The North Coast Journal
Weekly of Politics, People and Art
Humboldt County, California

ISSN 1099-7571
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THIS WEEK
February 7, 2008
Volume XIX No. 6

ON THE COVER:
California Improved
Fiction by Crawdad Nelson

NEWS & VIEWS

The Town Dandy
Bread and Circuses

Media Maven
Be Clear

ART BEAT
Agates and Myrtlewood –
The Art of David Groth

DIRT
On Safari –
The flora and fauna of Ft. Lauderdale

TABLE TALK
Sea Food Nation –
A History of American Cuisine, Part III

IN REVIEW
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,
EMC live at the Red Fox Tavern,
Distortion, CD by the Magnetic Fields

POEM
If I Had Taken the Ride

GARLICK'S NOTEBOOK
Can You Predict Rain?

FILMLAND
Blinded by the Bland–
Struggling to stay awake through
ultra-dull Eye, Dead Body

THE HUM
In Pursuit of Happiness –
The other Clinton gets funky at the Mateel,
Steel Toed Slippers CD release at Mazzotti's

CALENDAR
Workshops, Music & More!

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