Something Old, Something New

Coastal Grove Charter School is hosting a benefit Cabaret at the Arcata Playhouse Saturday night, with Joyce Hough,Jaese Lecuyer, Curtis and Julie from Kulica and too many other musicians and comedy acts to mention.

Mark O’Hare, bass Flea from Papa Houli and The Fleas, writes to say that The Fleas and UKEsperience are planning another Ukulele Extravaganza at The Logger Bar Saturday night. He also said thanks for a mention in this column that he figures resulted in a “tremendous turnout” for some show and noted a Fleas first: “A young lady actually took her shirt off during our cover of The Scorpions’ ‘Winds of Change’!” (We take no responsibility.)

Canadian psychobilly/horror band The Creepshow is back in the U.S.A. having overcome immigration problems. They’re at Empire Squared Monday for a Bad Kitty show with The Beat Kids.

In the mood for ska? Chase Long Beach, an eight-piece ska-punk band from Long Beach (duh) plays Tuesday at Six Rivers Brewery. Radical Eureka punks The Social Ills open.

Humboldt Brews’ next HumTunes live recording is Wednesday, March 4th (the date that’s also a command). Chris Wixson‘s Speak Easy Saints will be immortalized along with the venerable Old Dog, who have been pickin’ together 14 years or more.

As you may have heard, our favorite folky Lila Nelson and her mbira-playing hubby Ian Calindo are packing up to leave town. Wanna toast them farewell? Stop by the Jambalaya Thursday, Feb. 26, which also happens to be Ian’s b-day. (His mbira friends will gather for a rare live gig.) They’ll be there 10-ish, after they see The Cody Rivers Show,at the Arcata Playhouse. That’s a sketch comedy thing with Mike Mathieu and Andrew Connor from Bellingham; Andrew is the brother of Lila’s folky friend Casey Connor, so she has seen the guys before. She declares profanely, “They are fucking hilarious.” Yes, we’ll miss Ian and Lila. And yes they will be back: Lila’s booked to play at the Arcata Theater on May 8.

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Comment / By Your Brother / March 3, 2009, 9:49 p.m.

How many different clasifications of music styles do you think there are, or is it infinite? It been a while since I called up the North Coast Journal, it always reminds me how different Arcata is from Wilminton (and Claymont) are. It may be that there is more similarities between Wilmington and Eureka but not to many. We’re part of the East Coast megalopolis and that is different from even the Population centers of California. On a weather note we got our first significant snow this weekend, all of 7 inches. When the last time you saw snow?

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