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Oct. 29, 2009 at 1:09am

Volcano Features Daniel Blue Addressing Rumors of Leaving Tacoma

With Blackwater and the Helm tragically closed, Tacomans don't see much of Daniel Blue anymore.

From the Volcano:

Fortunately, today's Volcano has a good update on his recent activities and rumors that he may be leaving Tacoma: Since then I've kept watch on Blue, waiting to see where he'd go, what he'd do, because it seemed impossible he'd go nowhere.  It hasn't been hard.  In the home of the Tide Flats and Nalley Valley, of Knapp's Restaurant and the Acme Grub Cage Tavern, Daniel Blue stands out.  He is DayGlo amidst gray.  He's a disco medallion at a folk show.  He''s an aesthete in a town where you can't swing a funky vintage shirt by the tails without hitting three or four pragmatists, a spotlight lover in Shadowsville.

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The clip, unsurprisingly, sparked a shit storm.  Fans mourned Blue's seemingly imminent departure while cynics urged him to expedite it.  Meanwhile, as they have all along, the silent minority questioned whether Blue's work justifies all the talk. 

Finally, with Motopony, it does.

The article is worth the read.  As for the blogosphere:

That meant offering himself like a sacrifice to his readers at Exit 133 and to audiences such as the one last winter at the Helm.  That meant becoming Daniel Blue before becoming Motopony, and becoming Motopony before creating Motopony.