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Help “Eureka California” play Eureka, California! (UPDATE: VICTORY!)
8/31 BIG UPDATE!: After several generous but less than ideal offers to play at non-Eureka venues or in people’s backyards, The Lil’ Red Lion — the-bar-we-all-kinda-knew-they-should-play-at-anyway — has stepped into the hero role. Eureka California will play Monday, Sept. 5 at, you know, the time bands play in bars. Dream realized. 8/26: Attention, local music […]
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Get Educated, Voters! Drink Beer!
Somehow the Academy Awards have escaped my anti-awards show, “art-is-subjective-and-can’t-therefore-be-competitive” curmudgeonity. Why? I don’t know, I guess it seems more probable that Academy voters might have seen all of the films nominated, as opposed to what-do-I-check Grammy voters — I refuse to believe everyone is taking their choice for the un-aired “Best Polka Album” Grammy […]
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This is Humboldt
(In a show of empathy, this edition of The Hum is dedicated to new/returning college students. The rest of you are welcome to listen in — think of it like auditing a class — but try to keep it down. Word.) Sorry, kids. HSU is back in session this week. The sunless end-of-summer/new semester soul […]
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North Coast Journal Best Of 2011
Fifty-one weeks a year, we at the North Coast Journal give you the lowdown on the Humboldtcentric things we think you might want/need to know about. Sometimes you like us. Sometimes you hate us. It’s all part of a time-honored, poorly choreographed dance. We get it. But one week a year, y’all have an opportunity […]
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Happy, Fun, Upbeat Aliens!
Last year we reported on an extraterrestrial infestation in the small Southeast Humboldt town of Bridgeville — a yearly phenomenon, we would later discover. At the time, the prospect of aliens in our midst — and the fact that their ranks had grown audacious enough to schedule an annual UFO-themed event known as Bridgefest — […]
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Mama Whale Passes
Sad news — especially for those who seized the opportunity to be mesmerized by cetacean sublimeness in the past couple of months. The mama gray whale who had been living in the Klamath River since June 24 — and who’d been alone since her calf swam back out to sea July 22 — has died. […]
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Times-Standard puts the kibosh on us freeloaders
Oh no! If we can’t figure out how to delete cookies, we’re screwed! Read the announcement… if you’re still able to!
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Mike Thompson. On a River.
Congressman Mike Thompson stood in the front row, facing the docked shiny, blue jet boat, patiently waiting to get his river tour on. As the remaining 30-or-so passengers slowly shuffled aboard, Thompson — sensing all eyes on him — decided to take advantage of his clout and circumstance. “I’m going to sing for all of […]
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A Fine and Fancy Ramble
I forget who it was, but someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo. He wasn’t too clear on what all “all” was, but it sounded cool. And since my knee-jerk reaction is to accept what I’m told, I do believe it. Right! Now I remember where I heard it! It was that adorably […]