the hum / By Bob Doran

Feel the Pulse

Wednesday is also the first night of the two-nighter at the Lost Whale by jazz/folk duo Allison Scull and Victor Martin from Dunsmuir, with Allison’s songs accompanied by her guitar and Victor’s bass, guitar and sax.

Prepare for some serious heaviness at the Alibi Saturday night with locals Dragged by Horses joined by stellar San Fran-based stoner rockers Floating Goat.

Rooster McClintock slipped me a copy of their demo a while back, mainly to demonstrate that despite what club owners might say, they are not a bluegrass band. I’ll confirm that; they play swingin’ honky tonk country, darn good stuff I might add. They’re at Muddy’s Hot Cup Thursday, identified as a “country/bluebrass band” (Lila, was that a typo?) then on Friday they hit the lucrative casino circuit playing at Cher-Ae Heights’ Firewater Lounge. Saturday at the Firewater, it’s blues etc. by Mojo Brown.

Also in the swing mode: Phil Berkowitz and the High Rollers, a band led by blues harpist Berkowitz, who offers his tribute to Louie Jordan at the Riverwood Friday night.

My good buddy Ross, bassman/vocalist for that swingin’ rock combo The Delta Nationals, writes to say: “And how about those fine Delta Nationals playing an extremely rare club gig. If you are making the rounds on Saturday night, the band invites you to stop in at the Jambalaya - past the 10 o’clock hour, mind you. Again, a rare late night for the D-Nats,” who are getting spoiled playing all those cushy gigs at the Elks Lodge, and various Grange halls.

If you’re a Hum regular, you know all about the brouhaha surrounding the Synapsis performance space in Old Town. I’m not going to review that business right now, but I wanted to let you know that Rumblepeg has marshaled on, running a series of dance workshops and performances. I caught this very cool (underpublicized) thing they did at the Arcata Playhouse with books, chairs and music by the Starving Weirdos a couple of weeks back. This weekend the Rumblepeg Dance Intensive presents a full evening of post-modern dance, Mongrel: The History of Awkwardness and the Survival of Grace, first on Saturday at the Dancenter in Arcata’s Old Creamery; Sunday, Feb. 25, they move it to Runeberg Hall at Wabash and Union streets in Eureka. Fair warning for the prudish - some of the dances feature people with no clothes on. For those who read that and think that’s why you might go, I’ll add another alert: This will not be anything like what you might see at the Tip Top or the Schooner.

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