.com) Gerald Albright Seattle. Oct. 23-26. $32.50
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Admittedly, anymore, it's a little silly to think of an entire record label as having one defining sound. There's too much influence getting divided and spliced by new generations of musicians. Still, when I think of ANTI- Records, I think of the junkyard nightmares of Tom Waits' latter-years output, not
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The 85th Support Command hosted a two-day orientation brief informing active-component brigade commanders, currently working in a Army Total Force Policy implementation between First Army Division-West, and the 85th Support Command, of Army Reserve processes and systems, here, Saturday and Sunday. "I'm very excited about the brigade command teams
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. A Sea of Glass. 7 pm. NC. B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Downtown. Ryan Heffner EP Release Party. All Ages. 8 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. The Bog Hoppers. All Ages. 8:30 pm. NC. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Billy Stoops & The Rectifiers. 8 pm. $6. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Jen Kirkman. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Rialto Theater Tacoma -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Acoustic Minefield. 8 pm. Capitol Theater Olympia - Downtown. An Evening With Greg Brown. All Ages. 7 pm. $28-$32. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Crude Awakening Oil Train Tour, with Dana Lyons, Matt Krogh. All Ages. 7 pm. $10-$20. B Sharp
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Back in the day Bobble Tiki wrote a weekly music column in the Weekly Volcano. The HBO series Deadwood killed the column. The series' opening fiddle summoned Bobble Tiki to a dirty 1870s town (barely) built in the Dakotas territory by colorful outlaws and lowlifes, (barely) held together by its
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. John McCutcheon. All Ages. 5 pm. $20-$25. BLUES The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Billy Stoops & The Rectifiers. 8 pm. Dave's of Milton Milton. Blues Jam, hosted by
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Monday Music, featuring James Coates. 7 pm. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Hambone Blues Band. 8 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino and
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Spanaway Bay. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Wed night Irish Session. 7:00- 930. NC. COMEDY/GAMES
