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Without question, humor often can be an effective tool in films to gently — or sometimes not so gently — deliver a message about overcoming intolerance regarding gay issues. Along those lines, motion pictures that come to mind that “successfully” achieved the dual roles of entertaining and educating are Stephan
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Without question, humor often can be an effective tool in films to gently — or sometimes not so gently — deliver a message about overcoming intolerance regarding gay issues. Along those lines, motion pictures that come to mind that “successfully” achieved the dual roles of entertaining and educating are Stephan
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“Hairspray” is just plain fun. Or maybe not so plain. There’s a lot of craft and slyness lurking beneath the circa-1960 goofiness. The movie seems guileless and rambunctious, but it looks just right (like a Pat Boone musical) and sounds just right (like a golden oldies disc) and feels just
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“Hairspray” is just plain fun. Or maybe not so plain. There’s a lot of craft and slyness lurking beneath the circa-1960 goofiness. The movie seems guileless and rambunctious, but it looks just right (like a Pat Boone musical) and sounds just right (like a golden oldies disc) and feels just
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1408: John Cusack is the man to watch in this horror thriller based on a Stephen King short story. Like “The Shining,” also based on King material, the main character is a frustrated writer who likes to drink, has a terrible trauma in his past and is in isolated surroundings
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1408: John Cusack is the man to watch in this horror thriller based on a Stephen King short story. Like “The Shining,” also based on King material, the main character is a frustrated writer who likes to drink, has a terrible trauma in his past and is in isolated surroundings
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SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, (253) 627-TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, (800) 325-SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, (866) 468-7623, www.ticketweb.com on sale now Lionel Loueke Trio Seattle. Aug. 7-8 7:30 pm. $21.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). Charlie Hunter Trio Seattle. Aug. 9-11 7:30 and 9:30 pm, Aug. 12 7:30 pm. $22.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). Bowling For Soup,
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Unless you live in a cave or a dark hole, perhaps somewhere near the outskirts of Spanaway, you’ve heard the hype. This Saturday, July 21, the final installment of the Harry Potter saga will be released to the public, thanks to author J.K. Rowlings and her word processing wizardry. If the
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Unless you live in a cave or a dark hole, perhaps somewhere near the outskirts of Spanaway, you’ve heard the hype. This Saturday, July 21, the final installment of the Harry Potter saga will be released to the public, thanks to author J.K. Rowlings and her word processing wizardry. If the
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Rock should be played without frills. Screw the fancy effects and give me guitar, bass, drums and a Marshall stack and call it good. Playing a brand of metal that is reminiscent of Priest, Maiden and Sabbath, ESITU drink their whiskey straight without a chaser. But the Seattle-based quartet is
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Rock should be played without frills. Screw the fancy effects and give me guitar, bass, drums and a Marshall stack and call it good. Playing a brand of metal that is reminiscent of Priest, Maiden and Sabbath, ESITU drink their whiskey straight without a chaser. But the Seattle-based quartet is
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A man from Utah, a woman from Minneapolis and a man from Sarajevo walk into a bar and start playing Hawaiian music. No, it’s not a joke, but it might just make you smile, especially when you hear them tonight at Embellish Multispace Salon. Michael Alexander from Ogden, Utah, (a place
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A man from Utah, a woman from Minneapolis and a man from Sarajevo walk into a bar and start playing Hawaiian music. No, it’s not a joke, but it might just make you smile, especially when you hear them tonight at Embellish Multispace Salon. Michael Alexander from Ogden, Utah, (a place
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Rocky Votolato, who released his fifth full length record, The Brag and Cuss, on Barsuk, June 12, will be hitting Hell’s Kitchen on Friday, July 20. Normally, guys named Rocky don’t touch you the way Votolato can. Normally, guys name Rocky punch you in the face or service your brakes or
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Rocky Votolato, who released his fifth full length record, The Brag and Cuss, on Barsuk, June 12, will be hitting Hell’s Kitchen on Friday, July 20. Normally, guys named Rocky don’t touch you the way Votolato can. Normally, guys name Rocky punch you in the face or service your brakes or
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Thursday, July 19 AMERICANA jes raymond Has Americana, roots, alt country seen a surge in popularity lately, or was I just not paying attention? When the "O Brother, Where Art Thou" soundtrack hit stores back in 2000, it commercialized the time-honored music and introduced it to a brand new generation, including me.
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Thursday, July 19 AMERICANA jes raymond Has Americana, roots, alt country seen a surge in popularity lately, or was I just not paying attention? When the "O Brother, Where Art Thou" soundtrack hit stores back in 2000, it commercialized the time-honored music and introduced it to a brand new generation, including me.
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I’ve said it so many times you’re probably sick of hearing it, but I’ll say it again. The best country comes from outside the Nashville hit machine. Case in point is Deadwood Revival. The duo of Jason Mogi and Kim Trenerry evoke the spirit of Bill Monroe with rootsy acoustic country that
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I’ve said it so many times you’re probably sick of hearing it, but I’ll say it again. The best country comes from outside the Nashville hit machine. Case in point is Deadwood Revival. The duo of Jason Mogi and Kim Trenerry evoke the spirit of Bill Monroe with rootsy acoustic country that
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Once upon a time the skin on my face was as smooth as a baby’s bottom. But then came adolescence and the visiting occasional zit that required a strict regimen of popping, alcohol and hand soap. As soon as the sun came out, it was time to head outside, slathering on