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Andrew Goff
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G is for Grammer
Good morning, (insert your child’s name). It’s another exciting day in this big, beautiful world of ours. By the way, do you know how special you are? Gasp, you don’t? Well, why don’t we sing Red Grammer‘s “The ABC’s of You” to try and remind us of all the ways you’re super duper great! Shall […]
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Ruminations
Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold. Through Love all dregs will turn to purest wine, Through Love all pain will turn to medicine. Through Love the dead will all become alive. Through Love the king will turn into a slave! Rumi Word. If […]
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Humbug This!
A beloved North Coast holiday tradition returneth! For the first time since 2003, the Eureka Inn is home to a heart-warming, humbug-defeating, green behemoth. As mentioned in this week’s Dandy, the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony is today at 4 p.m. and will feature music from the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir, the Humboldt Harmonaires, the College […]
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Un-cuddly Muppet Cousins
The Swiss theater troupe Mummenschanz first weirded its way into the American conscience in 1974 with, appropriately enough, an appearance on The Muppet Show. The easily YouTube-able moment begins with none other than Kermit the Frog himself introducing the group as “kind of distant cousins to the Muppets” and remarking that “they are as hard […]
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Give Thanks
Around this time of year, the temptation to be positive and uplifting is palpable. But let’s be frank. For a significant number of us, the holidays really, really suck. Of course, there is nothing wrong with family togetherness, exchanging gifts and elaborate celebratory meals. But for those that, for whatever reason, can’t easily enjoy those […]
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Share It Fairly: How YOU Could Win House of Floyd Tickets!
So, you want to go see the Pink Floyd tribute band House of Floyd at the Arkley Center on Saturday night, but “the economy” just isn’t letting your brain part with the $38 it costs to get in. At the North Coast Journal, our readers are more important than just another brick in the wall! […]
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Dark Side of the Rainbow
I haven’t watched MTV in years. Mostly because it sucks now. But when I was young and in my prime — oh, let’s say age 14, around ‘96 or so — I was just another young, impressionable member of flannel-clad Alternative Nation. MTV played music videos then. From bands. Times were good, for sure. In […]
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Uh… Zombie Wrestling
Screw brightly colored fall leaves. Did you notice those rotting smashed pumpkin shards in your street courtesy of the young neighborhood goblins? So adorable. How ’bout those destroyed flower beds currently framing the Arcata Plaza trampled by the drum circle that camped there last Sunday night? So awe-inspiring. And see those dirt marks up and […]