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THE 11TH HOUR: A dire warning about the demise of planet Earth, presented in a deadening format of talking heads and what often looks like stock nature footage. The doc has a lot of valuable information, but fails to convey it in an effective, involving way. Rent Al Gore’s “An
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I don’t need a lot of research to be confident in stating that never before have I seen a movie open with the hero delivering a baby during a gun battle, severing the umbilical cord with a gunshot, and then killing a villain by penetrating his brain with a raw
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James Mangold’s “3:10 to Yuma” restores the wounded heart of the Western and rescues it from the morass of pointless violence. The Western in its glory days was often a morality play, a story about humanist values penetrating the lawless anarchy of the frontier. It still follows that tradition in
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If Bobble Tiki remembers correctly, and considering the amount of boxed wine that pumps through his body on a daily basis there’s at least a decent chance he doesn’t, the first time Bobble Tiki experienced a Jazzbones “Songwriters in the Round” show, Jeff Angell performed (with a few other talented
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Taking the Place of a Supernatural Disaster is a three-piece band consisting of Tori Amos-styled pianist Misty Reynolds (the main songwriter and lead vocalist), her hubby, Larry Reynolds Jr. on drums and Lucas Swick and his synthetic orchestra. Swick adds an unexpected electronic twist to the mix giving the band
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If you’ve been up early enough in the morning — something I absolutely don’t recommend unless you’re still up from the night before — then you’ve seen it and perhaps even felt it. Summer’s done for, bubba. Better brace yourself for fall. Fall, mainly for pigskin reasons, is my favorite
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My friend Billy, a Puyallup resident, recently referred to his home town affectionately as “The Poo.” “Life is good in the Poo,” he said. I’ll never be able to think of Puyallup in the same way again. In 1982, The Puyallup Fair was a lot like it is now. It’s
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Thursday, Sept. 6 GOTH brigitte handley and the dark shadows Sydney, Australia-based Brigitte Handley is a bit of an enigma. Listing such bands as Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, the Dammed and Joy Division, she and her band, the Dark Shadows, draw from many influences to create a brand of lo-fi Goth that
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Tom Anderson is one of the most prolific and most popular artists in Olympia. His public works include the Park of the Seven Oaks, paintings in the lobby of Providence St. Peter Hospital, Panorama City, St. Martin's University, Bates Technical and Olympia's City Hall. Childhood's End has been showing his
Military Life
Carrie Daws and Kathy Barnett have walked different paths in their military lives. Although their personalities on the outside are quite different, the military spouses are nonetheless strikingly similar. Both are devout Christians, both home school their children, and both minister to military families. And last year, they authored a
Outdoors
Recently, my oldest and dearest friend came home for a visit. She's a fancy city slicker now, hailing from New York City. Not Brooklyn or another borough. NYC proper. Naturally, I usually trek up to Seattle and go to some hip, new restaurant for our annual catch up. But this
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Justin Timberlake is coming to the Tacoma Dome Saturday, and this presents a dilemma. Do I come out in favor of JT or not? It’s a heavy decision. There are plenty of reasons why throwing my support behind JT in the Weekly Volcano would be a risky move. He was in N’Sync,
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I have a bone to pick with Macklemore. Shortly after the Seahawks were crowned NFC champions in 2014, Seattle superstar rapper Macklemore took to the stage with no less than four Grammy wins and a live performance at the 56th annual Grammy Awards. He did not once even utter the phrase,
