Local botanical and alternative medicine enthusiasts are coming together to “offer education and personal health
consultation free of charge.” Operating under the fiscal sponsorship of Done & Done, the clinic will “serve to empower people to take charge of their own health by making low/no-cost natural medicines available” to community members. Find out more by emailing olyfreeherbalclinic@riseup.net.

West Main Street is home to numerous community treasures including the recently resurrected Magic Lantern Theater, Thin Air Community Radio and a family of grassroots organizations hosted in the appropriately named Community Building. Soon, the newly forming Main Market Co-op will become a neighborly addition. In its future location of 17 W. Main, the co-op will provide a space for local farmers and vendors to sell their goods and a “community table” for members to meet. To learn more, visit mainmarket.coop.

Reference Librarian Kelsey Smith is sharing her love for zines in a big way.
After months of diligent organizing by Smith and zine-loving allies, a new zine collection was brought into circulation at the Olympia Timberland Library this past Spring. Zines can be checked out for three weeks at a time. For more information on the collection, write to zines@trlib.org or stop by the library’s reference desk at 313 8th Ave. SE.

ISSUE 18.1 IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!

From the inside cover of this issue:
README: Like many fumbled beginnings, some things naturally call for revision. These pages mark the fourth year of The Finger, just as they celebrate four years of tired eyes and wide smiles, memorable debauchery and friends.
This issue of The Finger will be printed in multiple editions. Version 18.1 of The Finger is a special, low-budget edition with a print run of 50.
Finger 18.2 will be released with a higher print run, additional content, a whoapow cover and an updated compilation CD that includes more bands.
Check thefinger.forsleepwalkers.com for daily development snapshots and official releases of upcoming versions of this issue of The Finger.
Want to sneak your own work into Finger 18.2? Want to help us distribute or organize shows or sit on the lawn and watch lightning play with the moon?

Email us right now.
Send us letters: p.o. box 743, olympia, wa 98507

Interested in having a real life copy of Finger 18.1 and the Finger Finger Comp Comp delivered to your home? Email us.

ALSO: This issue includes a compilation of bands that have played at the finger complex:
Flee the Century, Small Sur, Cataldo, Paleo, Mathematicians, Polka Dot Dot Dot, Ramona Córdova, Johanna Kunin, Briana Marela, Please Step Out of the Vehicle, Adam Jessup, Shelby Turner, Finn Riggins, World History, PWRFL POWER, queen of refuse, Moustaches.

Interested in downloading Finger 18.1 or the compilation? OK, click here.

 KEEP GOING

Issue 18.1 of The Finger is currently at the printer. This Friday we'll have them in hand, and we'll rockout in celebration. Issue 18.1 will include FINGER FINGER COMP COMP: The Finger's Finger Complex Compilation CD. Check back here soon for a list of bands that are on the comp.

Come to The Finger Complex this Friday, August 22, to pick up one of the very few copies that will be available of this short-run, limited-edition, issue of The Finger.

ALSO: THESE BANDS WILL PLAY:

please step out of the vehicle (portland)

queen of refuse (olympia)KEEP GOING

the finger’s 4th birthday

with

ruth, alice, and dana

james brittain gore

tiffany amber thiezzen

the passive disaster

august 13 at 6 p.m.
the finger complex
corner of rogers & harrison

there will be snacks! some kind of dinner will begin cooking at 5 p.m., to be served promptly at 6 p.m.

we’ll have a raffle for some shit! it’s a benefit for the next issue of the finger and the finger’s finger complex compilation cd:
finger finger comp compKEEP GOING

"dancing"
"rocking"
"cool people"
"fun"
"red vines"

if you like one or more of these things, find your enthusiastic bottom at the finger complex at seven on tuesday

DJ CRUCIAL KO0OSH will get the beat started at 7 pm sharp, followed by a veritable TEAM USA of traveling electronica artists:

tim curry bear*
ron hexagon**
apoc***
syrup****
"how summy got her groove back," a new performance piece by phonatic*****KEEP GOING

finn riggins
http://www.myspace.com/finnriggins

killywell
http://www.myspace.com/killywell

sundance kids
http://www.myspace.com/sundancekids

AUGUST 9 • 7 P.M.
BRING CASH FOR GAS
FINGER COMPLEX
ROGERS & HARRISON

SHOW UP, OR SHOW UP IN HELL.
 

August 21st

Show begins promptly at 7p.m.

The Solvents (Port Townshend)

www.myspace.com/thesolvents

Wisdom Teeth (olympia)

www.wisdomteef.com

www.myspace.com/wisdomteef

The Jetty Cats

(www.myspace.com/jettycats

Killywell

(myspace.com/kilywell)

This show will melt your face off.  Seriously, you may even want to wear flame retardant masks or prepare other provisions for maximum face protection.