The Best of Tacoma....

well, it's baaaack...
The Volcano sends you its Best...
of Tacoma issue.
or whatever.
So, Thanks! to Julie Bennett of urbanXchange for giving me, funkoma vintage, and Laurel of Orange on Broadway some sweet PROPS!
yes, we rule.
We are the BEST !

oh yeah...
new stuff is arriving daily in my shop...
and on etsy......
click the etsy link over there --->


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Oh yeah, did you notice that Flaming Dragon Tattoo is moving up on the hill, on Pacific Ave...way up the hill to about, oh Pacific and S. 34th, in that weird stone building???
If you ran into the building, wearing just your skin....
it would really really hurt....

Feb. Artwalk !! Steveness, Construction & Inside....

I know the City has gotta do it...but it's the One Two Punch...and down. Broadway has lost 4 shops in the last month due to the economy and construction...WAY TO GO !!
Shop Local.













Just a little peek inside.....

just arrived at my etsy shop....Doc Martens are back....

well I got some Doc Martens, listed at funkoma vintage ....and some fun fun shoes and some jackets....

All for you....so grunge...you remember grunge....well, it's baaaaaaaaack........

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Mary Janes & Yellow docs

Jazz Dance shoes....

70s chunky heels

70s patch jacket...

Skinny fit black jacket with a 40 inch bust !!!!

Click there -->it’s a party at my etsy shop!

Monkey in my car....and local photog is awesome

Well what before my wandering eyes should appear....
But a swirly glass ball awaiting in there....
in my car....a lovely gift from glass-blowing monkeys....
Thanks! 100th Monkey people........I love my Ox ball....
And it will be in my jewelry case at funkoma vintage....

at other news at funkoma....
my shirttale cousin....Sandy Wright is a photographer...
she's filterfour.com....
and at modelmayhem.....

please go there and view her magnificent work.
She and her cousin Sherri, came to the shop, and set up beautiful vignettes.....
So, lucky me ! I'll be having different lovely gals for modeling....

Havin' A Ball y'all....

I love making stuff...and having my big Sewing Room at funkoma vintage, "where the magic happens" (tm) allows me to churn out lovelies like this....now on the bod of The awesomeness of Jennifer Johnson...

I don't know about you, but I am real sick of winter...I have always disliked winter because it's cold, and I'm from California, nuff said.
But I'll say more. So, I'm setting out spring stuff in the shop already. I can't help it. I have billions of new things (er, vintage) and I think if I put them out there, Spring will come sooner.
I'm seeing the tops of little bulb leaves.....

And have I told you I have a Red vintage ruffly Tux shirt for the boys or girls whatevah.

Jerry Miller had some bad luck...

Moby Grape in a photo used on their debut album cover. Back (l to r) Peter Lewis and Skip Spence, front (l to r) Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson and Bob Mosley.

Moby Grape ! I was so saddened to hear that my fave California exile Jerry Miller (we also share the same last name...) suffered horrid flood damage in the last round of northwest flooding. He lost memorabilia, guitars, amps and personal effects according to The Volcano....A benefit will be held Friday Feb 6 in Spanaway...I'll be there!
[Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill, Friday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m., 16003 Pacific Ave., Spanaway, 253.507.7808]

Did I , funkoma vintage, or did I not just blog about him...and haven't I, funkoma, blogged many times about my beloved Jerry? Yes!
clicky here!

I have no doubt this is also one of the many reasons why I will drop my clothes at almost any moment....Naked If I Want To....
And since The Tressie Nostalgia Train has left the station, at the bottom, I've included one of my other favorite San Francisco bands...Quicksilver Messenger Service...2 vids....Fresh Air and...What About Me...

"No rock and roll group has been able to use a guitar trio as effectively as Moby Grape did on Moby Grape. Spence played a distinctive rhythm guitar that really sticks out throughout the album. Lewis, meanwhile, was a very good guitar player overall and was excellent at finger picking, as is evident in several songs. And then there is Miller. ...The way they crafted their parts and played together on Moby Grape is like nothing else I've ever heard in my life. The guitars are like a collage of sound that makes perfect sense. Miller-Stevenson's "8:05" became a country rock standard...."




Wish I could find this.....
I am so bummed for him, that I won't make any jokes about Moby+water...too late.
Here's some pics I stole off teh internets....















Quicksilver Messenger Service...
Fresh Air...


What About Me...

What About Me
(Released December of 1970)

You poisoned my sweet water.
You cut down my green trees.
The food you fed my children
Was the cause of their disease.

My world is slowly fallin' down
And the airs not good to breathe.
And those of us who care enough,
We have to do something.......

(Chorus)
Oh.......oh What you gonna do about me?
Oh.......oh What you gonna do about me?

Your newspapers,
They just put you on.
They never tell you
The whole story.

They just put your
Young ideas down.
I was wonderin' could this be the end
Of your pride and glory?

(Chorus)

I work in your factory.
I study in your schools
.
I fill your penitentiaries.
And your military too!

And I feel the future trembling,
As the word is passed around.
"If you stand up for what you do believe,
Be prepared to be shot down."

(Chorus)

And I feel like a stranger
In the land where I was born
And I live like an outlaw.
An' I'm always on the run..........................

An Im always getting busted
And I got to take a stand........
I believe the revolution
Must be mighty close at hand.......................

(Chorus)

I smoke marijuana
But I cant get behind your wars.
And most of what I do believe
Is against most of your laws

I'm a fugitive from injustice
But I'm goin' to be free.
Cause your rules and regulations
They dont do the thing for me

(Chorus)

And I feel like a stranger
In the land where I was born
And I live just like an outlaw.
An' I'm always on the run.

Tacoma Winterfest .....What a Feeling !

Working furiously to craft the specialness that is funkoma.....plans are that my daughter Annie will come man the funkoma vintage booth with me December 13.....yippie....Annie and I used to do shows together when she was a baby/toddler/young'en. And she was an integral part of our Organic Farm and when we used to sell at the Gig Harbor Farmers Market in the early 90s.
She took this picture...I love it.....


Here's a very small sample of the kinds of things that will be with us at the show.......
Handmade T shirt dresses and tops.....










Winter coats....




Men's Vintage


For the home


Random Jewelry




Kid's vintage


Party !


For the home and for Fun!






And here's the official Tacoma Winterfest space....wow is it pretty....



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