Movies
It’s an artist who fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City’s Holland Tunnel where he winds up falling in love with a beautiful woman, who takes him to the moon on a Lunar Cruiser. It’s an out of work computer programmer on a
Music
It’s a new week, which means it’s time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki’s South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let’s get rolling…Like most people — especially Seattle Seahawks — sometimes Bobble Tiki drops the ball. Sometimes he even drops the ball when it’s fourth
Reviews
Wendy’s II Where: 5015 Tacoma Mall Blvd., Tacoma, 253.471.0228 Hours: 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 2-8 p.m. Sunday Cuisine: Vietnamese, Chinese Scene: Casual, family-friendly dining Drinkies: Limited beer and wine, bubble tea, milkshakes, standard nonalcoholic beverages Prices: $4.95-$11.95 ANNOUNCER: Owner Wendy Au began serving delicious Asian food at her
Music
Things change. They always do. Soon, the corner of Sixth and Proctor in Tacoma will be a little quieter. Sure, drunk frat types in backward hats will still stumble out of the West End, and broke single moms will still cart their kids’ dirty clothes to the laundromat, but
Music
DONALD GLAUDE Friday, Nov. 27 During the past 17 years as an international DJ, Lakewood-grown Donald Glaude has been responsible for seeding vibrant musical landscapes for audiences up and down the West Coast. Born in Tacoma, he grew up listening to Parliament-Funkadelic and R&B radio. After falling in love with the
Music
Is there a need, anymore, to make a point of defining certain bands as “bedroom pop”? More and more, the act of retreating to one’s bedroom and putting hissy, intimate pop to tape (or computer) is becoming as common as garage bands ever were. The only reason I bring it
Concert Alert
Seconds into the opening track "Trouble Maker" on Shannon and the Clams' new LP it hits you, "Holy moly! This is the best album of 2009!"Shannon and the Clams bring to mind various girl groups and soul groups of the 1960s, but with surf and punk undertones and punch-you-in-the-face awesome
Features
Grocery shopping is nothing new to us, however there are those that have a strange, if not unnatural fondness for scanning the ads for deals, waiting in line and forgetting our reusable bags at home. Shopping comes naturally to me. I enjoy the hunt, or maybe it's the gathering. ...