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Main Marimba Pt. II

 Playing a Western style xylophone, this lady has been rocking Spokane street corners for at least a year. She was spotted for a second time today playing on the corner of Wall and Spokane Falls Blvd.  She, like other street musicians have been using the weather as an opportunity to get outside and play. I wonder [...]

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Spokane Straight Cache

Childhood seems to screw with everyone; mine just chose an interesting route.  Treasure Island, Nancy Drew, Jupiter Jones and every choose-your-own-adventure book grabbed my imagination in a chokehold.  So many treasures and puzzles that needed solving. I will never admit to actually trying to create treasure hunts for myself (with the plan to just forget [...]

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Rob McKenna Blows Gasket, Pundits Wonder if he has any Left

Gubernatorial candidate, Rob McKenna has a tendency of freaking out when asked hard questions. In fact, last year at a campaign event with King County Young Republicans, he had a young person with a video camera forcibly removed because he was a “Tracker”. In my eyes, he is well on his way to beating John [...]

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Browne’s Addition needs a Safe Word

What’s safe about sex under an overpass? Found leaving Browne’s Addition heading towards Downtown. Really, it seems like the best mediocre high school metal band name. Much like the double rainbow, I ask myself what it all means.

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Spokane’s New and Improved Catchphrase

I often wonder if the City of Spokane actually paid an advertising agency to come up with the phrase “Near Nature. Near Perfect”. Hairline Media decided to come up with some updated and slightly more honest catchphrases: Snark or snark-free, can you think of any other one line quips about Spokane? For click Hairline, click here.

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