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I mentioned a few weeks (months?) ago that I’ve been dealing with Plantar Fasciitis since prior to the first of the year, so probably five or six months now. This isn’t the first time I’ve had to deal with this but I’m determined it will be the last. First, let’s Read more…
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Heather Lake is right next door to Lake 22 and if you were to go up and over the ridge, a very steep ridge requiring the proper gear and expertise, you could potentially hike directly from one lake to the other. As the crow flies they probably are only about Read more…
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Beckler Peak is a hike just outside of the town of Skykomish, Wa, in the Highway 2 corridor. Take Highway 2 east a couple of miles past Skykomish, take a left onto Forest Service road 6066 and drive a dirt road littered with potholes ~6 miles to the trailhead. There Read more…
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The Talking Heads were ubiquitous in the 80’s. That probably had something to do with MTV and well made videos but that would have been nothing without great music and The Talking Heads had that too. David Byrne was the face of the band and in 1991 he left, effectively Read more…
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You’d be forgiven for remembering Gary Numan as a one hit wonder. The song “Cars” was a huge hit off the album “The Pleasure Principle” in 1979 and for many in the US that was probably the last they ever heard of Gary. The Pleasure Principle was part of the Read more…
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Lake 22 is an extremely popular hike just past the Verlot Ranger Station on the Mountain Loop Highway that runs from Granite Falls to Darrington. It’s easy to see why it’s so popular. The trailhead is right off the highway, it’s a decent distance (but not too far) at ~5 Read more…
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Up until a couple of months ago I had never heard of Skinny Puppy but Sam educated me, which is pretty funny. He knows more about 80’s bands than I do. So, who is Skinny Puppy? Well, Skinny Puppy formed in the early 80’s in Vancouver, BC. We’ll call them Read more…
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Panchiko has an interesting back story. As it goes, they formed as a group sometime in the late 90’s and recorded a demo EP in 2000. They were never picked up by a record company, the band broke up and went their separate ways and that was the end of Read more…
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There’s currently a resurgence in the popularity of bands that were first popular in the 80’s and many of those bands are getting back together and touring again. At one end of the spectrum you have artists like Duran Duran, Peter Gabriel, The Cure, Depeche Mode and Tears For Fears Read more…
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Who is Avey Tare and what kind of music does he play? Well, he’s one of the members of a group called “Animal Collective”, who have been together since the early 2000’s, and the style of music is “experimental pop”. Neither of those probably tell you much about Avey Tare Read more…