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The music of U2 has been like a fly buzzing around my ear for 30 years. It's difficult for me to remember a time when it wasn't there, ingrained in my consciousness, though not always at the forefront. It has acted, in some ways, as a guide, in others, as
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Even during the heyday of '80s metal, Dokken (very little connection with rockin') sucked - even with a hellacious guitar shredder like George Lynch. His 1990 solo debut with his own Lynch Mob, Wicked Sensation, remains one of the hottest hard-rock discs of the era; today's Mob walks the stylistic
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Zydeco is the dance music of the Creole population of southwest Louisiana. The Creoles are French speakers of African or mixed African and European descent who have been in Louisiana since the 18th century. Their culture is entwined with but separate from their fellow Francophones, the
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For eight freakin' years in a row - never wavering - the Randy Oxford Band has encouraged (hell, inspired!) you to get out of the goddamn house the night after Christmas and shake some of the tinsel and stuffing off. It's known as the "Tis the Night After Christmas Get
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The Tacoma Weavers' Guild celebrates its 75 anniversary with a huge textile show opening Friday, Nov. 12 inside Handforth Gallery and historical displays in the Northwest Room - both at the Tacoma Public Library Main Branch. We can tell their Art of Weaving show a big deal because the Guild
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After a kickoff celebration at the Tacoma Art Museum Thursday, including the presentation of the 2010 AMOCAT Awards to Oliver Doriss, Fab-5 and Urban Grace Church, Tacoma Arts Month: Art At Work will kick into high gear Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the famed Tacoma
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Every newspaper makes mistakes, but how many newspapers make the same mistake - twice - including once in 3-D? We did. For the last two years the Weekly Volcano named Tacoma artist Jerry Managan "Best Visual Artist" in our Best of Tacoma issues, the last Best of Tacoma, of course, in spectacular
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Bollywood, that colorful and exuberant fusion of classical Indian dance and the Hollywood musical, has gained a following outside of India. And its arrival in Tacoma comes in the form of Sanford & Son Antiques' annual adult prom Saturday loaded with, no doubt, spectacular song-and-dance sequences, joke-shop wigs, ill-fitting body
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Chances are the three-and-a-half-week summer we just wrapped up left you pining for more. But most of us can't afford a vacation. It's quite a conundrum. Luckily, slack-key guitar master Keoki Kahumoku will be in Oly Saturday to bring the laid-back sounds of the islands to the mainland. A multiple
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Cropsey is a documentary examining the concept of the bogeyman - as legend, as reality and as a combination of the two. On Staten Island in the '70s and '80s, a story was passed around by local children about a man who lived in the woods. This man was often
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BRING ON THE SHRIEKS FROM LUNGS OF FIRE >>> In 1998, when the partners-in-love-and-rock duo Jucifer first broke out of the dark, sludgy Athens underbelly that gave birth to bands like Harvey Milk and R.E.M., audiences took an immediate interest in guitarist/vocalist Amber Valentine and drummer Ed Livengood's
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Lord knows Tacoma has plenty of empty spaces. Luckily, it also has plenty of artists. In a moment of pure genius, Spaceworks Tacoma was created - an effort to revitalize T-Town's barren spaces with art of all kinds, from installations to creative enterprises to artist residences and pop-up events. Thursday, July
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Saturday at The Evergreen State College's Tacoma campus a second week of the Tacoma Treasures event goes down from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering an impressive collection of gently used toys, household items, clothing and more for cheap purchase and allowing you the opportunity to support Evergreen Tacoma and
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The Sixth Avenue bonanza known as the Art on the Ave festival returns to Tacoma Sunday, bringing all the corn on a stick, face painting and Solar Richard sightings that come with it. Yes, Sixth Avenue traffic will have to find an alternate route Sunday afternoon as the good times
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Yeah, we're going to be all snobby and use the film's original name, Hausu, instead of the probably better known but still underground as fuck House, a 1977 Japanese should-be cult class premiering Friday at The Grand. We're those kind of people. Described as a psychedelic ghost tale, a stream-of-consciousness
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Cool art and music aren't a bad start to a Saturday evening, but rather than your ex's mixtape and pasting together a photo collage, hanging out at "Some Things Don't Have To Make Sense" makes, well, more sense. Inspired by James Hume and the Dead Artists' Kulture Lab parties
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Tacoma is establishing itself as a prime spot on the rap star afterlife tour. Earlier this year Coolio and his male-pattern, "Gangsta's Paradise" balding were in town. Saturday, MC Hammer shakes up the Emerald Queen Casino. And Friday, perhaps the most exciting name of them all - Tone Loc -
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The blurb on the Emerald Queen Casino's Web site doesn't beat around the bush. "Armed with a flamboyant wardrobe and a raft of sampled hooks lifted straight from their sources, Hammer's talents as a dancer and showman far exceeded his technique as an MC. Still, he had an ear for
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I couldn't think of a better way to spend a summer Saturday than on a hot date with myself tossing back beer and watching tough-as-nails roller derby chicks knock each other on their asses. Yes, my Saturday will be spent with the Dockyard Derby Dames characters like
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Here's what we know. Tacoma has this local, TW. He's mildly insane, builds kick-ass custom bikes, and rumor has it he's currently shooting the pilot for a reality television show based on him helping at-risk youths keep their noses clean through the magic of custom bike making. We also know,
