Bobble Tiki
Music Columnist
Weekly Volcano music columnist who swills forbidden cocktails while injecting dangerous, sweaty, catchy, alcohol- drenched, cigarette- smoke-smelling, hard-volume rock 'n' roll plasma into his veins.
bobbletiki@weeklyvolcano.com
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Bobble Tiki on December 29th, 2011
The ‘70s may always be remembered best for bands like Journey, Foghat and the Bee Gees, but the Spinners are one of the few bands that unfairly slipped through the cracks. Bobble Tiki, for one, is glad that more than 35 years later, as he dances before the Spinners Saturday
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Bobble Tiki on November 29th, 2011
Have you ever seen the look on someone's face the first time he rides a roller coaster? It's a mixture of abject fear, exhilaration and satisfaction. This same convoluted look might grace your mug standing in front of Devil On a Leash Friday night at Hell's Kitchen.
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Bobble Tiki on July 18th, 2011
While Bobble Tiki was bathing in early '90s Northwest flannel, four great Americana alt-country acts in Whiskeytown, BR5-49, Wilco, and the last stages of Uncle Tupelo were busy inventing a genre. While many of the pioneers are pushing alt-country/ Americana into vital new (usually ambient or experimental) territory, it's nice
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Bobble Tiki on June 24th, 2011
Warning: this week Bobble TIki is not writing about a musical "show," per se. In fact, he's not even really sure what "per se" means.
Rather, he's writing about an event - a musical event, yes - but not your standard three bands on a bill and a couple (too
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Bobble Tiki on June 10th, 2011
Honestly, Bobble Tiki feels like he's been getting promotional messages about Tin Man's CD release show for Somewhere in the Middle since 1987. That can't be, of course. Tin Man founder Rusty Parrish created Tin Man after years spent in punk bands, not to mention years then spent away from
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Bobble Tiki on June 8th, 2011
Honestly, Bobble Tiki feels like he's been getting promotional messages about and Facebook invites for Tin Man's CD release show for Somewhere in the Middle since 1987. That can't be, of course. Tin Man founder Rusty Parrish created Tin Man after years spent in punk bands, not to mention years
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Bobble Tiki on June 7th, 2011
Bobble Tiki isn't above sloppy seconds. He never has been.
While you take a moment to digest all the implications of that statement (and Bobble Tiki means ALL the implications, even the really icky ones from Bobble Tiki's frat days), Bobble Tiki would like to clear his throat, shift uncomfortably
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Bobble Tiki on June 3rd, 2011
Bobble Tiki isn't above sloppy seconds. He never has been.
While you take a moment to digest all the implications of that statement (and Bobble Tiki means ALL the implications, even the really icky ones from Bobble Tiki's frat days), Bobble Tiki would like to clear his throat, shift uncomfortably in
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Bobble Tiki on May 27th, 2011
This week, Bobble Tiki's going to cut straight to the chase.
Bobble Tiki went to his high school prom, but it was not the magical evening it's often made out to be in the movies. There was dinner in Bobble Tiki's braces, hesitation in his date, and island themed souvenirs simply
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Bobble Tiki on May 13th, 2011
The reports are in. Backstage Bar & Grill, despite its almost-end-of-Sixth-Ave, strip mall locale, is pretty freakin' bad-ass. From what Bobble Tiki hears, the stage is epic, the drinks are strong, and it's the kind of place that hires chicks like these to sling drinks. How can you really go
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Bobble Tiki on February 7th, 2012
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Contemplate if you will - and as you most likely have - your past Oscar experiences. Lonely. Nachos with not enough cheese. Asleep on the couch before the Best Original Screenplay winners are named.
Wake up, little starlet! You can endure the four-hour show by
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Bobble Tiki on February 4th, 2012
Next to the question "Don't you ever shut up?" Bobble Tiki's mother, the saintly Mrs. Tiki, was most often heard to ask her precious Bobble when he was young "Aren't you ever happy?"
"Well, excuse Bobble Tiki for living!" was his usual snappy reply - even then charmingly referring to himself
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Bobble Tiki on January 15th, 2012
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Snow prompts Bobble Tiki to think that the All Mighty, while he may not shoot craps with the universe as Albert Einstein said, at least has a sense of humor. She makes existence uncertain by conjuring up sea-level snow every now and
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Bobble Tiki on January 12th, 2012
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Tin Man founder Rusty Parrish just sent Bobble Tiki a new video for the song "Perfect." As you may remember from Bobble Tiki's interview with Parrish last year, Parrish created the alt-country meets rock band Tin Man after years spent in punk bands. And, Tin Man released
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Bobble Tiki on January 9th, 2012
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Bobble Tiki suggests that you start ducking and covering now. That's because it's this week's Freeloaders column - Morbid Edition. What in the Tim Burton is that, you ask? This week's column starts weird, with dark, morbid funhousey opening credits a montage
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Bobble Tiki on January 1st, 2012
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The folks in the Freeloaders-land R&D Department have been diligently working to find new ways to improve this column, and they think they've outdone themselves with their newest innovation. Just in time for the shorter days of winter, Bobble Tiki's column
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Bobble Tiki on December 26th, 2011
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Ugh. Bobble Tiki thinks he's officially reached middle age. Old and tired. Bobble Tiki used to do things like go to New York for Christmas or stay out dancing all night. This year for Christmas, one of Bobble Tiki's best friends gave
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Bobble Tiki on December 18th, 2011
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Well, the spirit of Christmas is lurking around the Freeloaders column, giving Bobble Tiki a wedgie. Bobble Tiki has already seen It's a Wonderful Life three times and the Christmas cartoons are making him cross-eyed. And Bobble Tiki loves it! The
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Bobble Tiki on December 11th, 2011
Bobble Tiki speared Christmas shopping. Not "eased it"; not "did it early." Speared it. In one all-night, online hurricane of holiday goodwill. A monster bag of Tim's chips and a two-liter bottle of Dew (a salute to the creators of the Net), Bobble Tiki demolished his nagging list and reclaimed
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Bobble Tiki on December 4th, 2011
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Feeling disenchanted this holiday season? Well, there's a holiday for that. A Festivus for the Rest of Us, created by Seinfeld character Frank Costanza who thought the holidays became to be too much: too much buying, too much stress, too
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