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8:30 a.m. Audubon Society Field Trip See Event Description
read >8:30 a.m. Alzheimer’s Resource Center Volunteer Training See Event Description
read >9 a.m. Arcata Farmers' Market Arcata Plaza
read >9 a.m. Speakers' Symposium College of the Redwoods
read >9 a.m. Humboldt Botanical Gardens Foundation Speakers’ Symposium College of the Redwoods
read >9 a.m. Humboldt Botanical Gardens' Speakers' Symposium College of the Redwoods
read >9 a.m. Fall Rummage Sale Arcata United Methodist Church
read >9:30 a.m. AAUW Meeting See Event Description
read >9:30 a.m. Little River State Beach Restoration See Event Description
read >9:30 a.m. Sierra Club Headwaters Hike See Event Description
read >10 a.m. Lanphere Dunes Guided Walk See Event Description
read >10 a.m. 5th Annual Synergy Fair Arcata Community Center
read >10 a.m. Go Green and Boost Your Bottom Line Wharfinger Building
read >11 a.m. Sustaining Excellence and Enthusiasm in Health, Relationships and Work Carlo Theater (Dell'Arte)
read >noon KEET's Kids Club Morris Graves Museum of Art
read >1:30 p.m. Humboldt County Historical Society Humboldt County Library
read >2 p.m. Arcata Marsh Field Trip Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Interpretive Center
read >4 p.m. Woodside Preschool’s 36th Wine and Ale Tasting Gala Adorni Recreation Center
read >4:30 p.m. Harvest Dinner and Bazaar Humboldt Grange
read >5 p.m. A Toast to Music Christ Episcopal Church
read >5:30 p.m. Elvis and the Hound Dogs + Stolen Taxi Trinidad Town Hall
read >6 p.m. The Tumbleweeds Chapala Cafe
read >6 p.m. Arts Alive! Various Locations
read >6 p.m. Day of the Dead Exhibition Ink People Center for the Arts
read >6 p.m. Bar None 10th Anniversary Eureka Labor Temple
read >6 p.m. Randy Spicer Piante Gallery
read >6 p.m. Gallery Open for Arts Alive! Four Paths Gallery and Studio
read >6:30 p.m. ShinBone (Blues R&B) Eureka Theater
read >7 p.m. Mike Craighead and Sari Baker Old Town Coffee & Chocolates
read >7 p.m. Harvest Concert Arcata Presbyterian Church
read >7 p.m. 2 Left Feet Dance Project Redwood Raks World Dance Studio
read >7:30 p.m. Joe & Me Cafe Mokka
read >7:30 p.m. Cyrano de Begerac Eureka High School Auditorium
read >7:30 p.m. Torch Song Summit Eureka Women's Club
read >7:30 p.m. Jeff DeMark and the LaPatinas Westhaven Center for the Arts
read >8 p.m. Stones in His Pockets Arcata Playhouse
read >8 p.m. Humboldt Bay Brass Band Fulkerson Recital Hall at HSU
read >9 p.m. Synergy Six Rivers Brewery
read >9 p.m. Arts Alive! with Akaboom Sound Pearl Lounge
read >9 p.m. Tempest WAVE @ blue lake casino
read >9 p.m. Back In The Daze Dance Party Central Station Cocktail Lounge
read >9 p.m. Swingin' Country Band (country) Bear River Casino
read >9 p.m. The Zygoats + Alder Camp (rock) The Lil' Red Lion
read >9 p.m. DJ Knutz (funk) Muddy's Hot Cup
read >10 p.m. Music by DJ Sidelines
read >10 p.m. DJ Icy Hot Aunty Mo's Lounge
read >10 p.m. These United States (indie folk) Humboldt Brews
read >11 p.m. Hellbound Glory The Alibi Lounge and Restaurant
read >previous columns
Dec. 18, 2008
Top Five (+5)
A Virtual Landslide. Peter Molinari (Damaged Goods). This UK singer/songwriter's ...
read >Dec. 11, 2008
Planet B-Boy
Directed by Benson Lee. Mondo Paradiso Films.
read >Dec. 4, 2008
Live at Roadburn
By Earthless. Tee Pee Records.
read >Photos
Top Five (+5)
By Julianna Boggs
Dawn. Mount Eerie (P.W. Elverum & Sun). The saint of all albums for 2008, Dawn is humble, beautiful, insightful, simple, honest, pure and good; sort of makes me want to cry. A slow-motion journey through the emotionally exhausted heart of Phil Elverum, it holds both renditions of older tracks as well as some fresh ones such as "Voice in Headphones," a stunning and addictive tribute to Bjork's "Undo."
Heretic Pride. Mountain Goats (4AD). These ballads of SoCal deadbeats, excuse me, heretics, vehemently confirm John Darniell as the Lord of bitter and jagged poetry. Tracking characters as they're dragged through the streets, overwhelmed by life, and left lonely once again, Heretic Pride is a painfully honest glimpse at the calm after the storm.
City of Refuge. Castanets (Asthmatic Kitty). Recorded in a lonely desert hotel in unincorporated Overton, Nevada, some 65 miles outside of Las Vegas, City of Refuge is an eerie experiment in silence and simplicity paired with the soft moments of haunting gospel Raymond Raposa has dabbled with in previous releases. Fulfilling that ever-present need for the sad-Americana sound with tracks like "Shadow Valley," the album features minimal yet significant overdubs by a cast the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Jana Hunter, Scott Tuma and Dawn Smithson (of Sun O))) ).
Friendship Nation. Foot Village (Tome Records) Stripped down, cathartic-avant-drum-noise-rock is about the only genre fit to house the L.A. foursome's post-apocalyptic soundtrack; a percussive full-frontal assault of art rock/noise punk fusion, both epically intricate and totally ridiculous. Lyrically explorative, each song tackles issues of the New World Order post-1998 apocalypse, decrying the role of Government, the plight of man and everything in between.
Street Horrrsing. Fuck Buttons (ATP). Looping, progressive noise by Bristol two-man experimental group Fuck Buttons, Street Horrrsing is surging, building and beautiful, incorporating overdriven synths, echoing chimes and blown-out distress calls reminiscent of Dystopia. At 50 minutes long, the six track album is firmly epic if slightly spacey, but well worth its acclaim. Perfect for lovers of metal and Mogwai alike.
St. Dymphna. Gang Gang Dance (The Social Registry).
13 Blues For 13 Moons. Thee Silver Mt. Zion and Tra-La-La Orchestra (Constellation).
Women As Lovers.** Xiu Xiu (Kill Rock Stars).
thebignooneunderstandsme. thelittlestillnotbigenough.
Dark Developments. Vic Chessnut, Elf Power & The Amorphous Strums (Orange Twin).



















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