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You might wonder how a single song earns an entire festival — LouieFest 2007 this weekend. When The Wailers were in high school in Tacoma, they recorded a hit song called “Tall Cool One,” which went to No. 36 on the charts in and took them all across the country
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The Evergreen State College (TESC), a public liberal arts school in Olympia, has more than 200 veterans currently enrolled, and although that only accounts for five percent of its undergraduate student population, the college is dedicated to improving things for its former military students. In 2008, they formed a veteran peer
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Because electronica is a style that functions effectively removed from the traditional guitar-drum-bass mold, enabling the creation and exploration of a whole new range of sounds, it becomes helpful to find distinctions: is it aggressive like drum 'n' bass and jungle, cartoonish like chiptunes and glitch, cerebral like IDM and trip-hop, or
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First Night Tacoma has always been an embarrassment of riches, and this year's installment looks to be no different. The New Year's Eve celebration is packed with any number of bands worthy of highlighting - bands like the lovely OK Sweetheart, the dance-rock of The Fame Riot, and that elder
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I can't be certain, but it seems likely that SEACATS may have the distinction of being the first band I've covered that were born out of a comedy web series. Formed by Kelso, Wash., by brothers Josh and Mike Davis, SEACATS make boisterous power-pop that recalls the guitar heroics of
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The Kephartsburg Address Nine fortnights and four days ago the Karpeles Manuscript Library brought forth in this city documents, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men (and women) should come see them. We are now engaged in a great holiday war, testing whether we, or anyone, can endure
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Having a difficult time coping with the down time between Xmas and New Year's Eve? Jonesin' for one more holiday of fun before Jan 2 rolls around and you find yourself back at the office thinking, "Damn! A whole 'nother year of the same crap? Really? In which drawer did
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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. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude. 8 pm. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. Third floor, no partner necessary. All Ages. 9 pm. $5. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club
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Sated? Maybe it's time to dig out from under the spent wrapping paper, tinsel and turkey bones to spend a few moments in reflection. In the meantime, here's Christian Doyle doing Frank Sinatra and a beat poet. Here's Amy Shephard in a clown suit and roller
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BLUES Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. Katahoula. All Ages. 8:30 pm. NC. Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Night After X-Mas Show, with Randy Oxford Band, Nolan Garrett. 8 pm. $10. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Jeff Dye. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian
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The holidays are intended to incite love, merriment and cheer. But with celebrations of Baby Jesus' birth beginning months in advance, the Gritty City Comedy Club understands that the season's overextension can instead provoke something else entirely - such as aggravation and a general sense of dread. Of course, this
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Sean Weaver. All Ages. 7 pm. $8-$12. BLUES B Sharp Coffee House, 706 Opera Alley Tacoma. Kimball and the Fugitives. Blues and Roots American Music. 7pm-10pm. Free. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Jeff Dye. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian
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It's the Saturday before New Year's Eve, and conventional thinking has it that you're going to sit home and go out Tuesday to trip the night fantastic, pop open the Tattinger's, and sing "Auld Lang Syne" in some festive environment as this dreary, messed-up year winds down. But maybe you're
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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. BLUES The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Billy Stoops & The Rectifiers. 7 pm. NC. 2 Mile House Olympia Westside. Blues Bentley Band Sunday Jam. 5-8 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown.
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Chris Stevens & The Surf Monkeys. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino and Brooke Lizotte Experimental Jam. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Harmon
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tully's Coffee at the Bostwick Building Tacoma - Downtown. First Night Tully's Stage, with Forest Beutel, Kayla Stewart, Apartment Lights, Gina Belliveau. All Ages. 6:45 pm. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Lewis County. 2014 New Year's Eve Celebration, with Blues Redmption.
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The New Frontier Lounge is hosting a free birthday bash for some chick named Amber, who is now apparently old enough to join Betty White and the rest of the Golden Girls, at least according to the Facebook event page. While I don't know Amber (Happy Birthday anyway!), I do
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If we can trust the evidence of the past three months, Salon Refu in Olympia is now one of the best art galleries between Seattle and Portland. And Mary Randlett is the most celebrated photographer in the Pacific Northwest. Recognized as an outstanding landscape photographer and celebrated for her marvelous
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They volunteered to join the Army. They volunteered to attend Airborne School. They volunteered to become a Ranger. And some of them are members of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord based 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, a unit with a storied history that runs back to D-Day, 1944. Friday evening at the Evergreen
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"The first thing I saw was my drums, although I didn't recognize them," said Tacoma musician Dean Tsapralis, also known as "Dean the Dreamweaver," after he opened his storage unit door in September. Tsapralis' life-long collection of musical instruments from around the world, along with many personal belongings, was below
